Eligibility : Newport Pleasure Draw Sweepstakes only open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia (excluding residents of Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, and at retail in Virginia) who are smokers, 21 years of age or older at time of entry. Sweepstakes void in Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, at retail in Virginia, and where prohibited by law.
Promotion Period : Newport Pleasure Draw Sweepstakes begins on or about 5/1/09 and ends 10/31/09.
How To Enter : Go to www.newport-pleasure.com and follow all prompt instructions to enter.
Limit : One Internet entry per person per week.
Prize (s):
TWENTY-FIVE (25) GRAND PRIZES: Each Grand Prize consists of one (1) trip for Winner and one (1) adult guest to Las Vegas, NV, for Grand Prize Winner to compete in a Newport Blackjack Tournament. Each Grand Prize trip consists of round-trip coach-class air transportation between the commercial airport nearest the Grand Prize Winner’s residence and Las Vegas, NV, for two (2) persons; three (3) nights hotel accommodations (one standard room, double occupancy) at the Palms Casino Resort; participation for the Grand Prize Winner to compete in the Newport Blackjack Tournament; two (2) tickets to a Sponsor-specified show; ground transfers between airport and hotel, and hotel and show location in Las Vegas, NV; one (1) $300 Gift Card to be redeemed at any Palms Casino Resort on-premise restaurant, lounge or café; and one (1) $200 cash spending money allowance. The approximate retail value of each Grand Prize not to exceed $2,325.
NEWPORT BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT: All twenty-five (25) Grand Prize Winners (hereinafter “Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants”) will participate in the Newport Blackjack Tournament at the Palms Casino Resort on April 20, 2010, to compete for a prize purse totaling $100,000. There will be a lesson on how to play Blackjack in the Newport Blackjack Tournament prior to Qualifying Round. QUALIFYING ROUND: All twenty-five (25) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants will participate in the Qualifying Round of the Newport Blackjack Tournament. In the Qualifying Round, there will be a total of four (4) Newport Blackjack Tournament Tables. Three (3) of the Newport Blackjack Tournament Tables will consist of six (6) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants and one (1) Newport Blackjack Tournament Table will consist of seven (7) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Participant will receive the same designated amount of Tournament Chips to compete in the Qualifying Round of the Newport Blackjack Tournament. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Participant will receive $25,000 in Tournament Chips. The minimum bet is $500 and the maximum bet will be $25,000. Bets must be made in increments of $500. The Qualifying Round will be thirty (30) minutes in length plus five (5) hands. After thirty (30) minutes, Tournament Chips of each Newport Blackjack Tournament Participant will be counted down and announced. Five (5) additional hands will be dealt. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants with the three (3) highest amount value of chips at each table after the final five (5) hands of the Qualifying Round will advance to the Semi-Final Round. A Newport Blackjack Tournament Participant may be disqualified during the Qualifying Round if he/she looses all of his/her Tournament Chips before the Qualifying Round is completed. In the event of a tie among Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants at a designated table during the Qualifying Round, a playoff hand will be held among all tied Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants to determine the three (3) Winners from that designated table. SEMI-FINAL ROUND: The three (3) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants remaining at each Newport Blackjack Tournament Table in the Qualifying Round will compete in the Semi-Final Round for a total of twelve (12) Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participants. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participant will receive the same designated amount of Tournament Chips to compete in the Semi-Final Round of the Newport Blackjack Tournament. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participant will receive $25,000 in Tournament Chips. The minimum bet is $500 and the maximum bet will be $25,000. Bets must be made in increments of $500. The Semi-Final Round will be thirty (30) minutes in length plus five (5) hands. After thirty (30) minutes, Tournament Chips of each Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participant will be counted down and announced. Five (5) additional hands will be dealt. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participant with the highest amount value of chips after the final five (5) hands of the Semi-Final Round at each table will advance to the Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round. In the event of a tie among Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participants at a designated table during the Semi-Final Round, a playoff hand will be held among all tied Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participants to determine the one (1) Winner from that designated table. A Newport Blackjack Tournament Semi-Final Round Participant may be declared a Final Round Participant during the Semi-Final Round if he/she is the only remaining participant with chips at his/her designated table during the Semi-Final Round. WILD CARD DRAWING FOR FINAL ROUND: The twenty-one (21) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants who did not advance to the Final Round will participate in a Wild Card Drawing prior to the Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Participant who selects the designated “Wild Card” during the Wild Card Drawing will be eligible to advance to the Final Round of the Newport Blackjack Tournament. FINAL ROUND: A total of five (5) Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participants will compete in the Final Round. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant will receive the same designated amount of Tournament Chips to compete in the Final Round of the Newport Blackjack Tournament. Each Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant will receive $100,000 in Tournament Chips. The minimum bet is $1,000 and the maximum bet will be $100,000. Bets must be made in increments of $1,000. The Final Round will be sixty (60) minutes in length plus five (5) hands. After sixty (60) minutes, Tournament Chips of each Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant will be counted down and announced. Five (5) additional hands will be dealt. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant with the highest amount value of chips after the final five (5) hands of the Final Round will be declared the Grand Prize Winner. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant with the second highest amount value of chips will be declared the First Prize Winner. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant with the third highest amount value of chips will be declared the Second Prize Winner. The Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant with the fourth highest amount value of chips and the Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participant with the least amount value of chips will be declared the two (2) Third Prize Winners. In the event of a tie among Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round Participants during the Tournament Final Round, a playoff hand will be held among all tied Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants to determine the Grand and First Prize Winners. Prize Purse for the Newport Blackjack Tournament Final Round: One (1) Grand Prize: $25,000; One (1) First Prize: $15,000; One (1) Second Prize: $10,000; and Two (2) Third Prizes: $5,000 each. All remaining twenty (20) Newport Blackjack Tournament Participants who did not qualify for the Tournament Final Round will be deemed Fourth Prize Winners and Fourth Prize Winners will each receive $2,000. Total Prize Purse for the Newport Blackjack Tournament: $100,000.
Total ARV of all prizes:
$158,125
Winners :To obtain a Winners List, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by 2/1/10 to: Newport Pleasure Draw Winners List, P.O. Box 8078-W, Grand Rapids, MN 55745-8078. Do not send any other correspondence to this address.
