AWE: Retweet To Win – OFFICIAL RULES & REGULATIONS
NO PURCHASE OR MOBILE TWEETING NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR MOBILE TWEET WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Void outside countries where prohibited. Do not proceed to enter if you are not at least 18 years of age. By participating, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes. This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”). This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Qualcomm, Qualcomm Vuforia (“Qualcomm”) or Epson (“Epson”). By entering this sweepstakes, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not Twitter.
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: AWE: Retweet to Win Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on 5/12/2015 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 6/5/15 (“Sweepstakes Period”) and consists of four (4) separate weekly entry periods (“Weekly Entry Period”)
Weekly Entry Periods
1. Tuesday May 12, 2015 at 12:00:00 PM ET – Friday, March 15, 2015 at 11:59:59 AM ET. Winners will be announced on Twitter on Friday, May 15, 2015 before 17:00:00 PM ET.
2. Tuesday May 19, 2015 at 12:00:00 PM ET – Friday, May 22, 2015 at 11:59:59 AM ET. Winners will be announced on Twitter on Friday, May 22, 2015 before 17:00:00 PM ET.
3. Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 12:00:00 PM ET – Friday, May 29, 2015 at 11:59:59AM ET. Winners will be announced on Twitter on Friday, May 29, 2015 before 17:00:00 PM ET.
4. Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 12:00:00 PM ET – Friday, June 5, 2015 at 11:59:59 AM ET. Winners will be announced on Twitter on Friday, June 5, 2015 before 17:00:00 PM ET.
SPONSOR: AugmentedReality.org (“Sponsor”) producer of the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 39400 Woodward Ave., Suite 101, Bloomfield Hills MI 48304, USA.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, log-in to your Twitter account, visit https://twitter.com/ARealityEvent and Follow @ARealityEvent on Twitter. Then, retweet @ARealityEvent’s Official Giveaway Tweet marked with the hashtag #GiveMeSuperpowers posted during the applicable Entry Period. There is no cost to enter. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Entering this Sweepstakes requires a Twitter account, which is available for free at http://twitter.com. Anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter will be ineligible and void. If you choose to tweet using your mobile device, data rates may apply, see your wireless provider for pricing plan details. Tweets that are obscene, crude, offensive or not in keeping with the Sponsor’s image, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will be reported and all associated entries will be void.
By submitting an entry, entrant hereby grants permission for any comment and/or tweet he/she posted in connection with this Sweepstakes to be posted on https://twitter.com/ARealityEvent or other Sponsor website or social media pages. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of any comments and/or tweets by third parties. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any entries and/or tweets and reserved the right to remove any posted entries and/or tweets at its sole discretion.
LIMIT: One (1) entry per person and per Twitter account per Entry Period. Multiple entries in a single entry period will not be accepted. Entries received from any person or Twitter account in excess of the stated weekly limitation will be void. You may only use one (1) Twitter account to enter this Sweepstakes.
ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to any country where this type of sweepstakes is not prohibited and must be 18 years of age or older. Employees of Sponsor or any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (regardless of where they reside) or household members, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. “Immediate family members” shall mean spouses, parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, and their respective spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.
WINNER SELECTION/DRAWING: Winners will be selected on the last day of each entry period as stated above and announced by 17:00:00 EST on Twitter. Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received for that Weekly Entry Period to select potential winners for the applicable Weekly Entry Period. Non-winning entries from one Weekly Entry Period will not carry over into any subsequent Weekly Entry Period(s). Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received for the applicable Weekly Entry Period.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified via Twitter direct message and will be required to direct message @ARealityEvent his/her full name and email address within 24 hours of being notified via the @ARealityEvent Twitter handle or prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner for the applicable Weekly Entry Period may be selected in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
PRIZES: Thirty (30) Total Weekly Prizes.
Twenty-five (25) 3-day all access pass to the Augmented World Expo, retail value of $895 USD will be given away each entry period courtesy of Augmented World Expo sponsor Qualcomm Vuforia. A total of one hundred (100) 3-day passes during the complete duration of the sweepstakes will be granted.
One (1) grand prize of a Epson Moverio BT-200 augmented reality glasses, retail value of $699.99 will be given away each entry period thanks to our sponsor Epson. A total of four (4) Epson Moverio BT-200 glasses during the complete duration of the sweepstakes.
Week 1: Twenty-five (25) 3-day pass winners. One (1) Epson Moverio BT-200 winner.
Week 2: Twenty-five (25) 3-day pass winners. One (1) Epson Moverio BT-200 winner.
Week 3: Twenty-five (25) 3-day pass winners. One (1) Epson Moverio BT-200 winner.
Week 4: Twenty-five (25) 3-day pass winners. One (1) Epson Moverio BT-200 winner.
Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. The awarding of any prize is contingent upon full compliance with these Official Rules. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, if any, and any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Released Parties (as defined below) disclaim all and any liability for the actual provision, quality or nature of any prize (or portion thereof) accepted by a winner.
Augmented World Expo 3-day passes will be provided to winners over email once provided via Twitter DM as previously detailed. Passes are for 3-day access to the Augmented World Expo (AWE) being held at the Santa Clara Convention Centre in California from June 8-10, 2015. Winners receive a 3-day pass which gives them access to AWE & Upload VR classes, tutorials, sessions, exhibits, ARt Gala, and networking events. Passes DO NOT include airfare, hotel or other travel. All travel and incidentals related to the attending the conference are the responsibility of the winner.
Epson Moverio BT-200 prize winners need to be picked up the device in person at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara California between conference hours on June 8-10, 2015.
PRIVACY: When you enter the Sweepstakes, we may collect personally identifying information about you, including your name, date of birth, complete mailing address, email address and Twitter username. Your information will not be sold or rented to third parties. Entrants must fully complete and submit all non-optional data requested to be eligible. Incomplete entries are void. Entrants may be given the option to receive commercial e-mails from Sponsor; however, such emails are optional. Eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes is not dependent upon entrant’s consent to receive e-mails and such consent will not affect entrant’s chances of winning. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
DISPUTES, GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE: ENTRANT AGREES THAT: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, IF ANY, BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ENTRANT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
RELEASES: By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release Sponsor and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance, use or misuse of any prizes (or portions thereof).
OTHER: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, undelivered, garbled or misdirected entries, tweets or direct messages; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, tweets or direct messages, the announcement of the prizes, or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes is compromised by virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention, or any other causes which, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, proper play or integrity of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation or termination, Sponsor reserves the right to select the potential winner(s) for the drawing(s) at issue in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received for the drawing(s) at issue prior to date of cancellation or termination. In the event of a dispute regarding online entry, entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the Twitter account associated with the entry and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the Twitter account by Twitter. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use each entrant’s name, Twitter username, hometown (city and state), voice, biographical information, likeness, photograph and any statements regarding this Sweepstakes in all media now known or hereafter discovered, for any purpose, including without limitation, in connection with, and to promote, market or advertise, the Sweepstakes, in whole or in part, without review, approval, credit or attribution, notification or payment from or to entrant or any person or entity, worldwide, in perpetuity, or on a winners’ list, if applicable. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations.
WINNERS’ NAMES: For a copy of the winners names send a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked by June 30, 2015 to AWE: Retweet to Win Sweepstakes Winners List c/o AWE 39400 Woodward Ave., Suite 101, Bloomfield Hills MI 48304, USA. Requests will be fulfilled/name will be posted, after the winner’s name has been verified.