Official Rules (stuff the lawyers made us say)
1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Am I Eligible To Participate?
Subject to the additional restrictions below, the Blizzard Beta Key Giveaway Contest
(the “Contest”) is open to contestants who are eighteen years of age or older at
the time of entry. Employees of PlayerAuctions LLC (the “Sponsor”) and its affiliated
companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members
of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees, are not eligible to enter
or to win. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, grandparents,
siblings, children, and grandchildren.
3. How Do I Enter? The Contest
will begin at 12:00 a.m. (E.T.) on May 12, 2008. The first winner will be randomly
chosen from all qualified applicants on May 31, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. (E.T.). An additional
winner will be randomly selected once per week throughout the duration of the Contest.
To enter, simply complete Account Registration and Account Verification on the PlayerAuctions
website. Limit one (1) entry per person. No mail-in entries will be accepted. Sponsor
will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, misdirected or unreadable entries,
or for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures
of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware
or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsor.
In the event of a dispute, all entries will be deemed to have been submitted by
the owner of the email account from which they were sent. For these purposes, an
email account holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such email account
by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible
for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with such email account.
All entries become property of Sponsor and none will be returned. Any questions
regarding the number of entries submitted or the owner of an email account shall
be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right
to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing
any aspect of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry that
does not comply with these rules.
By completing Account Registration and Account Verification, you agree to be bound
by all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules; if you do not agree
with these terms and conditions, do not submit an entry.
4. How Will Winners Be Selected?
Each week from May 31, 2008 through the duration of the Contest, Sponsor will randomly
select one (1) weekly winner (“Weekly Winner”) from among all eligible entries received
from May 12, 2008, up to midnight ET the ending Contest Week.
5. What Could I Win? Once
randomly selected, each Weekly Winner will receive one (1) 2007 Blizzcon Card (approximate
value $300.00).
6. When Will Winners Be Notified?
Each Weekly Winner will be notified by email (at the email address from which his
or her entry was submitted) within seventy-two (72) hours after he or she is selected
as a Weekly Winner. Sponsor’s inability to reach a winner, the return of any prize
notification as undeliverable, a winner’s failure to timely respond to prize notification,
and/or a winner’s failure to comply with any term or condition of these Official
Rules may result in that winner’s disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her
interest in all prizes, and the selection of a substitute winner. Winners may be
required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability and publicity
release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned within ten (10)
days of date of personal delivery or date of sender’s postmark.
7. What Other Terms Apply?
Winners may waive their right to receive a prize. Prizes are non-assignable and
non-transferable. No substitutions or cash equivalents allowed by winners. Winners
are solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes. Except
where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes each contestant’s consent
to the publication of his or her name, likeness, city and state of residence and
biographical information in any media, including without limitation the Internet,
for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation or further compensation.
Prizes not won and claimed by an eligible winner in accordance with these Official
Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of Sponsor. By participating,
entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor
and Contest judges designated by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify
persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as
solely determined by Sponsor. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision
of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable,
these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid
or unenforceable provision was not contained therein. PlayerAuctions reserves the
right to end the contest at the date of their choosing. Entrants release PlayerAuctions
and its respective parent divisions, affiliates, officers, subsidiaries, agents,
employees and all others associated with the development and execution of this giveaway
from and against any liability with respect to or in any way arising from this contest
and the awarding and use of the prizes.
8. Who Is The Sponsor? The
Blizzard Beta Key Giveaway Contest is sponsored by PlayerAuctions, LLC. The decisions
of Sponsor regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the Contest
shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will not be responsible for
typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in
other materials relating to the Contest.
9. How Can I Request The Winners’ Names
Or A Copy Of These Rules? For the names of the winners (available after
May 31, 2008) or a copy of these Official Rules send a self-addressed, stamped envelope
(VT residents may omit return postage) to PlayerAuctions LLC., 11301 West Olympic Blvd, Suite 337, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Indicate whether you are requesting the winners’
names, a copy of these official rules, or both.
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