WilliamPaid Monthly Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: The WilliamPaid Monthly Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50)
2. Sponsor: William
Paid LLC, 601 Skokie Blvd
Suite 2A, Northbrook, IL 60062. Administrator:
ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on September 21, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on September 30, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period") and consists of twelve (12) monthly entry periods, each a calendar month in length (each an "Entry Period") except for the first Entry Period, which will begin on September 21, 2009 and end on October 31, 2009. Non-winning entries from an Entry Period do not carry over to subsequent Entry Periods. Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, there are six (6) ways you can earn entries into the Sweepstakes:
(a)
Enter to Win at www.williampaid.com/sweeps: Visit http://www.williampaid.com/sweeps
and follow the instructions to complete the entry. Entering to win is free. Be sure to include a valid email address,
your name, your home mailing address (P.O. Boxes not permitted) and any other
information required on the website. You
will receive one (1) entry into the Entry Period corresponding with the date
you entered the Sweepstakes.
(b)
Become a
Member at www.williampaid.com: Visit http://www.williampaid.com
and follow the links and instructions to become a Member. Becoming a Member is free. Upon becoming a Member, be sure to include a
valid email address, your name, your home mailing address (P.O. Boxes not
permitted) and any other information required on the website. You will receive one (1) entry into the Entry
Period corresponding with the date you became a Member.
(c)
Complete
Sponsor Specified Tasks or Content on Social Media Sites: During Sponsor
selected times during the Promotion Period, Sponsor may, in its sole
discretion, offer a specific task that must be completed as specified on the
Sponsor site, Sponsor-selected social media site or Sponsor-related site. Upon learning about the task, follow the
Sponsor-provided instructions to complete the task to receive a specified
number of entries into the respective Entry Period for the day you complete the
task. Alternatively, Sponsor may, at its
sole discretion, identify certain content on the Sponsor site, a Sponsor-selected
social media site or Sponsor-related site that will entitle the individual
posting such behavior receive a specified number of Sweepstakes entry. Upon recognition of such entitlement from
Sponsor, follow the instructions provided by Sponsor to receive the specified
number of entries into the respective Entry Period for the day Sponsor
identified such behavior or content.
(d)
Refer a Friend: Visit http://www.williampaid.com
or http://www. http://www.williampaid.com/sweeps and follow the links and instructions to refer a friend to
williampaid.com, including your name, valid email address, home mailing address
(P.O. Boxes not permitted), any other information required by the website and
your friend's email address. You may
only refer people with whom you have an existing relationship. Each person you refer will receive one (1)
email notifying them about the Sweepstakes. For each friend you refer who
enters the Sweepstakes using the link in the email sent to them from your
referral or your unique url that you provide to them (including through social
media websites) in the same Entry Period, you will receive one (1) entry into
that Entry Period. For each friend you
refer who becomes a Member using the link in the email sent to them from your
referral or your unique url that you provide to them (including through social
media websites) in that Entry Period, you will receive one (1) entry into that
Entry Period.
(e) Perform Additional Member Actions: During each Entry Period following the Entry Period that you become a Member, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, offer a specific task that must be completed at http://www.williampaid.com. Upon learning about the task, follow the Sponsor-provided instructions to complete the task to receive the specified number of entries into the respective Entry Period for the day you complete the task.
(f)
Alternate
Method of Entry: To enter without performing one of the tasks set forth
above, hand print your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, email
address and age on a 3" x 5" piece of paper and mail it with proper
postage to "williampaid.com Monthly Sweepstakes,” c/o William Paid , 601 Skokie Blvd. Suite 2A, Northbrook,
IL 60062. You will receive one (1) entry
into the respective Entry Period corresponding with the date your mail-in
method of entry was postmarked. Limit:
One (1) per envelope. All mail-in
entries must be handwritten. All mail-in
entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2010 and received by October 8,
2010. All entries become the exclusive
property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be
deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid,
unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries, which will be
disqualified.
Note: In the event that entries can be earned by commenting, tweeting, posting or otherwise providing any content on the Sponsor site, any social media site or sponsor-related site, all comments, tweets, postings or other content (“Entrant Content”) must not be obscene, indecent, libelous, defamatory, harassing, abusive, hateful, sexually-explicit, or embarrassing to any person or entity as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Entrant Content may not infringe upon any copyright or intellectual property rights of any party, shall not reveal any trade secrets, and shall not be illegal or otherwise objectionable. Entrant Content further may not constitute advertisements or solicitations of business, surveys, contests, chain letters, or pyramid schemes, or contain any computer viruses or other harmful codes. Any Entrant Content in violation of this provision shall be disqualified and shall not receive any entry in the Promotion. You also agree that all Entrant Content shall be the property of Sponsor and that Sponsor shall be entitled to use such Entrant Content at its discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to reject modify or edit any User Content.
For All Methods of Entry: Limit: Each participant
may receive up to ten (10) entries per day during the Promotion Period, regardless
of method of entry (except that such total shall exclude any entries earned
pursuant to subsection (d) above). Multiple entrants are not permitted to
share the same email address or Account.
Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than
the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses,
identities, registrations and logins, Accounts or any other methods will void
that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in
disqualification. In the event of a
dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email
address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or participant. 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 associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show
proof of being the authorized account holder.
5. Drawings: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions
as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of
the potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the
Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly
select the potential winners for each Entry Period from all eligible entries
received during the respective Entry Period on or around the second Monday
following the conclusion of the respective Entry Period. The potential winner will be notified by
mail, email or phone. Each potential
winner (parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence)
will be required to sign and return to Administrator, within five (5) days of
the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility,
Liability & Publicity Release (as provided) as well as reasonable proof of
the item or expense to be paid (if applicable in order to claim and receive
his/her prize. If a potential winner
cannot be contacted after reasonable attempts (as determined by the
Administrator in its sole discretion), or fails to sign and return the
Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (as provided)
within the required time period, he/she forfeits prize. Potential winners must continue to comply
with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.
In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason or forfeits
the prize (as provided herein), Administrator will award the applicable prize
to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible
entries received during the respective Entry Period. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be
held, after which the applicable prize will remain un-awarded and revert to Sponsor. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately eight
(8) to ten (10) weeks after the conclusion of each Entry Period.
6. Prizes: THIRTY SIX (36) GRAND PRIZE (three (3) Grand Prizes per Entry Period): up to $1,000. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): up to $1,000. Each prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Each winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the respective Entry Period for which that prize is awarded. Limit: One (1) prize per person per Entry Period. Total ARV of all prizes for each Entry Period: $3,000 per Entry Period, $36,000 total.
7. Release: By entry into the sweepstakes, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, content provided, quotations and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
9. 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 Sponsor’s 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. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations of Liability: 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 Sweepstakes; (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 Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries or winning entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; (6) failure to contact any potential winner; and (7) 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 Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole 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 the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the 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.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes 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 Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) 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 (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 Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html) and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (http://www.williampaid.com/privacypolicy).
13. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be
accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than October
14, 2010. For the Winner List, send an
email with subject line: "The williampaid.com Monthly Sweepstakes, Winner List Request," to [email protected].
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