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Sweepstakes Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR ONLINE ACCESS
NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
Participation constitutes entrant's
full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these
Official Rules.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to individuals who are legal
residents of the United States (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO), who
are 18 years of age or over as of the date of entry and Canada,
18 years or older. Sweepstakes begins Monday, October 16, 2000
at 12:00 p.m. and ends Friday, November 23, 2000 at 11:59 p.m.
For purposes of these Official Rules, all times are Eastern
Standard Time (EST).
Employees or agents of Your-company.com
(the "Sponsor") and their respective parent companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising/promotional agencies, and the members
of their immediate families or those persons living in the
same household of such individuals are ineligible to enter
or win. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
Void where prohibited by law.
ENTRIES
You may enter Sweepstakes two
ways: (1) Online: Access the Sweepstakes web site at http://www.your-company.com
and complete the online entry form in its entirety and click
on the Register button; or (2) By mail: Legibly hand-print
on a 3" x 5" card the words "THE SUPER SWEEPSTAKES," along
with your name, address, e-mail address, date of birth and
telephone number and mail the entry to: The Super Sweepstakes,
P.O. Box 1111, YourTown, CA 90101.No mechanically reproduced
mail-in entries will be accepted.
Online entries must be received
before 11:59 p.m. EST, November 23, 2000 and mail-in entries
must be postmarked by November 23, 2000 and received by May
30, 2000. Only one entry per person, per e-mail address per
day is permitted, regardless of method of entry. All entries
become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged
or returned. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the
like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods.
LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON OR
E-MAIL ADDRESS (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER MORE THAN ONE PERSON
USES THE SAME E-MAIL ADDRESS).
E-MAIL CHANGE OF ADDRESS POLICY:
It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the
Sponsor in writing if the entrant changes his/her e-mail address.
(To do so, write to: The Super Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 1111,
YourTown, CA 90101.
The Sponsor and its agencies
are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network,
server or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone
or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions
or technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmissions or
other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic;
including without limitation the incorrect or inaccurate capture
of entry information online, or for lost, late, incomplete,
damaged, destroyed, delayed, stolen, misdirected or illegible
entries. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with
or altered are void. Once submitted, entries become the sole
property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. In case of
dispute as to identity of a winner, such entry will be declared
made by the registered user of the e-mail account at the time
the entry was submitted, and if a prize is won, and such registered
user is a valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to such
registered user.
PRIZES
The following prize(s) will be
awarded:
Number of Winners: 4
Description of Prizes: $1,000 Cash
Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of Each Prize: $1,000
No alternative prize, cash, or
other substitution is permitted except by the Sponsor in the
event of prize unavailability. All federal, state, provincial,
and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
WINNERS
Selection of Winner: Winner will
be determined by random drawing from all eligible entries received,
to be held after the end of the Sweepstakes Period at the Sponsor's
offices. All decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
The winner will be notified by e-mail or U.S. mail within 15
days of the drawing. Winner will have 10 days from notification
to accept the prize by e-mail to "winners@your-company.com" or
by U.S. mail to the address specified in the notification.
The Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable
for any late, lost, or misdirected notification, or for winner's
unsuccessful efforts to claim any prize.
Winner may be required to sign
and return a release of liability, declaration of eligibility,
and where lawful, a publicity consent agreement, all within
10 days of acknowledged notification. By accepting and/or using
prize, the winner agrees to the use of his/her name, voice
and/or likeness for the purpose of advertising, trade, or promotion
without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. If
a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails
to claim a prize, or fails to timely return the completed and
executed declaration and releases as required, prize may be
forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. In the
event of a dispute regarding who submitted an online entry,
the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail account.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By entering, each participant
agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions
of Sponsor, which shall be final. Sponsor, agents and representatives
of Sponsor, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal
advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for:
(i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete,
illegible, unintelligible, or postage-due entries; (ii) telephone,
electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet,
or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any
kind; (iii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer
transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the
control of the Sponsor that may cause the Sweepstakes to be
disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages
of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the
prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from
participation in the Sweepstakes; or (vi) any printing or typographical
errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes. Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel
Sweepstakes at any time if a computer virus, bug, or other
technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or
proper play of the Sweepstakes.
By participating in the Sweepstakes,
each participant agrees, and by accompanying winner on the
trip, Guest agrees, to release and hold Sponsor and the employees,
officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives
of Sponsor, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal
advisors, harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights,
claims and actions of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes
or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize,
including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property
damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or
invasion of privacy.
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES
Any and all disputes and claims
relating to this Promotion shall be resolved by binding arbitration
by a single arbitrator selected by a Circuit Court judge of
the State of California. California law shall apply to the
resolution, award, enforcement and collection relating to any
dispute or claim. Each party shall pay one-half of the costs
of the arbitration. The dispute and claims and arbitration
proceedings shall at all times be kept confidential except
to the extent necessary to enforce or collect the arbitration
award.
WINNERS LIST
To receive a list of winners
or a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped
envelope for receipt by November 23, 2000 to: The Super Sweepstakes,
P.O. Box 1111, YourTown, CA 90101. A list of winners will also
be available online at http://www.your-company.com.
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