$80, 000 Santa’s Gamble – The Great Prize Exchange
Agua Caliente Casinos
December 1 – 27, 2024

Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage, Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, and Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City, (hereinafter referred to as ACCRM, ACCPS and ACCCC respectively in the promotional rules), otherwise known as Agua Caliente Casinos, will host the “$80,000 Santa’s Gamble – The Great Prize Exchange”. This will include Weekly Drawings, plus a game experience, every Friday during the month of December, which gives ACE Club members who play on the Casino Floor the opportunity to win their share of Cash Prizes. ACE Club members will be notified of this promotion via direct marketing offers, e-blast, and property collateral.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: 

ACE Club members shall have the opportunity to earn electronic drawing entries for a chance to win their share of Cash Prizes in the “$80,000 Santa’s Gamble – The Great Prize Exchange” Weekly Drawings, plus a game experience. ACE Club members must earn electronic drawing entries by playing on the Casino Floor at their favorite slot machines with their ACE Club Card properly inserted or by actively playing at a live table game with an open rating at any Agua Caliente Casino and AC Fuel (Slots only). 

Event Details:

·      Sunday, December 1, 2024 

• Electronic drawing entry earning begins at 12:01AM. 

·      Fridays, December 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2024 

• Weekly Drawings and Game Experience from 4:00PM – 9:00PM

·      Promotional Areas and Announcements: 

• Winners shall be announced from the promotional area at each Agua Caliente Casino property listed below:

§  ACCCC: Center of the Casino Floor

§  ACCPS:  Near the Valet Entrance

§  ACCRM: In Front of the ACE Club  

Electronic Drawing Entry Earning Slot Machines:

·      Entry earning begins on Friday, December 1, 2024 at 12:01AM and ends ten (10) minutes prior to the last drawing on Friday, December 27, 2024.

·      Entries earned will be cumulative for the promotional period and will not expire until Friday, December 27, 2024, after the last drawing is complete.

o   (See “The Following Rules Apply to Promotional Drawings using PlayerSoft”, Rule #3 (a) (b), & 4).

·      Every ten (10) slot points earned = One (1) electronic drawing entry into all drawings for the promotion. 

·      Every $10 dollars played on slot machines equals three (3) slot points. Every $20 dollars played on video poker machines equals three (3) slot points. Rated table game play and live poker table play do not qualify for slot points. Slot points must be earned through slots or video poker only.

·      Electronic drawing entries can be earned based on slot play at any of the Agua Caliente Casino properties, including AC Fuel, while playing with their ACE Club Card properly inserted.

·      To be eligible, entries must be activated within two (2) hours and at least ten (10) minutes prior to each drawing time, by playing slots with an ACE Club Card properly inserted in a slot machine.

Electronic Drawings Entry Earning Table Games:

·      Electronic drawing entry earning begins on Friday, December 1, 2024, at 12:01AM and ends ten (10) minutes prior to the last drawing on December 27, 2024.

·      Entries earned will be cumulative for the promotional period and will not expire until Friday, December 27, 2024 after the last drawing is complete.

• (See “The Following Rules Apply to Promotional Drawings using PlayerSoft”, Rule #4, #5, & #6 (a) (b) (c).

·      $5 table games theoretical win = One (1) electronic drawing entry into all drawings for the promotion.

·      Players must have rated table games play within two (2) hours of each drawing time to be eligible.

·      To activate their earned entries, the ACE Club member must begin a session of play at a table game within two (2) hours before the drawing.

·      Open table games ratings will be closed by a Table Games Floor Supervisor (or above) starting thirty (30) minutes prior to the first drawing and every two (2) hours until the end of the drawings to activate entries into the drawing.

·      If a player is actively playing at the time of activation, Table Games Floor Supervisor (or above) will close the rating to activate entries and then re-open their rating immediately. This process must be repeated for each activation time, to repopulate any new entries earned into the electronic drawing drum since the last activation.

• 3:30PM activation– qualifies for 4:00PM – 5:30PM drawings
• 5:30PM activation– qualifies for 6:00PM – 7:30PM drawings
• 7:30PM activation– qualifies for 7:30PM – 9:00PM drawings

·      IMPORTANT: Electronic table game drawing entries can be earned based on carded table games play at any Agua Caliente Casino properties (excluding AC Fuel).

Weekly Drawing Structure:

·      On Fridays, December 6, 13, 20 &27, 2024, one (1) winner (slots or table games player) will be selected every thirty (30) minutes beginning at 4:00PM until 9:00PM, from the designated promotional area at each Agua Caliente Casino property to have the opportunity to participate in our “Santa’s Gamble” Game Experience to win Cash Prizes ranging from $150 to $1,000 (Please see Weekly Drawing Schedule below).

·      Drawings will be conducted from the designated promotional area at each Agua Caliente Casino & announced throughout the Casino Floor by an authorized Marketing representative.

·      Each winner will have three (3) minutes to identify themselves as a winner of the drawing at their respective promotional area with an authorized Marketing representative.

o   In the event that a winner does not show up within the allotted time, we will re-draw for another winner.

o   Re-draw winners will have three (3) minutes to claim. If winner does not claim within the allotted time, a new winner will be drawn.

·       Must be present at the Agua Caliente Casino in which their name was called in order to win.

·      ACE Club members will have the opportunity to win one (1) time per promotional week across any of the Agua Caliente Casinos.

Weekly Drawing Schedule:

Drawing Time	Type
4:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
4:30PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
5:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
5:30PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
6:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
6:30PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
7:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
7:30PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
8:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
8:30PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot
9:00PM	One (1) Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participation spot

o   Total Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participants per promotional day per property: 11

o   Total Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participants per week combined across all Agua Caliente Casino properties: 33

o   Combined Total Santa’s Gamble Game Experience participants across all Agua Caliente Casino properties: 132

Santa’s Gamble Game Experience:

·      Upon verifying eligibility by an authorized Marketing representative, the Participant selected will be given the choice of taking either $500 Cash Prize or selecting one (1) of eleven (11) concealed boxes containing a Cash Prize amount with values ranging from $150 to $1,000 (See Santa’s Gamble Game Experience Inventory below). 

·      The Participant that choose to select one (1) of the eleven (11) concealed boxes, will open their selected box and reveal the concealed Cash Prize amount to be awarded.

·      Winners may choose to receive their Cash Prize in Free Slot Play or Non-Negotiable Chips (hereinafter referred to as FSP or NNC respectively) inlieu of the Cash Prize (in the amount of 60% of the cash prize amount) in the amounts ranging of $90 to $600.

·      If the Cash Prize is requested in either FSP or NNC, it must be taken in either all FSP or all NNC (no partial payments).

Santa’s Gamble Game Experience Inventory:

Boxes	Amount
3 Boxes	$150 Cash ($90 FSP or NNC in lieu of the Cash Prize)
2 Boxes	$250 Cash ($150 FSP or NNC in lieu of the Cash Prize)
2 Boxes	$600 Cash ($360 FSP or NNC in lieu of the Cash Prize)
2 Boxes	$750 Cash ($450 FSP or NNC in lieu of the Cash Prize)
2 Boxes	$1,000 Cash ($600 FSP or NNC in lieu of the Cash Prize)

Prize Pool: 

·      Prize Pool per property per promotional day: up to $11,000 Cash or up to $6,600 FSP or NNC

·      Prize Pool of all properties per promotional day: up to $33,000 Cash or up to $19,800 FSP or NNC

·      Total Prize Pool Combined: up to $132,000 Cash or up to $79,200 FSP or NNC

The Following Rules Apply to Promotional Drawings using PlayerSoft: 

1.     Slot players must earn electronic drawing entries by accumulating slot points. Players can accumulate slot points while playing slot machines anywhere on the Casino Floor with their ACE Club Card properly inserted into a slot machine, at Agua Caliente Casinos and AC Fuel. Slot players earn one (1) electronic drawing entry per ten (10) slot points earned during the promotional period. Electronic drawing entries are automatically entered into the PlayerSoft “virtual” drawing barrel.

2.     All qualifying slot and/or table games points for the “$80,000 Santa’s Gamble – The Great Prize Exchange” must be earned starting at 12:01AM on Sunday, December 1, 2024 and will end at after the last drawing is completed on Friday, December 27, 2024. Slot points can be earned at any Agua Caliente Casino, including AC Fuel. (See “Electronic Drawing Entry Earning Slot Machines”). Table games players points can be earned at any Agua Caliente Casino, excluding AC Fuel.

3.     Slot Players must activate their electronic drawing entries on the day of each drawing. In order to successfully activate electronic drawing entries towards each drawing, the qualified ACE Club members will be required to follow the below steps:

a.       Properly inserting their ACE Club Card, the ACE Club member will begin a session of play at a slot machine. 

b.       The ACE Club member must close their rating by removing their ACE Club Card from a slot machine at least ten (10) minutes prior to any upcoming drawing time. This process must be repeated at every drawing time to repopulate any new entries earned into the electronic drawing drum. 

4.     For slot players and table game players, all electronic drawing entries must be activated a within (2) hours and at least ten (10) minutes prior to each drawing time in order to be eligible to win. A sweep will be done on PlayerSoft ten (10) minutes prior to the drawing time to begin populating entries earned up to that point for winners. Announcements will be made on the Casino Floor from each promotional area throughout the drawing day to remind patrons how and when to activate their electronic drawing entries

5.     Table Games players earn electronic drawing entries by accumulating a $5 table game theoretical win while playing at a table with their ACE Club Card. Table game players earn one (1) electronic drawing entry per $5 table game theoretical win accumulated during the promotional period. Table Game drawing entries can only be earned at Agua Caliente Casinos excluding AC Fuel. (See “Table Game Electronic Drawing Entry Earning”)

6.     Table Games players must activate their electronic drawing entries on the day of the drawings. In order to successfully activate electronic drawing entries towards each drawing, the qualified ACE Club members will be required to follow the below steps. 

a.       Using their ACE Club Card, the ACE Club member must begin a session of play at a table game a within of two (2) hours before each drawing session.

b.       A Table Games Floor Supervisor (or above) must close all player ratings thirty (30)-minutes prior to the first drawing and every two (2) hours until the end of the promotion to activate the electronic drawing.

c.       If a player is actively playing at the time of activation, a Table Games Floor Supervisor (or above) will close the rating to activate entries and then re-open their rating immediately. This process must be repeated for each activation time, to repopulate any new entries earned into the electronic drawing drum since the last activation.

7.     Once an electronic drawing entry is selected and the winning name is announced, the player will have three (3) minutes to report to the drawing area. Winners may also contact a Slot or Security Department employee. The Slot or Security Department employee will notify an authorized Marketing representative that a winner has identified themselves within the three (3) minute time limit and is being sent to the drawing area to be verified as an eligible winner before another name is drawn. The winner’s drawing and eligibility will be verified by two (2) authorized Marketing representatives before the prize is awarded. A Winners Log will be kept to indicate the entries drawn, winner’s name(s) and any electronic drawing entries drawn that are “ineligible “or “no-shows”.

8.     All drawing promotions shall have a thirty (30)-minute verification period to determine winner eligibility after a winner has been chosen.

9.     Must be present to win. In the event that a winner does not show up, we will re-draw for another winner. This allows another ACE Club member an opportunity to win in that drawing. In the event the winner does not show up to claim their prize within the allotted three (3) minute period, that winner will be marked as a “no-show” on the Winners Log. 

10.  Winners must show valid identification to claim a prize (i.e. driver’s license, government-issued photo ID card, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal ID, military ID or passport:  Federal Regulations prohibit the copying or scanning of military or military dependent identification cards). Winners must also show their ACE Club Card to claim a prize.

11.  Players are not permitted to designate a representative to play or collect rewards on their behalf. 

12.  For Non-Negotiable Chip Prizes, an authorized Marketing representative will verify each winner’s ID and ACE Club Card before prizes are issued. An authorized Marketing representative will require the winner to sign the Winners Log before issuing a Non-Negotiable Chip Prizes Comp Voucher to the ACE Club member’s account. Once the voucher has printed the, the authorized issuer (or above) will sign the voucher with name and gaming license number and instruct the winner to present the voucher to the Main Cashier’s Cage to receive their prize in Non-Negotiable Chips. Non-Negotiable Chip vouchers expire twenty (24) hours after issuance.

13.  Winners agree that, as a condition of entry, a Winners Log and a Winner’s Release Form will be signed prior to the payment of prizes (if applicable). The Winner’s Release Form gives Agua Caliente Casinos and its agencies the rights to use the winner’s name, character, voice, likeness etc. in any future advertising, without any further compensation due to the winner. The release also holds Agua Caliente Casinos, the ACBCI, its employees, etc. harmless from the award or use of the prize.

14.  The Winners Release Form will include space for two (2) employee signatures: One (1) authorized Marketing representative, and one (1) additional signature for verification, completed by an authorized Marketing representative. Winners are responsible for all Federal, State and local taxes for all awards as a result of this promotion where applicable. Winners must provide a social security number and/or W-9 Form (if applicable) prior to receipt of their award or prize per the Reporting and Withholding Internal Controls.

15.  For each electronic drawing entry drawn, an authorized Marketing representative will enter the following information on the Winners Log: date of the promotion; winner’s name and ACE Club number; and the award or prize won. The authorized Marketing representative will sign with name and gaming license number on the last page of the log attesting to the prize distribution. The winner will sign the log, evidencing they have received the prize.

16.  In the event that all systems go OFFLINE and become inoperable for any reason, the on-site ACGC Gaming Inspector Department and ACGC Surveillance Department will be notified immediately. Drawings will cease until the system is back online and fully operational. No manual drawing entries or prizes will be issued in lieu of the system being “offline.” 

17.  ACE Club members will have the chance to win one (1) time per promotional week, across any of the Agua Caliente Casinos. 

18.  For all valid weeks from Sunday, December 1, 2024 through Friday, December 27, 2024, electronic drawing entry earnings will accumulate throughout the entirety of the promotion and will expire on Friday, December 27, 2024, at the end of the last drawing.

GENERAL RULES

1.     Must be 21 years or older to participate.

2.     Must be an ACE Club member to participate.  

3.     Restricted players are not eligible for this promotion.

4.     Employees of Agua Caliente Casinos and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians with an Agua Caliente Gaming Commission issued gaming license are not eligible to participate. 

5.     All drawing promotions shall have a thirty (30)-minute verification period to determine winner eligibility after a winner has been chosen.

6.     Must be present at the Agua Caliente Casino in which their name was called in order to win.

7.     Winners agree that, as a condition of entry, a Winners Log and a Winners Release Form will be signed prior to the payment of prizes (if applicable). The Winners Release Form gives Agua Caliente Casinos and its agencies the rights to use the winner’s name, character, voice, likeness etc. in any future advertising, without any further compensation due to the winner. The release also holds Agua Caliente Casinos, the ACBCI, its employees, etc. harmless from the award or use of the prize.

8.     The Winners Release Form will include space for two (2) employee signatures: One (1) authorized Marketing representative and one (1) additional signature of an authorized Marketing representative for verification. Winners are responsible for all Federal, State, and local taxes for all awards as a result of this promotion where applicable. Winners must provide a social security number and/or W-9 Form (if applicable) prior to receipt of their award or prize per the ACBCI Reporting and Withholding Internal Controls.

9.     For each winner selected, an authorized Marketing representative will enter the following information on the Winners Log: date and time of the promotion, winner’s name, winner’s ACE Club number and the award or prize won.  The authorized representative of the promotional event shall sign the log with their name and gaming license number attesting to the prize distribution. The winner will sign the log, evidencing they have received the prize.

10.  Winners must show valid identification to claim a prize (i.e. driver’s license, government-issued photo ID card, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal ID, military ID or passport:  Federal Regulations prohibit the copying or scanning of military or military dependent identification cards). Winners must also show their ACE Club Card to claim a prize.

11.  Agua Caliente Casinos are not responsible for any technical malfunctions, failures, or difficulties, printing errors, clerical, typographical or other errors within the offering or announcements of any award or prize notification, or for any errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, clerical, electronic, or technical in nature, including but not limited to areas of the casino facility where speakers are not present or functioning or for the incorrect, inaccurate or failure to capture the appropriate information. Agua Caliente Casinos are not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, late, lost, damaged, stolen, postage due, direct marketing offers.

12.  The Agua Caliente Casinos reserve the right and sole discretion to disqualify any gaming participant who has been identified as having “tampered”, in any way deemed inappropriate, with the direct marketing offers. This includes but is not limited to, counterfeiting or copying of drawing entries, placing foreign objects or inappropriate markings on the entries or direct marketing offers. This disqualification will also include but is not limited to “tampering” with the entry process or any other promotional related item, or acting in a manner that may be in violation of the Official Rules or in a disruptive manner with the intent to disrupt or to undermine the legitimacy of the promotion or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person(s).

13.  Ace, Edge, or Elite Cards are the property of Agua Caliente Casinos. Use of these cards constitutes acceptance of the Rules of the ACE Club and will also be advertised within the ACE Club Brochure. 

14.  Direct marketing offers are valid only on the date/time shown on the direct marketing offer and are non-transferable, non-refundable and have no cash value; no change given and may not be combined with any other discount or group rate. 

15.  Facsimiles or reproductions of direct marketing offers will not be accepted; any attempt to duplicate, alter, modify or change offer voids use.

16.  Agua Caliente Casinos, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, its employees, etc. are held harmless for any claims resulting from redemption of these offers.

17.  Agua Caliente Casinos are not responsible for equipment malfunctions, including, but not limited to computer systems or any gaming related equipment utilized to administer this promotion.

18.  All patron disputes related to this promotion will be handled in accordance with the ACBCI Guest Disputes Internal Controls.

19.  All promotions will be administered in accordance with the ACBCI systems of internal controls, policies, and procedures.

20.  Agua Caliente Casinos must include a responsible gambling message on printed materials for this promotion where practical. The message will read: Problem Gambling? Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Signage must also be located within each Casino.

21.  A copy of the promotion rules must be displayed or made readily available to patron upon request during the duration of the promotion. The rules may be available via rules poster, rules rack card/flyer, or on the Agua Caliente Casinos website. The Marketing Department will always have a copy of the rules during the promotion.

22.  For Cash prizes, an authorized Marketing representative will require the winner to sign the Winners Log and Winner’s Release Form. After obtaining the necessary signatures, an authorized Marketing representative shall escort the Winner, along with the promotional paperwork, to the Main Cage for payment of the Cash Prize.

23.  All Cash Prize winners must be paid at the Main Cage. 

24.  ACE Club members will have the opportunity to win one (1) time per promotional week across any of the Agua Caliente Casinos.

25.  Winners may choose to receive their prize in Free Slot Play or NNC’s lieu of the Cash Prize (in the amount of 60% of the cash prize amount).

26.  If the Cash Prize is requested in either Free Slot Play or NNC, it must be taken in eithr all Free Slot Play or all NNC (no partial payments).

27.  Winners who receive Free Slot Play as their prize shall have the coupon code added by an authorized Marketing representative directly to their ACE Club Card account.

28.  Non-Negotiable Chip Prizes will be paid out via a voucher issued to the winner that is then redeemed at the Main Cashier’s Cage. Non-Negotiable Chip vouchers expire twenty-four (24) hours after issuance.

29.  Free Slot Play prizes will expire from date of redemption based on the amounts below:

a.     $101 – $1,500 – Expires in 30 days

30.  The Agua Caliente Gaming Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ACGC) retains the right to suspend, rescind, or void any promotion that fails to maintain and protect the assets, integrity and reputation of the Tribe.