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FOR PERSONS WHO ENTER THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING THROUGH THIS CREATIVE PRESENTATION, THESE RULES GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD.
1. Introduction: The Grand Prize Drawing is sponsored by ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069, U.S.A ("ePrize"). The Grand Prize Drawing is offered in conjunction with multiple companies ("Promoters") through different Web sites ("Creative Presentations"), announcing many different prizes. One such Promoter is Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, ON M3B 3K9, Canada (“Harlequin”). One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received through all Creative Presentations. The prize for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which the entrant entered the Grand Prize Drawing. In addition to the Grand Prize Drawing, entrants who enter through this Creative Presentation will be eligible to: (a) be included in a secondary sweepstakes drawing (the "Sweepstakes"); and (b) play an instant win game (the "Instant Win Game"). The Sponsor of the Sweepstakes and Instant Win Game is Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Harlequin Enterprises Limited and ePrize may be collectively referred to as "Sponsors". The Sweepstakes, Instant Win Game, and Grand Prize Drawing are referred to collectively as the promotion (the "Promotion").
ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE ACROSS ALL CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AWARDED.
2. Timing: The Promotion begins on October 20, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on December 20, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). ePrize’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Promotion. Various Creative Presentations may be added to the Grand Prize Drawing throughout the Promotion Period at the sole discretion of ePrize.
3. Eligibility: The Promotion is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and D.C.), and Canada who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of entry. Void in Quebec and where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsors and Promoters (including Harlequin Enterprises Limited), Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., any other prize contributors, their respective related companies, franchisees and agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings and grandparents) and household members of each such employee, officer and director are not eligible to enter. All federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial and local laws and regulations apply. By participating, entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsors, which are final and binding in all respects.
4. How to Enter: The entry process for the Sweepstakes, Instant Win Game and Grand Prize Drawing are combined. Visit http://harlequin.promo.eprize.com/guiltypleasures/ during the Promotion Period and follow the links and instructions to complete and submit the registration form, including a valid home address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. You will automatically receive one (1) Grand Prize Drawing entry, one (1) Sweepstakes entry, and one (1) Instant Win Game play. After you submit the registration form, you will automatically proceed to the Instant Win Game. Follow the links and instructions to play the Instant Win Game. Entrants will be notified immediately if they are potential winners of the Instant Win Game and provided directions for validation. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. ePrize is responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.
Limit: Each participant may enter the Grand Prize Drawing (through this Creative Presentation), enter the Sweepstakes, and play the Instant Win Game one (1) time per day during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by a participant to obtain more than the stated number of plays/entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant’s plays/entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated program to enter will result in disqualification. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
Entrants may enter the Grand Prize Drawing through as many Creative Presentations as they like.
Tell A Friend Program: After an entrant enters the Sweepstakes, he/she will be invited to submit the names and email addresses of up to three (3) friends who must be eligible to enter the Promotion. Each person referred by an entrant will receive an email notifying him/her about the Promotion. An entrant may only refer persons with whom he/she has an existing relationship. For each referral of up to three (3) friends with valid email addresses, an entrant will be given one (1) additional entry into the Sweepstakes up to a total of three (3) additional entries into the Sweepstakes per day during the Promotion Period.
ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSORS, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE PROMOTION SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING PLAY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSORS WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF THEIR VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY, IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.
5. Winner Determination and Requirements: All potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules; and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. If any prize winner is a Canadian resident, the potential winner will be required to correctly answer a time-limited skill testing mathematical question without any assistance in order to be eligible to receive a prize. If the potential winner is a Canadian resident and the question is answered incorrectly, the prize will be forfeited. Grand Prize Drawing: The Grand Prize Drawing will be done in two stages: 1. Sponsor will randomly select one (1) Promoter's Creative Presentation from among all Creative Presentations that participated in the Grand Prize Drawing; and 2. Sponsor will then select one (1) potential Grand Prize winner from among all eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation, on or about January 31, 2010. The potential Grand Prize winner may or may not come from Harlequin’s Creative Presentation. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email, mail or phone after the date of the random drawing. The potential Grand Prize winner must sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release ("Affidavit") or Declaration of Compliance if Canadian resident ("Declaration") in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Declaration within the required time period, or prize is returned as undelivered, the potential Grand Prize winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential Grand Prize winner is disqualified for any reason, an alternate winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation. Only three (3) alternate winners will be selected, after which the Grand Prize will remain un-awarded. The Grand Prize will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after winner verification. Sweepstakes: ePrize, LLC, on behalf of Harlequin, will randomly select two (2) potential Sweepstakes winners from among all eligible entries received through this Creative Presentation on or about December 21, 2009. ePrize will notify the potential Sweepstakes winners by email, mail or phone after the date of the random drawing. The potential Sweepstakes winners must sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit/Declaration in order to claim their prize. If a potential Sweepstakes winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Declaration within the required time period, or prize is returned as undeliverable, such winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential Sweepstakes winner is disqualified for any reason, an alternate winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after which such Sweepstakes prize will remain un-awarded. Instant Win Game: Sixty-two (62) random computer-generated winning times, one for each of the Instant Win Game Prizes listed below, will be generated during the Promotion Period. There will be one (1) random computer-generated winning time per day, during the Promotion Period. If an entrant is the person to play the Instant Win Game at one (1) of the random computer-generated winning times, he/she will be a potential winner of the indicated prize. If no entrant plays the Instant Win Game at the random computer-generated winning time, the first entrant to play the Instant Win Game after the random computer-generated winning time will be the potential winner of the indicated prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Declaration within the required time period, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. All unclaimed or forfeited Instant Win Game prizes will remain un-awarded. Instant Win Game Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after winner verification or the conclusion of the Promotion, whichever is later.
6. Prizes:
b. Sweepstakes: Two (2) Sweepstakes Prizes will be awarded. Limit: One (1) Sweepstakes Prize per person.
FIRST PRIZE: A two (2) night stay at Harrah's New Orleans for the winner and his/her guest. Stay must be completed by July 1, 2010. Specifically, the First Prize includes: (i) two (2) nights’ standard hotel accommodation (double occupancy) for winner and guest at Harrah's New Orleans; (ii) $150 gift certificate to Besh Steakhouse; (iii) five (5) buffet passes at Harrah's New Orleans; and (iv) three (3) $5 gift certificates to Café Du Monde the NOR French Market Coffee Stand. ARV: $965 USD.
SECOND PRIZE: A two (2) night stay at Harrah's New Orleans for the winner and his/her guest. Stay must be completed by July 1, 2010. Specifically, the Second Prize includes: (i) two (2) nights’ standard hotel accommodation (double occupancy) for winner and guest at Harrah's New Orleans; (ii) two (2) tote bags and luggage tags; (iii) five (5) buffet passes at Harrah's New Orleans; and (iv) one (1) $5 gift certificates to Café Du Monde the NOR French Market Coffee Stand. ARV: $825 USD.
Itinerary is subject to accommodation availability and blackout dates. Dates of hotel stay must be confirmed a minimum of 60 days prior to the check-in date. Once confirmed, changes cannot be made to reservation. Should the winner and/or guest be unable to stay on the confirmed dates the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner in the sole discretion of Harlequin. The winner and guest are solely responsible for: airfare (if applicable); cost(s) associated with transportation to and from the hotel; meals not covered by gift certificates or buffet passes; gratuities and taxes; merchandise; telephone calls; travel and medical insurance; travel documentation; all personal expenses of any kind or nature; and any other expenses not specifically described as included in the First Prize or the Second Prize, as the case may be. The guest must have attained the age of twenty-one (21) on or before the check-in date and must complete and return a Publicity Release and Release of Liability no later than thirty (30) days prior to the check-in date. Odds of winning the First Prize or Second Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received with respect to the Sweepstakes during the Promotion Period.
For all prizes: Terms and conditions of gift certificates apply. Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and other fees associated with prize receipt and use. No substitution, assignment or transfer of prizes permitted, except by Sponsors, who reserve the right to substitute a prize with another prize of greater or equal value if a prize cannot be awarded as stated. Sponsors will withhold and/or report taxes as required by the applicable law of winner’s, Sponsors’ and/or Promoter’s jurisdiction.
7. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes entrant’s consent to Sponsors’ use of his/her name, mailing address, telephone number and email address (“Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Promotion, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the winner: and (b) Personal Information, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown and state, province or territory for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.
8. General Conditions: Sponsors reserve the right to cancel or modify the Promotion and/or amend the Official Rules if required by law, or if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond their reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. In such event, Sponsors reserve the right to award any prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of this Promotion or any of the Creative Presentations or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage Sponsors’ or any Promoter’s Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsors and Promoters reserve the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors’ failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of this provision.
9. Release: By receipt of any prize, each winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsors, Promoter, Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., their respective related companies, franchisees, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
10. Limitations of Liability: Sponsors and Promoters are not responsible for and entrant hereby releases Sponsors and Promoters from any claims arising from: (1) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, illegible, incomplete, misdirected, or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer, network, hardware or software; (3) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any service; (4) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (5) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or from downloading any material from Sponsors’ or Promoters’ Web site(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by any Sponsor, Promoter, or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to a Sponsor’s or Promoter’s Web site by a hypertext link. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Grand Prize Drawing, Sweepstakes, or Instant Win Game play, as the case may be, provided that, if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsors, in their sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsors reserve the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing from among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes: Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Promotion but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO ALL ENTRANTS. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant, Sponsors or Promoters in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Data Collection: Sponsors and Promoter collect Personal Information from entrants when they enter the Promotion. Sponsors and Promoters will use the entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes. The Personal Information collected is subject to both the ePrize, LLC Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and Harlequin’s Privacy Policy at http://eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=897&chapter=0.
13. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the end of the Promotion Period (listed above) and no later than March 20, 2010. For the Winner List, visit the Promotion website, complete the form at the bottom of the FAQ, and select "Win List Request" in the drop down.
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