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OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED to play or to win. YOU HAVE NOT YET WON! A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulation. Internet access and a valid email address are required to enter. Free internet access is available at many public libraries, while free email addresses are typically available from google.com, yahoo.com or similar web sites.
1) Eligibility: The “Staples® Crack The Code Instant Win Game” (the "Promotion") is open only to legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and residing in any of the following states: CA, FL, CO, MA, MN, NE, or TX (“Qualifying Markets”). Employees of Staples the Office Superstore, LLC ("Sponsor"), 500 Staples Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, COHEN-FRIEDBERG ASSOCIATES (“Judges”), Framingham, MA 01702, (Collectively the “Promotion Entities”), and all of their respective parents, subsidiaries, dealers, affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, governors, employees, and agents, as well as their respective spouses, children, siblings, and all others residing in the same household as such employees, are not eligible to participate. The Promotion is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
2) Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in this Promotion, each entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Judges, which are final and legally binding as they pertain to this promotion. All entries become the property of the Sponsor.
3) Timing: Timing: Promotion starts on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and ends on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EST (the "Promotion Period"). The clock maintained by the Judges in connection with the operation of the Promotion at the www.staplescrackthecode.com website (the “Website”) will be the official timekeeper for this Promotion.
4) How to Enter and Play:
a) Register to play: During the Promotion Period, make any purchase at any Qualifying Market Participating Staples retail store and receive one (1) FREE Staples® Crack the Code game card. The game card code located under the scratch off area will allow you access to the game site. Codes do not determine any winning game plays. Visit www.staplescrackthecode.com and complete the online Registration form and click “submit”. Registration may include the following: name, complete address, city, state, zip, age and telephone number. After you have submitted your registration, you will automatically advance to the game page to receive one FREE (1) Game Play. You will be required to enter the code located under the latex on your Staples Crack The Code game card on each visit. Each time you return to play, you will be required to log-in utilizing your “e-mail address” and your game “password”. LIMIT: One free game card per person, per visit, per customer total purchase transaction. You may also receive a free game card and a copy of the Official Rules by mailing a SASE to be received by 5/3/2008 to: “Staples Crack The Code Game Card Request, PO Box 2001, Framingham, MA 01703-2001 (while supplies last).
b) How to play: Win Instantly: Each time you enter the game page, you will be offered the opportunity to play the Staples® Crack the Code Instant Win Game! Utilizing your computer mouse curser, enter the code revealed on your game card in the appropriate game code box on the online game page. Click “enter” and watch as the safe opens and reveals if you had an instant winning game play. A winning game play message will advise winner when to anticipate the delivery of their prize. Limit: One (1) Game Play per person or email address per calendar day (as determined by the Website’s clock during the Promotion Period. Instant Win Prize Selection: One Thousand-Five Hundred and Six (1,506) random, computer-generated winning times will be generated across the Promotion Period. If you are the first player during one of these randomly generated time periods, to receive a Staples® Crack The Code Instant Win Game! Online game play revealing an Instant Win Prize (In case of a tie the Judge’s computer server log will determine “first click” time to confirm the winner) you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated (see Rule #6). Odds of winning any instant win prize are based on the number of eligible game plays during the Promotion Period divided by the total number of prizes. Additional random generated times may be added to award unclaimed Instant Prizes. See complete list of Instant Win Prizes and Second Chance Drawing details below.
5) INSTANT PRIZES AVAILABLE TO BE WON:
ONLY THE NUMBER OF PRIZES LISTED BELOW WILL BE AWARDED IN THIS PROMOTION.
(1) GRAND PRIZE*: $2,000. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $2,000.
(5) FIRST PRIZES*: $500 Staples Gift Card. The terms and conditions of the Staples Gift Card apply and govern redemption procedures. ARV $500.
(500) SECOND PRIZES: $25 Staples Gift Card. The terms and conditions of the Staples Gift Card apply and govern redemption procedures. ARV $25.
(1,000) THIRD PRIZES: $10 Staples Gift Card. The terms and conditions of the Staples Gift Card apply and govern redemption procedures. ARV $10.
* Any Grand or First Prize not awarded or claimed will be awarded in a Second Chance Drawing. All other prizes will become null and void and will not be awarded.
PLEASE NOTE: Prizes are not transferable by winner. No substitution of prize or cash equivalent is permitted except by Sponsor. Winner will look to the manufacturer of each prize element for all warranties and guarantees (if any), and not to the Sponsor.
Total Approximate Retail Value of all prizes $27,000. Each winner shall be solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any fees or costs associated with the applicable prize. The Grand Prize winner will be issued a 1099 Tax Reporting form at the end of the year.
Second Chance Drawing Sweepstakes: Each participant that registers to play will automatically be entered into the Second Chance Drawing for unclaimed Grand or First Prizes (if any). A random drawing will be conducted on or about May 19, 2008 from all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of valid entries received and the number of unclaimed prizes (if any).
For all entries: In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. 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. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
6) ALL POTENTIAL INSTANT WINNING PLAYS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY THE JUDGES, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND LEGALLY BINDING. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE INSTANT WIN GAME PORTION OF THE PROMOTION 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 COPIES OF SCREEN CONTENT OR ANY 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.
7) Potential Game Winners: ALL Potential winners must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Each potential winner of a major prize (prize valued over $600 must complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release within ten (10) days, consenting to the publication of his/her name in any media for any promotional purpose relating to the announcement of winners of the Promotion, without further compensation. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or if he/she fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release within the required time period or if notices are returned as undeliverable, an alternate winner will be selected from the Second Chance drawing pool. If any Grand or First prize is not awarded during the Promotion Period, a random drawing to award such prize will take place (see Rule #5). The Second Chance Drawing winner(s) will be notified by email, mail or express delivery whichever is appropriate and may need to complete and Return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release as described within ten (10) days of notice to receive the prize. Only up to two (2) Second Chance Drawings will be held after which, the prize will remain unawarded. Eligible Winners of all other Instant Win prizes will receive their prizes within 4-6 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion Period.
8) Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's or agents the use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state for promotional purposes relating to the announcement of winners of the Promotion in any media without further payment or consideration.
9) General Conditions: Sponsor and/or Judges may cancel or modify the Promotion or these Official Rules if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond their control impairs the integrity of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor and the Judges in their sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor may award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor and Judges may, in their sole discretion, disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Sponsor and/or Judges failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10) Release: By entering entrant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Sponsor, Judges, Promotion Entities, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, dealers, directors, stock holders, officers, governors, employees and agents against any and all liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described), with respect to or arising out of either (i) entrant's participation; or (ii) the receipt or use of the prizes awarded in the promotion.
11) Limitations of Liability: Sponsor, Judges and the Promotion Entities are not responsible for, and entrant hereby releases Sponsor, Judges, and the Promotion Entities from any claims arising from: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion.
12) Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) unless otherwise prohibited, 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 Staples® Crack The Code Instant Win Game! shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
13) Participants Personal Information: By entering into this promotion, each entrant agrees to Sponsor and Promotion Entities use of his or her personal information as described in the website’s Privacy Policy of each (if any) and these official Rules. In the event of any discrepancy, these Official Rules shall control and govern. The personal information collected in this promotion may be shared with the Promotion Entities and other related parties participating in this promotion.
14) Winners List: For a list of prize winners and a copy of these Official Rules send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Staples® Crack The Code Instant Win Game!! Rules”, PO Box 2312, Framingham, MA 01703-2312. Vermont residents may omit return postage. Requests must be received by May 3, 2008.
The conduct of this promotion is under the administration of COHEN-FRIEDBERG ASSOCIATES, LLC and the awarding of all prizes is the obligation of the sponsor. HTTP://WWW.CFAPROMO.COM
