THE THRONE OF FIRE SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
MAY 2 - JUNE 10, 2011
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN,
NOR WILL A PURCHASE IMPROVE ONE'S CHANCES OF WINNING
1. SPONSOR: Disney Online, 500 South Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, is solely responsible for all aspects of this sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes").
2. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to persons who are legal residents of, and physically located within, the 50 United States or D.C., (collectively, "Territory"). Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six (6) months, performed services for Sponsor, any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes or supplying the prize, or for their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated or successor companies; (individually and collectively, "Entities"), the members of their households and immediate families, and any person who, within the past six (6) months, has been awarded a Grand Prize in any sweepstakes conducted by Sponsor, are all ineligible to enter or win a prize. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.
3. ENTRY: During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., May 2, and ending at 11:59:59 P.M., June 10, 2011 ("Entry Period"), you may enter via the Internet as a registered member of Disney.com ("Member") by visiting Disney.com/KaneChronicles ("Website"), logging in with your Member Name and Password and following the "How to Enter" instructions ("Entry"). If you are not a Member, you may become a Member for free by visiting the Website and registering by providing the requested information on the Registration Form through the link on the site: "Not registered?" Upon becoming a Member by registration, you may enter the Sweepstakes by following the above instructions. Parent/legal guardian ("Parent") of a child under the age of 13 will be sent an email notifying him/her of the child's Entry into this Sweepstakes. No response by the Parent to the email is required for the child to enter; however, if the Parent does not want his/her child to enter, Parent may click on a link in the email and complete the steps required to cancel the child's Entry and delete the child's information. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your on-line service will apply. It is your sole responsibility to notify the Sponsor if you or your Parent change email address ("Address"). To do so, go to http://register.go.com/go/memberservices/home, log into your Website account with your Member Name and Password, click on "Modify" and follow the instructions on how to change the Address. For purposes of these Official Rules ("Rules"), all times are Pacific Time, "Day" shall mean each calendar day during the Entry Period. The Sponsor's computer is the official clock for the Sweepstakes.
4. LIMITATIONS: In order to be eligible, each Entry must be received by11:59:59 P.M., June 10, 2011. Limit one (1) Entry per person/Address per Day (regardless of whether one person has more than one Address or more than one person use the same Address). Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 3 are void. Any use of automated or programmed methods of effecting Entry is prohibited. Neither the Entities, nor any of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, "Releasees") are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software; any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, or software; failure of any Entry to be received on account of technical problems; miscommunications; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified and any attempt by a person to use multiple Addresses to register more than once per Day may result in disqualification at Sponsor's sole discretion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations.
5. PRIZES: One (1) GRAND PRIZE: Winner will be featured in the next book of The Kane Chronicles series, and receive a gift pack consisted of two (2) signed books by Rick Riordan and exclusive items (approximate retail value ["ARV"]: $575). Seventy five (75) FIRST PRIZES: one (1) gift pack consisting of two (2) autographed Kane Chronicles books and one (1) activity sheet (ARV: $59). Total ARV of all prizes: $5,000. Limit one prize per person/Address. Prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor's sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. A prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. Prize elements may not be separated. Only the number of prizes stated in the Rules is available to be won. All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible Entries are received and prizes are validly claimed by September 1, 2011, after which no alternate winners will be selected, nor unclaimed prizes awarded.
6. PROCEDURES: All Entries must be received during the Entry Period. On or about June 20, 2011, in a random drawing, the potential winners will be selected from all eligible Entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received.
7. WINNERS: On or about June 20, 2011, each potential winner will be notified by email. All legal responsibilities under the Rules of a minor (as defined by the state of primary residence, "Minor") will be assumed by a Parent; and a Minor winner's prize will be awarded in the name of the Parent for the benefit of the Minor. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner's failure to respond to notification within three (3) days; [2] the return of an email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts; [3] the return of any prize as undeliverable; [4] potential winner's failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; [5] potential winner's failure to validly claim any prize within ten (10) days after it is sent; [6] potential winner's failure to validly claim any prize by September 1, 2011 and [7] any other non-compliance with Rules. In the event of a prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner. All taxes are solely the responsibility of each winner.
8. CONDITIONS AND RELEASES: By entering this Sweepstakes and/or accepting any prize you may win, you agree that: [1] you will abide by and be bound by the Rules and the Sponsor's decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] the Entry becomes solely the Sponsor's property; [3] the prizes are awarded "AS IS" and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose); [4] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any prize or participation in this Sweepstakes or in any Sweepstakes-related activity or travel; [5] winner's acceptance of any prize constitutes the grant to Sponsor and its assigns of an unconditional right to use winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph/video, biographical and prize information and/or statements about the Sweepstakes (collectively, "Personal Material") for any programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes, in any media now known or hereafter created or conceived, worldwide in perpetuity or on a winner's list, without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law; [6] although Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the Personal Material, it may do so and may edit such Personal Material, at Sponsor's sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation; [7] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor's reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, except where prohibited by law, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Rules or to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Sweepstakes; and in such event, to select winners by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [8] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules, selection and announcement of the winners and distribution of the prizes; [9] any portion of any prize not accepted or used by any winner will be forfeited; [10] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of any winner to accept or use any prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [11] the Sponsor has the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects to be doing any of the following: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes; (b) violating the Rules; (c) violating the Terms of Use or other terms, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Sweepstakes property or service; (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person or (e) for any other good cause as determined solely by the Sponsor; [12] all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event include attorneys' fees, and under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and [13] Sponsor has the right to modify prize award procedures at its sole discretion.
9. RULES & WINNERS' LIST: For the names of the winners (available after June 20, 2011) and/or Rules (before June 10, 2011), send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to: Throne of Fire Sweepstakes, c/o Disney Online, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521.