OFFICIAL RULES
The Slot Machine Instant Win
- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT
IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.
- ELIGIBILITY: LIMITED TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF
THE 50 UNITED STATES (D.C. INCLUDED, BUT VOID TO RESIDENTS OF MA AND MI) WHO
ARE LEGAL AGE SMOKERS, HAVE A VALID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PID)
PROVIDED BY THE SPONSOR. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE A PID.
PROMOTION VOID IN MA, MI AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED BY LAW. (To obtain a
PID, see Rule #4, below.) Employees, officers and directors (and
their immediate families [spouse, children, parents, siblings] and those
living in their same households) of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
(“Sponsor”), its parent and any of their respective affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and web masters/suppliers
are not eligible. By participating, entrants, agree to abide by these
Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and
binding in all matters relating to this Promotion. Promotion subject
to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
- INSTANT WIN PERIOD: Instant Win begins at
12:00:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time (ET) on 2/1/06 and ends at 11:59:59 a.m.
ET on 5/1/06. A day begins at 12:00:00 a.m. (midnight) ET and ends at
11:59:59 p.m. ET on the following day (a “Day”), EXCEPT for the first
Day, which begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) ET and ends at the following
11:59:59 p.m. ET; and EXCEPT for the last Day, which begins at 12:00:00
a.m. ET (midnight) and ends at the following 11:59:59 a.m. ET. Sponsor’s
computer is the official clock for this Instant Win.
- TO PLAY:
Visit www.camelsmokes.com
(the “Website”) during the Instant Win Period or click on the link in the e-mail
distributed by the Sponsor. A valid PID issued by Sponsor and password will
be required to enter the Instant Win by Internet. A PID can be obtained
without cost from the Sponsor. Click on the Instant Win icon, banner or
text link and follow the online entry instructions for playing the virtual
slot machine. Each time you visit the Website to participate, you must log
in using your PID and password. (It is each participant’s sole responsibility
to maintain his/her contact information as current. No responsibility is
assumed for failure to contact a participant due to that participant’s
failure to maintain his/her contact information as current. Contact
information may be updated by following the online instructions.) Each
participant is responsible for the security of his/her PID and password.
Each participant should take precautions to keep his/her PID and password
private to prevent unauthorized use. Sponsor will not be responsible for
any losses, damages or consequences you may suffer due to careless or
unauthorized use of a PID and password. Participants must use only one
PID and password and must only use the PID and password assigned to
participant by Sponsor. Should any participant attempt to use more than
one PID and/or password, or a PID and/or password that was not assigned to
participant, that participant will be disqualified.
Pull the virtual lever’s icon or banner as instructed to find out if you
are a winner (a “Play”). Randomly selected times during the Instant
Win Period will be chosen by Sponsor, and the first entrant who completes
a Play (whose Play is properly received and recorded by Sponsor's computer
by following the online instructions) on or immediately after a randomly
selected time during the Instant Win Period will win a prize. If you
receive a message stating, “Congratulations, you’ve won!,” you win the
prize stated (subject to verification). Non-winning messages will
read, “Sorry, try again tomorrow.” If you win a prize, you will be
notified by e-mail, mail, overnight mail or phone. Non-winning participants
will not be contacted.
Limit one (1) Play per person per Day. Any attempt by any person to obtain more
than the stated number of Plays by using multiple/different e-mail accounts,
PIDs or any other methods will void all of that person’s Plays and that person
will be disqualified and prohibited from returning to the Website. Plays
generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated means
will be disqualified. By participating, entrants may automatically be
added to the Sponsor’s e-mail and mail distribution list. For information
on how to opt-off the Sponsor’s mail distribution list, see Rule #10. For
information on how to opt-off the Sponsor’s e-mail distribution list, see
the Privacy Policy on the Website. Opting-off the e-mail distribution
list and direct mail list will not affect entrant’s chance of winning.
No other form of participation is valid. The information you disclose
when you register for this Instant Win will be subject to the Privacy
Policy set forth on Sponsor’s Website.
- CONSUMER DISCLOSURE:
Grand Prize (18): $2,000 (awarded in the form of a check). First Prize
(15,000): Lighter utility knife. Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $6.
Odds of winning depend on the random time at which prize is available and
on the time a particular participant submits a Play. Winners may not
substitute, assign or transfer a prize, or redeem a prize for cash, but
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with a prize of equal or
greater value should a stated prize become unavailable. All unclaimed or
forfeited Grand Prizes will be awarded in a Second Chance Drawing. ALL
UNCLAIMED OR FORFEITED PRIZES (OTHER THAN GRAND PRIZES) WILL NOT BE AWARDED.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO PLAY OR WIN THIS INSTANT WIN.
You have not yet won a prize. Plays must be received by 11:59:59
a.m. ET on 5/1/06.
- SECOND CHANCE DRAWING:
All non-winning participants will be automatically entered into a Second
Chance Drawing to be eligible to win any remaining, unclaimed or forfeited
Grand Prizes. Limit one (1) entry per person. Provisional Second Chance
Drawing winner(s) will be selected in a random drawing held on or about
5/26/06 from among all eligible entries received by an independent judging
agency. Provisional winner(s) will be notified by phone, overnight mail
or mail on or about 6/2/06. Odds of winning depend on the number of
unclaimed or forfeited prizes and the number of eligible entries received.
Limit one (1) prize per person of any prize awarded in the Second
Chance Drawing.
- GENERAL CONDITIONS: By entering,
(a) participants agree that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, its parent,
affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and all
of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and
agents are indemnified, released and will be held harmless by participants
from any and all liability, for any damages, injuries or losses of any kind
to person(s), including death, or property, arising directly or indirectly
from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of prize or his/her participation
in this Instant Win or any Instant Win-related activity; and (b) winners
grant (and agree to confirm such grant in writing promptly upon request)
to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority the right to the
use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements and
biographical information at any time or times for advertising, trade,
publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter
discovered, worldwide and on the World Wide Web, without review,
notification, approval or additional compensation, unless prohibited
by law. All winners must be smokers and are subject to age
verification. Grand Prize winners may be required to complete,
sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release
and, where lawful, a Publicity Release within fourteen (14) days
of notification. Due to the age of majority laws in NE and MS,
Grand Prize winners in those states may be required to have additional
age of majority signature. If documents are not returned in a timely
manner, or if any prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable,
or if a winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance
with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and an alternate
winner selected in the Second Chance Drawing. Federal, state and local
income and other taxes on the prizes, if any, are solely the
responsibility of the winners.
- LIABILITY LIMITATIONS: Sponsor, its agencies,
web masters/suppliers, contractors and vendors are not responsible for lost,
late, stolen, misdirected, or non-delivered Plays/entries, or e-mails, or for
lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service
Provider (ISP), Website or other connections availability, accessibility or
traffic congestion, miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone,
satellite, cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or
jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, computer
hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other
errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or
the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the
failure to capture or loss of any such information. Sponsor, its agencies,
web masters/suppliers, vendors and contractors are not responsible for
any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website users,
or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this
Instant Win and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications
line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering
with or hacking of Website. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with entry
process or operation of Instant Win or Website, to be acting in violation
of the terms of the Website or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or
disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other
person. Sponsor, its agencies, and web masters/suppliers are not responsible
for injury or damage to participants’ or any other person’s computer related
to or resulting from participating in this Instant Win or downloading or
copying materials from or use of Website. If, for any reason, Instant Win
is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer
virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the
Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity
or proper conduct of this Instant Win, Sponsor reserves the right, at its
sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend Instant Win and
determine winners from entries received prior to action taken, or as
otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. No more than the stated
number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that any problems with
production, seeding, printing, digital, programming or other reasons or
errors or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes in
any prize category as set forth in these Official Rules to be available
or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only stated number of
prizes (previously not awarded) in that prize category by random drawing
among all legitimate eligible prize claimants in that category. In
the event of a dispute as to Plays/entries submitted by Internet, the
eligible person to whom the PID was issued by the Sponsor will be deemed
to be the participant and must comply with these Official Rules.
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENT, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED
COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES WEB MASTERS/SUPPLIERS,
VENDORS, CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR
LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE INSTANT
WIN INTERNET SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED
FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE
IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS
MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE
ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL
LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR
EXCLUSIONS. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE INSTANT WIN MAY BE A VIOLATION
OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE RIGHT
IS RESERVED TO SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
- Any Instant Win materials including, without limitation,
the offer, these Official Rules, advertising and promotional materials and
announcement of winners containing production, printing or typographical errors
or obtained outside authorized, legitimate channels are automatically void; and
the liability of Sponsor, if any, is limited to the replacement of such materials
and recipient, by participating, releases Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies, the judging organization and their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all losses, claims or
damages that may result therefrom. Any inconsistencies between any advertising
or other promotional announcements and these Official Rules shall be resolved in
favor of these Official Rules.
- REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST: To have your name and
address removed from Sponsor’s mailing list, call, toll-free, 1-800-665-6381 and
follow the instructions to be removed from the customer database. Your
name and address will be removed from Sponsor’s mailing list within sixty
(60) days after receipt of your request, after which time no further mailings
will be sent to you.
- DISPUTE RESOLUTION/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where
prohibited, by participating, you agree that: All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability
of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant(s)
and Sponsor, its vendors, contractors, agencies and partners shall be
governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the
State of North Carolina without giving effect to any principles of conflicts
of law of any jurisdiction. You agree that any action at law or in equity
arising out of or relating to this Instant Win shall be filed only in the
state or federal courts located in the State of North Carolina, and you
hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts
for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited,
by participating in this Instant Win, you agree that: (a) any and all
disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with
this Instant Win shall be resolved individually, without resort to any
form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall
be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs
associated with participating in this Instant Win but in no event
attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant
be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages,
other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights
to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
- WINNERS’ LIST: To obtain a list of major prize
winners (available upon completion of the Instant Win), mail your name and address
in a first-class stamped envelope to: Camel 2006 Slot Machine Instant Win, P.O. Box
5525, Dept. 2550-734, Norwood, MN 55583-5525 for receipt by 6/5/06. Winners’ List
will be mailed after winners have been determined.
- SPONSOR: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 401 N. Main
Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
All Promotional Costs Paid By Manufacturer.
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