1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Open to legal residents of the U.S., 18 years of age
or older at time of entry. Entrants must be physically located in the United
States. The sweepstakes begins on March 11th, 2017 and ends on May 20th, 2017.
Limit one entry per household or email address. Void where prohibited.
2. TO ENTER: Complete the survey on line and provide email address where
indicated, entries must be received by May 20th, 2017 11:59 p.m. PT. Sponsor's
computer is the official time-keeping device for his sweepstakes. A completed
survey will enter you into the prize drawing. The random prize drawing will be
held on or about May 24th. Limit of one prize per family or household. There
could be different graphics and presentations of this offer under the same
prize structure.
3. CONDITIONS: Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected,
illegible, incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Web site
visitors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized
in the sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
cancel or suspend this sweepstakes should a computer virus, bugs or other
causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security
or proper operation of the sweepstakes. Any attempt by an individual to
deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the
game is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made,
Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such individual to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
4. PRIZES: The Valley News will offer one (1) $500 Grand prize and five (5) $100 prizes. Potential Winners will be selected in a
random drawing from all qualified entries received. Potential Winners
will be notified by email and/or by phone.
5. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Employees of The Valley News, all persons working as
employees of any newspaper, newspaper partners or subsidiaries, and all
affiliated Web sites or their affiliated companies, or the sponsors, agencies,
distributors, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and affiliated
companies, participating advertisers and media, employees, their immediate
family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not
eligible. Immediate family member is defined as husband, wife, children,
mother, father, sister, sister in-law, brother or brother in-law. All federal,
state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. All federal,
state and local laws apply. Entry into this promotion constitutes permission to
the Sponsor and their agencies to use winners' name, address and/or likeness
for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless
prohibited by law. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or
greater value. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound
by the Official Rules and the decisions of the judges. Entrant recognizes and
agrees that survey information will be made available only to Sponsor. Winners
agree to release and hold harmless The Valley News, its agencies, employees
from injury, death, loss or other liability that may arise from the acceptance
or use of any prize or their participation in this promotion.
Winner selected at random from among survey participants.
Odds of winning dependent upon number of completed survey participants.
One entry per household. Duplicate entries
not considered. Employees of The Valley News and their families are not eligible to win.
6. WINNERS LIST: The name of the prize-winners can be found by sending an email
to support@pulseresearch.com
7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Entrant agrees that: All issues and questions concerning
the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant(s) and Sponsor and their
agencies, shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the
laws of the State of New Hampshire without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law rules which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New Hampshire. Entrant agrees that any action at
law or in equity arising out of or relating to this sweepstakes, or awarding of
the prize, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts of New Hampshire.
Entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts
for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited, by
participating in this sweepstakes, entrant agrees that: (a) any and all
disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this
sweepstakes, or awarding of the prize, shall be resolved individually, without
resort to any form of class action; and (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 sweepstakes 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. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or
exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above
may not apply to you.
8. PUBLICATION ADDRESS: The Valley News –
24 Interchange Drive, West Lebanon, NH 03784