AARP Games Spring Cash Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF
ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: AARP Games Spring Cash Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal
residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at
least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of AARP, Merkle Inc., and their parent and
affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings
and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
regulations and is void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s
full and unconditional agreement to
these Official Rules. Sponsor’s and Administrator’s
decisions are final and binding in all matters related to
the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements
set forth herein.
2.
Sponsor: AARP, 601 E. Street NW, Washington, DC 20049. Administrator:
Merkle Inc., 3000 Town
Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
3.
Timing: The Sweepstakes
begins on March 17, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends
on May 11, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period") and
consists of eight (8) weekly entry periods (each a “Weekly Entry Period”) as
set forth in the table below. Sponsor’s servers are the official time-keeping
devices for the Sweepstakes.
ENTRY
PERIOD
|
Starts
at 12:00 a.m. ET
|
Ends
at
11:59 p.m. ET
|
Approximate
Drawing Date
|
Week
1
|
March 17, 2022
|
March 23, 2022
|
March 25, 2022
|
Week
2
|
March 24, 2022
|
March 30, 2022
|
April 1, 2022
|
Week
3
|
March 31, 2022
|
April 6, 2022
|
April 8, 2022
|
Week
4
|
April 7, 2022
|
April 13, 2022
|
April 14, 2022
|
Week
5
|
April 14, 2022
|
April 20, 2022
|
April 22, 2022
|
Week
6
|
April 21, 2022
|
April 27, 2022
|
April 29, 2022
|
Week
7
|
April 28, 2022
|
May 4, 2022
|
May 6, 2022
|
Week
8
|
May 5, 2022
|
May 11, 2022
|
May 13, 2022
|
4.
How to Enter: During
the Promotion Period, visit aarp.org/getrewards/campaigns/games-sweep.html and follow the links and instructions
to participate in this Sweepstakes by either (a) registering for a free AARP
online account by entering your email address, name, country of residence, Zip
Code, birthdate, select a password and verify your email address, or (b) logging-in to your online account. You
automatically will receive one (1) entry into the applicable Weekly Entry
Period drawing as well as all subsequent Entry Period drawings.
By registering or logging-in to participate in the Sweepstakes, you agree to
these Official Rules.
Limit: You may enter one (1) time during the Promotion Period.
Multiple entrants are not permitted to
share the same email address. Any attempt by any
entrant to obtain more than the
stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses,
identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that
entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited
and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder
of the email address used to
register 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. Each potential winner may be required to
show proof of being an authorized account holder.
5. Prize Drawings: Administrator is an
independent judging organization whose decisions as to
the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the
potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly
select the potential Sweepstakes winners from all eligible entries received
during each Entry Period on or around the dates outlined in the table in
Section 3. Entries from each Weekly Entry Period will be included all
subsequent Weekly Entry Period drawings. The potential winners will be notified
by email from customercare@helloworldfulfillment.com. Each potential winner (or
parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in their state of residence) will be
required to sign and return a
Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and, where not prohibited, a Publicity
Release ("Declaration") which must be received by Administrator
within three (3) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order
to claim the prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be
contacted, fails to sign and return
the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required
time period, or the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner
forfeits the prize. Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these
Official Rules. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any
reason or forfeits the prize, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among
all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held,
after which the prize will remain un-awarded.
6. Prizes:
ONE (1) WEEK EIGHT PRIZE: $5,000,
fulfilled as a check. Retail
Value (“RV”): $5,000.
SEVEN
(7) WEEKLY PRIZES (one (1) awarded each week for Week 1 – Week 7):
$1,500, fulfilled as a check. RV: $1,500.
Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made
except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves
the right to substitute a prize for
one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable
for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on the
number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Limit:
one (1) Week 1 through Week 7 prize and/or one (1) Week 8 prize per person. Prizes
will be fulfilled within 8-10 weeks after promotion conclusion. Total RV of all
prizes: $15,500.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winners agrees
to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator,
and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such
company’s officers, directors,
employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against
any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to,
personal injury, death, or damage to
or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt
or use or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity:
Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each winner’s
consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’
use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions and/or hometown and
state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment
or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves
the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, if any fraud,
technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or
proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s
control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, wide
spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism)
interferes with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to
fulfillment of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
In such event, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random
drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance
and may modify the prizes offered herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the
entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation
of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike
or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the
legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and
civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to
seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not
constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations
of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing
errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited
to malfunctions, interruptions, or
disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized
human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4)
technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the
Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable,
damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any
injury or damage to persons or
property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from
entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any
reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to
have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted,
entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, if it is possible.
No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical,
seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of
prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to
be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to
award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all
legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees
that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern
Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County,
Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) 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 Sweepstakes, shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without
giving effect to any choice of law
or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Entrant's Personal
Information:
Information collected from entrants is subject to
Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
13. Winner List: For a winner list, visit https://bit.ly/3hNVB1o. The
winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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