OFFICIAL RULES
No
purchase necessary. Purchase does not improve your chances to winning. You must
be 18 years of age or older to enter. Void where prohibited or restricted by
law. Open only to legal residents of North Carolina.
HOW TO
ENTER
To enter the drawing via the Internet, you must be a current
Subscriber of The News & Observer. Subscribers can enter by logging on to www.newsobserver.com/zone, clicking
on the “Win CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR on DVD” drawing link and filling out the online entry
form. Subscribers can access the N&O ZONE by following the steps to complete
and activate registration on newsobserver.com when you click here.
After logging on to newsobserver.com, click on the N&O ZONE Subscriber
Rewards link to go to the N&O ZONE. On the N&O ZONE main page, click on
the “Win CHARLIER WILSON'S WAR on DVD” drawing link to enter to win the DVD.
Non-subscribers of The News & Observer and non-members of the N&O ZONE
can enter the drawing by mailing a letter containing their name, address, phone
number and contest description (and e-mail address if have one) to: The News
& Observer, ATTN: N&O ZONE - CWW DVD, 215 So. McDowell St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
All entrants may only enter one entry per household address (online or mail).
Limit one valid email address per person and per household. Multiple or false
entries submitted by a single person and/or a single household are void and
any person who attempts or otherwise encourages, directly or indirectly, the
entry of multiple or false contact information under multiple identities or
uses any device or artifice to enter or encourage, directly or indirectly,
multiple or false entries will be disqualified. All entries must be received
by 12:00 am, Monday, May 12, 2008 (Monday, April 14 - Sunday, May 11, 2008).
"Valid Entries" are completed entries that are received during the Entry Period.
CONDITIONS OF
ENTRY
Valid entries must be submitted via the method as described
above. Incomplete entries are void. By entering, entrants acknowledge compliance
with these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements. Online
entries are deemed to have been submitted by active News & Observer print
subscribers. Photo ID may be required as indicated on individual Entry page in
order to claim prizes. All mailed entries become the property of The News & Observer.
Neither The News & Observer, its respective affiliates, parent,
subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotional agencies, or employees are
responsible for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data
transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any
telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any Web
site or online service or any other error or malfunction or late, lost illegible
or misdirected entries.
CONDITIONS OF
ENTRY ELIGIBILITY
By entering into and participating in this
drawing, each entrant agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges and
warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in this drawing. By accepting
their prize, all winners agree that their first name and last name initial,
and city name, may be used in the promotion of future drawings and/or
The N&O ZONE Subscriber Rewards program, with no further compensation being
due to said winner. By accepting a prize, the winner agrees to release The
News & Observer, its parent company, McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., its
directors, employees, officers and agents, without limitation, its advertising
and promotion agencies, from any and all liability, loss or damages arising
from or in connection with the awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse of the
prize or participation in any prize-related activities, and claims based on
publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy. Employees of The
McClatchy Company and its respective affiliated companies; divisions,
subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, including The News &
Observer, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same
household are not eligible to participate in the drawing. The News &
Observer reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the
drawing should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond the control of The
News & Observer corrupt the administration, security or proper play
of the drawing.
SELECTION OF
WINNER
The News & Observer will determine which entries are
Valid Entries and whether the entries otherwise meet the eligibility
requirements set forth herein. The News & Observer will randomly draw 20
winners on Monday, May 12, 2008 from all of the Valid Entries received
from Monday, April 14, 2008 through Sunday, May 11, 2008. The twenty (20)
winners will each be awarded CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR on DVD. The News & Observer
will be the sole judge of which entries are Valid Entries and its decision
and drawing will be final. DVDs will be mailed to each winner and the winners
will be notified by e-mail, or telephone if no valid e-mail is provided, using
the information provided on such winner's entry. The News & Observer is
not responsible for misdirected or corrupted e-mail addresses that prohibit a
person from entering the drawing or that prevent The News & Observer from
identifying or contacting a winner. If an entrant is found to be ineligible,
or cannot be contacted within a reasonable period of time, an alternate winner may
be selected from the pool of Valid Entries. Odds of winning depend upon the
number of Eligible Entries received.
WINNER
The winners of the
drawing hereby agree that The News & Observer may post or publish his or
her first name, last name initial and name of town in The News & Observer
or on www.newsobserver.com after the drawing. To obtain the name of the
winners of the drawings, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
The News & Observer, ATTN: N&O ZONE, 215 So. McDowell St., Raleigh, NC, 27601.
Requests must be received in writing within 90 days of the drawing. Requests
must include specific contest information such as time and date of drawing,
web address of drawing Entry form, prize(s) being offered and contest name.
As a security precaution and privacy respect measure, said list generated
will include Entry first names, last name initial or name used to register
with and abbreviated email address only.
PRIZE
The winners will each
receive CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR on DVD. There will be a total of twenty
(20) winners. Any expense not specifically stated as being included in the
prize is the sole responsibility of the winner. The News & Observer reserves
the right to substitute the prize with a similar prize of equal or greater value
or with the equivalent cash value. The winner may not transfer, redeem for cash
equivalent or substitute the prize. Federal, state and local taxes, charges and
incidental costs, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.
PRIVACY
POLICY
All information collected in connection with the drawing may
be used by The News & Observer to contact each entrant directly with
marketing or other information. By participating in the drawing, each entrant
hereby consents to such use. Subject to the foregoing, all other uses of entrant
information will be in accordance with newsobserver.com's privacy policy located
on its website in effect as of the date of your entry, which privacy policy may
be revised from time to time in The News & Observer’s sole discretion.
CONTACT INFORMATION
This sweepstakes is sponsored by:
The News & Observer
Attn: The N&O ZONE
215 So. McDowell St.
Raleigh, NC 27601