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SG SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

Gentlemans Cards & Collectibles, LLC “SG #2” Sweepstakes

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

DATES OF SWEEPSTAKES: Gentlemans Cards & Collectibles LLC “SG#2” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:00 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on February 1, 2025 and ends at 11:59 pm ET on March 31, 2025 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).

SPONSOR: Gentlemans Cards & Collectibles LLC, 4582 Kingwood dr, Box 402, Kingwood TX 77345.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal permanent residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older or nineteen (19) in Alabama and Nebraska and twenty-one (21) in Mississippi as of the date of entry (the “Entrant”). Employees, managers and directors of Gentlemans Cards & Collectibles LLC. (the “Sponsor”) and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates, distributors, vendors, advertising/promotion agencies, and any others engaged in the development, production, execution or distribution of the Promotion, including, but not limited to, National Sweepstakes Company, LLC (the “Independent Administrator”) (collectively referred to herein as “Promotion Entities”) as well as their immediate family members (spouses, siblings, children and parents, regardless of where they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers and directors are not eligible to participate. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Promotion is void outside of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, and wherever else prohibited or restricted by law.

HOW TO ENTER: Entries for this Sweepstakes can be received via Purchase, Additional Entries, Subscriptions and AMOE OR AMOE only. There is no limit to the number of entries for an Entrant.

A. PURCHASE: Visit https://sakurascardshop.com (the website) and make a qualifying purchase to receive One (1) entries for every $1 purchased at the Website. Entrant will need to provide all of the required information as requested in order to submit and complete a purchase. Upon completion of the purchase, Entrant will automatically receive the entry or entries for each purchase of $1 at the https://sakurascardshop.com. Sponsor may offer more entries during specific timeframes of the Sweepstakes and will post those offerings on the Website. The number of additional entries will be calculate by multiplying each $1 purchased by the number listed as a multiplier on the Website. For example, an Entrant making a purchase of $50 will receive a total of 150 entries if the multiplier is 3 (50 x 3).

Entrants will receive one (1) entry for every $1 purchase on a gift card; however, use of a gift card to purchase is NOT a qualifying purchase. If an Entrant requests a refund, the refund and cancellation of entries will be determined based on the Sponsor’s refund policy.


If an Entrant requests a refund, the refund and cancellation of entries will be determined based on the amount of the refund and Entrant’s entries will be reduced by the amount of the refund.

B. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES: Upon completing a purchase, an additional page will appear for an Entrant to have the option to receive additional entries as outlined below:

i. Sakuras Card Shop Facebook: Click on “Visit Sakuras Card Shop Facebook” to receive five (5) additional entries for the Sweepstakes.iv. v. ii. Sakuras Card Shop Instagram: Click on “Visit Sakuras Card Shop on Instagram” to receive five (5) additional entries for the Sweepstakes.

ii. Sakuras Card Shop X: Click on “Visit Sakuras Card Shop on X” to receive five (5) additional entries for the Sweepstakes.

iii. Subscribe to Sakuras Card Shop YouTube Channel: Click on “Subscribe to Sakuras Card Shop YouTube” to receive five (5) additional entries for the Sweepstakes.

iiii. Sakuras Card Shop App: Click on “Sakuras Card Shop App Download” to receive ten (10) additional entries for the Sweepstakes.

This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, X, Instagram or META. Entrants understand that the information being provided at point of entry is being provided to the Sponsor solely, and not to Facebook, X, Instagram or META.

C. VIA SUBSCRIPTION: Visit the Website and make a qualifying Subscription purchase to receive One Thousand (1000) entries. Entrant will need to provide all of the required information as requested in order to submit and complete a Subscription purchase. Upon completion, Entrant will automatically receive the One Thousand (1000) entries. If an Entrant requests a refund, the refund and cancellation of entries will be determined based on the Sponsor’s refund policy at URL.

D. ALTERNATE METHOD OF ENTRY (“AMOE”): To receive entries into the Sweepstakes without making a purchase: on a plain 4” x 6” postcard (ENVELOPE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED), legibly handprint (no cursive) in blue ink first name, last name, complete address, city, state, zip code, telephone number (including area code), e-mail address (if available),and the statement, “I would like to enter for a chance to win the “SG#2” Sweepstakes” and send to “SG#2” Sweepstakes: PO Box 428, Newark, NY 14513. To receive the multiplier, please include the word “Multiplier” hand written in the bottom left-hand side of the postcard and include the date on the bottom right-hand side of the postcard so that the correct multiplier can be applied to the entries. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2025 and received by April 8, 2025. Each postcard is considered Thirty (30) entries into the Sweepstakes. NO ENVELOPES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Entries submitted or completed by anyone other than the Entrant are void. Each postcard must be submitted separately. No mechanical reproductions will be accepted. All entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, postage due or damaged mailed entries.

Limit of 20,000 entries per person/email address during the Sweepstakes Period. Any attempt by an Entrant to obtain more than 20,000 entries by using multiple/different identities, and/or any other method will void that Entrant’s entry and that Entrant may be disqualified from the Sweepstakes.

Without limitation, Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Entrant whose social media account that, in their sole opinion, refers, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Sponsor, the Sweepstakes or any other person or entity; does not comply with these Official Rules; or if Sponsor receives notification about any potential infringements or breaches of law or any other reason set forth herein.

Neither Sponsor nor any Sweepstakes Entity is responsible for any entry that is lost, late, misdirected or undeliverable, whether due to system errors, omissions, interruption, deletions, defects, delay in operations or transmissions, theft or destruction or failures, faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions, entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, technical malfunctions, or otherwise.

In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses, or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential Prize Winner (defined below) may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.

DRAWINGS: On or about April 10, 2025 one (1) prize winner (the “Prize Winner”) will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries receiving during the Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend upon the total number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. The random drawing and determination of the Prize Winner will be conducted by the Independent Administrator whose decisions are based upon their sole discretion and these Official Rules and are final and binding in all respects.

PRIZE: One (1) Pokémon Expedition Booster box valued at $35,000 plus $5000 cash to be awarded in the form of a check (the “Prize”).

The total ARV of this Prize is $40,000.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Prize Winner is required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. Any taxes imposed on the income of the Prize Winner as a result of winning the Prize and all other expenses not specifically mentioned herein as part of the Prize are solely the responsibility of the Prize Winner. No transfer or substitution of Prize is allowed except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. There is no cash alternative offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. The value of the Prize is taxable as income and Prize Winner is solely responsible for all matters relating to the Prize, including, but not limited to all applicable federal, state and local taxes that become due with respect to the Prize. No more than the one (1) Prize will be awarded.

PRIZE NOTIFICATION/CLAIMS: Potential Prize Winner will be notified via e-mail within forty-eight (48) hours of the drawing date (the “Email Notification”). Except where prohibited, potential Prize Winner will be required to sign and return to Sweepstakes Administrator, within the date and/or time indicated in the Email Notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and Public Release Form and W-9 form (the “Paperwork”) in order to claim the Prize. If potential Prize Winner fails to return the Paperwork within that time, or if potential Prize Winner is found to be ineligible, or if they do not comply with the Official Rules, then the potential Prize Winner will be disqualified and an alternate Prize Winner will be selected through a random drawing by the Independent Administrator from the remaining non-winning eligible entries received for the Sweepstakes. If the Prize or Email Notification is returned as undeliverable, this will result in disqualification and an alternate Prize Winner will be selected. Except where prohibited by law, the Prize Winner’s entry and acceptance of the Prize constitutes permission for the Sweepstakes Entities to use said Prize Winner’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information and voice on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation.

GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION: This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. By participating, Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities and waive any right to challenge the decision of the Independent Administrator regarding any claim of ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules, whose decision shall be binding. Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable or incomplete entries, whether due to system errors or failures, faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions, entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, technical malfunctions, or otherwise. Sponsor may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning the Prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants, Sponsor, or Sweepstakes Entities.

If for any reason this Sweepstakes is not able to be conducted as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, then Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and randomly draw from those entries received up to the cancellation/suspension date.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

NO LIABILITY: By participating, Entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify, and hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any claims made by a Prize Winner, Entrants, or any other third parties, related in any way to the operation of this Sweepstakes as well as any other claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity or participation in this Sweepstakes.

PRIVACY: By entering this Sweepstakes you agree to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for this purpose.

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR: This Sweepstakes is being administered by National Sweepstakes Company, LLC, 1143 East Union St, Newark, NY 14513, which is responsible for overseeing the selection of the Prize Winner. Its decisions are final and binding regarding the conduct of this Sweepstakes.

WINNER’S LIST REQUEST: To receive the name of the Prize Winner, send a self-addressed, stamped (business size) envelope to: Gentlemans Cards & Collectibles LLC, “SG#2” Sweepstakes Winner’s List Request, PO Box 458, Newark, NY 14513. Requests must be received by May 1st, 2025

OFFICIAL RULES: Visit https://sakurascardshop.com/pages/scs-sweepstakes-official-rules for a copy of these Official Rules during the Sweepstakes Period.