SCHNUCKS CATS SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT
INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID OUTSIDE OF MO, IL AND
WHERE PROHIBITED.
Standard text messaging rates (as provided in your wireless rate plan) apply to
each text message sent or received in connection with the Promotion (defined
below). (Contact your carrier for pricing plans and details).
1. HERE'S HOW TO ENTER: There are two (2) ways to enter the Schnucks
Cats Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”), beginning 12:00:01 AM ET October
26, 2008 and ending 11:59:59 PM ET November 12, 2008 (“Sweepstakes
Period”):
a) Enter by Wireless Device: If you have a text messaging capable wireless
device from any carrier, you may enter the Sweepstakes by sending a text
message with the word “CATS” to the short code 91564. Standard text
messaging rates apply. Please use caution and do not disrupt traffic or
drive while participating in the registration/entry process. Standard text
messaging rates (as provided in your wireless rate plan) apply to each text
message sent or received in connection with the Sweepstakes. Contact
your carrier for pricing and details. Limit one entry, per person, per day,
regardless of method of entry.
b) Mail-in Entries: On a plain 3 1/2” x 5” piece of paper, entrants may hand
print their complete name, address, city, state, zip code, daytime and
evening phone numbers and date of birth. Entrants must mail their entries
in a hand addressed stamped #10 envelope to: Schnucks Cats
Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 373, Carnegie, PA 15106. Mail-in entries are
limited to one entry per envelope. Each entry must be hand-printed,
postmarked by November 12, 2008 and received by November 19, 2008.
Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, delayed, destroyed,
misdirected, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, or postage due mail.
Photocopies, mechanically reproduced, forged or altered entries and
facsimiles are void. Incomplete entries are not eligible. Mail-in envelopes
larger than a #10 envelope will be automatically disqualified. All entries
become the property of the Sponsors and will not be returned. Limit one
entry, per person, per day, regardless of method of entry.
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is only open to legal U.S. residents
residing in Missouri and Illinois, who are 18 years of age or older as of
October 26, 2008. Employees of The Clorox Company, Schnuck Markets,
Inc. (“Sponsors”), MatchPoint Marketing, their respective parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
agencies, any of their respective partners (collectively, the “Sponsor
Affiliates”), and any of the members of their immediate family (defined as
spouse, mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister,
children and grandchildren) or same household of each are not eligible to
participate. This Sweepstakes is void outside MO, IL and where
prohibited or restricted by law.
3. GRAND PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): Five (5)
Grand Prize Winners – Two (2) tickets to see Cats at the Fox Theatre in
St. Louis, MO on November 29, 2008 (ARV $122). Transportation to/from
event not included with prize. The Sponsors reserve the right to substitute
the prize with a prize of comparable or greater value if the prize cannot be
awarded as described for any reason.
4. RANDOM DRAWING: The winners will be selected in a random drawing
on or about November 20, 2008, from among all eligible entries received.
The drawing will be conducted by MatchPoint Marketing, whose decisions
are final and binding on all matters related to this Sweepstakes. Odds of
winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received for the
drawing.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION/VERIFICATION: The potential Grand Prize
winners will be notified by phone and/or mail. If any prize or prize
notification is returned as undeliverable, such prize will be forfeited, and
an alternate winner will be selected (time permitting). Winners and their
guests (or parent/legal guardian if a guest is a minor in his/her state of
residence) may be required to execute a Release of Liability/Publicity
Release (except where prohibited by law) prior to acceptance of the prize.
Winners are responsible for any and all federal, state and local taxes, if
applicable.
6. GENERAL RULES: The Sponsors reserve the right at their sole discretion
to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the
entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or violates the Official
Rules. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the
decisions of the judges. The Sponsors and Sponsor Affiliates are not
responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged,
misdirected, incorrect, incomplete, ineligible or unintelligible entries; (ii)
telephone, electronic, hardware, software program, network; (iii) errors in
transmission; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond their control that
may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any printing
or typographical error in any materials associated with these Official Rules
or the Sweepstakes generally. PLEASE NOTE THAT A HIGH VOLUME
OF ENTRIES BY SMS (TEXT MESSAGING), OR TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES WITH THE SYSTEM, MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY
INABILITY TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES OR A DELAY IN THE
PROCESSING OF ENTRIES SUCH THAT YOUR ENTRY IS NOT
RECEIVED IN TIME TO PARTICIPATE. THE SWEEPSTAKES IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE SHOULD ANY ENTRY NOT BE RECEIVED
DUE TO SUCH DELAYS. Sponsors may prohibit any entrant or potential
entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes, if at the sole discretion of
the Sponsors, such person shows a disregard for these Official Rules, or
acts (1) with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other
entrant, Sponsors, or their agents or representatives; or (2) in any other
disruptive manner. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant
entering via the methods set forth above in Rules #1a, the authorized
account holder of the wireless device used to enter, if applicable, will be
deemed to be the entrant. “Authorized account holder” of a wireless
device is the natural person in whose name the phone has been issued
and to whom services are billed. Sponsors also reserve the right, in their
sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the text-messaging portions
of the Sweepstakes in the event of a virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical or system failure or disruption, force majeure
or any other causes which, in their sole opinion, corrupt the administration,
security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the Sweepstakes and
award prizes in a random drawing from all eligible entries received prior to
cancellation. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY
OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE
THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN
ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. All aspects of the prizes are nontransferable and
no substitutions are allowed except at the Sponsors’ sole discretion.
Prizes must be used on date specified by Sponsors or prizes will be
forfeited; date is subject to change. In the event the Grand Prize event is
cancelled for reasons out of Sponsors’ control, Sponsors reserve the right
to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. No cash equivalent or
exchange of prizes is permitted (except at the Sponsors’ sole discretion).
The winners agree to indemnify and hold harmless and waive any and all
claims of liability of any kind whatsoever against the Sponsors and/or the
Sponsor Affiliates, including any accident, loss, injury or death occurring or
in any way related to the prizes or use/misuse thereof or while traveling to
and/or from a location to obtain or use a prize. Neither the Sponsors nor
the Sponsor Affiliates make any warranty, representation or guarantee,
express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the use of the prizes
including, without limitation, quality, merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. The winners, in accepting their prize, consent to the
use of their name, address (city, state), photograph and likeness for
purposes of advertising, trade and promoting in any and all media on
behalf of the Sponsors, without further compensation, except where
prohibited by law.
7. GOVERNING LAW & VENUE: The California Courts (State & Federal)
shall have sole jurisdiction of any controversies regarding the
Sweepstakes, and the laws of the state of California shall govern the
same. Each Sweepstakes entrant waives any and all objections to
jurisdiction and hereby irrevocably submits to the venue of those courts
within the county of Alameda, California.
8. WINNERS LIST/RULES REQUEST: To receive the winners’ names/rules
request, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope by February 2, 2009,
to: Schnucks Cats Sweepstakes Winners/Rules, P.O. Box 14, Carnegie,
PA 15106.
9. SPONSORS: The Clorox Company, 1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA
94612; Schnucks Markets, Inc., 11420 Lackland Rd., St. Louis, MO,
63146-6928.
63146-6928.
10. ADMINISTRATOR/JUDGES: MatchPoint Marketing, Four Penn Center
West, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15276.
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