Let the Magic Begin Sweepstakes Official Rules
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes open only to legal U.S. residents age 18 or older. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes ends at 11:59 PM PT, March 23, 2003.
2. There are two ways to enter the DVD Sweepstakes: a.) Online Entry: To enter online go to www.disneysweeps.com or www.dvdsweeps.com 3. Drawing. Winners will be selected in a series of four (4) random drawings as noted in the drawing table below. Each drawing will consist of all eligible entries (mail-in/email submissions) received. Drawing will be conducted under the supervision of Gage Marketing Group, an independent judging organization, whose decisions will be final and binding in all respects. For each drawing, one (1) Grand Prize winner and twenty-five (25) First Prize winners will be selected. Non-winning entries will be retained for subsequent drawings. Winners will be notified by mail or e-mail, depending on method of entry. Grand Prize winners will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, and a Publicity Release (where legal), within 14 days of prize notification. Non-compliance with these requirements may result in disqualification with an alternate winner being selected at random. If prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected at random. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel/suspend/modify the online portion of the Sweepstakes if it becomes corrupted in any manner such that it cannot be conducted as originally planned and to select winners by random drawing from all eligible mail-in entries received and all eligible online entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
4. Prizes/Approximate Retail Value (ARV)/Odds Of Winning. Grand Prize, Four (4): A set of one hundred (100) DVD movies from a selection of titles determined by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. in its sole discretion. ARV: $2,900 each set. First Prize, One Hundred (100): A DVD movie, title determined by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. in its sole discretion. ARV: $29.99 each. Total ARV of all prizes, $14,599. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received at the time of each drawing. 5. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group and their respective agencies are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications, failed telephone or computer hardware or software or other technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic, including without limitation, the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information online regardless of cause. Once submitted, entries become the exclusive property of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. and will not be acknowledged or returned. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all entries effected by such methods and be deemed tampering. Entry material/data that has been tampered with or altered is void. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Neither Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, nor their respective agencies are responsible for lost, late, damaged, destroyed, delayed, stolen, misdirected, incomplete, illegible entries or postage due mail. Participants entering online must provide a valid e-mail address. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify Gage Marketing Group in writing if the entrant changes his/her e-mail and/or home address after submission of online entry. (To do so write to: Gage Marketing Group, DVD Sweepstakes, 10000 Highway 55, Minneapolis, MN 55441-6365.) In case of dispute as to identity of a winner who entered online, entry will be declared made by the registered user of the e-mail account, and, if a prize is won and such registered user is a valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to the registered user. 6. Employees, directors and officers of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries or any of their agents, advertising, promotional and other agencies, and their immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and persons living in the same household (whether related or not) are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes or win a prize. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. 7. By participating, entrants release and hold harmless Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Gage Marketing Group, their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and the directors, officers, employees and agencies of any of the above entities from any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize or participation in the Sweepstakes. 8. Except where prohibited by law, by accepting a prize, winner agrees that Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. may use the winner's name, address (city, state), photograph, videotape, likeness, and/or prize information for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes and to the use of statements made by or attributed to winner relating to Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. or to this sweepstakes and grants to Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. any and all rights to said use without limitation or further notice and/or compensation except where prohibited by law. No prize or cash substitutes allowed except at Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.'s sole discretion due to prize unavailability for any reason and only then for prize of equal or greater value. Taxes on prizes are solely the responsibility of winner. Limit one prize per person/family/household. 9. For the names of the prize winners send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by March 23, 2003 to: DVD Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 5508W, Maple Plain, MN 55593-5508.
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