AARP Games Fall 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 Fall 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 September 15, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time
("ET") and ends on November 9, 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.
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ENTRY
PERIOD
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Starts
at 12:00 a.m. ET
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Ends
at
11:59 p.m. ET
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Approximate
Drawing Date
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Week
1
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September 15, 2022
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September 21, 2022
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September 22, 2022
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Week
2
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September 22, 2022
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September 28, 2022
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September 29, 2022
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Week
3
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September 29, 2022
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October 5, 2022
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October 6, 2022
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Week
4
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October 6, 2022
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October 12, 2022
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October 13, 2022
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Week
5
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October 13, 2022
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October 19, 2022
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October 20, 2022
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Week
6
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October 20, 2022
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October 26, 2022
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October 27, 2022
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Week
7
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October 27, 2022
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November 2, 2022
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November 3, 2022
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Week
8
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November 3, 2022
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November 9, 2022
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November 10, 2022
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4. How to Enter: During
the Promotion Period, visit https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/games/fall-sweeps/
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 Weekly 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 each Weekly Entry 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 Weekly 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 GRAND PRIZE:
$5,000, fulfilled as a check. Retail
Value (“RV”): $5,000.
THREE
(3) FIRST PRIZES FOR WEEKS 5, 6 AND 7 (one (1) awarded per each Weekly Entry
Period 5, 6 or 7): $2,000, fulfilled as a check. RV:
$2,000.
FOUR
(4) SECOND PRIZES FOR WEEKS 1 – 4 (one (1) awarded per each Weekly Entry Period
1, 2, 3 or 4): $1,000, fulfilled as a check. RV: $1,000.
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) of
each prize type (Grand Prize, First Prize and Second Prize) per person. Prizes
will be fulfilled within 8-10 weeks after promotion conclusion. Total RV of all
prizes: $15,000.
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 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, please click HERE. The
winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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