DISNEY MAGICAL PLACES
ONE MILLION DOLLAR SWEEPSTAKES
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility:
Disney Magical Places One Million Dollar Sweepstakes (the “Instant Win Game”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are at least thirteen (13) years old at the time of entry. Void in Quebec and where prohibited. Employees, officers and representatives of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., ePrize, LLC, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Instant Win Game is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws and regulations. Participation in the Instant Win Game constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Instant Win Game. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521, U.S.A. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069, U.S.A.
3. Timing:
The Instant Win Game begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), October 1, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET, January 31, 2009 (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Instant Win Game.
4. How to Enter:
During the Promotion Period, visit
http://DisneyMovieRewards.com and login to your Disney Movie Rewards Loyalty Program (the "Loyalty Program") account using your username and password. If you are not already a member of the Loyalty Program, you must register to create an account by following and successfully completing the registration instructions. Registration is free and successful completion of the registration process will require a valid email and home address, PO Boxes are not permitted. Once you have successfully registered, click on the link to take you to the Loyalty Program homepage. Where indicated, enter your magic code ("Code") which can be found printed on an insert inside a copy of an eligible DVD
http://magicalplacespassport.com/eligibleTitles.html and follow the instructions to advance to the Instant Win Game page. To play the Instant Win Game without entering a Code, while on
http://DisneyMovieRewards.com follow the links to Disney Magical Places for instructions on how to obtain a free play. Once on the Instant Win Game page, follow the instructions to play the Instant Win Game. The Instant Win Game results will be instantly displayed. Entrants will be notified immediately by email if they are the potential winner of the Instant Win Game and will be provided directions for validation. The potential winner is subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Administrator is responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.
Limit: Each participant may play three (3) times per day not to exceed sixty-four (64) times during the Promotion Period by any method or combination of methods of entry set forth above. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of plays by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's plays and that participant may be disqualified.
Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or play, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, Internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
5. EACH POTENTIAL WINNING PLAY IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE INSTANT WIN GAME SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING PLAY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY AND IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.
6. Instant Win Prize Selection and Verification of Potential Winners:
The selected potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and all winnings are contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Instant Win Game and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Instant Win Game. Each individual time a participant plays the Instant Win Game, there is a 1:175,000,000 chance of winning the Grand Prize. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (or Declaration of Compliance, if Canadian resident) if applicable, in order to claim his/her prize. If a Canadian resident, the potential winner will be required to correctly answer a time-limited skill testing question without any assistance in order to be eligible to receive a prize. If the potential winner is a Canadian resident and the question is answered incorrectly, the prize will be forfeited. If any potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (or Declaration of Compliance) within the required time period, or if prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential winner of the Grand Prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. There will be three (3) alternate drawings after which the prize will remain un-awarded. Winner will receive his/her prize approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Instant Win Game.
7. Prize:
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $1,000,000 USD. Each individual time a participant plays the Instant Win Game, there is a 1:175,000,000 chance of winning the Grand Prize. No substitution, assignment or transfer of prize permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute the prize with another prize of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.
8. Publicity:
Except where prohibited, participation in the Instant Win Game constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's use of winner's name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state (or province/territory) for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions:
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Instant Win Game if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Instant Win Game, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. 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 Instant Win Game 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 damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Instant Win Game is 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. Release:
By entering this Instant Win Game, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., ePrize, LLC, and any promotional partners, each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliate and related companies, and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against any losses, damages, rights, claim or cause of action of any kind arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Instant Win Game or resulting directly of indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the Instant Win Game, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy.
11. 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 Instant Win Game; (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 Instant Win Game; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Instant Win Game 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 Instant Win Game or receipt or use of any prize or while traveling to or from any prize-related activity. 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 Instant Win Game; provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Instant Win Game for any reason, 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 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, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
12. Disputes:
Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Instant Win Game or any prizes 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, U.S.A.; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Instant Win Game but in no event attorneys' fees; and (iii) 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 Instant Win Game, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A., without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan, U.S.A.
13. Entrant's Personal Information:
Information collected from entrants is subject to the ePrize Privacy Policy (
http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html) and the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (
http://disney.go.com/corporate/privacy/pp_wdig.html).
14. Winner List:
Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than May 31, 2009. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: "Disney Magical Places One Million Dollar Sweepstakes, Winner List Request,” to
WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.