OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, SALES
PRESENTATION, OR CONTRIBUTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR
CHANCES OF WINNING. Sweepstakes begins 10/15/07. Entry must be received by date specified
elsewhere in offer or by prize deadline(s) below, whichever is sooner. Follow all entry
instructions published elsewhere in this offer.
DREAM COME TRUE SWEEPSTAKES
Winner(s) of prizes below will be selected from among all
eligible entries received in random drawings conducted on or about 8/31/09 by Ventura
Associates, Inc., whose decisions are final. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of
selection. All prizes guaranteed to be awarded. Sweepstakes open to legal U.S. and Canadian
residents and to residents of other countries and U.S. territories and possessions only
where offered & permitted by law. Void where prohibited by law. For a list of major
winners, available after 10/15/09, send self-addressed, stamped envelope by 1/30/09 to:
“Dream Come True Sweepstakes” Winners, PO Box 5755, Ellenton, FL
34222-5007.
DREAM DREAM COME TRUE GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have
not yet won. No purchase necessary. Grand Prize winner chooses from a variety of merchandise
with approximately the same value (e.g., automobiles, vacations, electronics, etc.).
Approximate retail value (ARV) of merchandise: up to $30,000 or $25,000 cash option.
Estimated odds of winning: 1:12,600,000. To choose automobile/plane/boat or any other
vehicle, winner must have appropriate license and assume all responsibility for
registration, title, license, taxes, insurance fees and any other options not expressly
included. Sweepstakes registered by Ventura Associates, Inc., 1040 6th Ave., NY, NY 10018
& may be presented in different creative presentations by different organizations (the
"Presenting Promoter(s)"). Sweepstakes ends 1/30/09.
DREAM COME TRUE
DREAM PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not yet won. No purchase necessary.
Prize levels First through Third will offer a variety of merchandise, electronics, jewelry,
housewares, etc. First through Third Prize winners only may select cash equivalent of ARV
or any prize offered at level won. Values at a given level will be approximately the same.
ARV of merchandise prizes & estimated odds of winning: 1 First Prize (ARV: $2,000): 1:
12,600,000; 1 Second Prize (ARV: $1,000): 1:12,600,000; 50 Third Prizes (ARV: $100 each): 1:
252,000; 1,000 Fourth Prizes – Helbros® Dress Watch (ARV: $64 each, no cash
option): 1:12,600. Total ARV: $72,000. Sweepstakes registered by Ventura Associates, Inc.,
1040 6th Ave., NY, NY 10018 & may be presented in different creative presentations by
different organizations (the "Presenting Promoter(s)"). Sweepstakes ends 1/30/09.
FOR ANY TRAVEL PRIZE: Travel companion(s) required to sign liability release prior
to departure. Dates subject to availability; travel must be completed within 12 months of
award. Restrictions & blackout dates apply. Minor must be accompanied by parent or legal
guardian.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ALL OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ABOVE:
No
mechanically reproduced entries. No responsibility assumed for lost, late, misdirected,
mutilated, damaged, incomplete, illegible or postage-due mail/entries. All such entries will
be disqualified. All entries become property of their respective Presenting Promoter &
will not be returned or acknowledged. Participating entrants agree to these rules and the
decisions of the Judges and the Presenting Promoters, and release the Judges and the
Presenting Promoters and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies,
and all other businesses involved in this sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers,
directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation,
acceptance and/or use of prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused
or claimed to be caused, by participation in this sweepstakes or acceptance, use or
redemption of any prize. Presenting Promoters and Ventura Associates, Inc. are not
responsible for any printing, production, typographical, human or other error of any nature
in printing of the sweepstakes notice, entry form or prize notice, or administration of the
sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prizes. Any sweepstakes notice, entry form or
prize notice containing a printing, production, typographical, human or other error of any
nature shall be deemed null and void. Ventura Associates and any of the Presenting Promoters
are not liable for payment of any prize to entrants who have violated these official rules.
Winners acknowledge that the Judges, Presenting Promoters and all other businesses concerned
with this sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for
any warranty or representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the
quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of any merchandise prize
except that such prize shall be subject to manufacturer’s standard warranty.
A winner may be required (at judges' discretion) to sign & return an Affidavit of
Eligibility/Liability Release, & where legally permissible, a Publicity Release within
14 days of date on notification. Failure to execute and return any required documentation
within the time period specified and/or return of any prize notification or prize as
undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
Acceptance of a prize by a minor will require execution by parent or legal guardian of
required documentation. Costs for goods or services not specified are winner’s
responsibility. No substitution of prizes except by Presenting Promoter due to
unavailability. Except where prohibited by law, winners consent to use of their names,
hometowns, prizes won & likenesses for promotional purposes on behalf of all Presenting
Promoters without additional compensation. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state,
provincial & local laws & regulations apply. Prize values in U.S. currency. No
transfer or assignment of prize permitted. Winners responsible for all taxes on prizes. U.S.
laws govern all aspects of this sweepstakes. All disputes and claims relating to this
Sweepstakes shall be resolved in the United States.
Winner selection executed at
1040 6th Ave., NY, NY 10018. Ventura Associates, the independent judging organization, has
provided all prizes at no charge. Ventura Associates, Inc. and/or Presenting Promoters
reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the promotion if it becomes technically
corrupted. In such event, prizes will be awarded from eligible entries received prior to
this date of termination. Employees of Presenting Promoters, Ventura Associates, Inc., their
respective advertising & promotion agencies & any other person or organization
directly involved with the promotion & their respective immediate families and/or
household members of such employees are ineligible.
Canadian residents, to win,
must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question
administered by mail. Any litigation regarding the conduct & awarding of a prize in
this publicity contest by a resident of the province of Quebec may be submitted to the Regie
des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
Notice To Online and/or Text Messaging Contestants:
Online and/or text messaging
entry open only where featured to legal U.S. and Canadian residents. You must be at least 13
years old at time of entry to enter online or via text messaging. Limit one online entry per
person or email address per day per internet location, excluding "pass-along"
style entries, if offered, which are subject to terms, if any, if specified above. In the
event of a dispute, online entry deemed made by authorized account holder of e-mail address
at time of entry. If applicable, online entries must be submitted by deadline specified
elsewhere on this website for online entries. No online usage required. To enter via text
message where the text messaging entry feature is offered, you will need to follow the
instructions featured elsewhere in this offer to opt-in to participate. Those entering via
text messaging, will be charged for any text message that originates from or is received by
your phone according to the terms in your Calling Plan with your Carrier plus any additional
charges if applicable and disclosed to you via text message or other promotional message.
You must have a text messaging two-way capable phone and digital service to enter using the
text messaging method. Text Messaging is not available in all markets and may not be
available through all Carriers. You may also enter for free as described below. In the event
of a dispute over the identity of an entrant who has entered via text messaging, entry will
be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the Mobile Telephone Number phone
account (“MTN”) as of the date entry was made. An authorized account holder of
the MTN is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned a MTN by the Carrier or as shown
on the Carrier’s records. The participating entrant is solely responsible for any
costs related to text message entry. All Mass entries or entries generated by a script,
macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified.
You may enter by mail in lieu of
online or via text messaging by hand printing your name, address, daytime telephone number,
& the Internet or other location where you found these instructions on a postcard &
mailing it to:
Sweepstakes Entry
PO Box 5772
Ellenton, FL 34222-5007
Mailed entry must be
postmarked by the deadline posted elsewhere on this offer for online or text message entry
if applicable, & received within 7 days thereafter.
Information collected from
electronically-made entries is subject to the Presenting Promoter’s Privacy Policy. By
participating in this Sweepstakes, all entrants also authorize such Presenting Promoter to
provide Ventura Associates, Inc., any participating Carrier or service provider with their
contact information for the sole purpose of administering the Sweepstakes.
No
responsibility is assumed for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of
entry materials, or for technical, network, wireless, telephone equipment, electronic,
computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or
failure to receive entry information by sponsor or presenter on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or via mobile phone transmission or any
combination thereof. No responsibility assumed for any injury or damage to entrant’s
or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any
materials in the sweepstakes.
Caution: Any attempt to deliberately damage any
service or Web site or to undermine the legitimate operations of the sweepstakes is a
violation of criminal & civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Presenting
Promoter(s) reserves the right to disqualify such entrant & to seek damages from any
such person to the fullest extent of the law. In the event the Sweepstakes is, in the
opinion of the Sponsor or Administrator, compromised by a virus, bugs, non-authorized human
intervention or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor or Administrator, which
corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the
Sweepstakes, the Sponsor and/or Administrator reserve the right in its/their sole discretion
to modify, suspend or terminate the online or text messaging method of entry of the
Sweepstakes, but continue with the mail-in entry method.
Hachette Filipacchi Media Magazines
1633 Broadway
New York, N.Y., 10019
The name, address, telephone number & e-mail address, if
available, provided by an entrant to the presenter will be forwarded to the judging
organization for use only in winner selection & notification in accordance with the
Official Rules.
The information provided may be used by the marketer presenting
this sweepstakes to contact consumers for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to be
contacted, you may submit your request to them in accordance with their stated Privacy
Policy at the address provided above.
©2008 Ventura Associates, Inc.
