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1. Eligibility The Daily Dot Sweepstakes (the Sweepstakes) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and the District of Columbia) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Daily Dot, LLC or any of its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, suppliers, distributors, retailers or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Sweepstakes and their immediate family (spouse, parents and stepparents, siblings and stepsiblings, and children and stepchildren) and household members (people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year) of each such employee are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrants full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsors decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
3. Sweepstakes Entry Period The Sweepstakes entry period starts on April 25, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and ends the sooner of May 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. ET or once there are three hundred (300) entries into the Sweepstakes (the Sweepstakes Entry Period). Sponsor is it as the official time-keeper for this Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter During the Sweepstakes Entry Period you can enter online at dailydot.com by fully answering all survey questions and providing the required information. After you provide all the required information you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit one (1) entry per person, per household. Entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries will void that entrants entries and that entrant will be disqualified. Use of any automated system to enter is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. 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
2578456-1 associated with the submitted address. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
5. Winner Selection One day after the end of the Sweepstakes Entry Period the Sponsor will select entries for the prizes described below in a random drawing from among all valid entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. Selected winners will be contacted using the telephone number, and/or email address provided when completing the survey and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules). Potential winners will be notified approximately one (1) day after the prize drawing. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within ten (10) days of notification or return of email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts may, in Sponsors sole discretion, result in disqualification. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period but will be no more than 1:300.
6. THE POTENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES.
7. Verification of Potential Winners The potential prize winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential prize winners may be required to sign and return to Sponsor, within five (5) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential winner of a Sweepstakes prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
8. Grand Prizes Two grand prizes will be awarded. Each grand prize-winner will receive a Nexus 7 Tablet (16GB). Approximate retail value of each grand prize is $229. No cash equivalent for the prize, prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsors sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.
9. Entry Conditions and Release By entering, each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes; (b) release and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the
2578456-1 Released Parties) from and against any and all claims, expenses and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participants entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Sweepstakes, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or relating to an entrants participation in the Sweepstakes and/or entrants acceptance, use or misuse of any prize.
10. Publicity Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winners consent to Sponsors use of winners name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
11. General Conditions Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsors reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes 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 undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves 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.
12. Limitations of Liability The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, or programming associated with or used in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (d) technical or human error, which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrants entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrants sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
13. Disputes
2578456-1 Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court in the District of Texas or the appropriate state court located in Travis County, Texas; (c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys fees; and (d) 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 LIMITATIONS 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 and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Texas.
14. Entrants Personal Information Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsors Privacy Policy, which is available at http://www.dailydot.com/privacy-policy/.
15. Sweepstakes Results For Sweepstakes results, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Winners List - Daily Dot, LLC c/o Daily Dot, LLC, 2220 Hancock Dr, Suite B, Austin, TX 78756. Requests for the Winners List must be received 60 days after the end of the Sweepstakes Entry Period.