Fandango’s 30 Sleepless Nights Sweepstakes
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, NOR WILL A PURCHASE IMPROVE ONE'S CHANCES OF WINNING
1. SPONSOR: Fandango, Inc., 12200 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 150, Los Angeles, CA 90064, who is solely responsible for all aspects of this sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”).
2. ENTRY: You may enter this Sweepstakes during the period commencing at 12:00 P.M. (noon), September 18, 2007, and ending at 11:59 P.M., October 31, 2007 (“Term”) in one of two (2) ways. For purposes of these Official Rules (“Rules”), all times and days are Pacific Daylight Time.
(a) ONLINE ENTRY; To enter online, visit the website at www.fandango.com/halloween (“Website”), and click on “Enter Now”, which will lead to the sweepstakes entry form. Enter your information into all of the entry fields, including a valid email address, first and last name, full address, phone number, gender, and date of birth. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service will apply. It is your sole responsibility to notify the Sponsor in writing if you change your e-mail address. To do so, e-mail marketing@fandango.com with your name and your new e-mail address.
(b) MAIL ENTRY: Hand print your first and last name, valid email address, full address, phone number, gender, and date of birth on a standard-size postage prepaid postcard, and mail it to: Fandango’s 30 Sleepless Nights Sweepstakes Entries, c/o Fandango, Inc., 12200 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 150, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (“Mail Entry”). Please note that any mail entries lacking any of the aforementioned required fields will not be valid entries and will be discounted.
“Entry” shall mean and refer to each Online and Mail Entry.
3. LIMITATIONS: All Online Entries must be received by 11:59 P.M., October 31, 2007; and all Mail Entries must be postmarked by 11:59 P.M., October 31, 2007, and received by November 7, 2007. Only one Entry per person/Address per week during the Term (total of seven), regardless of method of Entry or whether one person has more than one Address or more than one person use the same Address. In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Online Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the natural person in whose name the Address is registered. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 2 are void. Any use of automated or programmed methods of effecting Entry is prohibited. Open only to persons over the age of 18 as of September 17, 2007 who have access to the Internet during the Term and the subsequent prize-award period and who are legal residents of, and physically located within, the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, excluding Rhode Island (“Territory”). Employees of Sponsor, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc. (“Prize Provider”) Sony Pictures Digital Inc. and Hilltop New Media, Inc.; their respective parent, subsidiary, associated and affiliated companies; the advertising, promotional and fulfillment agencies of each of them (individually and collectively, “Entities”); members of their households and members of their immediate families (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses) are ineligible. Neither the Entities, nor any of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, fraudulent, illegible, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, mutilated, non-delivered, postage-due, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized or unintelligible; or any printing, production, technical, electronic or other errors; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications; failed phone, computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering; insufficient space in entrant’s e-mail account to receive e-mail; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, mechanical or human error or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified. Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations.
4. PRIZE: One (1) GRAND PRIZE: One (1) 32" BRAVIA® M-Series Digital LCD Television awarded in the form of a Sony Style gift card (ARV $899.99) and thirty (30) select Sony Pictures horror DVDs (ARV $599.70). Total ARV of Grand Prize: $1,499.69. Five (5) FIRST PLACE PRIZES: Thirty (30) select SPHE horror genre DVDs. Total ARV of each first prize: $599.70. Total ARV of all prizes: $4,498.19. Prize is not redeemable for cash or transferable, except to a surviving spouse residing in the same household. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. The prize will be awarded provided it is validly claimed by December 31, 2007, after which no alternate winner will be selected, nor unclaimed prize awarded.
5. PROCEDURES: Sweepstakes will be conducted during the Term. On or about November 9, 2007 in a random drawing under the supervision of the Sponsor, the potential winner will be selected from all eligible Entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received.
6. WINNER: Potential winner will be notified by U.S. Mail on or about November 12 2007. Disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner’s failure to respond to notification within ten (10) days after its mailing; [2] the return of any notice as undeliverable; [3] potential winner’s failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the Address associated with a winning Online Entry; [4] potential winner’s failure to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability/Publicity Release within ten (10) days after its mailing; [5] potential winner’s failure to validly claim the prize by December 31, 2007 and [7] any other non-compliance with Rules. All taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner, who will receive an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the final actual value of the prize. For name of winner and/or Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Fandango’s 30 Sleepless Nights Sweepstakes Official Rules/Winner’s List Request, c/o Fandango, Inc., 12200 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 150, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
7. PERSONAL INFORMATION: The personal information collected through the Sweepstakes is subject to the Fandango Privacy Policy, located at www.fandango.com/PrivacyPolicy.aspx. In addition, if you “opt-in” to receive information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, you grant Fandango permission to share your email address and other registration information with Sony Pictures Entertainment so that you may receive information that might be of interest to you and you agree that Sony Pictures Entertainment may use your Address and registration information in a manner consistent with the terms of the Sony Pictures Entertainment privacy policy, located at http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/privacy.html. By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to the use of your personal information as described in the above policies.
8. CONDITIONS: Each entrant by entering this Sweepstakes agrees that: [1] he/she will be bound by the Rules and the Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all respects; [2] the Entry becomes solely the Sponsor’s property and will not be acknowledged or returned; [3] the Releasees are not responsible for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the prize; participation in this Sweepstakes or in any activity or travel related thereto or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Sweepstakes information; [4] winner’s acceptance of the prize constitutes the grant to Sponsor and assigns of an unconditional right to use winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and prize information and/or statements about the promotion for any publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional review, compensation, permission or approval of the winner, except where prohibited by law; [5] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Sweepstakes, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, the Sponsor has the right to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Sweepstakes; and in such event, to select a winner by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable, and; [6] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules and selection and announcement of the winner; [7] any portion of the prize not accepted by the winner will be forfeited; [8] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of the winner to accept or use the prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason and [9] Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify the Entry of any individual found to be: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or any website operated by the Entities; (b) using any robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods, which will void all such potential Entries; (c) violating the Rules or the terms of service, conditions of use, and/or general rules of any Sponsor property or service or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
