The
"Bridal Expo Great Photography Give-a-Way” Sweepstakes Official Rules
NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY. The "Bridal Expo Great Photography Give-a-Way”
Wedding Photography Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) starts at opening of
business on January 1, 2008 and ends at the close of business on
November 14, 2008 (the “Promotion Period. Promotion valid at
participating Bridal Expo Chicago event locations. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED.
ELIGIBILITY:
Entrants must be a) a legal resident of the 50
United States or the District of Columbia. b) 18 years of age or older
at the time of entry. Employees of Timothy Whaley & Associates,
Inc. ("Sponsor"), Signature Events Group, Ltd. (“Sweepstakes
Administrator”), its parent companies, affiliates, contractors,
subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, retailers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any others engaged in the
development, production, execution or distribution of this Promotion,
including, but not limited to, the entities supplying the prizes herein
(collectively the "Promotion Entities"), and their immediate family
members (parents, children, siblings or spouse, regardless of where
they live, or persons living in same household, whether related or
not), are not eligible to participate.
TO ENTER:
Visit a Bridal Expo
Chicago event location and complete the official entry form in its
entirety, including your full name, complete address, daytime phone,
date of birth, and e-mail address. Submit your completed entry form
into the box provided.
The maximum number of entries allowed during the
Promotion Period is one (1) per person per Bridal Expo Chicago Event.
If it is discovered that you attempted to enter more than once per
Bridal Expo Chicago Event during the Promotion Period, all of your
entries will be disqualified. All entries become the property of the
Sponsor. Sponsor not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. In
the event that the supply of entry forms is depleted upon your arrival,
you may enter by submitting an index card with the same information;
full name, complete address, daytime phone, date of birth, and e-mail
address.
DRAWINGS:
You must be present to win. Prize winners will be
selected at each Bridal Expo Event in a random drawing during the
fashion show. Drawings are conducted under the supervision of Signature
Events Group, Ltd., whose decisions are based on their sole discretion
and interpretation of these official rules, and are final and binding
in all respects. Odds of winning depend upon the total number of
eligible entries received. Limit of one prize per person/household.
PRIZES/VALUES
GRAND PRIZE:
Twenty-Five (25) Grand Prizes of a Timothy
Whaley & Associates, Inc. Silver Photography Collection with a
Retail Price of $1,899.00 will be awarded. The Winner is required to
comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations. All applicable tax is the sole responsibility of the
winner. No transfer or substitution of prize is allowed except at the
sole discretion of the Sponsor. There is no cash alternative offered,
except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Exact prize is subject to
change based on availability. Some black out dates apply. The value of
the Prize is taxable as income and Winner is solely responsible for all
matters relating to the Prize, including, but not limited to all
applicable federal, state and local taxes that become due with respect
to the Prize.
PRIZE WINNERS:
Except where prohibited, the potential
prizewinner will be sent a confirming letter and an affidavit of
eligibility/liability/publicity release within fourteen (14) business
days of winning. In order to be declared a winner, the potential
prizewinner must sign and return the affidavit of
eligibility/liability/publicity release within fourteen (14) business
days of receipt of the confirming letter. If a potential winner cannot
be contacted within fourteen (14) days of the first attempt to contact
him/her or if he/she fails to sign and return the affidavit of
eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time
period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place at
random from among all eligible entries received.
GENERAL RULES
OF PARTICIPATION: This Promotion is subject to all
applicable federal,
state, and local laws. By participating, entrants and their
participating entities agree to be bound by these Official Rules and
the decisions of the Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Administrator and
waive any right to challenge the decision of the Sweepstakes
Administrator regarding any claim of ambiguity in the Promotion or
these Official Rules, whose decision shall be binding. Promotion
Entities are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable
or incomplete entries, whether due to system errors or failures, faulty
transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions, typographical,
or otherwise. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the
Promotion or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines
that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation
of the Promotion by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair
playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any
other entrants, Sponsor, or Promotion Entities. If for any reason this
Promotion is not able to be conducted as planned, including, but not
limited to, by reason of tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or
any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupt
or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper
conduct of the Promotion, then Sponsor reserves the right at its sole
discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and
randomly draw from those entries received up to the
cancellation/suspension date.
CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO
DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION
OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND
SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
SWEEPSTAKES
ADMINISTRATOR: Signature Events Group, Ltd. who is
responsible for overseeing awarding of prizes, and whose decisions are
final.
WINNER’S
LIST/RULE REQUEST: Send self-addressed, stamped
envelope by January 12 2009 to: The "Bridal Expo Great Photography
Give-a-Way” Wedding Photography Sweepstakes –Specify Winner’s List or
Rules Request, Signature Events Group, Ltd. Bridal Expo, Inc. P.O. Box
99 West Dundee, IL 60118
SPONSOR:
Timothy Whaley & Associates, Inc. 1500 Eisenhower
Lane, #200, Lisle IL, 60532
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