Rules

New Mexico Lottery Authority
Second-Chance Drawing Rules

LOTTO AMERICA $1,000 GIVEAWAY PROMOTION

THE NMLA AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION
MAY END OR CANCEL THIS PROMOTION AT ANY TIME.
PROMOTION AND RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
AT THE NMLA’S DISCRETION AT ANY TIME.

1.    Promotion Description

1. The New Mexico Lottery Authority (NMLA) will conduct the Lotto America $1,000 Giveaway Promotion (Promotion) according to these rules and the Second-Chance and Promotional Drawing Rules.
2. Eight (8) drawings will be conducted to select a total of twenty-five (25) winners of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each.

2.    Entry Periods, Deadlines, and Drawing Dates

1. Entries must be received no later than 11:59:59 PM MT on the Entry Deadline Dates listed below.
2. An entry submitted between an Entry Start Date and an Entry Deadline Date is only eligible for the corresponding drawing and an entry does not carry forward as an entry in a subsequent drawing(s). Drawings will be held after 10:00 AM MT on the dates below, or as soon as practical.
3. Entry eligibility will be determined by the time/date of successful submission into the entry website for the Promotion.

ENTRY AND DRAW SCHEDULE

3.    Location of Drawing:

New Mexico Lottery
4511 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM  87109

4.    Eligibility Requirements:

1. Players must purchase a minimum of five dollars ($5) in Lotto America on one (1) ticket to receive a Lotto America $1,000 Giveaway Entry Coupon (Entry Coupon) with a unique serial number.
2. The five-dollar ($5) or more Lotto America purchase can include any combination of multiple plays or multi draws as long as they are on one (1) ticket.
3. Any incremental purchases of an additional five dollars, on one (1) ticket, will generate an additional Entry Coupon (i.e. two (2) Entry Coupons with a ten dollar ($10) purchase, three (3) Entry Coupons with a fifteen dollar ($15) purchase, etc.)
4. Players must go to nmlottery.com/lotto-america-giveaway or access the entry site from the nmlottery.com website and enter the following information:
   1. First and last name (initials not allowed)
   2.  Email address
   3. Phone number 
   4. The eight (8) digit serial number printed on the Entry Coupon
   5. Certify that they are at least eighteen (18) years of age.
   6. Agree to the official rules of this promotion.
5. All required information must be submitted for the entry to be eligible. Once the electronic entry system accepts the required Entry Coupon serial number, the same Entry Coupon serial number will not be accepted for the duration of the Promotion. The NMLA is not responsible for mis-delivery, late delivery, or the failure of receipt of any required information, regardless of the cause of the failure of transmission.
6. The Entry Coupon is a bearer instrument. Players MUST sign and keep their Entry Coupon and present it with their Claim Form, if selected as a winner.
7. Entries mailed or hand delivered to the NMLA will be disqualified and will not be returned.
8. Players may submit multiple Entry Coupon serial numbers for each drawing. However, each Entry Coupon serial number may be only entered one (1) time during the Promotion.
9. Players may only be selected as a Promotion winner once in each drawing. If drawn as a selected entrant again in any one drawing, then that selection(s) will be disqualified.

5.    Drawing Procedures 

1. An NMLA Security representative will conduct the eight (8) drawings, as indicated on the Entry and Draw Schedule, using a random number generator.
2. Three (3) entries will be selected in the first seven (7) drawings. 
3. Four (4) entries will be selected in the eighth (8th) drawing.
4. Twenty (20) alternates will be selected for each drawing.

6.    Selected Entry Notification

1. The Procedures for Notification of Selected Entries of Second-Chance or Promotional Drawings will be followed.
2.  The selected entrant will be notified using the email address and phone number (if available) used to enter the Promotion.
3.  The selected entrant must acknowledge receipt of the email or phone call and/or submit the completed NMLA Claim Form and signed Entry Coupon within the timeframe specified by the NMLA for verification. Failure to submit the completed NMLA Claim Form and signed winning Entry Coupon in the above designated timeframe may result in disqualification, in which case the first alternate will be contacted, and the same process will be followed.

7.    Miscellaneous

1. Exceptions or modifications to these rules must be approved in writing by the NMLA CEO and the NMLA EVP for Security.
2.  Upon submitting an entry, the player(s) agree that the NMLA may use their name, voice, photograph, video, any social media postings, and/or likeness in any form for the purpose of advertising and/or publicizing the NMLA.
3. Upon submitting the NMLA Claim Form, a Promotion winner is responsible for all federal and state taxes associated with the Promotion Prize.
4. The NMLA shall withhold and deposit the minimum required federal tax withholdings and any applicable state tax withholdings on behalf of the winners. NMLA shall provide an IRS Tax Form W-2G form to the winners.
5. The NMLA reserves the right to assign a designee(s) to perform the responsibilities of parties specifically assigned duties within these rules.
6. Use or distribution of “auto” software programs, or other similar software programs or applications to enter tickets or ticket codes into any drawing is prohibited. If discovered to be using such a program or application, a player’s entries may be disqualified.
7. Void where prohibited by law.