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Make the most of your casino visit by adhering to these important house rules. Learn about general casino rules, unacceptable behaviors and activities, and policies on electronic devices, lost items and promotions, as well as game-specific codes of conduct.
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is a privately owned and operated business, therefore:
- Management has the right to refuse service to any guest and may request a valid ID while a guest is on the premises.
- No weapons are allowed.
- Smoking is not allowed in designated non-smoking areas, including all restaurants.
- No outside food or beverages may be brought into the facilities and no beverage containers holding alcohol may leave the PHC (special dietary needs/special occasion carry-ins require written authorization by PHC Senior Management in advance).
- Appropriate clothing, including shoes and shirt, is required to enter the premises. Transparent or excessively revealing clothing and low/saggy pants that reveal undergarments are not allowed.
- Bags, backpacks, purses and luggage are subject to search.
- No one under the age of 21 may enter the Casino gambling areas (18 for Bingo) or other age-restricted areas of the property.
- Minors accompanied by an adult 18+ years of age may access Bella Italiana, The Food Court, Canal Street Café, utilize catering spaces and stay in the hotel.
- No faces may be concealed while on property.
Unacceptable Behaviors and Activities
Guests are expected to behave in a courteous and respectful manner:
- No illegal, destructive, offensive or disruptive language, gesture or activity is allowed in the facility. Any such activity may result in guest removal from the property, permanent banishment and/or prosecution.
- The sale/resale of any PHC offers, coupons, gift certificates, promotional items, etc. is strictly prohibited.
- Fraudulent use or creation of a Fire Keeper’s Club® card (or use of another guest’s Club card or privileges) is prohibited.
- Over-consumption of alcohol or use of controlled/illegal substances will not be tolerated.
- No person or organization shall solicit contributions, promote products/services or distribute literature on PHC property (inside or outside) without written authorization. No unauthorized solicitation of any kind is allowed.
- Any type of theft or criminal activity is prohibited and may result in a permanent ban or prosecution.
- Guests may not use, cash-in or take anything that does not belong to them.
- Loitering is prohibited.
Electronic Devices
- Management reserves the right to restrict the use of any personal electronic communication or recording devices while on PHC premises. Violators may be asked to leave the Casino and delete images.
- Guests may not videotape, photograph, digitally record or document activity in or around restricted areas at any time.
- Computerized eyewear or other wearable computerized, internet-accessible or transmitting devices (i.e., Google Glasses) are prohibited in the Casino.
Lost or Abandoned Items
- Management is not responsible for personal property, lost, abandoned or stolen articles, or gaming devices, including game credits and tickets.
- Found items should be turned in to Security. After seven days, unclaimed items will become property of PHC.
Promotions and Events
- Promotions/offers and special events may be altered, changed or canceled at the discretion of management without prior notice.
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- All management decisions are final.
- Separate house rules exist for gambling and the various types of games. These rules can be found on the Casino website or at promotional kiosks.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino encourages guests to gamble responsibly: learn how to play games, set a spending limit and gamble for fun and entertainment.
- This facility is under 24-hour surveillance.
- Guests can file a complaint concerning any service or activity on property by contacting Guest Relations or by completing a Guest Services Report.
- Malfunction voids all plays and pays.
- Minors are prohibited in gambling areas.
- All taxable winnings require two forms of government-issued identification, as well as documentation of a tax identification number.
- Management reserves the right to pay winnings in the form of a casino check.
- Must be at least 18 years old to play bingo and 21 years old to play casino games.
- Any banned, self-restricted or illegal guests are required to forfeit jackpots and prizes, and will be removed from the property.
- Players are responsible for all personal property and gambling devices (chips, tickets, money, player cards, machine credits, etc.). PHC Management is under no obligation to research, refund or replace any lost, stolen or abandoned item.
- Intoxicated guests will not be allowed to gamble and may be asked to leave.
- Using or cashing out another guest’s machine/credits/tickets/chips without that guest’s permission may result in a permanent ban and/or arrest and prosecution.
- All play is governed by Casino house rules.
- Casino personnel will not disclose any information about other guests.
- An acceptable government-issued photo ID is required when redeeming Fire Keeper’s Club points, participating in promotions and making credit or debit card transactions.
- Fire Keeper’s Club cards and promotions are only valid for the player assigned to them.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for typographical errors.
- The decision of Casino Management is final.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino complies with Title 31 requirements and anti-money-laundering mandates.
- Any type of theft, including the use of any other guest’s tickets/credits/machine/chips, will be prosecuted and may result in a ban from the property.
- No one under 18 years of age is permitted in the Bingo Hall.
- Smoking is not permitted while waiting in line or in designated non-smoking areas.
- Each player must purchase an admission package; no splitting of packs allowed.
- It is the player’s responsibility to shout “BINGO” loud enough to alert the caller to stop the game.
- Daubers must be used for all paper bingo games.
- Once the game is closed or the caller starts to call the letter of the next ball, no previous BINGOs will be honored and the game shall continue.
- The number drawn and called is official. The Bingo Flashboard and TV monitor are for players’ convenience only.
- Player’s name must appear on their receipt and must be on display at all times.
- No seat saving. Only a bingo package and an admission receipt for the current session will hold a chair.
- It is the player's responsibility to look after all unplayed paper. No refunds or exchanges. Bingo paper is only valid for the session in which it was purchased.
- Multiple winners will share the total cash value for each game equally at each level.
- We will make every effort to avoid placing duplicate cards into play. However, if duplicates do occur, there will be no compensation offered.
- One electronic bingo device per guest.
- Malfunction of electronic bingo devices voids all pay and play. Management is not responsible for bingo equipment failure.
- Electronic bingo devices may not be purchased with another player’s Club card.
- Any altered, mutilated or defaced bingo cards, pull-tabs or door prize tickets will not be honored.
- Only one door prize per person per session.
- Any bent door prize tickets are invalid for the door prize drawings.
- Door prize drawings for merchandise and certificates may not be redeemed for cash or exchanged.
- All door prizes must be claimed with a valid picture ID by the end of the bingo session; all unclaimed door prizes will be voided.
- For all fill-in-your-numbers style bingo games, a blue or black ink pen must be used and the numbers must be legible; otherwise the BINGO will be invalid.
- It is the player’s responsibility to put the original copy of the fill-in-your-numbers style bingo games into the proper boxes at the end of the table (e.g. Pick 8, Pick Yur Platter, Do it Yourself). Boxes will then be locked and no other cards will be accepted.
- Bingo winners of $1,200 or more and pull-tab winners of $600 or more must have two forms of identification, a social security card and a valid picture ID, to collect winnings.
- A valid picture ID is required when redeeming Fire Keeper’s Club® card points, credit cards and debit cards at the admission booth.
- Talking must be kept to a minimum while bingo is being played.
- While the bingo session is in progress, personal electronic devices (e.g. cell phones, pagers, etc.) may not be used in the Bingo Hall. Please turn off ringer and/or phone to avoid disruption of play.
- Verbal abuse or the use of abusive language will not be tolerated.
- Pull-tabs are void if taken out of the building.
- No food or beverages may be brought into the Bingo Hall from outside this building.
- Drugs are strictly prohibited in the Bingo Hall.
- No solicitation of any kind is allowed in the Bingo Hall.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for lost or misplaced admission receipts or bingo paper.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for lost or stolen articles.
- Management reserves the right to change bingo sessions, prize amounts and starting times without notice.
- Management reserves the right to refuse service to any person. If it becomes necessary to ask a player to leave, a refund will not be made.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for typographical errors.
- The decision of Management is final.
- English shall be the only language permitted at the poker table.
- Each player in a poker game is required to play in his/her own interest only. No player is permitted to assist any one player over another. Collusion with another player or any other form of cheating, including soft play, may result in suspension or a ban.
- Players must protect their own hands at all times. If a hand is killed or fouled by mistake, the player will have no redress and is not entitled to a refund of bets.
- All games are “table stakes.” Only cheques in play at the beginning of a hand will count toward a player’s stack size. All cheques in play must remain in play unless the player leaves the table for a minimum of two hours or changes to a table of a different game type or limit.
- Players must act in-turn. Verbal declarations in-turn are binding and take precedent over gestures or actions. Chips placed in the pot must stay in the pot. Potawatomi Hotel & Casino asks all players to state their intentions verbally to avoid confusion or an unfavorable ruling.
- Action out of turn will be binding if the action to that player does not change. A cheque, call or fold does not change an action.
- Table change requests are made through the Floorperson or their supervisors, et al. Seat change requests at the same table are made through the dealer. Moving tables or sitting at a table without staff permission may result in revocation of playing privileges for a period of time.
- A one-hour meal break per eight-hour session is permitted. Only one guest per table may take a meal break at any time. A player may not have an additional meal break until eight hours after returning from the previous meal break.
- Only two players may be away from a single game at any one time. A third player who gets up from a table will have 10 minutes to return or will forfeit that seat. This is called the “third man walking” rule.
- A clock may be called on a player by any player who received cards that round or by a Potawatomi Hotel & Casino representative. Players who are found to be intentionally or repeatedly stalling the action may be penalized and/or asked to leave.
- A player using the phrase “all-in” in any way may be obligated to bet all of his/her chips. The phrase “I’ll put you all-in” will be interpreted as the player declaring himself/herself “all-in.”
- Communication between player and guest is prohibited while the player is involved in a hand.
- Players may only play out of a rack until the big blind reaches them.
- Players are allowed one token/item to use as a card protector, so long as that item’s size does not cover both Potawatomi Hotel & Casino logos on the playing card.
- The Floorperson has the right to inspect any hand, whether called or not, to protect the integrity of the game.
- A mucked hand retrieved by a player other than the owner is a dead hand—even if it was the winner.
- All hole cards must be placed face-up on the table in front of the player (“tabled”) to win any portion of the pot during a contested showdown. A dealer cannot kill a “tabled” hand if it is the winning hand. Cards speak.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for cash or cheques left on the table by a player.
- Visibly intoxicated guests will not be permitted to play.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino reserves the right to remove any player from any game for any reason.
The following are not permitted and may result in a warning, suspension or banning:
- The use of obscene language and/or verbal abuse directed at another player or staff member. This includes being overly critical of another player’s play.
- Creating a disturbance by arguing, shouting or making excessive noise.
- Destroying or defacing property, including throwing, tearing, bending or crumpling cards.
- The use of any tobacco product, electronic cigarettes or illegal substance.
- Carrying a weapon.
- Using a mobile phone for a voice call at the table and/or using any electronic device at the table while involved in a hand.
- Deliberately and/or repeatedly acting out of turn.
- Deliberately and/or repeatedly splashing chips into the pot.
- Agreeing to cheque a hand down when another player is all-in.
- Reading a hand for another player at the showdown before that hand has been “tabled.”
- Telling another player to turn a hand face-up at the showdown.
- Revealing the contents of a live hand in a multi-way pot before betting is complete.
- Improperly mucking a hand by deliberately discarding hands away from the muck, folding out of turn, revealing the contents of a folded hand to another player or folding when not facing a bet.
- Stacking chips in a manner that interferes with dealing or viewing cards.
- Making statements or taking action that could unfairly influence the course of play, whether or not the offender is involved in the pot.
- All wagers will be comprised of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino gaming cheques or an approved promotional PH&C coupon. No cash wagers are allowed.
- Only actively involved players are allowed to sit at a gaming table.
- Wagers may not be changed or added to after the dealer closes the betting.
- Only the seated player placing the contract wager may place a corresponding Bonus or Progressive wager. Players must remain seated until the completion of the round.
- If any card is inadvertently exposed by the dealer or a malfunction of the shuffling device, all hands shall be void and the cards shall be reshuffled.
- All cards must remain over the table and in clear view of the dealer at all times.
- Players may hold the cards with only one hand, except in Four Card Poker.
- No other person will be allowed to touch the cards except a representative of table games.
- No showing of cards or discussing hands between players is allowed.
- Only English may be spoken at the table when cards are in play.
- To maintain the integrity of the game and help protect all players from fraudulent activity, no player can wear colored or shaded lenses while playing any card game.
- All decisions by Table Games Management are final. Management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason.
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- Four Card Poker - To compete against the posted payout table, cards used will be the player’s original five cards.
- Let it Ride - To compete against the posted payout table, cards used will be the player’s original three cards and two community cards.
- Mississippi Stud - To compete against the posted payout table, cards used will be the player’s original two cards and three community cards.
- Three Card Poker - To compete against the posted payout table, cards used will be the player’s original three cards and two community cards.
- Ultimate Texas Hold ’Em - To compete against the posted payout table, cards used will be the player’s original two cards and the Flop (first three community cards).
- Guests may only gamble at one table at a time. If a player is not present when the cards are dealt, he or she will not receive a hand and may lose his or her seat.
- Only actively involved players are allowed to sit at a gaming table. Minimum and maximum betting limits are posted at each gaming table. No exceptions can be made to betting limits.
- The following is not permitted on or at the gaming tables: personal items, food or eating and electronic devices.
- Wagers must consist of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino cheques. Currency wagers or cheques from other casinos will not be accepted for play.
- To maintain the integrity of the game and help protect all players from fraudulent activity, no player can wear colored or shaded lenses while playing any card game; and English must be spoken while playing any handheld card game when cards are in play.
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is not responsible for casino cheques left at a table.
- Guests are expected to behave in a respectful manner. Loud, abusive, obscene or belligerent behavior will not be tolerated. Any guest exhibiting these behaviors will be escorted from the premises.
- Any guest caught cheating will be escorted out of the Casino immediately and may face prosecution or permanent restriction from entering the Casino.
- Any guest who violates a House Rule is subject to removal from the premises and potential permanent ban.
- All decisions by Table Games Management are final. Management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
- All Casino Code of Conduct House Rules and Gambling House Rules apply to all players and guests.
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Date updated: 24 December 2020
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE A PARTICIPANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING.
Chumba Casino is an online platform which offers Participants the chance to play games for entertainment and enjoyment. Chumba Casino also gives away sweepstakes entries referred to as “Sweeps Coins” as set out in these Sweeps Rules. Sweeps Coins can be used to play sweepstakes games for a chance to win further Sweeps Coinswhich are redeemable for real prizes.
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These Sweeps Rules are to be read in conjunction with the Chumba Casino Terms and Conditions (T&Cs). Terms which are defined in the T&Cs have the same meaning in these Sweeps Rules.
Casino Rules And Regulations
Eligibility to play Chumba Casino
- The Chumba Casino sweepstakes promotion (Sweepstakes) is only open to legal residents of the United States (including the District of Columbia but excluding outlying territories and the State of Washington) and Canada (excluding the province of Quebec), who are at least eighteen (18) years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction (whichever occurs later) at the time of entry. PARTICIPATION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
- A person who participates in the Sweepstakes is a Participant.
- The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws and regulations. It is the sole responsibility of a Participant to determine whether the Sweepstakes is legal and compliant with all regulations in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides.
- Participation constitutes the Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Sweeps Rules and Sponsor’s/Promoter’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
- Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set out in these Sweeps Rules.
- Employees of VGW Group, any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, holding companies, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Sweepstakes and their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children, whether the relationship is by birth, marriage or adoption) and household members (people who share the same residence at least 3 months of the year) are not eligible to participate.
Sponsor/Promoter
The Sponsor/Promoter of the Sweepstakes is VGW Games Limited of 5-7 Matilda Court, Giuseppe Cali Street, Ta’ Xbiex, XBX 1423 Malta.
How to collect Sweeps Coins
- To Participate, you must have an active Customer Account. If you do not have a Customer Account, you can create one free of charge at https://chumbacasino.com). To enter the Sweepstakes, a Participant must access Chumba Casino at https://chumbacasino.com and sign in to their Customer Account.
- Once they have accessed Chumba Casino, there are four potential ways for a Participant in the United States (including the District of Columbia but excluding outlying territories and the State of Washington) and Canada (excluding the province of Quebec) to collect Sweeps Coins:
- Receive Sweeps Coins as a free bonus when purchasing Gold Coins. Each Participant may receive Sweeps Coins as a bonus upon the purchase of specifically marked packs of Gold Coins. Gold Coins can be used for social game play in Chumba Casino. Gold Coins cannot be redeemed for prizes. The number of Sweeps Coins a Participant will receive as a bonus for each relevant Gold Coin purchase will be stated in the website purchase window. All purchases of Gold Coins are final and no refunds will be given.
- Receive Sweeps Coins when entering Sweeps Coins no-cost giveaway contests on the Chumba Casino Facebook page.The Sponsor/Promoter regularly holds Sweeps Coins no-cost giveaway contests which Participants can enter by following the instructions provided in the contest. These giveaways may require sharing the Facebook page posts or answering various game related questions to be eligible for entry. The amount of Sweeps Coins given away will be stated on the applicableSweeps Coins no-cost contest post and will be credited to each contest winner’s Customer Account.
- Receive Sweeps Coins by logging into your account. Participants can receive free Sweeps Coins on a daily basis by taking the following steps (Daily Bonus):
- log into your account;
- if you are eligible, a pop up screen will appear for you to claim your Daily Bonus;
- click the “Claim” button at the bottom of the Daily Bonus pop up.
Participants can only claim a Daily Bonus once per day (the daily clock resets at 12:00 EST).
- Receive Sweeps Coins by sending a request by post. Participants can receive free Sweeps Coins by sending a standard post card or piece of white paper (Request Card) which must be 4” x 6”, unfolded, blank and unlined and placed inside a stamped #10 envelope addressed in handwriting, to the following address and satisfying the requirements set out below:
- United States residents:
VGW GAMES LIMITED
CHUMBA CASINO SWEEPSTAKES DEPARTMENT
PO BOX #8486
PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801; - Canadian residents:
VGW GAMES LIMITED
CHUMBA CASINO SWEEPSTAKES DEPARTMENT
PO BOX #990
135 WEST BEAVER CREEK ROAD
RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO L4B 4R7.
- United States residents:
Participants must:
- handwrite their return address on the front of the envelope and the words: “Sweepstakes Credits”; and
- handwrite all of the following on only one side of the Request Card inserted inside the envelope:
- their full name as shown on their government issued identification;
- the email address registered to their Chumba Casino account;
- the return/residential address registered to their Chumba Casino account; and
- the following statement:
- There is a limit of one Request Card per outer envelope. For each Request Card a Participant submits in accordance with the above requirements, the Participant will receive 5 Sweeps Coins. The Sweeps Coins will be added to the Participant’s Customer Account.NOTE: A Participant must ensure that their handwriting is legible. If the Participant’s handwriting is not legible, the entry will be void and the Sweeps Coins will not be credited to the Participant’s Customer Account. The legibility of a Participant’s handwriting shall be determined by Sponsor/Promoter in its sole discretion.THE REQUEST MUST ONLY BE MADE BY THE PARTICIPANT AND MUST BE POSTED FROM THE SAME STATE OR PROVINCE AS THE PARTICIPANT’S VERIFIED RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. Requests made by any other individual or any entity (including but not limited to commercial sweepstakes subscription notification and/or entering services) or posted from a State or Province different to the Participant’s verified residential address will be declared invalid and Sweeps Coins will not be credited to the Participant’s Customer Account. Tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to the use of any device to automate the Sweeps Coins request/entry process, is prohibited and any requests/entries deemed by Sponsor/Promoter, in its sole discretion, to have been submitted in this manner will be void. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of the individual who actually submitted a request or whether a request satisfies the requirements set out above cannot be resolved to Sponsor/Promoter’s satisfaction, the affected request/entry will be deemed ineligible.
- The amount of Sweeps Coins a Participant has will be displayed in their Customer Account on the website. The amount of Sweeps Coins to be allocated to Participants can be changed at any time by the Sponsor/Promoter in its sole discretion.
- Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected Sweeps Coins requests or allocations.
- In the event of a dispute as to any registration of a Customer Account, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register the Customer Account will be deemed to be the Participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
- Use of any automated or other system(s) to Participate, to acquire Sweeps Coins or play the games is prohibited and will result in disqualification and loss of eligibility to Participate in the games.
- Sweeps Coins are only valid for sixty (60) days from the date a Participant last logged on to their Customer Account and will then automatically expire.
- Sweeps Coins may also be forfeited if a Participant’s Customer Account is deactivated for any reason, or at the Sponsor/Promoter’s discretion.
Using Sweeps Coins to play games
- Participants with Sweeps Coins can use those Sweeps Coins to play games within Chumba Casino for a chance to win additionalSweeps Coins. Sweeps Coins won through game play can be redeemed for real prizes.
- Within Chumba Casino there are different games. The amount of Sweeps Coins required to play each game will be detailed next to the game. A Participant may be able to increase the amount ofSweeps Coins they play the game with so they can increase their potential winning eligibility.
- Only games played with Sweeps Coins provide the opportunity toredeem winnings for real prizes. The prize that can be won while playing a game will be shown in Chumba Casino by clicking the “Win Table” or “Pay Table” button, denominated as “Sweeps Coins”.
- Each Sweeps Coin that has been won through game play (rather than collected using one of the methods described in Section 3 above) can be redeemedfor a prize with value being equivalent to US$1.
- Sponsor’s/Promoter’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes, the game and the amount of winnings are final and binding.
- Unless Sponsor/Promoter requires otherwise, any Sweeps Coins allocated to a Participant are required to be played once before they are eligible to be redeemed for prizes. Sponsor/Promoter may, in its sole discretion, require that any Sweeps Coins allocated to a Participant must be played a greater number of times (not exceeding 20) in any combination of Sweeps Coins games before they are eligible to be redeemed for prizes.
- Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to change the prize win rates and odds of any of the Sweepstakes at any time. A Participant can see the actual and any amended details by clicking on the “Win Table” or “Pay Table” button. It is a Participant’s responsibility to check the prize win rate on each occasion before they participate.
Verification and confirmation of potential winners
- POTENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR/PROMOTER (IN ANY MANNER IT MAY CHOOSE) AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR/PROMOTER ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES. A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE ONLINE SCREEN INDICATES THEY ARE, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PARTICIPANT’S ELIGIBILITY AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING PLAY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND THE PARTICIPANT HAS FULLY COMPLIED WITH THESE SWEEPS RULES AND BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR/PROMOTER WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER PURPORTED EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS.
- Potential prize winners must comply with these Sweeps Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.
- A potential prize winner may be required to sign and return to Sponsor/Promoter, an affidavit/declaration of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize (if applicable). In addition, in the case of a Canadian eligible winner, he/she will be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without mechanical or other aid to be administered at a pre-arranged mutually convenient time.
- If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to properly execute and return the affidavit/declaration of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), fails to comply with these Sweeps Rules (including, but not limited to, the requirement to correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question if a resident of Canada), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential winner forfeits the prize.
- In the event that a potential winner of a Sweepstakes prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor/Promoter may, in its sole discretion, reseed the prize back into the Sweepstakes.
Prizes
- A Participant’s Sweeps Coins balance is shown in the Participant’s Customer Account.
- Where a Participant has chosen to redeem prizes for cash, the cash payment will be paid in USD to the financial account or online wallet from which you purchased Gold Coins, or if this is not technically possible, then to an alternative bank account you nominate. Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to require the use of the same payment method for redemption of prizes as was used to purchase Gold Coins, or a specific payment method at Sponsor/Promoter’s discretion.
- Where a Participant has chosen to redeem prizes for gift cards, the gift cards will be allocated to the email address that the Participant has registered against their Customer Account.
- Sponsor/Promoter will only process a prize redemption if the redeemed value of the prize is US$100 or more (i.e. a minimum of 100 eligible Sweeps Coins). Consequently, a Participant’s Customer Account must have a balance of at least 100 Sweeps Coins before requesting a prize redemption.
- TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SWEEPS COINS PRIZE OR A SWEEPS COINS PRIZE REDEMPTION:
- A PARTICIPANT MUST BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUT EXCLUDING OUTLYING TERRITORIES AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON) OR CANADA (EXCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC); AND
- THE PARTICIPANT’S DETAILS MUST MATCH THOSE OF THE PARTICIPANT’S ACCOUNT.
- In New York and Florida, the maximum redemption value of a Sweeps Coins prize won on any one spin or play, via a Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes is US$5,000. Any redemption of a prize valued in excess of US$5,000 will not be allocated or paid.
- Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit a Participant’s redemption of Sweeps Coins to US$10,000 per day. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
- Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for any taxes or fees associated with a prize redemption. Participants are responsible for all applicable taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or redemption.
- Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for any foreign exchange transaction fees, charges or related costs that may be incurred as a result of, or in relation to, a prize redemption, including but not limited to any losses or additional costs arising from foreign exchange fluctuations.
- Sweeps Coins are not transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s/Promoter’s sole discretion. Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to substitute the listed prize of equal or greater value for any reason owing to circumstances outside Sponsor’s/Promoter’s reasonable control.
- Prize winners will be notified by private message or email.
Entry conditions and release
- By Participating, each Participant agrees to:
- comply with and be bound by:
- the T&Cs;
- these Sweeps Rules; and
- the decisions of the Sponsor/Promoter which are binding and final;
- release and hold harmless the Sponsor/Promoter and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the Released Parties) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Sweepstakes, acceptance or use or misuse of prizes (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and
- indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor/Promoter from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys/legal fees) arising out of or relating to a Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes and/or Participant’s acceptance, use or misuse of prizes.
- comply with and be bound by:
- By Participating, each Participant agrees to:
Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each Participant’s consent to Sponsor’s/Promoter’s and its agents’ use of Participant’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state/province/territory for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment, notice or consideration.
General Conditions
- Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes or these Sweeps Rules, or any part of the Sweepstakes or these Sweeps Rules, with immediate effect owing to circumstances outside its reasonable control and only where circumstances make it unavoidable if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s/Promoter’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor/Promoter in its sole discretion.
- Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Sweeps Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.
- Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s/Promoter’s failure to enforce any term of these Sweeps Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- In all other cases, the Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes. Any notice regarding cancellation, suspension and/or modification will be posted on Chumba Casino at https://chumbacasino.com.
- In the event of modifying the Sweepstakes, a Participant’s continued enrolment and/or participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.
Limitations of liability
- Insofar as permitted by law in the respective territories, the Released Parties (as defined above) are not responsible for:
- any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by a Participant, printing error or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes;
- technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software;
- unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes;
- technical or human error which may occur in the administration or operation of the Sweepstakes; or
- any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
- If for any reason a Participant’s Sweeps Coins or winning play is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Participant’s sole remedy is replacement by Sponsor/Promotor of an equivalent amount of Sweeps Coins.
- Insofar as permitted by law in the respective territories, the Released Parties (as defined above) are not responsible for:
Disputes
- Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, each Participant agrees that:
- any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the Participant (or for Canadian residents the International Centre for Dispute Resolution);
- the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and
- judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
- Under no circumstances will any Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than Participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Sweeps Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Participant and Sponsor/Promoter in connection with the Sweepstakes, are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
- To ensure fairness and the integrity of the promotion to all Participants, the Sponsor/Promoter will respond to questions to Customer Support viathis formand may post updates/communications on its Facebook page.
- Any Participant posting or seen to be posting comments on Sponsor’s/Promoter’s Facebook page or elsewhere during the promotion that are considered bullying, spiteful or upsetting to other Participants, players and fans of Chumba Casino or directly aimed at the Sponsor/Promoter, will have their comments removed and will be disqualified from the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to alert Facebook to any such behaviour and Participant may have his/her Facebook account frozen pending investigation.
- Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, each Participant agrees that:
Participant’s personal information
- Information collected from Participants is subject to the Sponsor’s/Promoter’s Privacy Policy which is available at https://chumbacasino.com.