Terms of Service
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE FIFTY UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY (COLLECTIVELY, THE "ELIGIBILITY AREA") AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS PROMOTION IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN, AND A LEGAL RESIDENT OF, THE ELIGIBILITY AREA.
ENTRY IN THIS PROMOTION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
1. About the Promotion: The Final Four 2009 Promotion (the "Promotion") is a free game being offered in connection with the Final Four 2009 game (the "Basic Game"). In the Basic Game, users are invited to tweet news about college basketball teams through Final Four 2009 ("sponsor"), and receive points when new subscribers join the service through the tracking link of the current subscriber. In this Promotion, the eligible participant who scores the highest points will win a Flip Mino.
2. Eligibility: To participate in the Promotion, you must be a legal resident of the Eligibility Area and 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. The Promotion is void in overseas U.S. territories, possessions, commonwealths and military installations, and where prohibited by law. Employees and agents of Final Four 2009 are not eligible to win.
3. How to Enter: To enter the Promotion, you must opt-in by providing your twitter credentials and clicking the "subscribe" button on the "choose teams page".
4. Conduct: Final Four 2009 reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion, the Basic Game, or (b) violating the Official Rules; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE BASIC GAME OR THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
5. Prizes: The subscriber with the most points will win a Flip Mino Camcorder. The winner will be announced on April 15th on the homepage.
6. Odds; Winner Notification: The maximum retail value of all prizes awarded in this game is $149; Prizes cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. Prizes may not be transferred or assigned except by the Sponsor. Only listed Prizes will be awarded, as applicable, and no substitutions, cash equivalents or redemptions will be made. Expenses not specifically stated above, together with the reporting and payment of all applicable taxes, fees, and/or surcharges, if any, arising out of, or resulting from, acceptance or use of a Prize, are the sole responsibility of the winner of that Prize. Sponsor expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for injury or loss to any person or property relating to the delivery and/or subsequent use of the prizes awarded. Restrictions, conditions, and limitations apply. Promotion Entities will not replace any lost or stolen prize items.
The winner will be announced on April 15th on the homepage. Each Prize winner will be required to fully complete, sign, notarize and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release ("Affidavit/Release"), together with any additional information (such as social security number or resident alien identification number), that may be required by Promotion Entities. The information provided in potential winner's Affidavit/Release must be correct and mirror the information provided in winner's Entry Information or potential winner will be disqualified. Except where prohibited by law, potential winner must return all such required documents within fourteen days following attempted notification or prize may be forfeited. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize or fails to return the properly completed and executed Affidavit/Release as required, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited. No unclaimed prizes will be awarded. Each Winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 which documents the value of the prize for tax purposes. Any difference between actual value of a prize and the approximated value of a prize as stated in these Official Rules will not be awarded.
7. General Conditions: This Promotion is governed by the laws of the United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
By entering, participants: (a) release and hold harmless Promotion Entities, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to persons, including death, or property damage resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize, participation in this promotion, or while traveling to, preparing for or participating in any prize-related activity, and (b) grant to Promotion Entities the right to use and publish their proper name and state online and in print, or any other media, in connection with the Promotion.
Except where prohibited by law, a winner's acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Promotion Entities to use such winner's name, address (city and state only), statements, photograph, voice and/or likeness for any advertising and promotional purposes relating to the Promotion without further notice, compensation, consideration, review or consent.
8. Limitations of Liability: Promotion Entities assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, misdirected, or garbled entries, or for theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to, entries. Promotion Entities assume no responsibility for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Basic Game or the Promotion, by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions, data entered by contestants, or registration in the Basic Game or the Promotion. Promotion Entities assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, email, players, or browsers, whether on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing, that may occur (including but not limited to any such problems which may result in the ability to access the Promotion Website or to process any transaction(s) in connection with the Promotion). Promotion Entities assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to participants or to any computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Promotion. If, for any reason, the Basic Game or the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Promotion Entities which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Basic Game or this Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Basic Game or this Promotion, and, in its sole discretion, to award prizes only within that portion of the entrant pool not affected by the disruption, if any. In addition, should the 2009 Tournament be postponed, shortened, interrupted, modified, or cancelled for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to award prizes at the time the 2009 Tournament is affected, or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion.
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