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Summer $20,000
Cash Giveaway
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. ALL
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Eligibility. The Summer $20,000
Cash Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open to
U.S. residents (excluding Puerto Rico) who are 18 years
or older at the time of entry and who are Licensed Registered
Nurses (RN license number required). Employees of Nursing
Spectrum, NurseWeek (a Nursing Spectrum publication),
and/or World Health (collectively “Sponsors”),
Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., Gannett
Co., Inc., and each of respective affiliated companies,
subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies, and
other agents, and the immediate family members of, and
any persons domiciled with, such employees, are not
eligible. The term “immediate family members”
includes spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, children,
and grandchildren.
3. Entry. The Giveaway will begin
at 12:01 a.m. (P.S.T.) on July 12, 2004 and will end
at 11:59 p.m. (P.S.T.) on October, 10, 2004 (the “Giveaway
Period”). To enter, visit the Nursing Spectrum
website (www.nursingspectrum.com), NurseWeek website
(www.nurseweek.com) or World Health website (www.whstaff.com)
and click on the Summer $20,000 Cash Giveaway link to
reach the official registration page. Complete all of
the required information on the official registration
page and submit your entry by following the posted instructions.
You also may enter by printing your name, address, daytime
telephone number, e-mail address (if any), and RN license
number on a 3” x 5” card and mailing your
entry to: Summer $20,000 Cash Giveaway, c/o NurseWeek,
1156-C Aster Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086. No facsimiles
or mechanical reproductions permitted. Only one (1)
entry per outer stamped envelope. The Giveaway will
consist of thirteen (13) weekly drawings for Weekly
Prizes which will be held each Tuesday (except July
13th) during the Giveaway Period and one final drawing
for Grand Prize and Second Prize which will be held
on or about October 14, 2004. The drawing pool for each
weekly drawing and for the final drawing will be a cumulative
pool consisting of all entries received since the beginning
of the Giveaway Period (i.e., your entry will qualify
you for the final drawing and all weekly drawings that
take place after the date of your entry). To be eligible
for a weekly drawing, your entry must be received by
11:59 p.m. (P.S.T.) the Monday before the drawing. To
be eligible for the final drawing, all online entries
must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. (P.S.T.) on
October 10, 2004 and all mail-in entries must be postmarked
by October 10, 2004 and received by October 13, 2004.
Limit one (1) entry per person per week (Monday through
Sunday). Multiple entries by means of software generated
or other automated processes will be disregarded. Limit
one (1) prize per person. Sponsors will not be responsible
for incomplete, lost, late, postage-due, misdirected
or illegible entries or for failure to receive entries
due to transmission failures or technical failures of
any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning
of any network, hardware or software, whether originating
with sender or Sponsors. In the event of a dispute,
all online entries will be deemed to have been submitted
by the owner of the ISP account from which they were
sent. For these purposes, an ISP account holder shall
mean the natural person assigned to such ISP account
by the Internet access provider, online service provider
or other organization responsible for assigning ISP
addresses for the domain associated with such ISP account.
All entries become property of Sponsors and none will
be returned. Any questions regarding the number of entries
submitted or the owner of an ISP account shall be determined
by Sponsors in their sole discretion, and Sponsors reserve
the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined
to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Giveaway.
4. Winner Selection. One Weekly Prize
Winner will be selected each Tuesday (except July 13th)
during the Giveaway Period in a random drawing from
among all eligible entries received as of 11:59 p.m.
(P.S.T.) the previous day. A total of thirteen (13)
Weekly Prize Winners will be selected in this manner.
In addition, one (1) Grand Prize Winner and one (1)
Second Prize Winner will be selected in a random drawing
from among all eligible entries received during the
Giveaway Period to be held on or about October 14, 2004.
5. Prizes and Odds. The Grand Prize
Winner will receive $10,000 in cash, the Second Prize
Winner will receive $3,500 in cash, and each of the
thirteen (13) Weekly Prize Winners will receive $500
in cash. Total value of all prizes offered in the Giveaway
is $20,000. Odds of winning depend on the total number
of eligible entries received.
6. Winner Notification and Acceptance.
Weekly Prize Winners will be notified within eight (8)
hours of the weekly drawing in which they are selected
at the telephone number and/or email address provided
on winner’s entry form. Grand Prize and Second
Prize Winners will be notified on or about October 14,
2004 at the telephone number and/or email address provided
on winner’s entry form. Sponsors will call only
once during regular business hours at number provided
on entry form and will leave no messages. Failure to
reach winner during this call may result in disqualification
of winner, forfeiture of his or her interest in all
prizes, and selection of a substitute winner from among
all remaining eligible entries. Return of email prize
notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification
and an alternate winner may be selected. Winners may
waive their right to receive prizes. Prizes are nonassignable
and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed by winner.
Prizes and individual components of prize packages are
subject to availability and Sponsors reserve the right
to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners
are solely responsible for reporting and payment of
any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete
an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability and publicity
release (except where prohibited by law) which must
be returned within ten (10) days of date of personal
delivery or date of postmark. Failure to sign and return
the affidavit or release within ten (10) days, or to
comply with any term or condition of these Official
Rules, may result in a winner’s disqualification,
the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize,
and the award of the prize to a substitute winner. Except
where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes
winner’s consent to the publication of his or
her name, biographical information and likeness in any
media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without
limitation the Internet, or further compensation. Prizes
not won and claimed by eligible winners in accordance
with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will
remain the property of Sponsors. For prize winners list
(available after October 18, 2004) send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Summer $20,000 Cash Giveaway, Winners
List Request, c/o NurseWeek, 1156-C Aster Ave., Sunnyvale,
CA 94086 or visit www.nurseweek.com.
7. Participation. By participating,
entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and
the decisions of Sponsors and judges. Sponsors reserve
the right to disqualify persons found tampering with
or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Giveaway as
solely determined by Sponsors. In the event the Giveaway
is compromised by a virus or non-authorized human intervention,
tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control
of Sponsors, which corrupts or impairs the administration,
security, fairness or proper operation of the Giveaway,
Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion
to suspend, modify or terminate the Giveaway. Should
the Giveaway be terminated prior to the stated expiration
date, Sponsors reserve the right to award prizes based
on the entries received before the termination date.
8. Construction. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision. In the event that any such provision is determined
to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules
shall be construed in accordance with their terms as
if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained
therein.
9. Sponsors. The Summer $20,000 Cash
Giveaway is sponsored by Nursing Spectrum, NurseWeek
(a Nursing Spectrum publication), and World Health
whose decisions regarding the selection of winners and
all other aspects of the Giveaway shall be final and
binding in all respects. Sponsors will not be responsible
for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors
in these Official Rules or in other materials relating
to the Giveaway. If you have any questions regarding
this Giveaway, please contact Summer $20,000 Cash Giveaway,
c/o NurseWeek, 1156-C Aster Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
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