OFFICIAL
RULES
NO
PURCHASE, PAYMENT, SALES PRESENTATION, OR CONTRIBUTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
A
PURCHASE, PAYMENT, SALES PRESENTATION OR CONTRIBUTION WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES
OF WINNING. Entry must be received by date specified elsewhere in offer or by
prize deadline(s) below, whichever is sooner. Follow all entry instructions
published elsewhere in this offer.
DREAM OF
A LIFETIME SWEEPSTAKES
Winner(s) of prizes below will be selected from among all eligible
entries received in random drawings conducted on or about
If due to a printing, production
technical, human or other error of any nature, more prize claims are received for
any prize level than the stated number of prize(s) intended to be
awarded, the prizes at that level will be awarded in a random drawing conducted by Ventura Associates International LLC, whose decisions
are final, from among all eligible, validated and non-suspect entries received.
DREAM OF A LIFETIME
GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY
CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not
yet won. No purchase necessary. Grand Prize winner chooses from a variety of
merchandise with approximately the same value (e.g., automobiles, vacations,
electronics, etc.). Approximate retail value (ARV) of merchandise: up to
$30,000 or $25,000 cash option. Estimated odds of winning: 1:20,000,000. To
choose automobile, boat or any other vehicle, winner must have appropriate
license and assume all responsibility for registration, title, license, taxes,
insurance fees and any other options not expressly included. Sweepstakes
registered by Ventura Associates International LLC,
DREAM OF A LIFETIME
DREAM PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not yet won. No purchase
necessary. Prize levels First through Third will offer a variety of
merchandise, electronics, jewelry, house wares, etc. These prize winners only may select any prize
offered at level won or for First, Second and Third Prize Winners, cash
equivalent of ARV stated below. Values at a given level will be approximately
the same. ARV of merchandise prizes & estimated odds of winning: 1 First
Prize (ARV: $2,000): 1: 15,000,000; 1 Second Prize (ARV: $1,000): 1:15,000,000;
50 Third Prizes (ARV: $100 each): 1:300,000; 1,000 Fourth Prizes – Watch (ARV: $65
each, no cash option): 1:15,000. Total ARV: $73,000. Sweepstakes registered by
Ventura Associates International LLC,
For
any travel prize:
Travel companion(s) required to sign liability release prior to departure. Dates subject to availability; travel must be completed within 12 months
of award. Restrictions & blackout dates apply. Winner and travel
companion(s) must travel on same itinerary. Minor must be accompanied by parent
or legal guardian. To receive any rental car benefits,
winner must be a licensed driver, must provide proof of insurance and meet
other requirements as specified by car rental company.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO
All entries become property of their
respective Presenting Promoter & will not be returned or acknowledged.
Participating entrants agree to these rules and the decisions of the Judges and
the Presenting Promoters, which are final and binding and release the Judges
and the Presenting Promoters and their respective parents, subsidiaries and
affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this sweepstakes, as
well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims
and liability relating to their participation, acceptance, use, and or
redemption of prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage
caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this sweepstakes or
acceptance, use or redemption of any prize.
Presenting Promoters and Ventura
Associates International LLC are not responsible for any printing, production,
typographical, human or other error of any nature in printing of the
sweepstakes notice, sweepstakes number, entry form or prize notice, or in the
administration of the sweepstakes or announcement of the prizes. Any
sweepstakes notice, prize number, entry form or prize notice containing a printing,
production, typographical, human or other error of any nature shall be deemed
null and void. No responsibility assumed for lost, late, misdirected,
illegible, incomplete, mutilated/postage due or mechanically reproduced entry
forms, or entry forms that have been tampered with or not obtained through
legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified. Liability for an
irregular entry form, prize notice or sweepstakes notice shall be limited to
replacement with another. Ventura
Associates International LLC shall always have the right to take such other
measures as it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion to
preserve the integrity of the Sweepstakes. In no event shall Ventura Associates
International LLC and/or Presenting Promoters have any liability or obligation
to award more than the prize(s) offered in conjunction with this Sweepstakes.
Ventura Associates International LLC and any of the Presenting
Promoters are not liable for payment of any prize to entrants who have violated
these official rules. Winners acknowledge that the Judges, Presenting Promoters
and all other businesses concerned with this sweepstakes and their agents do
not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty or
representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the
quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of any
merchandise prize except that such prize shall be subject to manufacturer’s
standard warranty.
In order to win a prize, a winner may be required (at judges'
discretion) to sign & return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release,
& where legally permissible, a Publicity Release within 10 days of date on
notification and may be required to provide proof of identity. Failure to
execute and return any required documentation within the time period specified
and/or return of any prize notification or prize as undeliverable may result in
disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Acceptance of a prize by
a minor will require execution by parent or legal guardian of required
documentation. Costs for goods or services not specified are winner’s
responsibility. No substitution of prizes except by Presenting Promoter due to
unavailability. Except where prohibited by law, winners consent to use of their
names, hometowns, prizes won & likenesses for promotional purposes on
behalf of all Presenting Promoters and Ventura Associates International LLC and
its designee(s) without additional compensation. Void where prohibited by law.
All federal, state, provincial & local laws & regulations apply. Prize values awarded in
Winner selection executed at
If offered in
© 2010 Ventura Associates International LLC
Notice To Online and/or Text Messaging Contestants:
This online and/or text messaging entry opportunity is currently
open only where featured to legal
Information collected from electronically-made entries is subject
to the Presenting Promoter’s Privacy Policy. By participating in this
Sweepstakes, all entrants also authorize such Presenting Promoter to provide
Ventura Associates International LLC, any participating Carrier or service
provider with their contact
No responsibility is assumed for error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or
unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical,
network, wireless, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or
software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to
receive entry
Caution: Any attempt to
deliberately damage any service or Web site or to undermine the legitimate
operations of the sweepstakes is a violation of criminal & civil laws.
Should such an attempt be made, the Judges and/or Presenting Promoter(s) reserve
the right to disqualify such entrant & to seek damages from any such person
to the fullest extent of the law. In the event the
Sweepstakes is, in the opinion of the Presenting Promoter or Judges,
compromised by a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes
beyond the control of the Presenting Promoter or Judges, which corrupts or
impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the
Sweepstakes, the Judges and/or Presenting Promoter(s) reserve the right in
its/their sole discretion to modify, suspend or terminate the online or text
messaging method of entry of the Sweepstakes, but continue with the mail-in
entry method.
Hearst Communications, Inc.,
Hearst can be reached by writing to the above address.
The name, address, telephone number & e-mail address, if
available, provided by an entrant to the presenter will be forwarded to the
judging organization for use only in winner selection & notification in
accordance with the Official Rules.