Webstakes Q2-2008
"Scratch4Cash®" Instant Win Game
Official Rules

No purchase necessary to enter or win. Purchasing does not increase your chances of winning. Game starts 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on April 8, 2008 and ends 5:00 PM (ET) July 8, 2008, or when the supply of game cards is exhausted, whichever comes first. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia) and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 years of age or older as of April 8, 2008. Void in Puerto Rico, Quebec and where prohibited by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local laws and/or regulations.

1. TO PLAY

You may only play this game online. To play, go to www.webstakes.com. After completing the one time registration form, you will be forwarded to the Webstakes.com Homepage. Click on the "Scratch4Cash®" link and you will be taken to the Instant Win Game. Click on 4 game pieces to disappear, leaving 3 game pieces left to scratch. Using your mouse, hold down the left mouse button and scratch the 3 game pieces to see if you are a potential winner. If the game pieces reveal that you are a potential winner, follow the instructions provided to claim the prize indicated, subject to verification and the terms of these rules. Limit 5 game plays per person and e-mail address per day, except if you reveal 3 of the Bonus Play icons, in which event you will receive an additional 3 game plays to be played no later than July 8, 2008. Odds of revealing 3 Bonus Play icons are 1:11. For the purpose of the promotion, an online day shall mean a 24-hour period beginning at 12:00 AM (ET) and ending at 11:59 PM (ET); except that on April 8, 2008, the online day begins at 5:00 PM (ET) and ends at 11:59 PM (ET), and on July 8, 2008 the online day begins at 12:00 AM (ET) and ends at 5:00 PM (ET). No photocopies, reproductions or facsimiles of game materials allowed. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants must be the registered subscriber of the e-mail account from which the entry is made. Sponsor may require proof to its satisfaction of entrant's registered subscriber status. Throughout the course of this promotion, the game may appear in several different creative presentations (syndications) on several different websites under the name "Scratch4Cash®". All creative presentations will share the same prize structure listed in Rule #3 and odds of winning remain the same as stated in these Official Rules.

2. ELIGIBILITY

Game open to legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia), and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 years of age or older as of April 8, 2008. This game is void in Puerto Rico, Quebec and where prohibited by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local laws and/or regulations. Employees of Online Games Inc, its advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (parents, children, and siblings and their respective spouses) and household members are not eligible to enter or win. Potential winners will be contacted by mail, e-mail or telephone and may be required to sign and return to Online Games Inc an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity releases (unless prohibited by law) within 14 days of issuance of these documents in order to be confirmed as a winner. If any prize/prize notification is undeliverable, if a potential winner fails to timely return these documents or in the event of non-compliance with any of the requirements stated in these Official Rules, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety. In the event a Canadian entrant is a potential winner, he or she will be required to correctly answer, without assistance, a mathematical skill-testing question as a prerequisite to being declared a winner.

3. PRIZES AND ODDS OF WINNING

Grand Prize (1): $25,000 Cash - Odds: 1 in 80,000,000; First Prize (2): $1,000 Cash - Odds: 1 in 40,000,000; Second Prize (50): $100 Cash each - Odds: 1 in1,600,000; Third Prize (25): $ 50.00 Cash each - Odds: 1 in 3,200,000; Fourth Prize (1,000): $10.00 Cash each - Odds: 1 in 80,000; Fifth Prize (2,500): $5.00 Cash each - Odds: 1 in 32,000; Sixth Prize ( 5,000): $1.00 Cash each - Odds: 1 in 16,000. . Prize Total odds of winning any prize are 1 in 9,326. Total value of all prizes is: $ 60,750. No transfer of prize permitted. Winners are solely responsible for paying all applicable federal, state, provincial and local taxes on prize as well as all other expenses related to the receipt or use of any prize awarded. Limit one First Prize per individual, e-mail address or household. All potential winners are eligible for the Grand Prize. All prize claims must be received by July 28, 2008; proof of sending is not proof of delivery. Please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery of prize. Subject to the terms of these rules, winners will either receive their prize via check from Webstakes.com, or may be directed via e-mail how they can collect their prize money through PayPal. Prize money, can be withdrawn/utilized by the winner in one of three ways: (A) PayPal can deposit winnings directly into winner's bank account. Requests will be processed immediately, and money should arrive in bank account within 3-5 business days of such request. (B) Winner can request a personal check from PayPal. The check will be sent to winner's home address by U.S. Mail within 1-2 weeks of such request. (C) Winner can use prize money toward a purchase from a participating PayPal merchant. Payment method is at sole discretion of Sponsor. All prize claims subject to verification and the terms of these rules. Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

4. DISCLAIMER

By entering, entrants assume all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by his or her participation in this Game, as well as the acceptance or use of any prize, and release Online Games Inc, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotions agencies, officers, directors, and employees (The "Released Parties") from any such liability. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused to participant's or to any other person's computer, relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with this game. The Released Parties are not responsible for technical, telecommunications, hardware, software, or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, stolen, misdirected, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed entries, prize claims, or electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this game or by any human or other error which may occur in the serving of game pieces in this game. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to Online Games Inc and its designees to use winners' names and likenesses for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity without additional compensation. In the event more winning game cards are issued than the number of prizes set forth in these rules, due to computer, printing, seeding, human or other error or problem, a random drawing will take place from among all eligible, non-suspect prize claims for the prize at issue to award the proper number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules. In no event will more than the number of prizes specified in these rules be awarded.

5. ADDITIONAL RULES

This game is sponsored by Online Games Inc, 904 Sylvan Ave, 2nd Floor, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Webstakes.com is a trademark of Online Games Inc. Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this game at any time and award the prizes previously claimed to eligible, non-suspect and valid claims. In the event Sponsor withdraws the transmission of this game, it reserves the right to conduct a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect, non-winning entrants to award any unclaimed prizes. Entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Online Games Inc, whose decisions are final. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from this promotion. Online Games Inc reserves the right to permanently disqualify from any promotion it sponsors, any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules or otherwise tampered with any element of this promotion.

6. WINNERS LIST

For names of winners (available after August 10, 2008) visit http://www.webstakes.com/page.do?temp_id=2699 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by July 28, 2008 to: Online Games Inc., 904 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632; Attn: Webstakes.com Q2-2008 "Scratch4Cash®" Winners.

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