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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. U.S. RESIDENTS, 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY ARE ELIGIBLE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
FOR PERSONS WHO ENTER THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING THROUGH THIS CREATIVE PRESENTATION, THESE RULES GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD.
1. Introduction. GM Women with Drive Sweepstakes ("eDecoder Game") is sponsored by General Motors Corporation ("GM"), 100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48265. The Grand Prize Drawings are sponsored by ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069. GM and ePrize are sometimes collectively referred to as "Sponsors". The Grand Prize Drawings are offered in conjunction with multiple companies ("Promoters") through different Web sites ("Creative Presentations"), announcing many different prizes. One such Promoter is GM. One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received through all Creative Presentations in four (4) separate Grand Prize Drawings. The prize for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which the entrant entered the applicable Grand Prize Drawing. Only one (1) prize will be awarded per drawing across all Creative Presentations. Odds of winning a Grand Prize Drawing will depend on the number of entries received in any given Creative Presentation multiplied by the total number of Creative Presentations. The eDecoder Game and the Grand Prize Drawings are referred to collectively as the "Promotion".
ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE ACROSS ALL CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS PER DRAWING WILL BE AWARDED.
2. Timing. The Promotion begins February 28, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends February 28, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. ET ("Promotion Period"). There will be four (4) Grand Prize Drawings. Each Grand Prize Drawing has a corresponding entry period:
Grand Prize
Drawing Entry Period Start Date/Time Entry Period End Date/Time Drawing Date
1 February 28, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. ET June 30, 2006 at 11:59 p.m. ET On or around July 21, 2006
2 July 1, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. ET September 30, 2006 at 11:59 p.m. ET On or around October 20, 2006
3 October 1, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. ET December 31, 2006 at 11:59 p.m. ET On or around January 19, 2007
4 January 1, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. ET February 28, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. ET On or around April 20, 2007
ePrize's computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion. Various Creative Presentations may be added to the Grand Prize Drawings throughout the Promotion Period.
3. Eligibility. The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and District of Columbia) who are at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Mullen, Sponsors, and Promoters (including GM), any 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. 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 both the eDecoder Game and the Grand Prize Drawing are combined. You will need an eDecoder to play the eDecoder Game. eDecoders will be distributed at General Motors regional events and be available in the Women's Buyer Guide Series or you can obtain an online virtual eDecoder when you register for the Promotion. During the Promotion Period, go to (http://gm.eprize.net/women06) and follow the directions for entry. Fill out the registration form completely and submit the form. If you did not receive an eDecoder, check the "I do not have an eDecoder" box. Once you submit the form, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Grand Prize Drawing and one (1) eDecoder Game play. You automatically will advance to the eDecoder Game Page.
To play the eDecoder Game:
a. If you have an eDecoder and did not check the "I do not have an eDecoder" box on the registration page, place your eDecoder over the scrambled message displayed on your computer monitor to reveal the hidden image; or
b. If you checked the "I do not have an eDecoder" box on the registration page, use your mouse to drag the online eDecoder over the scrambled message to reveal the hidden image.
The eDecoder Game results will be instantly displayed. Entrants will be notified immediately by email if they are potential winners of the eDecoder Game and will be provided directions for validation. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Administrator is responsible for the functionality of the eDecoder Game. Limit: Each participant may play the eDecoder Game one (1) time during the Promotion Period and may earn one (1) entry into each Grand Prize Drawing during the Promotion Period. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any 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. All entries must be received during the Promotion Period. Use of any automated system to submit entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Users attempting to register via multiple email addresses and multiple users attempting to register via the same email address will be disqualified. Sponsor is 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. Potential winners 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. You may enter the Grand Prize Drawing through as many Creative Presentations as you like.
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All potential winning plays 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 edecoder GAME 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 its validation process. Any play that occurs after the system has failed for any reason is deemed a defective play and is void and will not be honored.
6. Winner Selection. eDecoder Game: One Thousand One Hundred (1,100) random, computer-generated winning times will be generated, one for each eDecoder Game prize listed below. If you are the first person to play the eDecoder Game at or after one (1) of the winning times, you will be a potential eDecoder Game winner. Grand Prize Drawing: On or about the following dates, ePrize will randomly select one (1) Promoter's Creative Presentation from among all Creative Presentations: July 21, 2006; October 20, 2006; January 19, 2007, and April 20, 2007. ePrize will then select one (1) potential winner from among all eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation for each Grand Prize Drawing. Non-winning entries will carry-over into subsequent Grand Prize Drawings. Requirements of Potential Prize Winners. Entrants must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential Grand Prize Drawing winners will be notified by mail or email within ten (10) days of the drawing. A potential winner of a Grand Prize must sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of being notified, an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within ten (10) days of the first attempt to contact him/her, if he/she fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period, or if prize is returned as undelivered, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place at random from among all eligible entries received for the selected Creative Presentation. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held after which the Grand Prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed eDecoder Game prizes will not be awarded. Winners of eDecoder Game and Grand Prize who meet all of the eligibility requirements, are verified, and have fully complied with these Rules, will receive their prize within 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.
7. Prizes.
a. eDecoder Game Prizes: TWO HUNDRED (200) FIRST PRIZES: $25 Sephora Digital Gift Code. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $25.00 each. TWO HUNDRED (200) SECOND PRIZES: $25 RedEnvelope Digital Gift Code. ARV: $25.00 each. TWO HUNDRED (200) THIRD PRIZES: $25 1-800-Flower Digital Gift Code. ARV: $25.00 each. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) FOURTH PRIZES: $20 Amazon.com Digital Gift Code. ARV: $20.00 each. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) FIFTH PRIZES: $20 ToysRUs Digital Gift Code. ARV: $20.00 each. Total ARV of eDecoder Prizes: $25,000. Terms and conditions of all Digital Gift Codes apply. Odds of winning any eDecoder Game Prize are based on the number of eDecoder Game plays during the Promotion Period divided by the total number of prizes available.
b. Grand Prize Drawings: FOUR (4) GRAND PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize for each Grand Prize drawing listed above in Section 6 will be awarded. The exact prize for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which he/she entered. The Grand Prize for a potential winner who entered through this Creative Presentation Promotion will be the winner's choice of one (1) of the following: (i) $10,000 that the winner can use toward the purchase of any GM vehicle or (ii) a luxury spa vacation at the Canyon Ranch Health Resort. For GM vehicle: Winner can apply $10,000 toward the purchase of any GM vehicle. For Luxury Spa Vacation at Canyon Ranch Health Resort: Trip package includes roundtrip coach-class airfare for two (2) from a major airport near winner's home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to airport near Canyon Ranch Health Resort (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion); eight (8) days and seven (7) nights stay at the Canyon Ranch hotel (single room, double occupancy); airport transfer to and from the hotel; meals at the Canyon Ranch hotel (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion); and an allowance for spa and sport services. Winner must complete trip within one (1) year after the trip is awarded. Trip must be booked at least 21 days prior to departure. Trip subject to availability and blackout dates. Travel must be roundtrip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Promotion, and those set forth by the Sponsor's airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, additional meals, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of departure and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. If winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, travel companion must be winner's parent/legal guardian. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. If in the judgment of Sponsor air travel is not required due to winner's proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for roundtrip air travel at Sponsors' sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. ARV of Each Grand Prize: $10,000.00. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason.
For all prizes: Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes and other fees associated with prize receipt and use. No other 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 prize cannot be awarded as stated. Sponsors will withhold and/or report taxes as required by the applicable law of Sponsors' and/or Promoters' jurisdiction and winner's jurisdiction.
8. Publicity. Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsors' use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel or modify the Promotion 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 the 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 or any other Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion, 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 that provision.
10. Release. By participating in this Promotion and/or receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Mullen, Sponsors, Promoters (including but not limited to GM), their respective related companies, franchisees, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize.
11. Limitations of Liability. Mullen Sponsors and Promoters (including but not limited to GM), are not responsible for and entrant hereby releases Sponsors and Promoters (including but not limited to GM) 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 or eDecoder Game play, 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, Sponsor, at its 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 event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
12. Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this 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, U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this 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 YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant, Sponsors and Promoters in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan, U.S.A. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.
13. Data Collection. Sponsors and Promoters collect personal information from you when you enter the Promotion. The information collected is subject to both the ePrize Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html) and the GM Privacy Policy (http://gm.com/privacy/).
14. Winner's List/Official Rules. For the name, city and state of the Grand Prize winner and/or a set of Official Rules, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to "GM Women with Drive Sweepstakes/Grand Prize Drawing Winner/Rules Request" c/o ePrize LLC, P.O. Box 8070 Royal Oak, MI 48068-8070, U.S.A. Requests for winner's list must be received by July 20, 2007. VT residents may exclude return postage.
15. Name Removal Notification System. If you would like your name removed from Sponsor's mailing list visit our unsubscribe page: (http://www.imail.imrsvcs.com/UM/U.asp?B57.331.1961.200874) and your name will be removed within 60 days of the request.
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eDecoder licensed under U.S. Patent No. 6,406,062.