1. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open only to legal U.S. residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of February 20, 2005. Contest begins on February 27, 2005 at 6 PM ET and ends on February 28, 2005 at 6 PM ET. (“Contest Period”). All times in this Contest refer to Eastern Time.
2. TO ENTER: Watch MSNBC’s Hot List on 2/20/2005 (“Contest Episode”) for the MSNBC’s Great Gibson Giveaway contest question (“Contest Question”). After the Contest Question has been posed, to enter go to http://hotlist.msnbc.com, and click on the “MSNBC’s Great Gibson Giveaway” icon. Complete the registration form, which includes name, address, telephone number, email address and enter the answer to the Contest Question. Entrants will have until 6:00 pm EST on February 28, 2005 to the answer the Contest Question and enter the Contest. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, illegible or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. All entries become the property of MSNBC Cable, LLC (“MSNBC”) and will not be acknowledged or returned. All entries must be received before 6 PM ET Time on February 21, 2005 to be eligible for the period’s drawing.
3. SELECTION OF WINNER AND ELIGIBILITY: One (1) Winner will be selected from all correct eligible entries in a random drawing by employees of MSNBC. The Potential Winner will be notified by phone and/or mail and/or at the email address by 6:00 pm EST two days after the Eastern Time broadcast of the Contest Episode. If potential winner is unable to be reached after three attempts, then MSNBC will randomly select another winner from the remaining eligible entries. By entering the Contest, entrants agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules, or the Contest itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of MSNBC, whose decisions are binding and final. Winner may be required to sign and return to MSNBC an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release within 2 days of notification. If any prize notification is undeliverable, or in the event of non-compliance with any of these requirements, the prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner will be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. Employees of MSNBC and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliate companies and advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) are not eligible.
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4. PRIZE: Gibson “ES335” Guitar, with the approximate retail value of $1,999. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a similar prize elements of equal or greater value at their sole discretion. All taxes and all other expenses, costs or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. This prize cannot be transferred by Winner or redeemed for cash and is valid only for the prize detailed above, with no substitution of prize by Winner. In the event this Contest is terminated before all prizes are awarded or if any prize is forfeited or unclaimed, Sponsor will randomly select from remaining eligible entries an alternate winner for all remaining prize elements.
5. DISCLAIMER: Entrants andWinner assume all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by their participation in the Contest and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize, and release MSNBC, NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBC”) and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns, and respective parents, subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns (“Released Parties”) from any such liability. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to participants or to any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with this Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical or computer failures of any kind, for inaccurate transcription of entry information, errors in any promotional or marketing materials, errors in these rules, for any human or electronic error, including but not limited to the administration of this Contest or Prizes, or for entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed by computer transmissions, lost, late, damaged, or postage due. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use winner’s name, city, state, likeness and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation. Entrants using electronic entry must be the registered subscriber of the email account from which the entry is made. Entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry.
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The failure of MSNBC or NBC to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of MSNBC and NBC (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.
6. ADDITIONAL RULES: By submitting a complete entry form, the winners, except where prohibited, grant NBC, MSNBC and NBC’s affiliated TV stations and Web sites and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and all their respective employees, officers, director and representatives the right to use the winner’s name, likeness, picture, voice, biographical information and written submissions and written or oral statements, for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless required by law. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. This Contest is sponsored by MSNBC Cable, LLC. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate this Contest or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person it believes has violated these rules.
7. WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: For the name of the winners, watch MSNBC’s Hot List each week of the Contest, or visit http://hotlist.msnbc.com.