1. HOW TO ENTER: The Popular
Mechanics The Martian Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”). Go to http://www.popularmechanics.com/martian July 28, 2015 at 12:01
AM. ET, ending September 7, 2015 at 11:59 PM ET, 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. Winners/Prizes
and Approximate Retail Value: Winner
will win a private screening of the movie The
Martian (“Film”) for 50 people (including popcorn and a drink for each
guest) at a local movie theater in the Winner’s hometown (“Prize(s)”). The
screening is tentatively scheduled for the week of September 27, 2015, pending
theater availability. Approximate Retail Value: $599.00.
Winners’
guests attending the screening must be 18 years or older. If, for whatever
reason, the screening of the Film is cancelled, no prize will be awarded to the
Winner. In the
event a Winner (and/or his or her guests(s) (if applicable)) engage in behavior
that (as determined by Sponsor or any prize provider in its or their sole and
absolute discretion) is obnoxious, inappropriate, or threatening, illegal or
that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor
reserves the right to terminate the screening or other applicable experience
early. The screening will be monitored
for unauthorized recording. By attending you agree not to bring any audio
and/or visual recording device into the theatre and you consent to physical
search of your belongings and person for such devices. If you attempt to enter
with a recording device, you will be denied admission. If you attempt to use a
recording device (including but not limited to cell phones with photo
capabilities, you consent to your immediate removal from the theater and
forfeiture of the device. Nothing contained in these Official Rules shall limit
the available remedies Sponsor, 20th Century Fox, their respective
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents,
successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees may have against you.
Unauthorized recording will be reported to law enforcement and may subject you
to criminal and civil liability (including damages up to One hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) (USD).
WINNER SELECTION: Winners (individually and
collectively, the “Winner”) will be selected on or about September 8, 2015 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 Popular
Mechanics Magazine, whose decisions are final.
Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries
received. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winner
will be notified via phone or e-mail at Sponsor’s discretion on or about September
9, 2015. In the event the Winner doesn’t
respond to Sponsor’s notification or does not accept the prize within one (1) business
day 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 fails to
respond as stated above, declines the prize, such Winner will be deemed to
forfeit the prize and Sponsor will select an alternate Winner 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 WINNERS: For the
names of the Winner, send a separate self-addressed, stamped envelope to Popular
Mechanics Magazine, Floor 23, Popular
Mechanics The Martian Sweepstakes Winners’ List, Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 West 57th Street NY, NY 10019
within two (2) months from the end of the Sweepstakes.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous
states and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years or older at the time of
entry. Void in Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii and where prohibited by law. Employees
of Hearst Communications, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, their respective 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 employees whether legally related or not) are
not eligible.
3. ENTRIES:
Limit one (1) entry per person and per e-mail address per day. Multiple entries from the same person on the
same day will be disqualified. Entries
become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof
of receipt. Inaccurate, lost, late,
misdirected or incomplete or entry forms that have been tampered with will be
disqualified. 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. CONDITIONS
OF PARTICIPATION: Expenses not specifically included in prize
description and all taxes are the sole responsibility of the Winner. No transfer, assignment or substitution of a
prize permitted. The Winner is required
to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and
regulations. Sponsor shall have no
responsibility or obligation to a Winner who is unable or unavailable to accept
or utilize the Prize. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official
Rules and by the decision of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters
pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing,
typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer,
administration of the Sweepstakes. 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. 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. 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. Prize Winner shall be required to sign and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility, a Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity
Release within one (1) business 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. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants and
the Winner agree to release, indemnify, discharge, and hold Sponsor, Twentieth
Century Fox Film Corporation, their advertising and promotion agencies, prize
suppliers and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates,
partners, representative agents, successors, assigns, officers, directors, and
employees harmless for any and all claims, liability, costs, losses, damages, or
injuries of any kind (including death) or damage caused or claimed to be caused
by participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance or use of the Prize.
5. INTERNET: 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 or at any website or any combination
thereof. If for any reason the Internet
portion of the is not capable of running the Sweepstakes as planned, including
infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this
Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in Sponsor's sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes.
Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who
tampers with the Sweepstakes process in any way. Sponsor may prohibit an individual from
participating in this Sweepstakes if Sponsor determines that said individual 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 individuals who participate in the Sweepstakes. Caution: Any attempt by an individual to
deliberately damage any website 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 individual to the
fullest extent of the law.
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