OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
1.
How To Enter: $100,000 CASH SPECTACULAR
SWEEPSTAKES (the “Sweepstakes”): Beginning February
1, 2016 at 12:01 AM (ET) through January 31, 2018 at 11:59 PM (ET) (the “Entry
Period”), go to http://www.oprah.com/omagazine on
a computer or wireless device and complete and submit the entry form. Important
Notice: You may be charged for visiting the mobile website in accordance with
the terms of your service agreement with your carrier. Please consult your
wireless service provider regarding your pricing plan. You must use a
Smartphone device to participate via your mobile phone. Not all mobile phone
providers carry the necessary service to participate. Check your phone
capabilities for specific Internet instructions. If your data usage exceeds
what is allotted by your data plan, you could be subject to additional fees by
your carrier. Please contact your mobile service provider with any questions
regarding your bill. Winner Selection: Winner[s] (individually
and collectively, the “Winner”) will be selected on or about March 31st,
2018 in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. In the event the Sponsor does not receive any
eligible entries, the Sponsor has the right to cancel the Sweepstakes. Drawing will be conducted by Hearst Magazines
Consumer Marketing, whose decisions are final.
Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries
received. Prizes & Approximate
Retail Value: One (1) Winner
will receive a check for $100,000.
2.
Winner
Notification:
Winner will be notified within one (1) month of the last day of the
Sweepstakes, via e-mail, and/or at Sponsor’s discretion, via phone or postal
mail. In the event the Winner doesn’t respond to Sponsor’s notification or does
not accept the prize within five (5) business days of notification, the prize
will be deemed forfeited and an alternate Winner will be selected. In the event
that any one or more potential Winner(s) fails to respond as stated above,
declines the prize or fails to provide signed affidavits or releases, such
Winner(s) will be deemed to forfeit the prize and Sponsor will select an
alternate Winner(s) from the remaining eligible entrants. If any alternate(s)
similarly fails to respond or declines the prize, Sponsor will use a reasonable
number of attempts, in its discretion, to award the prize(s) to another
alternate(s) but if it is unable to do so, the prize(s) will be finally
forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability in connection with this
Sweepstakes. List of Winner(s): For the name of the Winner, send a separate
self-addressed, stamped envelope to Hearst Magazines, Floor 10, $100,000 CASH
SPECTACULAR Sweepstakes Winners’ List, Hearst Communications, Inc., 300
West 57th Street NY, NY 10019 within two (2) months from the Winner
notification date as specified above.
3.
ENTRIES: Limit
one (1) entry per person for Sweepstakes.
Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Entries become the property of the Sponsor
and will not be returned. Proof of
submission does not constitute proof of receipt. If applicable, inaccurate, lost, late,
misdirected or incomplete or entry forms that have been tampered with will be
disqualified. Online entrants must have
valid email address and it is entrant’s responsibility to update Sponsor of any
change in email address. If there is a
dispute as to the identity of an online entrant, the prize will be awarded to
the authorized account holder of the email address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as
the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service
provider, online service provider, carrier, or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning the
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address. .
4.
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to
legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who have reached the age of 13 in their state or territory of
residence at time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by
law. Employees of Sponsor, its parents,
affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies,
and prize suppliers (and members of their immediate family and/or those living
in the same of household of each such employee) are not eligible.
5.
CONDITIONS
OF PARTICIPATION:
Expenses not specifically included in prize description and all taxes
are the sole responsibility of the Winner.
Each prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either
express or implied outside of manufacturer's limited warranty. No transfer, assignment or substitution of a
prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for an
item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is
unavailable. The Winner is required to
comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and
regulations. All federal, state and
local taxes, and any other costs not specifically provided for in these
Official Rules are solely the Winner’s responsibility. If the actual retail
value of any Winner’s prize is $600 or more, the Winner must complete a W9 form
and supply Sponsor with his/her social security number for tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued in the name
of the Winner (or, if a minor, in the name of the minor) for the actual value
of the prizes received. Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to
the Winner or potential Winner who are unable or unavailable to accept or
utilize prizes as described herein. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of
these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and
binding on all matters pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Winner (and parent or legal guardian if Winner
is a minor) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a
Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity Release within seven
(7) days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply with this deadline may
result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate Winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as
undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate Winner.
Winner hereby further agrees that it will sign any documents necessary to
transfer copyright of his/her submitted entry, if applicable, to Sponsor within
seven (7) days following the date of first attempted notification. By entering,
Entrant grants permission for Sponsor, and any of its affiliates and
subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers to use the entrant’s submission (including an altered form of the
entry), if any, for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without
additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. If images are being
submitted to Sponsor as a requirement for entry, Entrants agree that they have
all rights to use the images submitted and to allow Sponsor, any of its
affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies,
and prize suppliers to reuse any of the images, without any liability, for
editorial, advertising and promotional purposes. Additionally, acceptance of
the prize by Winner constitutes permission for Sponsor and any affiliates and
subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers to use Winner’s name and/or likeness and biographical material for
editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without additional
compensation, unless prohibited by law. By accepting prize, Winner agrees to
hold Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and their respective
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents,
successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees harmless for any injury
or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Sweepstakes or
acceptance or use of the prize. Sponsor
is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error
in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the
announcement of the prize.
6.
INTERNET/mobile: Sponsor is not responsible for electronic
transmission errors resulting in 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,
telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or
limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive
entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet, at any Web site, or via the mobile phone or
any combination thereof. If for any reason
the Internet or mobile phone portion of the program is not capable of running
as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which
corrupt of affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper
conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion
to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the
right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination
date. Sponsor further reserves the right
to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating
in the Sweepstakes if it determines that said entrant is attempting to
undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking,
deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to abuse, threaten or
harass other entrants. Caution: Any
attempt by a participant to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the
legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil
laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek
damages from any such participant to the fullest extent of the law.
7.
DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Except
where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims
and causes of action arising out of or connected with this or any prize awarded
shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and
exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY, (2) any and
all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental,
special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost
profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4)
entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to
have such damages multiplied or increased.
New York State law, without reference to New York’s choice of law rules,
governs the Sweepstakes and all aspects related thereto.
8.
SPONSOR:
The Sponsor
of this Sweepstakes is
Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.