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POKER PLAYERS ALLIANCE’S WORLD SERIES OF POKER® 2008 PROMOTIONAL SWEEPSTAKES Official Rules NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. As a condition of participating in the Poker Players Alliance’s World Series of Poker® 2008 Promotional Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), entrant agrees to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Poker Players Alliance (“PPA” or “Sponsor”), whose decisions shall be final and binding in all respects, and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules. 1. ELIGIBILITY The Sweepstakes is open to U.S. citizens who are legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia only, and who are twenty-five (25) years of age and older at the time of entry. SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES and ALL OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY LAW. Directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents or representatives of PPA, and/or its affiliate companies, and their suppliers, as well as the immediate family of the employees (including spouse, and parents, children and siblings, and their respective spouses regardless of where they live) and individuals living in the same households as the employees, whether related or not, are not eligible. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law. 2. HOW TO ENTER The Sweepstakes begins 12:00AM Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on May 19, 2008, and ends at 12:00 midnight EST on June 10, 2008 (”Promotional Period”). During the Promotional Period, you may enter by two methods: (a) Visit PPA’s website located at www.pokerplayersalliance.com (“Website”) and follow the onscreen directions to create a PPA Online Premium Member account (“Account”). You must have a unique valid email address to create an Account. After creating an Account, go to the PPA “Advantages” page and make an online purchase at one of the “Win a WSOP® Seat” authorized merchants. You will receive one entry into the Sweepstakes; or (b) Hand-print your name, email address, residence address, city, state, zip code, day and evening phone numbers (including area code) and the words “WSOP 2008 Promotional Sweepstakes” on a 3″x 5″ card, and mail it in a stamped Page 1 080324 envelope, hand printed, to: Poker Players Alliance, 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 (“Mail-in Entry”). Entrant may only submit one Mailin Entry. All Mail-in Entries must be postmarked by June 9, 2008 and received by June 16, 2008 to be eligible. No mechanical reproductions (such as photocopies) are permitted. Mail-in Entries that are lost, late, illegible or incomplete for any reason will not be eligible. Any form of entry other than those described herein is void. All entries, regardless of the method of entry, become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Maximum one (1) entry per person or email address during the Promotional Period regardless of method of entry. 3. SELECTION OF WINNER The winner of the Grand Prize will be randomly selected in a drawing conducted by Sponsor from among all of the eligible entries received during the Promotional Period. The drawing will take place at 12:00 noon EST on June 17, 2008. Sponsor’s decision is final and binding in all respects. No entrant or winner shall have the right to contest any decision by Sponsor concerning any aspect of the Contest or the interpretation of the Official Rules or the determination as to the qualification of entries. 4. GRAND PRIZE The winner will be awarded a $10,000 Main Event buy-in to the WSOP® (“Grand Prize”). Approximate retail value: $10,000. Travel and all related expenses are not included and are the sole responsibility of the winner. 5. ODDS OF WINNING The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotional Period. 6. PRIZE RESTRICTIONS No cash equivalents of the Grand Prize identified herein, or substitution in the prize, will be allowed except in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, who may substitute the Grand Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. Sponsor reserves the right to remove from or to deny the winner entry to the WSOP® if winner engages in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person at the WSOP®. Sponsor reserves the right to require Grand Prize winner to submit to, and cooperate fully in, a background check to confirm eligibility and to help ensure that the use or involvement in any way of any such person in advertising or publicity for the contest will Page 2 080324 not bring the Sponsor into disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor or WSOP®, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to refuse to award the Grand Prize, in whole or in part, to any person where that person’s background check reveals information that is unacceptable to the Sponsor, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to award the Grand Prize to an alternative winner in a another random drawing in its sole discretion. Winner is responsible for the payment of his/her taxes on the Grand Prize and for any other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of the Prize, including, without limitation, travel, hotel accommodations, ground transportation, meals, gratuities and souvenirs. Any required tax reporting forms will be furnished to the IRS. 7. WINNER NOTIFICATION The Sponsor will contact the winner within three (3) days after the drawing via email at the email provided by winner on his/her entry. It is the potential winner’s responsibility to keep his/her email address current. It is a potential winner’s responsibility to respond to an email notification within 48 hours of the time it is sent. Failure to respond within the 48-hour time period will indicate definitively that the Grand Prize has been declined for all time and an alternative winner will be selected in a another random drawing. When a potential winner accepts the Grand Prize, he/she will receive written confirmation via FedEx or similar means, and must complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release, where legal, a Publicity Release, and IRS Form W-9, all of which must be returned within three (3) days from the Grand Prize notification date or it will be concluded definitively that the Grand Prize has been declined and, without further notice, an alternative winner will be selected in a random drawing. Prize or prize notification that is returned as undeliverable will disqualify the winner and an alternative winner will be selected in a random drawing. In the event of non-compliance with these Rules, or if the Grand Prize or notice is unclaimed or returned as undeliverable, the Grand Prize will be forfeited. Any forfeited Grand Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner, at Sponsor’s discretion, as indicated above. 8. NAME OF WINNER To obtain the name of the winners, any person may mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope after June 20, 2008 to: Poker Players Alliance, 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Requests must be received no later than July 15, 2008. 9. PUBLICITY Page 3 080324 Except where prohibited by law, by entering the Sweepstakes, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees to allow Sponsor and its designees to use entrant’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice and city and state address for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar promotions, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law. ENTRANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IF ENTRANT IS CHOSEN AS A WINNER, ENTRANT’S PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PLACING ENTRANT’S NAME ON A WINNERS’ LIST. BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ENTRANT HAS READ AND CONSENTS TO SPONSOR’S PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE. 10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, undeliverable or incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, illegible entries due to technical, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the mailing or transmission of entries, notification or correspondence, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Sweepstakes related materials; (2) technical failures of any kinds; (3) failures of any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (4) unauthorized human and/or mechanical intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (5) technical or human error that may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes, the sending of entries or the processing of entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed, corrupted or for any other reason not accepted as an entry into the Sweepstakes, entrant’s sole remedy is to submit another entry in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor may rescind any Sweepstakes entry found to contain such errors or failures without liability at its sole discretion. As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its affiliate companies, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, and Sponsor’s advertising and promotion agencies and all their affiliates, and each of their respective agents, representatives, officers, managers, directors, members, shareholders and employees from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions and any liability of any kind resulting from or arising from participation in the Sweepstakes, including acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse (including any travel or travel-related activity thereto) of the Grand Prize, or any injury or for damage to entrant’s or any Page 4 080324 other person’s computer or wireless device relating to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in this Sweepstakes, or inability to access any web site or wireless service associated with this promotion, or any combination thereof. Entrants agree that the laws of the State of Nevada will govern any and all disputes. As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that (1) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, (2) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and (3) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but shall in no event include attorneys’ fees. Sponsor reserves the right to modify prize award procedures. If in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if computer virus, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and or void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, or to terminate the Sweepstakes and conduct a random drawing to award the prizes using all eligible, non-suspect entries received for the applicable drawing as of the termination date. Any attempts by an individual to access any web site associated with this promotion via robotic, automatic entry devices, programs such as, but not limited to, by script, macro or any other automated means, or other unauthorized entry will void all such entries by such methods. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE SPONSOR’S WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. 11. ARBITRATION AND DISPUTES As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of a Winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective and in accordance with its expedited hearing procedures. The arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator and will be limited solely to the dispute between you and Sponsor. The arbitrator’s award, Page 5 080324 including attorneys’ fees, shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or entrant’s rights and obligations or Sponsor’s rights and obligations in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in the State of Nevada in the County of Clark. 12. PRIVACY Sponsor collects personal information from you when you enter the Sweepstakes. The information collected is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at www.pokerplayersalliance.org/privacy/ 13. SPONSOR The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Poker Players Alliance, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20002. 14. OPT-OUT If you do not wish to receive any further notices from Poker Players Alliance regarding Sweepstakes offerings, send your name and address to: Poker Players Alliance, 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Attn: Opt-Out. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE: NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. You have not yet won any prize, the actual odds of winning any prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing. Sweepstakes ends Midnight EST 06/10/08. All entries must be received by June 16, 2008 to be eligible for the drawing. See Official Rules above for complete prize restrictions. Sponsored by Poker Players Alliance, 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Page 6 080324
