SPONSOR: MTV Networks, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
ELIGIBILITY: Game is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 6 or older at time of entry. Employees and their immediate families of Sponsor, its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void elsewhere and where prohibited by law. Game governed by US law. All entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor which shall be final and binding.
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HOW TO PLAY THE GAME: The Game can only be played online. To play the Instant Win Game you will need to obtain a Game Piece. A Game Piece can be found in selected SpongeBob products distributed in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia during the Entry Period. Or, you can request a free Game Piece via U.S. First Class mail, by hand printing your: name, address, city, state, zip on a postcard and mailing it to: The SpongeBob Lost & Found My Prizes Game Piece Request, P.O. Box 9262, Medford, NY 11763. Requests must be postmarked by 2/28/09 and received by 3/6/09. Limit: One Game Piece request per postcard.
If you obtain your Game Piece from a SpongeBob product, you must play the Game by 11:59 P.M. (EST) on 2/28/09. If you obtain your Game Piece by mail, you must play the game by 11:59 P.M. (EDT) on 3/16/09. To play, visit www.FindSpongeBob.com during the Entry Period, as designated above, and follow all on screen instructions to register for the game using the unique code printed on the game piece. Upon entering a valid unique code, you will be linked automatically to game page. Follow the onscreen instructions on the game page to play the game and to reveal if you have won an instant win prize. Limit: One game play with a unique code.
If you are the potential winner of an instant win prize, you will automatically receive a notification message at the website. If you are 13 years of age or older, you will enter your name, address and phone number and receive a confirmation email stating when you will receive your prize along with the link to your free download. If you are under the age of 13 but otherwise eligible, you will be required to provide your parent's email address and your parent will be asked for the mailing information. Once that is complete, a confirmation email will be sent to your parent stating when you will receive your prize along with the link to the free download. All potential instant prize winners are subject to verification by the Sponsor and/or the independent judging organization, whose decisions are final. Whether or not you are an instant prize winner, your name will be entered into the Grand Prize Drawing. You can also enter the Grand Prize Drawing without playing the Instant Win Game. See Rule #5.
550 random-computer-generated winning times will be created for the Entry Period. An entrant is not a winner of any prize, even if the game should so indicate, unless and until entrant's eligibility and the potential winning play has been verified and entrant has been notified that verification is complete. Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process. Any play that occurs after the system has failed for any reason is deemed a defective play and is void. All instant win prizes must be claimed by 3/27/09.
Use of any automated system to submit entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
No responsibility is assumed for lost, mutilated, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or postage due prize claims/entries or requests for free game pieces. Game Pieces that contain printing errors, are tampered with, illegible, mechanically reproduced, distributed where prohibited by law or not obtained through regular channels will be deemed null and void. Liability for any irregular Game Piece will be limited to replacement with another. If through programming or production errors, more Instant Win Prizes are distributed than those prize quantities offered in these rules, no more than the actual number of prizes per these rules will be awarded. Should such a situation occur, each winner will be determined in a random drawing from among all submitted eligible and verified winning prize claims at that given level. All materials submitted become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
550 INSTANT WIN PRIZES ARE AVAILABLE TO BE CLAIMED. Approximate Retail Values ("ARV") are as follows: Fifty (50) First Prizes: PS2 game: "SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring NickToons: Globs of Doom Video Game" by THQ (ARV: $29.99 each); One hundred (100) Second Prizes: A SpongeBob "Rocket Ride" Lego Set (ARV: $29.99 each); One hundred (100) Third Prizes: A Silly Talk SpongeBob (ARV: $24.99 each); Fifty (50) Fourth Prizes: A "The Game of Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition PC Game" by THQ (ARV: $19.99 each); Fifty (50) Fifth Prizes: Paramount Home Entertainment DVD- "Who Bob What Pants" Episode (ARV: $16.99 each); One hundred (100) Sixth Prizes: a set of three books as follows: one (1) Simon & Schuster book: "SpongeBob SquarePants for the Love of Bubbles," one (1) Random House book: "Super Sponge-Tastic Giant Coloring Book" and one (1) Publications International book: "SpongeBob SquarePants Mini Look & Find" (ARV's): $4.99 for the Simon & Schuster book, $9.99 for the Random House book and $7.98 for the PIL book; $22.96 for the set of three books); One hundred (100) Seventh Prizes: SpongeBob SquarePants Mini Checkers Game (ARV: $5.00 each); Total ARV of all Instant Win Prizes: $11,642.50. Odds of winning depend upon the date and time of each play and the number of entrants participating. UNCLAIMED INSTANT WIN PRIZES WILL NOT BE AWARDED.
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GRAND PRIZE DRAWING: Entrants are automatically entered into the Grand Prize Drawing when s/he enters a valid unique code found on game piece and plays the instant win game. To enter the Grand Prize Drawing ("Drawing") by mail: hand print your name, address, telephone number, and email address on a postcard and mail to: The SpongeBob Lost & Found My Prizes Game Grand Prize Drawing, P.O. Box 9264, Medford, NY 11763. All Grand Prize Drawing entries must be received by 3/16/09. Limit: One name per postcard entry. Odds of winning in the Grand Prize Drawing are determined by the total number of eligible entries received.
One (1) Grand Prize: SpongeBob Squarepants Home Entertainment System including one (1) Toshiba REGZA® 32LV67U 32-inch LCD HDTV, SpongeBob SquarePants DVD Collection including the following twelve (12) DVDs: SpongeBob SquarePants "Atlantis SquarePantis"; SpongeBob SquarePants "To Love a Patty"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Bikini Bottom Adventures"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Friend or Foe"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Karate Island"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Lost in Time"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Where's Gary?"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Fear of a Krabby Patty"; SpongeBob SquarePants "SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric"; SpongeBob SquarePants "The Seascape Capers"; SpongeBob SquarePants "Tide and Seek" & SpongeBob SquarePants "Sea Stories"; one (1) HP Pavilion® dv2700t Broadband Wireless Series Laptop -Piano Black Coating; one (1) SpongeBob SquarePants Rolltop Box & one (1) SpongeBob SquarePants Toy Organizer by Delta Children's Products (Total ARV of Grand Prize: $2,649.92)
All prize claims are subject to verification by, and the Grand Prize Drawing will be conducted by Ventura Associates, Inc., an independent judging organization whose decisions are final. Grand Prize Drawing will be conducted on or about 4/10/09.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: All potential winners will be notified and/or verified by email and/or mail. Winners (at the Sponsor's discretion) may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility & Liability/Publicity Release, which must be executed and returned within seven (7) days of date printed on notification or winner is disqualified. If winner is less than age of majority in his/her state of legal residence, prize may be awarded (at Sponsor's discretion) in the name of winner's parent or legal guardian, who may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility & Liability/ Publicity Release ("Prize Notification Documents") on potential winner's behalf. If applicable, the parent or legal guardian of instant winners and potential Grand Prize winner may be notified once via email with instructions to respond with the winner's primary residence address (street addresses only-no Post Office boxes) in order to ship the instant win prize or mail the Prize Notification Documents. If the parent or legal guardian of the potential Grand Prize winner fails to respond within seven (7) days, or if the email attempt is returned as undeliverable for any reason, an alternate winner will be selected at random. If the parent or legal guardian of an instant winner fails to respond within seven (7) days, or if the email attempt is returned as undeliverable for any reason, the corresponding prize will not be awarded. Entrants, or their parents or legal guardians, are responsible for notifying Sponsor of changes in email and/or home addresses. When the mailing addresses have been obtained from the parent or legal guardian, as applicable, he/she will be notified by mail. Prizes will be awarded approximately thirty (30) days after verification and/or prize notification. No substitutions for any prize except as may be necessary due to unavailability, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded at the Sponsor's discretion. Prizes are not transferable (except to a surviving spouse) or redeemable for cash. One instant prize per household. All taxes on prizes are the winners' responsibility.
RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: By participating in the Game, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsors, and its respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Game or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Game; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) errors in the administration of the Game or the processing of entries; (e) late, lost, or undeliverable mail; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Game or receipt of any prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Game, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney's fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
WINNERS LIST: For winners list (available after 4/22/09), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by 4/8/09 to: SpongeBob Lost & Found My Prizes Game Winners List, P.O. Box 9248, Medford, NY 11763.
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SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg
Offer open to legal residents of the U.S. and the D.C., 6 or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited. Visit www.FindSpongeBob.com and enter the unique 6 digit code found on game pieces for the "SpongeBob Lost and Found My Prizes Game." The unique code entitles you to one (1) of two (2) digital downloads offered by Sponsor. A code may be used one time only. Offer not transferable or redeemable for cash. Game Pieces for the "SpongeBob Lost and Found My Prizes Game" can be found in specially marked packages of SpongeBob product or by hand printing your name, address, city, state, zip on a postcard and mailing it to: SpongeBob Lost & Found My Prizes Game Piece Request, P.O. Box 9262, Medford, NY 11763. Requests must be postmarked by 2/28/09 and received by 3/6/09. Limit: One Game Piece Request per postcard. If you obtained your game piece from a SpongeBob product, in order to access your download you must enter the code by 11:59 P.M. (EST) on 2/28/09. If you obtained your Game Piece by mail, in order to access you download, you must enter the code by 11:59 P.M (EDT) on 3/16/09. Sponsor: MTV Networks, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.