MONTANA INTERNET SURVEY
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited by law.
1. Who Can Enter
Any legal U.S. resident, age 18 or older by April 25, 2007. Minors under the
age of 18 must obtain the consent of their parent or legal guardian in order to
enter the contest. Only one registrant per household is accepted. Employees of Montana Department of
Commerce – Travel Montana, their subsidiaries and members of their
households or immediate families are not eligible to participate.
2. How to Enter
You are automatically entered in the sweepstakes when you complete this questionnaire, opt in to receive a follow-up survey via email and complete the follow-up survey. You must be 18 years of age or older to
enter this contest. Completion of the
survey form is not necessary for entry.
For those not interested in completing a questionnaire, a sweepstakes
entry may be obtained by sending a postcard with full name, postal address,
phone number, email address, to:
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana
c/o: Montana visitmt.com Internet Survey '07
P.O. Box 200533
Helena, MT 59620-0533
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana is not responsible for any
entries lost in the mail. Mail-in entries must be postmarked between April 25,
2007 and October 1, 2007, with no more than one entry, and can be received not
later than 5 p.m. Mountain Time October 10, 2007 (the "Eligible Mail-In
Entries"). Only one entry per household is accepted. Any mail-in
entry that is improperly dated, illegible, incomplete, late or does not carry
proper postage will be disqualified.
3. Sweepstakes Dates
The Montana Internet Survey sweepstakes will begin on April 25, 2007, 12:01
a.m. MST and ends at 11:59 p.m. MST October 1, 2007. The drawing will be held based on the number of sweepstakes
entries received through October 1, 2007.
4. Prize
One prize will be awarded: a Magellan Roadmate 2000 Vehicle Navigation System
(total retail value is $390.)
Montana Department of Commerce -
Travel Montana reserves the right to change or replace the prize at any time
with a prize of equal or greater value. A prize is not transferable, assignable
or redeemable for cash. All federal, state and local laws and regulations
apply. Winner will be responsible for all federal, state, local or other applicable
taxes in connection with the receipt of prizes.
5. Prize Drawings
The winner will be selected at random by Montana Department of Commerce –
Travel Montana based on entries obtained via survey opt-ins (and eligible
mail-in entries) from April 25, 2007 thru October 1, 2007. The prize drawing for the sweepstakes will be
held on or around October 15, 2007.
6. Odds of Winning
Each entrant's odds of winning is dependent on the number of entries obtained
via survey opt-ins (and eligible mail-in entries) from April 25, 2007 thru October
1, 2007.
7. Winner Notification
The winner will be notified via e-mail within 7 days of the prize drawing (on
or about October 15, 2007). The winner will be required to respond to the
e-mail to acknowledge receipt of the prize. If no response is obtained within
21 calendar days of notification, the prize will be awarded to a replacement
winner drawn at random. Montana
Department of Commerce – Travel Montana’s decision about the winner is final.
In order to receive a prize, winners will be required to complete and return an Eligibility Certification, and any additional information, waivers and releases that may be required, which must be signed by the winner and their legal guardian (if under 21 years of age) and returned to the designated address within 14 days of the notification attempt or an alternate winner will be selected from the pool of eligible entries. If any prize notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner from the pool of all eligible entries. Failure to comply with the foregoing may cause the winner to forfeit their prize.
8. Limits of Liability
Montana Department of Commerce – Travel Montana has no responsibility
whatsoever for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind that result from
acceptance, possession, or use of any prize.
Montana assumes no liability for lost or misdirected registration forms
or survey submissions whether due to technical or computer malfunctions or
otherwise. Montana Department of
Commerce – Travel Montana assumes no liability for technical or computer
malfunctions of any kind. Montana
Department of Commerce – Travel Montana reserves the right to cancel the
sweepstakes at any time if any of Montana Department of Commerce – Travel
Montana’s websites are infected by a virus, the website is hacked or the
integrity of the sweepstakes is compromised in any way.
9. Change to Rules
These Official Contest Rules are subject to change each month that the
sweepstakes is conducted. Participants should review the Official Contest Rules
each month.
10. Winner Responsibilities
The winner is solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any tax
liabilities incurred.
11. Winners' List
For a list of the grand prizewinner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope,
with a written request, by October 31, 2007, to
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana
c/o: Montana visitmt.com Internet Survey '07/Winner’s List
P.O. Box 200533
Helena, MT 59620-0533
12. Terms and conditions
Open to anyone who is a legal resident of the Continental U.S. and older than
18 years of age and not employees of Montana Department of Commerce - Travel
Montana, its parent organization, the advertising, promotional or fulfillment
agencies of any of them, nor members of their immediate families.
Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all federal, state,
provincial, and local laws and regulations. Entrants, by entering the
Sweepstakes, agree to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana, whose decisions are final.
Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this
sweepstakes promotion.
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana reserves the right to
permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes promotion it sponsors any person it
believes has intentionally violated these rules. Illegible, unintelligible or
incomplete entries or responses will be disqualified. Montana Department of
Commerce - Travel Montana is not responsible for telephone, network, electronic
or computer failures of any kind, or for entries that are stolen, misdirected,
incomplete, garbled, delayed by computer transmissions, lost, late, damaged,
ineligible, or undelivered.
All entries become the property of Montana Department of Commerce - Travel
Montana and will not be acknowledged or returned. Montana Department of
Commerce - Travel Montana is not responsible for technical, network,
electronic, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind, including any
injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or
resulting from participating in or downloading any materials in the
Sweepstakes.
Montana Department of Commerce - Travel Montana is not responsible for
typographical errors in the Sweepstakes site or these rules. Any trademarks
used in this promotion are the property of the respective trademark owners and
are used herein for identification purposes only. This Sweepstakes is void
where prohibited.
13. Sponsor
This Sweepstakes is administered by Montana Department of Commerce - Travel
Montana, 301 S. Park Avenue, Helena, MT 59620.