Oops, here are the rules for the Hearst one previously mentioned.
NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, SALES PRESENTATION, OR CONTRIBUTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Sweepstakes begins 10/15/05. Entry must be received by date specified elsewhere in offer or by prize deadline(s) below, whichever is sooner. Follow all entry instructions published elsewhere in this offer.
DREAM COME TRUE SWEEPSTAKES
Winner(s) of prizes below will be selected from among all eligible entries received in random drawings conducted on or about 5/31/07 by Ventura Associates, Inc., whose decisions are final. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of selection. All prizes guaranteed to be awarded. Sweepstakes open to legal U.S. and Canadian residents and to residents of other countries and U.S. territories and possessions only where offered & permitted by law. Void where prohibited by law. For a list of major winners, available after 7/31/07, send self-addressed, stamped envelope by 1/31/07 to: Dream Come True Sweepstakes Winners, PO Box 5695, Ellenton, FL 34222-5006.
DREAM COME TRUE GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not yet won. No purchase necessary. Grand Prize winner chooses from a variety of merchandise with approximately the same value (e.g., automobiles, vacations, electronics, etc.). Approximate retail value (ARV) of merchandise: up to $30,000 or $25,000 cash option. Estimated odds of winning: 1:7,100,000. To choose automobile/plane/boat or any other vehicle, winner must have appropriate license and assume all responsibility for registration, title, license, taxes, insurance fees and any other options not expressly included. Sweepstakes registered by Ventura Associates, Inc., 1040 6 th Ave., NY, NY 10018 & may be presented in different creative presentations by different organizations (the "Presenting Promoter(s)"). Sweepstakes ends 1/15/07.
DREAM COME TRUE DREAM PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not yet won. No purchase necessary. Prize levels First through Third will offer a variety of merchandise, electronics, jewelry, housewares, etc. First through Third Prize winners only may select cash equivalent of ARV or any prize offered at level won. Values at a given level will be approximately the same. ARV of merchandise prizes & estimated odds of winning: 1 First Prize (ARV: $2,000): 1: 7,100,000; 1 Second Prize (ARV: $1,000): 1:7,100,000; 50 Third Prizes (ARV: $100 each): 1: 142,000; 1,000 Fourth Prizes Helbros® Dress Watch (ARV: $64 each, no cash option): 1:7,100. Total ARV: $72,000. Sweepstakes registered by Ventura Associates, Inc., 1040 6 th Ave., NY, NY 10018 & may be presented in different creative presentations by different organizations (the "Presenting Promoter(s)"). Sweepstakes ends 1/15/07.
DREAM COME TRUE BONUS/EARLY BIRD GIVEAWAY CONSUMER DISCLOSURES: You have not yet won. No purchase necessary. Prize includes 7-day/6-night stay for two (double occupancy) at Majestic Beach Towers on Florida's Emerald Coast, breakfast daily for two, one spa treatment per person (two), one round of golf per person (two), airport transportation, taxes and gratuities at resort, and roundtrip airfare from commercial airport nearest winner's residence. ARV: $5,100, depending on location of winner & fares at time of departure. Any expenses not specified herein are winner's responsibility. Estimated odds of winning: 1:7,100,000. Sweepstakes registered by Ventura Associates, Inc., 1040 6 th Ave., NY, NY 10018 & may be presented in different creative presentations by different organizations (the "Presenting Promoter(s)"). Sweepstakes ends 1/15/07.
For any travel prize : Travel companion(s) required to sign liability release prior to departure. Dates subject to availability; travel must be completed within 12 months of award. Restrictions & blackout dates apply. Minor must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ALL OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ABOVE:
No mechanically reproduced entries. No responsibility assumed for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible or postage-due mail/entries. All such entries will be disqualified. All entries become property of their respective Presenting Promoter & will not be returned or acknowledged. Participating entrants agree to these rules and the decisions of the Judges and the Presenting Promoters, and release the Judges and the Presenting Promoters and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation, acceptance and/or use of prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this sweepstakes or acceptance, use or redemption of any prize. Presenting Promoters and Ventura Associates, Inc. are not responsible for any typographical or other error in printing of the offer, entry form, or administration of the sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prizes. Any sweepstakes notice, entry form or prize notice containing a printing, typographical or other error shall be deemed null and void. Ventura Associates and any of the Presenting Promoters are not liable for payment of any prize to entrants who have violated these official rules. Winners acknowledge that the Judges, Presenting Promoters and all other businesses concerned with this sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty or representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of any merchandise prize except that such prize shall be subject to manufacturers standard warranty.
A winner may be required (at judges' discretion) to sign & return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, & where legally permissible, a Publicity Release within 14 days of date on notification. Failure to execute and return any required documentation within the time period specified and/or return of any prize notification or prize as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Acceptance of a prize by a minor will require execution by parent or legal guardian of required documentation. Costs for goods or services not specified are winners responsibility. No substitution of prizes except by Presenting Promoter due to unavailability. Except where prohibited by law, winners consent to use of their names, hometowns, prizes won & likenesses for promotional purposes on behalf of all Presenting Promoters without additional compensation. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state, provincial & local laws & regulations apply. Prize values in U.S. currency. No transfer or assignment of prize permitted. Winners responsible for all taxes on prizes. U.S. laws govern all aspects of this sweepstakes. All disputes and claims relating to this Sweepstakes shall be resolved in the United States.
Winner selection executed at 1040 6 th Ave., NY, NY 10018. Ventura Associates, the independent judging organization, has provided all prizes at no charge. Presenting Promoters reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the promotion if it becomes technically corrupted. In such event, prizes will be awarded from eligible entries received prior to this date of termination. Employees of Presenting Promoters, Judges, their respective advertising & promotion agencies & any other person or organization directly involved with the promotion & their respective immediate families and/or household members of such employees are ineligible.
Canadian residents, to win, must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question administered by mail. Any litigation regarding the conduct & awarding of a prize in this publicity contest by a resident of the province of Quebec may be submitted to the Regie des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
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Notice To Online Contestants:
Online entry open only to legal U.S. residents. You must be at least 13 years old to enter online. Limit one online entry per person or email address per day per internet location, excluding "pass-along" style entries, if offered, which are subject to terms, if any, if specified above. In the event of a dispute, online entry deemed made by authorized holder of e-mail address at time of entry. Mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. If applicable, online entries must be submitted by deadline specified elsewhere on this website for online entries. No online usage required. U.S. & Canadian residents only (regardless of age) may enter by mail in lieu of online by hand printing his/her name, address, daytime telephone number, & the Internet location where you found these instructions on a 3 X 5 piece of paper. Insert in a #10 envelope & mail to Sweepstakes Entry, PO Box 5672, Ellenton, FL 34222-5006. Limit one mail-in entry per person or email address per day per Internet location. Mailed entry must be postmarked by the deadline posted elsewhere on this website & received within 7 days thereafter.
No responsibility assumed for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site congestion or any combination thereof. No responsibility assumed for any injury or damage to entrants or any other persons computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the sweepstakes.
Caution : Any attempt to deliberately damage any on-line service or Web site or to undermine the legitimate operations of the sweepstakes is a violation of criminal & civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Presenting Promoter(s) reserves the right to disqualify such entrant & to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent of the law.
Sweepstakes Presented by:
Hearst Communications, Inc.
959 8th Ave
New York, NY 10019
Hearst Communications, Inc. can be reached by writing to the above address or via e-mail at
[email protected].
The name, address, telephone number & e-mail address, if available, provided by an entrant to the presenter will be forwarded to the judging organization for use only in winner selection & notification in accordance with the Official Rules.
The information provided may be used by the marketer presenting this sweepstakes to contact consumers for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to be contacted, you may submit your request to them in accordance with their stated Privacy Policy at the address provided above. Privacy Policy.
