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There is no legitimate sweepstakes known as the Las Vegas Sweepstakes Network. Unfortunately, this sounds very much like a scam. You cannot win a sweepstakes you didn't enter. Furthermore, no legitimate sweepstakes will contact you through email or social media. And, most importantly, a real sweepstakes or lottery will never, ever, require you to pay a "tax", "prize allocation fee", "award fee", "transfer tax" or some other such made up fee in order to collect your prize. No legitimate lottery or sweepstakes requires you to pay anything. Also, if they simply send you a check and tell you to cash it and send them a portion back, don't do that. The check will end up bouncing, and you'll be on the hook for it.
Do not send them any money, and do not give them any type of personal or banking information.
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