min Official Contest Rules

These Official Contest Rules govern advertiser-sponsored Contests in Min. Information on how to enter individual contests, and the deadlines for doing so, can be found on each individual contest form published in min (each a “Contest Form”).

No purchase necessary. In order to receive Contest prizes, the winner is not required to purchase any goods or services, pay any money to enter or submit to any sales promotion effort.  Employees, agents or officers of Access Intelligence, the sponsoring advertiser or any entity involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution of the Contest (“Contest Entities”) or members of the immediate family or household of each are ineligible to enter the Contest.  The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.  Unless stated differently on the Contest Form, the Contests are open to U.S. residents 21 years of age or older at the time of entry in the Contest. Limit one entry per person per Contest. Persons who submit more than one entry may be disqualified.  Entries become the property of the Contest Entities and will not be returned.  All eligible correct entries will be entered into a random drawing to determine the winner.  Sponsoring advertiser may prohibit entrants from participating in the Contest and disqualify entries if they attempt to enter the Contest through means not described in the Official Contest Rules, attempt to disrupt the Contest or circumvent the Official Contest Rules, act in an un-sportsmanlike manner or with an intent to annoy or harass any other entrant or the sponsoring advertiser.  Sponsoring advertiser reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Contest should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes beyond the control of the sponsoring advertiser, corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the Contest.  All decisions are final.  Sponsoring advertiser makes no warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the use of the Contest prize including, but not limited to, quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Unless otherwise stated, Contests include one round of entrants with one firm deadline and one winner. Odds of winning Contest are dependent on the number of eligible correct entries received. Winner will be notified within two weeks after the Contest deadline. Winner will receive the prize listed in the Contest form.  Prizes are not transferable, assignable, redeemable for cash or exchangeable for any other prizes.  Sponsoring advertiser reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any of the prizes.  The sponsoring advertiser is solely responsible for administering and judging the Contest, notifying the winner and awarding the prize. Contest Entities shall have no liability for any winner notification that is not received. The winner will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and a liability and publicity release within fourteen (14) days of winning notification. If a potential winner cannot be reached despite reasonable efforts by the sponsoring advertiser, the prize is not accepted, the potential winner does not timely return the affidavit of eligibility and a liability and publicity release and/or the potential winner is determined to be ineligible, that potential winner will forfeit the prize and an alternate winner will be randomly selected from remaining eligible entries.  If the alternate winner cannot be reached despite reasonable efforts by the sponsoring advertiser, the prize is not accepted, the alternate winner does not timely return the affidavit of eligibility and a liability and publicity release and/or the alternate winner is determined to be ineligible, that alternate winner will forfeit the prize and no additional alternate winner will be chosen, in which event, none of the prizes will be awarded.  All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Submitting a Contest entry constitutes permission to post the winner's name on the sponsoring advertiser's web site and the use of the winner's name and hometown for purposes of advertising without further compensation unless prohibited by law.

To obtain the names of Contest winners, contact Greer Jonas at gjonas@accessintel.com or Clientservices@accessintel.com.

All Federal, state and local laws, regulations and limitations are applicable. Void where prohibited. Winners may be required to sign additional waivers and releases in order to receive prizes. Entrants agree that Contest Entities shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from: (i) acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize(s), (ii) participation in the Contest, (iii) individual, joint or collective technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, hardware and/or software, and/or (iv) any delay or distortion of an entry resulting from data transmissions that are garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost, mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Contest Rules. Entrants also agree that the Contest Entities are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer related to or resulting from the Contest and/or its prizes. The Contest Entities are not liable for damage to a user's computer system (including, without limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction) due, either directly or indirectly, to an entrant's participation in the Contest or downloading of information in connection with the Contest. The Contest Entities reserve the right to modify or cancel the Contest in the event that any portion of any website used to administer any aspect of the Contest becomes technically corrupted.

The Contest is sponsored by the advertiser or entity noted at the top of each contest as published in Min. Media Industry Newsletter, a publication of Access Intelligence, does not endorse the sponsor nor is it liable for the content or judging of the Contest or the gifts awarded by the advertiser. By participating in a Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Contest Rules and the decisions of the Contest Entities, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Entrants further agree that Contest Entities, their affiliates, officers, employees, agents and representatives shall not be responsible for any losses, damages or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in the Contest and/or from entrants’ acceptance or use any prize.  By entering a Contest, each entrant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Contest Entities and all of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, members, 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 in the Contest; or (ii) the receipt or use of the prizes awarded in the Contest.

These Official Contest Rules shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to the conflicts of laws or principles thereof.  Entrants agree that any and all claims, disputes and causes of action arising out of or related to the Contest shall be resolved, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively by the appropriate Maryland state courts sitting in Montgomery county, Maryland or the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland sitting in Greenbelt, Maryland, and entrants irrevocably agree to such exclusive forum.

The Contest winner understands and agrees that the sponsoring advertiser may publish online and possibly in print the name and photograph of the winner.  The Contest winner understands that without further compensation by accepting the prize the winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and/or a liability/publicity release.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTEST ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES.