The Ticket(contest) Rules
1. How to play: No purchase necessary. Beginning February 25, 2005,
refer to 'The Ticket' ad in The Gazette's Go! section or downloadable
from ColoradoSprings.com for details on 'The Ticket' ('Contest').
2. Eligibility: To enter 'The Ticket' you must be a legal U.S. resident,
be 18 years old or older and have a valid Colorado driver's license
and physically reside in the following Colorado counties: El Paso,
Teller, Pueblo, Fremont, Elbert. Generally residents of any Colorado
county in The Gazette immediate home delivery area. (There are some
prizes in 'The Ticket' that are open to people under 18, but they
must have a parent or guardian sign for them when receiving the
prize. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Employees of the
contest sponsor(s), ColoradoSprings.com, The Gazette, Freedom Colorado
Information, Inc. (FCOI) and its affiliated parent (Freedom Communications,
Inc.), and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies,
and their respective officers, directors, representatives and agents
("Contest Entities"), entities furnishing prizes or otherwise
connected with the conduct of these sweepstakes and their immediate
families and members of their households, are all ineligible to
participate in contest.
3. Prizes: prizes vary each week in 'The Ticket' ('Contest').
4. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prizes allowed
except at sponsor's sole discretion due to prize unavailability
and then only for a prize of equal or greater value. All federal,
state, or other tax liabilities (including income taxes), and subsequent
expenses such as (but not limited to) gas, insurance, and maintenance
arising from this contest will be the sole responsibility of each
winner. Prize must be claimed within ten working days.
5. Prize Conditions: Potential winner(s) of the Contest will be
required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release
and a Publicity Release ("Affidavit/Release"). If the
potential winner fails to complete the document at the time s/he
picks up the prize, is found to be ineligible, or does not comply
with the Official Rules, then the potential winner will be disqualified.
Prizes are nontransferable. All federal, state, or other tax liabilities
(including income taxes) arising from this contest will be the sole
responsibility of each winner. Except where prohibited by law, the
use winner's entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes permission
for the Contest Entities to use said winner's name, initials, photograph,
likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and city
and state address on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media
(including The Gazette/gazette.com and/or the ColoradoSprings.com
website), in perpetuity, without further compensation.
6. Contest Conditions: This Contest is subject to all federal, state
and local laws. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by
these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Contest
Administrator and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest
or these Official Rules. Entrants may enter the contest once per
week by either printing the online entry on Coloradosprings.com
and either mailing or dropping it off at The Gazette or by using
the weekly printed entry in the Go! section of The Gazette. All
entries are good through the date marked on the entry form and must
be either mailed in or dropped off to The Gazette during regular
business hours, 30 South Prospect Street, Colorado Springs. Winners
and entrants also agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold
harmless Contest Entities from and against any claims, damages or
liability due to any injuries, damages, or losses to any person,
including death, or property of any kind resulting in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse
or use of any prize or participation in this Contest. Once a person
has won a prize, he/she will have two weeks (10 working days) in
order to claim it, and contest winner will be ineligible to win
another prize through The Gazette/gazette.com, ColoradoSprings.com
(FCOI) for thirty (30) days. Magic Ticket winners must claim their
prizes from Magic.
7. Limitations of Liability: Contest Entities are not responsible
for lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable, or incomplete entries.
FCOI and/or Sponsor(s) may prohibit an entrant from participating
in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it
determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate
operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair
playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass
any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. Contest Entities
are not responsible for lost entires due to telephonic or electronic
malfunctions. If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running
as planned as a result of any causes beyond the reasonable control
of Sponsor including but not limited to tampering, unauthorized
intervention or fraud which corrupt or affect the administration,
security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest,
then, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.
8. If the winner is instructed by FCOI or its affiliates to personally
pick up a prize, it must be claimed within ten working days of winning
the prize. Upon pick-up of prize, proper photo identification (i.e.
valid driver's license, passport, proof of insurance) from the winner
is required.
9. FCOI will not remind winners of the deadline for claiming their
prize. It is the responsibility of the winner to claim the prize
within the specified timeframe. All unclaimed prizes after ten working
days will automatically be forfeited and may be awarded to another
contestant. FCOI is at liberty to give away any unclaimed prize
at the end of the ten business day's grace period.
10. Under "unique circumstances," a representative designated
by the winner may be allowed to accept the prize. Written authorization
from the winner including representative's name, ID, and a photocopy
of the winner's valid driver's license and proof of insurance is
required. FCOI will qualify what constitutes a "unique circumstance."
11. In the event that a winner voluntarily chooses to not accept
a prize, he/she automatically forfeits all claims to that prize.
FCOI then has the right, but not the obligation, to award that prize
to a contest runner-up.
12. FCOI may substitute another prize of equal value, in the event
of non-availability of a prize.
13. FCOI is not responsible for any defective prizes.
14. FCOI is not responsible for any computer, browser, server, or
other equipment malfunction that may or may not interfere with contest
entries. Winners will be selected only from entries received by
the deadline.
15. Employees of FCOI, its advertising agencies, their affiliates,
representatives, and their families or households are ineligible
to enter/win any contest staged on FCOI owned and operated web sites.
16. FCOI, its agencies, affiliates, sponsors or representatives
absolve themselves of any liability, financial or otherwise, resulting
from any contests staged by FCOI.
17. Additions or deletions to these rules may be made at the discretion
of FCOI and may be enacted at any time. Basic Contest Rules and
addenda are available for review during regular business hours at
the FCOI office located at 30 South Prospect St., Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80903. A copy of the rules can be requested through the
mail or by sending e-mail to feedback@gazette.com.
18. To receive a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to: The Gazette, c/o Marketing Department, P.O. Box 1779,
Colorado Springs, CO 80901. Please specify name of Contest and either
"Rules" or "Winners." |
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