1.ELIGIBILITY: No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open only to legal U.S. residents, physically located and residing in the terrestrial viewing area of the broadcast station, who are twenty one (21) years of age or older as of September 6, 2011. Must be a resident of DC, Maryland or Virginia. Sweepstakes begins on 9/17/11 through 10/15/11. Limit one entry per person. Employees of the broadcast station, Winchester Mystery House, and The Plaza Suites (collectively “Sponsors”), Entertainment Marketing Group, and their respective parent, subsidiaries, agents, partners, affiliate companies, officers, directors, and advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) are not eligible.
2.TO ENTER: On 9/17/11 through 10/15/11. Sweepstakes entry will be determined by individual participating television stations. Entrants may be required to enter online, or mail in a postcard to the broadcast station for a chance to win one of One (1) Grand Prize or one of thirty (30) Runner-Up Prizes. The broadcast station shall not be responsible for any computer, mailing or phone malfunctions which may prevent a person from participating.
3.SELECTION OF WINNERS: One (1) Grand Prize Winner and thirty (30) Runner-Up Winners (the “Winners”) will be randomly selected by the broadcast station and will be notified at such time as that Winner is determined in accordance with the Promotion Rules. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules, or the Sweepstakes itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of the Sponsors, whose decisions are binding and final.
4. Grand Prize. One (1) lucky sweepstakes entrant will win the Grand Prize, consisting of a trip for two (2) for a three (3) night weekend (Thursday – Sunday) stay at The Plaza Suites in Santa Clara, CA and admission for two (2) to the Winchester Mystery House. Winners and guest will be provided an informational packet, with air travel, departing from the national airport in the participating market/station and returning there from San Jose, CA (approximate market value depends upon where the flight originates.)
Roundtrip coach airfare is provided. Any charges for in-flight beverages, movies, upgrades, flight changes, or other services not provided to coach passengers without additional charge are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winners. No airline mileage bonuses or premiums will be awarded. Tickets issued will bear the date of issue and the date of expiration. Expiration dates will not be extended, and tickets will not be refundable or redeemable for cash or credit at any time, nor will tickets be replaced if lost or stolen. Tickets may not be transferred to a third party. No passenger substitutions are allowed. It is the Grand Prize winner’s responsibility to coordinate flight scheduling. In the event there are no available direct flights from the national airport in the participating market/station to San Jose, CA, Entertainment Marketing Group reserves the right to find suitable travel arrangements for the Grand Prize Winners to leave from and return to the closest national airport of the participating market/station.
Hotel accommodations are for three (3) nights, (4) days at The Plaza Suites. Telephone, service bar, in-room movies and other room incidental charges not included in the basic hotel room charge are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winners. Advance reservations are required.
The Grand Prize Winners must travel on the dates specified by Sponsor. This offer is non-transferable and expires October 15, 2012.
8. Runner-Up Prizes. Thirty (30) Runner-Up Prizes will be awarded. Runner-Up Prizes consist of Supernatural: The Complete Sixth Season” Blu-ray from Warner Home Video.
9. Prize Details. All taxes, fees, and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. No cash substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted, except that Entertainment Marketing Group reserves the right to substitute any prize of equal or comparable value in the event of prize unavailability. All Runner-Up Prizes will be distributed within thirty days of notification. Return of the prize as undeliverable may result in the disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. The Grand Prize Winners will be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Release Form, publicity waiver, and IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification) in order to claim the prize. The travel companions to accompany the Grand Prize winners must have reached his or her twenty-first (21st) birthday as of 9/17/11. The travel companion will be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Release Form, and publicity waiver. Travel must be completed by October 15, 2012 and all dates are subject to availability. Certain restrictions, which are explained in the prize letter that will be sent to the Grand Prize Winner at the time of notification, will apply. It is the Grand Prize winner’s responsibility to be familiar with any restrictions set forth in the prize letter and winners must travel on the dates specified by Sponsors. BY ACCEPTING THE GRAND PRIZE, THE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS AND TRAVEL COMPANIONS ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPRESENT TO ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING GROUP, WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE, THE PLAZA SUITES AND THE BROADCAST STATION THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS INVOLVED IN AIR TRAVEL TO AN UNFAMILIAR CITY AND THAT THEY WILLINGLY AND KNOWINGLY ASSUME ANY AND ALL SUCH RISKS.
10. Winners List and Official Rules. The official rules are available for inspection at the offices of Entertainment Marketing Group during normal business hours. To receive a list of winners or a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Entertainment Marketing Group:
Entertainment Marketing Group
Supernatural: The Complete Sixth Season Sweepstakes
1334 3RD Street Promenade, Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90401
11. Publicity. By entering the Sweepstakes, you consent to the use, without being compensated therefore, by Entertainment Marketing Group, Winchester Mystery House, The Plaza Suites and the broadcast station, and any affiliated advertising agencies of your name, voice and likeness in connection with any advertising or publicity involving prize winners of the “Supernatural: The Complete Sixth Season” Sweepstakes.
4.DISCLAIMER: Winners assumes all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by his or her participation in the Sweepstakes and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize, and release Sponsors, Promotion Partner and Administrator, their respective officers, directors, and employees, from any such liability. Sponsors, Promotion Partner and Administrator are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical or computer failures of any kind, for inaccurate transcription of entry information, errors in any promotional or marketing materials, errors in these rules, for any human or electronic error, or for entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed by computer transmissions, lost, or late entries. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use Winner's name, city, state, likeness and/or voice and/or entry submission for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation.
5.ADDITIONAL RULES: This Promotion is sponsored by Winchester Mystery House, The Plaza Suites and the broadcast station. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this promotion. Sponsors reserve the right to terminate this Sweepstakes or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person it believes has intentionally violated these rules. By entering Sweepstakes, entrants grant permission to the Sponsors and Promotional Partner and their respective agencies to use submitted entries as they see fit, including usage in advertising and promotional materials without further notice or compensation. Sponsors and Promotional Partner reserve the right to modify, adapt, and/or reproduce the entry in full, in their sole discretion. Rights to all materials submitted become the sole property of Sponsors and will not be returned. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules; the Official Rules of “Supernatural: The Complete Sixth Season” and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all instances.
6.WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: The broadcast station will announce the Grand Prize by January 11, 2012. Providing the Grand Prize Winner information for this Promotion will be under the broadcast station corporate authority on behalf of participating in this Promotion with Entertainment Marketing Group. Winners will be notified by e-mail, U.S. mail or telephone within 5 days of the Drawing Date. If a winner cannot be contacted with reasonable diligence (as determined in its sole discretion by Winchester Mystery House) within thirty (30) days of the Drawing Date, an alternate winner will be randomly drawn from the remaining eligible entries until a winner is selected.
7.CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: By entering or accepting a prize in this National Television Sweepstakes, winners agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules, or the Sweepstakes itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and to conform to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. All licenses, registrations, federal, state and local taxes and tariffs are the winner’s responsibility. Prize substitutions, transfers or cash equivalents are permitted at the sole discretion of Winchester Mystery House, The Plaza Suites and Entertainment Marketing Group. Potential winner(s) will be given five (5) days from the time of notification to respond to claim a prize. An Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and (unless prohibited) Publicity Release must be completed, and returned by winner within seven (7) days after notification or an alternate winner will be selected. The grand prize winner must also fill out and return a completed W-9 form before redeeming the prize and for tax proposes. Unless prohibited by law, entry into this National Television Sweepstakes and/or the participation in any prize awarded pursuant to this Sweepstakes constitutes permission for Sponsor and its Promotional Partners to use, without additional compensation, worldwide and in perpetuity in any and all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, for promotional publicity and public relations associated with the Sweepstakes including without limitation, on-line (including posting on a website(s)) the winner's/prize participant’s name, photo, likeness, biographical information, statements, voice and address (city and state). BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANTS ASSUME ALL LIABLITY FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGES CAUSED OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY HIS OR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES AND/OR THE ACCEPTABNCE AND/OR USE OF ANY PRIZE, AND RELEASE AND HOLD RELEASED PARTIES, SPONSOR, AND ITS PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, RIGHTS, CLAIMS, AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES-RELATED ACTIVITY, OR RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM IMPLEMENTATION, ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AS WELL AS CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, AND/OR INVASION OF PRIVACY. Void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited. If any prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected in the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Unclaimed prizes will not be distributed. In the event of a dispute as to the identification of any entrant, entrant will be deemed the individual named on the applicable entry form.
9. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: Entertainment Marketing Group reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify this National Television Sweepstakes in the event that this Sweepstakes is not capable of being conducted or completed as planned for any reason including, without limitation, as a result of computer virus(es), bugs, tampering, or technical failures of any kind. If the National Television Sweepstakes is cancelled or terminated, Winchester Mystery House, The Plaza Suites and the broadcast station will be notified via-email. In the event that an individual attempts to undermine the legitimate operation of this National Television Sweepstakes, Entertainment Marketing Group, in addition to disqualifying such person from participating in this Sweepstakes, reserves the right to seek damages and all other available remedies (whether at law or in equity) against him/her.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE RELEASED PARTIES, SPONSOR OR ANY OF ITS PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE, IMPLEMENTATION, ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, OR MISUSE OF, OR ANY HARM RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION, ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF, OR PARTICIPATION IN, ANY PRIZE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SWEEPSTAKES, ALL PRIZES, AND ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
10. GENERAL INFORMATION: This Sweepstakes is conducted in English (which will be given its everyday ordinary meaning) and any and all disputes will be resolved in the appropriate courts of the State of California. Any disputes will be determined under the laws of the State of California and in the event there is a conflict between the laws of the State of California and the laws of any other jurisdiction, the conflict will be resolved by applying the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
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