The text below has been taken directly from Camelot's leaflet 'Are you game for the dream game?', which used to be freely available from National Lottery retailers. Just to be clear, although this is an unauthorised copy of the leaflet, I am in no way claiming any ownership of, or credit for, the following text, which has been reproduced here solely for the benefit of my visitors.
TV Dreams is a new kind of game from National Lottery Instants that lets you win in three different ways, including the chance to win as much as £100,000 on The National Lottery Big Ticket - a new TV Show.
With TV Dreams you can win money instantly, win the chance to play from home while you watch the Show, or even win a place on the Show itself.
Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to the first Show on 28th March 1998 and you could be part of it.
The National Lottery Big Ticket is expected to be the most exciting TV Show and offers some of the biggest cash prizes the UK has ever seen. It will be broadcast on BBC1 every Saturday evening for a total of 16 weeks. Celebrities and representatives of projects which have benefited from National Lottery Good Cause grants will play a range of games giving TV Dreams Studio Play winners the chance to win up to £100,000.
Please remember, although each TV Dreams ticket gives you the chance to win in three different ways, you can only win once with each ticket.
MATCH THREE IDENTICAL CASH AMOUNTS AND WIN THAT AMOUNT UP TO £1,000 INSTANTLY.
TV Dreams lets you win up to £1,000 instantly. Simply scratch off the TV panel on your ticket and match three like cash amounts to win that amount. Prizes range from £2 to £1,000.
MATCH THREE TV SYMBOLS, TUNE INTO THE NATIONAL LOTTERY BIG TICKET ON BBC1 AND YOU COULD WIN UP TO £50,000.
If you scratch off the TV panel on your ticket and match three TV symbols, you've won the opportunity to play along with the TV Show at home - with the chance to win up to £50,000.
To do this, you must next scratch off the TV Home Play panel where you'll find four numbers to match with numbers drawn on the Show. Match the first number in that panel with the first number drawn and you'll win £10. Match the first and second numbers and you'll win £50. Match the first, second and third numbers and you'll win £1,000. Match all four numbers and you'll win an incredible £50,000. However, all numbers must be matched in the same order starting on the left of the TV Home Play panel as those drawn on that TV Show.
Your TV Home Play numbers are valid for all sixteen 1st series Shows, no matter when you bought your ticket, if purchased at any time before game closure. So, if you do reveal three TV symbols, check your TV Home Play numbers against the previous draws' winning numbers and don't forget to keep on checking. But remember, you can only win once with each ticket (the first number drawn on each Show will be withdrawn for all subsequent first number draws).
MATCH THREE STAR SYMBOLS, CALL 0645 100 000 TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY BIG TICKET AND WIN UP TO £100,000.
Scratch off the TV panel on your TV Dreams ticket and match three star symbols, and you have won the opportunity to take part in the TV Show as a Studio Play winner.
As a Studio Play winner, once you've called The National Lottery Line on 0645 100 000 and provided some details about yourself and your ticket, you will then be invited to a Show where you will receive a guaranteed minimum of £1,000 and stand the chance of winning as much as £100,000.
After calling The National Lottery Line, you will be mailed a TV Dreams Winners Information Pack containing all the information you need, plus a set of forms which must be completed and returned with your ticket within seven days of the date that you first register your claim.
Due to the nature of the TV Show, Studio Play winners will be required to sign a form agreeing to publicity.
HOW TO CLAIM A PRIZE
TV Home Play and Instant cash winners
These prizes can be claimed in the following ways:
Up to £75 , at any National Lottery retailer.
Up to £200 , at any National Lottery retailer (at their discretion).
UP to £10,000 - at National Lottery Post Offices or Regional Centres.
Over £10,000 - at National Lottery Regional Centres.
TV Home Play prizes and Instant cash win prizes must be claimed by no later than 11:00pm on the 180th day after the Camelot announced date for the close of ticket sales for the game (this date will be displayed by retailers).
Every first number drawn on the TV Home Play game will be removed from future first number draws and will not therefore appear in subsequent draws as first draw numbers.
Studio Play winners
Studio Play winners (anyone who uncovers three star symbols) must register their claims by no later than 3:00pm on the 35th day after the Camelot announced date for the close of ticket sales for the game.
Any Studio Play winners not allocated to one of the 16 televised Shows will be entered into an alternative event, which may or may not be televised, with equivalent chances to win similar amounts of money in accordance with the full Rules and Procedures for TV Dreams.
The claiming and payment of prizes by and to Studio Play winners are set out in the Game Rules and Procedures and in the information pack sent out to those who win the opportunity to appear on the Show.
You must be sixteen or over to play or claim a prize.
These are the approximate odds of obtaining a:
Instanst cash prize TV Home Play chance Studio Play prize
1 in 5 1 in 8 1 in 90,000
For all levels of prizes and odds of winning, please contact The National Lottery Line on 0645 100 000 or refer to the Game Procedures summary on display at retailers.
The TV Dreams game is subject to the TV Dreams Game Rules and Procedures and in the event of any discrepancy between this leaflet and the Game Rules and Procedures, the Game Rules and Procedures prevail. Copies are available through The National Lottery Line and at National Lottery Instants retailers. A separate MINICOM Line for the hard-of-hearing is available on 0645 100 200.
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