Playmate Pick’em 2007 College Hoops Rules
1. HOW TO ENTER. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. Sweepstakes begins on March 12, 2007 and ends on April 2, 2007, 11:59 p.m. Chicago, IL time. Complete and submit the entry form on http://prevue.www.playboy.com/on-campus/features/playmate-picks/. All entries must be received by tip-off time of the first game of round one of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on Thursday, March 15, 2007 (Chicago, IL time). Only one entry per person, per household. Only those entrants with completed entry forms, or containing the complete information described above will be entered for a chance to win. Entries that are incomplete or illegible will be disqualified. Playboy.com, Inc. (PCI) and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents (collectively, the “Group”) are not responsible for incorrect, inaccurate, lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable or damaged mail or e-mail or malfunctions, interruptions or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software whether caused by website users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. By entering, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules. All potential winners release PCI and the Group and their respective affiliates and subsidiary companies and their respective employees, agents, officers, and directors (including advertising and promotional agencies) from any and all liability with respect to acceptance, receipt, use or misuse of any prize or participation in this sweepstakes (including damage to computers).
2. GENERAL CONDITIONS. PCI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of this sweepstakes or website; to be in violation of the terms of service of the website, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
If, for any reason, the sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, authorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of PCI, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this sweepstakes, PCI reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Internet portion of this sweepstakes for any drawing(s) and select the winner from regular mail-in and Internet entries received for that drawing prior to the action taken.
3. ELIGIBILITY. Each contestant must be 21 years old or older at the time of entry and a U.S. resident. Employees (and relatives of such employees) of PCI and the Group, and retailers and judging organizations are not eligible. Sweepstakes void where prohibited by law. This sweepstakes shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A. without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. All entrants to this sweepstakes agree that any and all disputes arising out of or relating in any way to this sweepstakes shall be litigated only in courts sitting in Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A.
4. DRAWING AND NOTIFICATION. The odds of winning are based on the number of eligible entries received. Judges decisions in all matters relating to or arising out of the Sweepstakes are final. There will be one (1) grand-prize winner who will be chosen at random within one week following the last game on April 2, 2007 from among all eligible entrants who score more points on their 2007 Playboy.com Men's Basketball Bracket than our Playmate Prognosticator, Deanna Brooks. The Point Value Per Round is as follows: First Round = 1, Second Round = 3, Sweet Sixteen = 5, Elite Eight = 7, Final Four = 9, Championship Game = 11. Point values will be multiplied by seed number and then added to scores for each winner picked. Winner will be notified by phone within one week of the sweepstakes completion on April 2, 2007. The grand prizewinner will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release not later than April 30, 2007. In the event the grand prizewinner fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity releases so that Playboy.com, Inc. receives such by April 30, 2007, that grand prizewinner will be disqualified and a new grand prizewinner will be randomly selected on or about May 1, 2007. That new winner will be notified by phone and will be required to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release not later than May 11, 2007. Grand prizewinner selection will continue until all affidavits of eligibility and liability/publicity releases are properly signed and returned. In the event all qualifying entrants have been selected to be the grand prizewinner and the affidavits of eligibility and liability/publicity releases have not been signed and returned within eighteen (18) days after Playboy.com, Inc.'s notification, the prize package for which the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release was not received pursuant to the requirements set forth in these Official Rules will be forfeited
5. PRIZE. Prize is nontransferable, and no cash or other substitutions will be offered. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. PCI has the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if listed prize is unavailable. PRIZE PACKAGE: The winner will receive two (2) tickets to the 2007 Major League All-Star game in San Francisco on July 10, 2007 at AT&T Park, two (2) tickets to the Playboy/Crown Royal lounge party in San Francisco that same weekend, and two (2) Playboy gift bags at the party. TOTAL RETAIL VALUE OF ALL PRIZES $990.00.
6. WINNERS LIST. To obtain the name of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Playmate Pick’em 2007 College Hoops Winner List c/o Playboy.com, 680 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60611. Residents of WA or VT may omit return postage. Requests must be received by September 1, 2007.