NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void where prohibited by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. The Channels of Buckeye CableSystem Treasure Hunt (the “Promotion”) consists of 25 weekly contest periods, the first beginning on March 30, 2008, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), and the last ending on September 20, 2008, at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Each weekly contest period runs from Sunday through Saturday, and the weekly deadline for each weekly contest period is 4:00 p.m. ET on the immediately following Thursday. For example, the weekly deadline for the weekly contest period beginning March 30, 2008, and ending April 5, 2008, is 4:00 p.m. ET on April 10, 2008.
1. Eligibility:
The Promotion is open to legal U.S. residents currently residing in Ohio or Michigan who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry. Current and former employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor or Administrator (defined below) or any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment, and marketing agencies, web site providers, web masters, and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings and children, regardless of where they live) and those living in the same household are not eligible to enter or win. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. Void where prohibited by law. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the eligibility of winners.
2. Sponsor:
The contest sponsor (“Sponsor”) is Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. (“Buckeye CableSystem”), 5566 Southwyck Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614. The contest administrator (“Administrator”) is Spilman, Hills & Heidebrink, Ltd., Certified Public Accountants, 5555 Airport Highway, Suite 200, Toledo, OH 43615-7320.
3. How to Enter:
There is a separate contest during each week of the Promotion Period, and Grand Prizes to be awarded after the end of the Promotion Period. Official game cards will be published weekly in The Blade each Sunday on the first day of each weekly contest period during the Promotion Period. Alternatively, you may make a photocopy or handwritten facsimile of the weekly game card, or print the weekly game card from buckeyecablesystem.com. Each weekly game card will show, for the weekly contest period, a grid of 9 logos of various Buckeye CableSystem channels, the publication period for Treasure Hunt logo advertisements, the week number, and the weekly deadline.
To enter, search through the paper version of The Blade during each weekly contest period, locate each Treasure Hunt logo ad, and write the code number printed on each logo ad on the corresponding square on the weekly game card grid. There may be more than one Treasure Hunt logo ad printed each day. Game cards will be published in The Blade on Sunday at the beginning of each weekly contest period. Copies of The Blade will be available for review without charge at various local public libraries, and in the lobby of Buckeye CableSystem, 5566 Southwyck Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614. Additionally, on the day each Treasure Hunt logo ad is printed in The Blade, the logo ad will also be accessible from www.buckeyecablesystem.com.
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Complete all nine squares on the grid and submit the game card, including a valid name, home address, telephone number, and (optional) email address. The game card must be completed by hand, and submitted in a letter-size (no. 6 or no. 10) envelope, limit one entry per stamped outer envelope. The correct contest week number must be written on the outside of the envelope. The game card must be submitted either (a) by first class mail to Channels of Buckeye CableSystem Treasure Hunt, Week [week number], PO Box 350850, Toledo, OH 43635-0850, or (b) by personal delivery during business hours to the designated entry box located in the lobby of Buckeye
CableSystem, 5566 Southwyck Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614. Whether by mail or personal delivery, all entries must be actually received (regardless of postmark date) on or before the weekly deadline. If you correctly complete and timely submit a game card, you will automatically be entered with one (1) entry in the applicable weekly drawing, and in the Grand Prize drawing at the end of the Promotion Period.
You must provide all required information and all correct weekly answers to be eligible to enter and win. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. You may submit multiple entries each week, but each entry must be completed by hand, and mailed or hand delivered separately. Late or invalid entries may be disqualified at Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s discretion. Bulk, automated and/or third party entries are prohibited and will be disqualified.
Sponsor and Sponsor’s agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives or service providers may use entrants’ and/or referrals’ personal information submitted with entry for purposes of prize fulfillment and/or for future marketing by Sponsor, such as to notify them of a product or promotion that Sponsor thinks may be of interest. Sponsor will not sell personal information submitted with entry to outside solicitors.
4. Selection of Winners:
The odds of winning are based on the number of eligible entries received.
Within seven (7) days after each weekly deadline, Administrator will select twenty (20) eligible finalists in a random drawing from among all entries received for such weekly drawing, and Administrator will then select the potential weekly winner from among such eligible finalists.
On or about September 20, 2008, Administrator will select one hundred (100) eligible finalists in a random drawing from among all entries received for all weekly drawings, and Administrator will then select the potential grand prize winners from among such eligible finalists.
The selection of potential weekly winners and potential grand prize winners may or may not be conducted at a public event. Potential winners need not be present at any such selection or public event.
The potential winners for each drawing will be notified by email and/or telephone within a week after the date of each drawing. If the potential winner does not respond within three (3) days after the first attempt to contact him/her, that potential winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize, and Administrator will select an alternate potential winner in his/her place at random from all eligible entries received. Except where legally prohibited, each potential winner must sign and return, within three (3) days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted in person via email or telephone after the first attempt to contact him/her, or if he/she fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release or Declaration of Compliance within the required time period (if applicable), then the potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place in a random drawing from among all other potential eligible finalists for such drawing. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, then Administrator will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner selected by a random drawing from among all other potential eligible finalists for such drawing. Only ten (10) alternate drawings will be held for each weekly or grand prize, after which such prize will remain unawarded.
Verification of Potential Winners: ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR AND/OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
5. Prizes:
Grand Prizes: One (1) First Grand Prize will be awarded, consisting of $50,000 cash. Ten (10) Second Grand Prizes will be awarded. Each Second Grand Prize consists of a television, laptop computer, and telephone with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) per Second Grand Prize of $2,500. Limit one grand prize per person and per household.
Weekly Prizes: One (1) Weekly Prize of $1,000 will be awarded for each of the 25 weekly drawings. Limit one weekly prize throughout the Promotional Period per person and per household.
Total ARV of all prizes (Grand Prizes and Weekly Prizes) to be awarded: $100,000.
6. Prize Restrictions:
Any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of prizes not specifically stated herein are the sole responsibility of the individual prize winner. Potential winners are required to submit a valid Form W-9 to Sponsor, and Sponsor may issue a Form 1099-MISC to each prize winner for the prize value. Prize cannot be substituted, assigned, transferred, or redeemed for cash; however, Sponsor reserves the right to make equivalent prize substitutions at its sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. Prizes cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer.
7. General Conditions:
This Promotion is governed by the laws of the United States. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective agents are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, misdirected, or illegible entries; lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, garbled transmissions or miscommunications, telephone transmission problems; computer or software malfunctions or damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware); technical failures; or other errors or malfunctions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise. Proof of sending or submission of entry will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsor or Administrator. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROMOTION OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be attempting to tamper with or undermine the entry process, Sponsor’s web site, and/or the legitimate operation of the Promotion; to violate the Official Rules; or to act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, void any suspect entries and (a) cancel or terminate the Promotion (or any portion thereof); (b) modify the Promotion or suspend the Promotion to address the impairment and then resume the Promotion in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; or (c) award the prize at random from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment.
8. Release and Limitations of Liability:
By participating in this promotion, entrants agree that Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, web site providers, web masters, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (the “Released Parties”) are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. 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 Promotion, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, 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, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR PROPERTY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE, OR USE OF THE PRIZE, ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION OR IN ANY PROMOTION RELATED ACTIVITY, OR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANY PRIZE CANNOT BE AWARDED DUE TO TRAVEL CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ACTS OF GOD, ACTS OF WAR, NATURAL DISASTERS, WEATHER, OR TERRORISM.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION, PARTICIPANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DAMAGES, OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING DEATH, OR TO PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO AND USE OF SPONSOR’S WEBSITES OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SUCH SITES.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS PROMOTION, INCLUDING SPONSOR’S WEBSITES AND ALL PRIZES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
9. Publicity.
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, WINNERS GRANT TO SPONSOR AND/OR ADMINISTRATOR (WHICH GRANT WILL BE CONFIRMED IN WRITING ON REQUEST OF SPONSOR), SPONSOR’S SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES, SUPPLIERS, AND THOSE ACTING PURSUANT TO ITS AUTHORITY, THE RIGHT AND PERMISSION TO PRINT, PUBLISH, BROADCAST, AND USE, WORLDWIDE IN ANY MEDIA NOW KNOWN OR HEREAFTER DEVELOPED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AT ANY TIME OR TIMES, EACH WINNER’S NAME, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, VOICE, LIKENESS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR ADVERTISING, TRADE, AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES (INCLUDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS OR HER NAME ON TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCAST) WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION, COMPENSATION, PERMISSION, OR NOTIFICATION. ENTRANTS AGREE THAT SPONSOR SHALL OWN THE ENTRIES, WHICH WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED OR RETURNED, AND THAT SPONSOR AND ITS DESIGNEES SHALL HAVE THE PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE RIGHT TO EDIT, PUBLISH, AND USE THE ENTRIES IN ANY WAY AND IN ANY MEDIA FOR TRADE, ADVERTISING, PROMOTIONAL, AND/OR OTHER PURPOSES AS SPONSOR AND/OR ITS DESIGNEES MAY DETERMINE WITHOUT FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO ENTRANTS OR ANY THIRD PARTY.
10. Disputes.
Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division or the Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio; (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, indirect, 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. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Ohio, without reference to conflict of law principles.
11. Privacy:
Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.buckeyecablesystem.com/downloads/TOL_docs/TOLedo-PRIVACY.pdf.
12. Official Rules and Winners List:
Rules and Winners List: For a copy of the Official Rules, visit www.buckeyecablesystem.com or send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Channels of Buckeye CableSystem Treasure Hunt Rules, 5566 Southwyck Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614. For a complete list of winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for receipt after September 30, 2008, and before December 31, 2008 to Channels of Buckeye CableSystem Treasure Hunt Winners, 5566 Southwyck Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614. A list of winners may also be accessible from www.buckeyecablesystem.com.
©2008 Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. All trademarks used in the Promotion are, as applicable, property of Sponsor or their respective owners and used with permission. All rights reserved.
Version Date: April 8, 2008 |
