UNIVERSAL TELEVISION NETWORKS
"Pebble Beach Dream Vacation Presented by AVIS" Sweeptakes
NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES-OFFICIAL RULES
January 26, 2006
1. DURATION AND TERRITORY. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. "The Pebble Beach Dream Vacation Presented by AVIS Sweepstakes" ("Sweepstakes") will commence at 12:00 am (ET) on, Monday, January 26, 2006 and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday, February 20, 2006 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). All entries shall become the sole property of Universal Television Networks ("UTN") and will not be returned. At the end of the Sweepstakes Period, one (1) winner will be selected to win the Grand Prize as set forth in Section 5 below. UTN, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10020, is the sponsor of the Sweepstakes ("Sponsor").
2. ENTRY. To enter the "Sweepstakes", an individual must visit UTN's website (http://pebblebeach.usanetwork.com) during the Sweepstakes Period and follow the instructions included therein.
All entries must contain the following information:
a) Entrant's name;
b) Entrant's daytime telephone number;
c) Entrant's home address;
d) Entrant's e-mail address (if applicable); and
e) Entrant's date of birth.
Only one online entry per day per person will be accepted during the Sweepstakes Period. Multiple on-line entries from the same person on the same day will be disqualified. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. UTN, Universal Studios, NBC Universal, Inc., PGA TOUR, AVIS, and each of their respective parent, subsidiaries, joint venture companies, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and each of their respective owners, shareholders, officers, directors, agents and employees and any other entity or person involved in the development, administration or operation of this Sweepstakes (collectively, the "Other Entities"), shall not be responsible for late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries; technical or software malfunctions; lost or unavailable network connections; damage to entrant's computer systems as a result of entry in the Sweepstakes or downloading of any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes; failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, or delayed electronic communications, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes; or by any human (or other) error which may occur in the processing of the entries or the administration of this Sweepstakes and Prizes; or printing or other errors. UTN reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes should any computer virus, malfunction or other cause beyond its control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation, prizes will be awarded from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring cancellation. Notice of cancellation will be posted at www.usanetwork.com. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Sweepstakes or operation of the Sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by UTN which may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. Entries that are garbled or unintelligible for any reason including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at UTN), are not eligible. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to abide by all terms of the Official Rules applicable thereto and the decisions of UTN which are final. Entrants agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official rules, or the Sweepstakes itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
3. ELIGIBILITY. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older as of January 26, 2006, be a legal resident of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia but excluding Puerto Rico, Guam, and all other U.S. and foreign territories and possessions and where otherwise prohibited by federal, state, provincial, municipal or local law. Employees of UTN or any of the Other Entities, or of any of their respective parent or related companies, or of any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, or advertising and promotional agencies, and any members of the immediate families of such individuals (meaning spouses, parents, siblings and their respective spouses), and any person living in the same household with such individuals (whether or not related), are not eligible to enter.
4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. Winner will be chosen randomly by USA Network from all eligible entries in a drawing to be held on or about February 22, 2006 by USA Network. The first (1) entry drawn will win the Grand Prize described in Section 5 below. The winner will be notified by phone, email and/or mail within fourteen (14) business days after the drawing date. If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account as determined by UTN. All decisions by UTN regarding this Sweepstakes shall be final, binding and cannot be appealed. All entries become the property of UTN and will not be acknowledged or returned. The Grand Prize Winner will be required to return a completed, signed and notarized affidavit of eligibility and release of liability and, except where prohibited, a publicity release within five (5) days of such notification. Noncompliance within this time period, or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable for any reason, or failure to abide by these Official Rules, will result in disqualification of any selected entrant and prize forfeiture and an alternate winner will be selected and confirmed in accordance with these Official Rules. The odds of winning this Sweepstakes depends upon the number of valid entries received. All prizes will be awarded after total compliance with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules.
5. PRIZES. There will be one (1) Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize shall consist of a trip for the winner and one (1) guest to Pebble Beach, CA and shall include: roundtrip first-class air transportation for winner and guest from the major airport nearest the winner's residence (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Monterrey, CA hotel accommodations for the winner and guest (one standard room, double occupancy) for three (3) nights; Round of golf for two (2) at one of three courses at Pebble Beach; one golf lesson for two; one Spa Treatment for two(2), cost of each treatment not to exceed $200; one rental car provided for four days (size of car to be determined by Sponsor). The total approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $4,000.00 (actual value depends on airport city of departure). Each Winner is solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes on prize, and for any ground transportation, meals, gratuities, travel upgrades, personal incidentals, and any other expenses not specified herein. Certain blackout periods and travel restrictions may apply. The value of a prize is determined by the Grand Prize donors and is final for all purposes. The Grand Prize must be accepted and enjoyed by winner by December 31, 2006. If a prize cannot be accepted as stated, it will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Grand Prize Winner's travel guests must be the age of majority in his or her state of residency or Winner must be guest's parent or legal guardian. Grand Prize winner's guests, if any, must complete a liability and publicity release, or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. All travel and hotel arrangements to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor in its sole discretion, reserves the right to provide ground transportation in lieu of air transportation. All travel and hotel arrangements to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Grand Prize Winner and guests must travel on the same itinerary and at times required by Sponsor. All travel and lodging will be at risk of Grand Prize Winner and guests. If a prize winner's notification is returned as undeliverable, a prize winner is ineligible or otherwise declines prize, or if Grand Prize Winner is unable to travel on dates specified by Sponsor, then prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected at random from all remaining eligible entries received that have not already been selected for another prize. The prizes are neither transferable nor assignable and may not be exchanged for cash; however, UTN reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value in the event a prize cannot be fulfilled. Any unclaimed and/or unused portion of the prize package will be forfeited and will not be substituted. In the event that any prize component is unavailable for any reason, the remaining elements of the Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors' oblgation to winner and no additional compensation will be awarded.
6. CONDITIONS. By entering this Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees (a) to release and hold harmless NBC Universal, Inc.UTN, and the Other Entities, their respective parent and related companies, and any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees of the foregoing entities ("Released Parties"), from any and all liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant's participation in this Sweepstakes and/or his or her acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, or any portion thereof; (b) if selected as the Grand Prize Winner, to the posting of such entrant's name on www.usanetwork.com and the use by UTN and any of the Other Entities of entrant's name, likeness, personal information and/or photograph (if any) for publicity, promotional and advertising purposes in any medium including, without limitation, print, television, radio or the Internet, without additional compensation, to, or authorization from, the entrant. The use of such entrant's name, likeness and other information by UTN shall be subject to UTN's privacy policy located at www.usanetwork.com/privacy. UTN reserves the right to select a new winner for any given prize if it has any reason to suspect any technical corruption or any non-authorized human intervention by, or on behalf of, the initial winner. In the event more winner notifications are issued, or more winning prize claims are received, than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules due to computer, printing, seeding, human or other error or problem, a random drawing will take place from all eligible prize claims for the prize at issue to award the proper number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules. This Sweepstakes is void where prohibited or restricted by Federal, State, or local laws and is subject to all applicable Federal, State, and local laws.
The failure of Sponsor to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsor (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.
7. WINNER'S LIST/OFFICIAL RULES. For the names of the prize winners or a copy of the Official Rules, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to UTN, Attn: USA Network, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10112 (VT residents may omit postage). Be sure to specify "Pebble Beach Sweepstakes" on the outside of your envelope. Requests for the names of the prize winners must be received by UTN by March 15, 2006. Requests for copies of the Official Rules must be received by UTN by February 20, 2006.
8. CONSTRUCTION. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of any entrant, UTN and Other Entities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. In any action brought to enforce the obligation or right of any party hereunder they consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in any court of appropriate jurisdiction in New York County, New York The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
