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The Universal $50,000 Sweepstakes/ePrize Grand Prize Drawing
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
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 Universal $50,000 Sweepstakes (“eDecoder Game”) is sponsored by Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Orlando, FL 32819 and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608. The Grand Prize Drawing is sponsored by ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 (“ePrize”). Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort, and ePrize are sometimes collectively referred to as “Sponsors”. The Grand Prize Drawing is offered in conjunction with multiple companies (“Promoters”) through different Web sites (“Creative Presentations”), announcing many different prizes, including the Grand Prize listed below. One such Promoter is Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood. 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. The eDecoder Game and the Grand Prize Drawing are referred to collectively as the “Promotion”.
ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE ACROSS ALL CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AWARDED.
2. Timing. The Promotion begins March 3, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends June 15, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. ET (“Promotion Period”). ePrize’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion. Various Creative Presentations may be added to the Grand Prize Drawing 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 eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsors and Promoters (including Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood,), 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. All federal, state, 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 both the eDecoder Game and the Grand Prize Drawing are combined. You will need an eDecoder to play the eDecoder Game. eDecoders will be available at Universal Orlando® Resort, or you can obtain an online virtual eDecoder when you register for the eDecoder Game. During the Promotion Period, visit www.universalorlando.com/index.html or themeparks.universalstudios.com/hollywood/website/index.html and follow the links and instructions to complete the registration. Complete and submit the registration, including a valid home address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. After you register you will be presented with two (2) survey questions. Once you complete the survey questions, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Grand Prize Drawing and one (1) eDecoder Instant Win Game play for that day. If you do not have an eDecoder check the “I do not have an Decoder Game Piece” box. Once you submit the form, you will automatically advance to the eDecoder Game page. To play the eDecoder Game:
If you have an eDecoder and did not check the “I do not have an eDecoder” box on the introduction page, place your eDecoder over the scrambled message displayed on your computer monitor to reveal the hidden image; or
If you checked the “I do not have an eDecoder” box on the introduction 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 entrant may receive one (1) entry/play per day during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries/plays by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries/plays and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to enter will result in disqualification. 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.
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 SPONSORS’ 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.
5. eDecoder Game and Grand Prize Drawing. Entrants selected must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. eDecoder Game: If you are the potential winner of an eDecoder Game prize, you will automatically receive a notification message at the email address you used to register. One thousand eighty-three (1,083) randomly computer generated winning times will be created, 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. Except where prohibited, each potential winner of a First or Second Prize must sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential First or Second Prize winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release within the required time period, or prize is returned as undelivered, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential First or Second Prize winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held after which the applicable prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed Third Prizes will not be awarded. Third Prizes will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion. Grand Prize Drawing: Sponsor will randomly select one (1) Promoter's Creative Presentation from among all Creative Presentations and Sponsor will then select one (1) potential Grand Prize winner from among all eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation, on or about July 31, 2007. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by mail or email within ten (10) days of the drawing. The potential winner of the Grand Prize Drawing must sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release within the required time period, or 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. In the event that the potential Grand Prize winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held after which the Grand Prize will remain unawarded. The Grand Prize will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after winner verification.
6. Prizes.
eDecoder Game Prizes: ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: Universal Studios Hollywood Trip. Trip package includes roundtrip coach-class airfare for four (4) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Los Angeles, CA; four (4) days and three (3) nights accommodations at a hotel determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (two (2) single rooms, double occupancy); ground transportation to and from airport and hotel; and three (3) days admission for four (4) to Universal Studios HollywoodSM. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $3,000. TWO (2) SECOND PRIZES: Universal Orlando® Resort Trip. Trip package includes roundtrip coach-class airfare for four (4) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Orlando, FL; four (4) days and three (3) nights accommodations at a hotel determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (two (2) single rooms, double occupancy, room and tax only); ground transportation to and from airport and hotel; and three (3) days admission for four (4) to Universal Studios Florida® and Universal’s Islands of Adventure ARV: $3,500. ONE THOUSAND FIFTY (1,050) THIRD PRIZES: One (1) Universal Home Entertainment DVD (DVD determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion). ARV: $18. Odds of winning an eDecoder Game prize depend on the number of eligible plays received during the Promotion Period divided by the number of prizes available. Total ARV of eDecoder Game Prizes: $28,900. Limit: One (1) of each eDecoder Game Prize type per person.
Grand Prize Drawing: One (1) Grand Prize for the Grand Prize Drawing 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 Promotion will be $50,000. Odds of winning the Grand Prize Drawing will depend on the number of entries received in any given Creative Presentation multiplied by the total number of Creative Presentations.
For all trip prizes: Winners must complete the trip within one (1) year from the drawing date or prize will be forfeited. Trip must be booked at least 60 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, 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. If winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, he/she must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at least twenty-one (21) years of age. If any guests are under the age of eighteen (18), winner must be guest’s parent/ legal guardian or minor must be accompanied by his/her parent or legal guardian, who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older and will be counted as one of the three guests. Grand Prize winner and guests (or parent/legal guardian if guest is a minor) must execute a Release of Liability/Publicity Release Form (unless prohibited by law) prior to the issuance of travel documents. All travelers must possess required travel documents (e.g. valid photo I.D.) prior to departure. 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. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination.
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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Release. By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsors, Promoters (including but not limited to Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood), ePrize, LLC, 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.
10. Limitations of Liability. Sponsors and Promoters (including but not limited to Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood), are not responsible for and entrant hereby releases Sponsors and Promoters (including but not limited to Universal City Development Partners Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando® Resort and Universal City Studios, LLLP d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood) 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, in its 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 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.
11. 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. provided however, claims for bodily or personal injury resulting directly from the redemption of the Grand Prize may be submitted to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts of the State of Florida; (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.
12. Data Collection. Sponsors and Promoters collect personal information from you when you enter the Promotion. The information collected is subject to both the www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and the Promoter’s Privacy Policy’s: www.universalorlando.com/privacy_policy.html and
themeparks.universalstudios.com/hollywood/website/privacy_policy.html.
13. Winner List/Official Rules. For the Winner List and/or a set of Official Rules, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to “The Universal $50,000 Sweepstakes /ePrize Grand Prize Drawing Winner List/Official Rules Request” c/o ePrize LLC, P.O. Box 8070 Royal Oak, MI 48068-8070. Requests for winner list must be received by August 30, 2007. VT residents may exclude return postage for Official Rules.
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eDecoder licensed under U.S. Patent No. 6,406,062