MASTERCARD 2008 RAFFLE PROMOTION
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1.   WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO JOIN?

• All eligible Standard/Gold/Titanium/Platinum/World/ Premium Debit MasterCard cards issued by banks in the Philippines.

• The cardholders’ accounts must be existing and in good standing at the time of the promotion and all throughout the redemption period.
  
  
  

2.   HOW TO JOIN?

• Cardholders must make an overseas purchase/payment and should charge a minimum of USD10 (or any foreign currency equivalent to USD10) in a single receipt, excluding card fees and interests, on their eligible Standard/Gold/Titanium/Platinum/World/Premium Debit MasterCard cards within the promotion period to get one (1) electronic Raffle number entry.

• Electronic Raffle number entries will be randomly assigned to the eligible Standard/Gold/Titanium/ Platinum/World/Premium Debit MasterCard card upon an overseas purchase of an item amounting or equivalent to USD10 or more.
  
  
  

3.   HOW ABOUT PURCHASES/TRANSACTIONS DONE       OVER THE INTERNET?

• Internet purchases from merchants/establishments abroad charged to eligible Standard/Gold/Titanium/ Platinum/World/Premium Debit MasterCard cards are considered overseas transactions; and are thus qualified for the promotion.
  
  
  

4.   CAN CONSUMERS ACCUMULATE DIFFERENT        PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE LESS THAN        USD10 TO EARN A RAFFLE ENTRY?

• No. Purchases more than or equal to USD10 (or any foreign currency equivalent to USD10) in a single receipt will be considered for the Raffle and will be broken down into multiples of USD10 and will be given the corresponding number of Raffle entries. Denominations in excess that are less than USD10 will NOT be eligible for another Raffle entry.
  
  
  

5.   IF THE PURCHASE EXCEEDS USD10, HOW MANY       ENTRIES AM I ENTITLED TO?

• Overseas purchases of more than USD10 (or any foreign currency equivalent to USD10) in a single receipt will be broken down into multiples of USD10 and will be given the corresponding number of electronic Raffle number entries. Denominations in excess that are less than USD10 will NOT be eligible for another Raffle entry.
  
  
  

6.   HOW MANY RAFFLE DRAWS ARE THERE? WHEN       ARE THE CUT-OFF DATES AND DRAW DATES?

• There will be one (1) Raffle Draw:
  
  

       Each eligible Philippine MasterCard or MasterCard        Debit cardholder may win more than once in the        promotion.

9.   ARE THE PRIZES CONVERTIBLE TO CASH?

       No, but prizes are transferable. Only in the case that a        particular prize is unavailable for any reason        whatsoever, the winner may choose the cash value of        the prize or another product replacement of equal or        higher value.

10. WHO WILL PAY FOR THE 20% PRIZE TAX?

       MasterCard Asia Pacific, Pte. Ltd.

11. SINCE RAFFLE ENTRIES ARE ELECTRONICALLY       GENERATED, HOW WILL THE WINNERS BE       DETERMINED AND VERIFIED?

• All eligible Standard/Gold/Titanium/Platinum/World/ Premium Debit MasterCard cardholders’ purchases abroad and Raffle entries will be tracked by MasterCard International Inc. in the USA where the database will be kept until the time of Raffle Draws.
  
  

• This information is highly confidential and cannot be transferred at anytime to comply with international regulations to avoid fraud, tampering and mishandling of said data. As is the case, cardholders will not be able to determine the number of Raffle entries they have acquired during the promotion period.
  
  

• MasterCard International Philippines, Inc. will determine the qualified account numbers from the international database but only then will the data be available for review and verification.
  
  

• From the pool of qualified entries, MasterCard International Philippines, Inc. as witnessed by a DTI representative, will determine the winning participants by manually drawing number combinations using 10 sets of ping-pong balls (each with 10 balls representing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0) that would correspond to assigned numbers among the entries.
  
  

• Seventy eight (78) primary winners will be drawn, with twenty (20) fallbacks drawn only after drawing of the first seventy eight (78) winners.
  
  

• MasterCard International Philippines, Inc. will verify the names and addresses of the winners through the Philippines-issuing member banks and advise the winners.
  
  
  

12. HOW WILL WINNERS BE NOTIFIED?

• Winners will be notified by phone and registered mail, based on the validated cardholder information by the respective issuing MasterCard member bank.  A Winner’s advertisement will also be published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  
  
  

13. HOW AND WHERE MAY WINNERS CLAIM THEIR        PRIZE?

• Winners may claim/redeem their prizes at MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES, INC., 904 Tower One & Exchange Plaza, Ayala Triangle, Ayala Avenue, Makati City. 
  
  

• Winners must present their Official Notification Letter, their winning valid MasterCard or MasterCard Electronic card, the original statement of account or the charge slip (indicating the winning overseas transaction / purchase), their TIN, CTC, and any valid photo-ID.
  
  
  

• The MasterCard Living the Life Raffle 3 has obtained DTI-NCR Permit No. 0996, Series of 2008.