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CONTEST GUIDELINES

 

GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE Second Chance Drawing

August 31, 2026 – July 2, 2027

 

The GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE (GSE) Second Chance Drawing (the “Promotion”) from the South Dakota Lottery is available to members of the South Dakota Lottery’s Players Club. South Dakota Lottery players may enter for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Los Angeles, California and play the GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE for a chance to win a share of up to $10 million in cash prizes.

These guidelines have been prepared to ensure the prizes awarded for the Promotion are determined as impartially and randomly as possible and that the integrity of the South Dakota Lottery is maintained at all times.

The Executive Director of the South Dakota Lottery reserves the right to change and supersede any outlined procedures to handle unforeseen circumstances.

 

Draw Date:

  • July 2, 2027 (1 winner, 5 alternates)

 

Eligible Tickets:

The following non-winning scratch tickets are eligible for entry.

  • PLINKO® (1197)

 

Prize:

One (1) winner (the “Prizewinner”) will receive a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Los Angeles, California and play the GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE for a chance to win a share of up to $10 million in cash prizes (the “Trip Prize”).

 

GENERAL

  • To be eligible for the drawing, the entrant must be 18 years or older to enter.
  • The entrant must be a member of the South Dakota Lottery’s Players Club.
  • To become eligible for the drawing, players may enter non-winning, eligible PLINKO® instant tickets on the South Dakota Lottery’s Players Club website or mobile app.
  • The odds of an entrant being selected as a Prizewinner will be determined by the number of entries submitted.
  • The Prizewinner of the drawing will be determined at a publicly held drawing at the Pierre Lottery office in accordance with SDCL Chapter 42-7A, Lottery administrative rules, and these guidelines.
  • The Prizewinner will have three (3) business days from the date they are notified of their win to submit their confirmation information to receive their Trip Prize; should that deadline not be met, the Trip Prize will revert to the next alternate.
  • The Prizewinner will be subject to the Lottery’s debt set-off process. If an obligation is must be fulfilled, the winner will have ten (10) business days to fulfill the obligation, or the prize will go to the next alternate.
  • By accepting the Trip Prize, the Prizewinner agrees to allowing their names and town to be published to the Players Club website and the South Dakota Lottery’s social media pages. By accepting the Trip Prize, the Prizewinner also agrees to being interviewed about the win.
  • In the event that the South Dakota Lottery is unable to conduct the drawing, due to technological issues or other like circumstances, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has been authorized to perform the drawing in a back-up capacity, utilizing the procedures and processes contained in these guidelines.
  • If any technical issues affect the results of the draw, the Lottery reserves the right to re-conduct the draw.

 

METHOD OF PROCESSING ENTRIES

  • All entries must be entered either on the Lottery’s Players Club website or South Dakota Lottery mobile app.
  • Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. central time on July 1, 2027.
  • Data collected in the course of the Promotion is stored on secure servers within a guarded limited access hosting facility and access to data is protected by a variety of security products. The Director of Security for the South Dakota Lottery has been made aware of these security procedures and has deemed them acceptable for the purposes of this drawing.
  • Internet entries are processed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from the date and time the Promotion begins until the final deadline of the drawing for which entries are eligible to be submitted. Each entry record contains a date stamp to indicate when it was submitted by the entrant.
  • Each entry will be validated by Lottery Security, if selected.
  • All entries are retained in the entry database for the duration of the Promotion, regardless of whether or not they are selected in the drawing, to ensure that any entry cannot be submitted more than one time during the course of the Promotion.

 

Trip Prize Description:

The Trip Prize is a five-day, four-night trip for the Trip Prize winner (the “Prizewinner”) and one (1) guest traveling from a domestic airport to be selected by the Prizewinner of at least 18 years of age (the “Travel Companion”) to Los Angeles, California to occur during or around Fall of 2027.   Each Trip Prize includes:

  • Roundtrip coach airfare for up to two (2) people from any U.S. international airport in the 48 U.S. contiguous states, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico to Los Angeles, California-area airport (inclusive of all associated security fees, taxes and surcharges);
  • Ground transfers between destination Airport and the destination hotel and, if necessary, between Scientific Games, LLC (hereinafter the “Contractor” or “SG”) hosted activities and event;
  • One (1) double occupancy room accommodations (room and room tax only) at a 3-star or better hotel in Los Angeles, California for four (4) nights;
  • One thousand dollars ($1,000) spending money, less any outstanding debt setoff, for the Prizewinner to be provided two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled trip departure date;
  • Admission for Prizewinner and Travel Companion to the Welcome Reception;
  • Admission to a taping of THE PRICE IS RIGHT TV game show as an audience member;
  • Prizewinner and Travel Companion shall be transported with other Prizewinners and guests to a planned group excursion in or around Los Angeles;
  • Transportation to the GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE Event (“GSE”) venue for the Prizewinner and Travel Companion;
  • Admission to the GSE Event venues for the Prizewinner and Travel Companion;
  • The Prizewinner, or duly authorized proxy participant (“Proxy”), shall have one (1) chance to participate in the GSE Event, as further described below, for a chance to win a share of total potential cash prizes up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000). The Prizewinner’s Travel Companion may join the Prizewinner at the GSE Event but will not be eligible to be a participant in the GSE Event unless the Travel Companion has been duly appointed as the Prizewinner’s Proxy.

 

GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE Overview

The GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE (the “GSE Event”) shall be conducted according to event and security procedures (the “Event and Security Procedures”) generated by Scientific Games, LLC (“SG”) and its third-party underwriters.  Final event details (the “GSE Event Details”) explaining how the GSE Event will be conducted will be provided to the Lottery no later than 120 days prior to the date of the GSE Event.

Each Prizewinner (each a “Contestant” or plural “Contestants”) (or an assigned Proxy) shall participate as a Contestant in the GSE Event together with Contestants from other participating lottery jurisdictions.

The GSE Event shall consist of rounds (each a “Round”) themed from each of the three (3) TV game shows: THE PRICE IS RIGHT™, FAMILY FEUD® and PRESS YOUR LUCK® for the chance to win a share of total potential cash prizes up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) (the “Cash Prizes”).

 

Round 1 - PUNCH A BUNCH™

Round 1 Cash Prizes range from five hundred dollars ($500) up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). 

Round 2 - THE BIG WHEEL

Round 2 Cash Prizes range from fifty dollars ($50) up to two thousand dollars ($2,000).

 

Round 3 - PLINKO®

Round 3 Cash Prizes range from five hundred dollars ($500) up to thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).

 

Round 4 - FAMILY FEUD®

Round 4 Cash Prizes range from zero dollars ($0) up to nine thousand seven hundred dollars ($9,700).

 

Round 5 - PRESS YOUR LUCK®

Round 5 Cash Prizes range from two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and will be awarded as follows:  

  • A Round 5 finalist (“Finalist”) will have a chance to win between one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and five million dollars ($5,000,000); and
  • Separately, a Cash Prize equal to the amount won by the Finalist in Round 5, will be awarded and split among all the other Contestants. For example, if the Finalist wins five million dollars ($5,000,000) in Round 5, the other Contestants will receive, and split equally, a separate five million dollars ($5,000,000).  

 

The information provided for the Rounds is subject to change until finalization of the official rules as part of the GSE Event Details.

All Cash Prizes in the GSE Event (the “GSE Event Cash Prizes”) are underwritten by either SG, third parties, or both. All GSE Event Cash Prizes shall be awarded and paid out as lump sum payments, less tax withholdings.

SG reserves the right to modify specific game play provided such change does not result in a lower expected payout for the Contestant for the modified portion.

 

Additional Conditions:  

  • Contestant and Travel Companion shall be required to comply with the Department of Homeland Security’s REAL ID Act and all other programs to attend and participate in the GSE Event. For more information, please see: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id.
  • If applicable, Contestant and Travel Companion shall be required to follow all health and safety protocols as instructed by the Event´s staff and volunteers and all federal, state, and local guidelines.
  • Contestant’s Travel Companion may join the Contestant at the GSE Event but will not be eligible to be a participant in the GSE Event unless they have been designated as a Contestant’s Proxy.
  • Contestant will be mailed the GSE Event Details concerning the GSE Event with their final travel documents two (2) weeks prior to their trip departure.
  • Age and other eligibility requirements to win the Trip Prize shall be determined by the Lottery; however, the minimum age requirement to play the GSE Event is eighteen (18) years per California State Law. The Prizewinner or their Proxy, if applicable, must be eighteen (18) years of age to be eligible to participate in the GSE Event.
  • SG will issue an IRS Tax Form W-2G for the prize amounts won during the GSE Event.
  • The Trip Prize is not for resale but may be transferred once, prior to the trip being booked.
  • The payment of the GSE Event Cash Prizes awarded to each Contestant during the GSE Event are the sole responsibility of SG, third parties, or both, subject to the terms below. GSE Event Cash Prize awards are not considered won by a Contestant, and are not payable unless and until the third party underwriter (the

“Risk Counterparty Representatives”) of such Cash Prize payouts and SG’s Event Auditor certify that the GSE Event has been conducted appropriately and in accordance with the official Event and Security Procedures, that a Contestant has validly won the GSE Event Cash Prize award pursuant to the official GSE Event Details and the Prizewinner is entitled to receive the GSE Event Cash Prize award, and the Risk Counterparty Representatives will then be required to pay the GSE Event Cash Prize awards to the Prizewinners.  Participating lotteries shall have no liability for any GSE Event Cash Prize amounts awarded collectively in the GSE Event and the third-party underwriter of such Prize (where applicable) has accepted the obligation to pay the GSE Event Cash Prize to the Prizewinners.  Participating lotteries shall have no liability for any GSE Event Cash Prizes.

  • All GSE Event Cash Prizes won by the Contestants may be subject to the Lottery’s debt setoff procedures.
  • FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE OFFICIAL PROMOTION AND/OR GSE EVENT DETAILS, PROMOTION AND/OR GSE EVENT AND SECURITY PROCEDURES, ANY OTHER GUIDELINES, OR CODES OF CONDUCT SET FORTH BY SG, MAY RESULT IN A CONTESTANT’S DISQUALIFICATION AT SG’S SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AND/OR THE REVOCATION OF ANY CASH PRIZE WON DURING THE GSE. 

The GSE Event is not scheduled for television broadcast or any form of public exhibition.

The GSE Event is being administered by SG. Any questions regarding the GSE Event, including questions regarding the assignment of proxies, GSE Event Cash Prize payments, and tax liability or withholding for GSE Event Cash Prizes, will be directed to an SG Prize Coordinator at time of Trip Prize claim.  Participation in the GSE Event may be subject to other local, state and federal laws, including the laws of the State of California.

FremantleMedia North America, Inc.  (“Fremantle”), or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or licensors (its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and licensors are collectively referred to hereinafter as, the “Fremantle Entities”) are not sponsors or administrators of the GSE Event.