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"What You Need to Succeed "Sweepstakes
- Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
Eligibility: Open only to legal residents of AL, AR, CT,
DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NH, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI,
SC, TN, VA, VT & WV who are 18 or older. Employees of ACOSTA
("Sponsor"), its parent, affiliates, & agencies, participating
retailers, distributors, their immediate families & members
of the same household of such employees not eligible. Void where
prohibited by law & subject to federal, state & local laws.
To Enter: (1) From 6:00: AM Central Time (CT") on 9/3/02
to 11:59:00 PM CT on 11/1/02 ("promotion period") complete
& submit the "What You Need to Succeed" Sweepstakes
online entry form at www.funandfoods.com; or (2) Hand print your
name, complete address, daytime phone number & age on a plain
3" x 5" paper & mail your entry to: What You Need
to Succeed Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 13073, Bridgeport, CT 06673-3073.
Each mailed entry must be mailed separately, be postmarked by 11/1/02
& received by 11/11/02. Limit 1 online entry per person/household
or e-mail address per day for the duration of the promotion period.
Online entries in excess of 1 per day from any household/person/email
address will be void. Use of automated entry devices of any kind
is prohibited. Sponsor & its agencies not responsible for interrupted
or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications,
computer or software malfunctions or telephone transmission problems
or technical failures, garbled transmissions, damage to a user's
computer equipment or other errors or malfunctions of any kind or
for entries that are late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete,
postage due, inaccurate or incomplete. Downloaded, mechanically
or otherwise reproduced entries not accepted.
Prizes/Odds of Winning:
(1) Grand Prize consisting of the following: $25,000 (value
at maturity) in U.S. Savings bonds (Current value $12,500) which
winner may use toward school tuition; a 3-day/2-night trip for winner
& 3 guests to Wash. DC including round trip air transportation
from major U.S. airport closest to winner's home, 2 nights double
occupancy hotel accommodations (2 rms.) (est. value $6,000); A Dell
Inspiron 4100 package with CD/DVD players & Harmon Kardon speakers,
which may be awarded as a gift certificate ($2,250); A gift certificate
for a library of CD's & DVD's ($250) & a check for $500
which winner may use toward purchase of groceries. Total Grand Prize
approximate retail value at time of award ("ARV,") $21,500,
depending on location of winner's home;
(1) First Prize: A 3-day/2-night trip for 4 to Wash. DC,
as described above ($6,000).
(1) Second Prize: $10,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds (current
value $5,000).
(1) Third Prize: A Dell Inspiron 4100 package ($2,250) &
gift certificate for a library of CD's & DVD's, ($250).
Total current ARV of all prizes: $35,000. Winners will be selected
in a random drawing conducted by PST, an independent judging organization,
on or about 11/15/02 from among all eligible entries received. Odds
of winning depend on total number of eligible entries received.
Winners will be notified by mail and/or telephone. Limit 1 prize
per individual, household or email address.
Miscellaneous: By participating, entrants agree to be bound
by the Official Rules & the decisions of the judges which shall
be final & binding. Winners will be required to execute &
return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release, & where
legal, a publicity release, within 10 days of issuance of notification.
Grand Prize winner's traveling companion (who must be 18 or older
unless a member of winner's immediate family) will be required to
execute a liability release &, where legal, a publicity release
within the same 10 days of issuance deadline. Non-compliance with
the above or if a prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable,
will result in disqualification without further notice & prize
will be awarded to an alternate winner. Trips subject to availability
& confirmation of reservations & must be taken by 12/31/03.
Travel restrictions & blackout periods may apply. Prizes not
transferable & no substitutions allowed except by Sponsor, in
its sole discretion, due to prize unavailability for any reason
& then for a prize of equal value. In event of a dispute as
to the identity of an online entrant based on submitted email address,
entry will be deemed to be the individual named on entry. Any attempt
by an entrant to undermine the legitimate operation of this sweepstakes
is a violation of criminal and/or civil laws & Sponsor reserves
right to disqualify entrant & seek damages & other remedies
to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to void suspect entries or to cancel or
suspend the online portion of this sweepstakes should virus, bugs,
non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control
of Sponsor impair the, fairness or proper play of the sweepstakes
and, in such event, select winners from all eligible, mail-in entries
received & all eligible online entries received prior to event
requiring such termination. By entering, entrants agree that Sponsor:
1) may use, if a winner, such winner's name, city & state, photograph
and/or likeness for advertising or other purposes without further
compensation or permission (unless prohibited by law) & 2) that
Sponsor, its agencies & each of their respective officers, directors,
employees, representatives & agents shall have no liability,
& will be held harmless from & against any and all claims,
actions, and/or liability, for any loss, injury or damage to entrant,
including personal injury or death of entrant or any other person
or damage to personal or real property arising from the acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize or any travel related thereto,
or participation in this Sweepstakes. All expenses not specified
herein & all taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of
the individual winners.
For a list of winners, send a S.A.S.E. by 1/15/03 to: What You
Need to Succeed Winners List c/o Greater Media Marketing Group,
55 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, ATT: E. Cantor.
Sponsor: ACOSTA, Lake Williams Corporate Center, 130 Lizotte
Dr., Marlborough, MA 01752.
Promoter: MatchPoint Marketing, 130 Lizotte Dr., Marlborough,
MA 01752.
Administrator: Project Support Team, Inc., 100 Mill Plain
Rd., Danbury, CT 06811
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