Walking Dead DVD Sweepstakes
3/5/2011
OFFICIAL RULES
Sponsors:
Game Informer 724 North First Street, 3rd Floor – Minneapolis, MN 55401
NO
PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE
YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Eligibility: No purchase necessary to enter or to win.
Purchase will not increase odds of winning. The Walking Dead DVD
Sweepstakes open only to legal residents of the United States and the
District of Columbia, age 15 and older. Employees of Game Informer its parent
company and their subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, retailers,
advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members and/or
those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win.
Sweepstakes governed by U.S. law. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations
How to enter: To enter, visit http://www.gameinformer.com/b/contests/default.aspx
and follow all entry instructions to enter if you are a member. If you are not
a member of Game Informer, you can become a member by signing up for a free
account. To sign-up for a free account, visit
http://www.gameinformer.com/login.aspx and follow all instructions to open a
free account. All entries must be received between 12:01 AM Central Time (CST)
on 03/05/2011
and 11:59 PM Central Time (CST) on 03/19/2011. Entrants
subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to Sponsors'
privacy policies. Limit: One online entry per person or e-mail address per day.
Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by
Sponsors. By entering, participants acknowledge compliance with the Official
Rules, including eligibility requirements and agree to be bound by these
Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsors and independent judging
organization shall be final and binding. The use of any device to automate the
entry process is prohibited. Illegible or mechanically reproduced entries are
not eligible. All entries and requests become the Sponsors' property and will
not be returned or acknowledged. The Sponsors are not responsible for lost,
late, damaged, or misdirected entries.
Disclaimer: Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries,
directors, officers, professional advisors, employees and agencies will not be
responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled or distorted or damaged
transmissions or entries; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware, software,
network, Internet, or other computer- or communications-related malfunctions or
failures; (c) any Promotion disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by
events beyond the control of Sponsor; or (d) any printing or typographical
errors in any materials associated with the Promotion.
Winner Selection/Notification: Potential winners will be
selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received. Winners will
be notified by email and/or mail and will be required to follow the
instructions in such notification in order to verify eligibility. This may
include the requirement to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and
Liability and a Publicity Release ("Affidavit/Release"). A response
to the notification must be received within 3 business days or
prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. If the notification
email or the Affidavit/Release is returned as undeliverable, it will result in
disqualification, and the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner in a
separate random drawing. If winner is otherwise eligible under these Official
Rules, but is nevertheless deemed a minor in his or her state of primary
residence, all required documents must be signed by the winner's parent or
legal guardian on behalf of the minor. If prize is forfeited for any reason
whatsoever, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate
random drawing. No substitution of prize offered is permitted, no transfer of
prize to a third party is permitted and prize may not be redeemed for cash
value, except that Sponsors (due to circumstances beyond its control), reserve
the right at their sole discretion to substitute the prize for one of
comparable or greater value. Prize awarded within ninety (90) days from winner
verification. Entry and acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use
winner's name, prize won, hometown, likeness, video tape, and statements for
promotional purposes, including but not limited to online posting, radio, print
and TV media, without further compensation, except where prohibited by law.
Prize/Odds: Grand Prize (3 Winners) – Three
(3) Grand Prize winners will receive The Walking Dead: The
Complete First Season on DVD (valued at $39.99) .Odds of winning the prize are
determined by the total number of eligible entries received.
General: Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules
and the decisions of the judges and the Sponsors, which shall be without legal
or other recourse and final in all aspects, and release the Sponsors and their
affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as
well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all
liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever, including the unauthorized
or illegal access to personally identifiable or sensitive information and for
injuries, damages or losses of any kind to persons (including death) and
property which may be sustained in connection with either directly or
indirectly, 1) the awarding, receipt, ownership use or misuse of a prize
awarded here; or 2) participation in the Sweepstakes or any prize related
activities, including but not limited to traveling to or from any prize related
activity. The Sponsors are not responsible for any typographical or other error
in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the
announcement of the prize.
Winners List: For winner’s names, available after 4/30/11,
please mail a self addressed envelope to Game Informer Magazine – Attention: The
Walking Dead Sweepstakes – 724 North First Street, 3rd Floor – Minneapolis, MN
55401.
NOTICE
TO ONLINE ENTRANTS
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be
deemed submitted by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the e-mail
address submitted at time of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural
person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider,
online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for
assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail
address. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass
entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are
void. The Sponsors are not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected,
damaged, illegible or postage due mail/entries; or (ii) 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, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or
software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to
receive entry information by Sponsors on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination
thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's
computer related to or resulting from participating in the sweepstakes. By
participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these official
rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by
the decisions of Sponsors and the independent judging organization, which are
final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply
with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes.
Sponsors reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes
it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official
rules; and (ii) withdraw the online method of entry if it becomes technically
corrupted, (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably
impairs its ability to conduct the sweepstakes), and to select winner from
among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal.
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN
ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB SITE OR
INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY
PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW.