Live Rush SMS contest details
This contest is being conducted by the National Arts Centre.
Mobile SMS contest:
Beginning on September 9, 2010 (00:00:01, EST) and ending on June 15, 2011 (23:59:59, EST).
One Apple iPod Touch will be awarded (approx. retail value of the prize is $299). All entries received will be eligible to win the prize.
No purchase necessary. Standard text messaging rates apply to this program. To enter, text the keyword NAC to 22333. Participants will be made aware of the promotion via transit and outdoor support
On June 15, 2011 (23:59:59, EST), One winner will be drawn randomly from the ALL the contest entries. A random selection to determine the winners will be made at the end of the contest among all eligible entries received for that respective period. The winner will receive a winning text message with a call back request. The odds of being selected will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.
Prizes will be sent by surface mail to the address provided by the winner; any prizes returned as undeliverable will result in that person having forfeited their prize and their opportunity to win and they will be automatically declared a non-winner and the prize will not be re-awarded.
To enter and be eligible to win, a person must be a resident of Canada and who is not an employee of, or a member of, or domiciled with an employee of the National Arts Centre.
By entering, contestants agree to the contest rules (in the event of any conflict with anything contained in these Official Rules and promotion details contained in advertising and other promotion materials, the details of the promotion set forth in these Official Rules shall govern and prevail) and to the use of their personal information for purposes of administering this contest and that by accepting a prize they agree to the use without compensation of their photograph, filmed or recorded image, name and city of residence in all publicity campaigns related to the contest including on the sponsor's web site (the "publicity usages").
Before being declared a winner, a selected entrant must: (i) first correctly answer, without mechanical or other assistance, sponsor's mathematical, skill-testing question, and (ii) be in full compliance with these rules. Potential prize winners who do not or fail to comply fully with the contest rules will automatically forfeit their opportunity to win that prize and nothing else will be substituted or given to that potential winner and no alternate winner will be chosen in their place.
General rules:
No correspondence will be entered into except with a potential winner. The decision of sponsor and their representatives in respect of any matter related to this contest (either before or following selection) is final and without appeal. For residents of Québec any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of this publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of the prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement. Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws.
All entries become the property of the sponsor. Entries will be rejected if not fully completed. Persons tampering with or abusing the entry policy will be disqualified. The sponsor, including its agents, representatives and those associated with them, are not responsible for any entry, a prize winning notification or the claim for prize, which fails to get entered, is lost, misdirected or which arrives late, as the case may be, whether or not due to the fault of the sponsor or of any other person or thing and whether or not due to an interrupted or unavailable browser or network server or malfunction, congestion, incompatibility, misconnection or miscommunication, failed or lost computer transmissions, or if the sponsor's Email/Web site portal is compromised by virus, bugs, unauthorized human or unauthorized non-human intervention, or for any technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers access providers, computer equipment, software failures, or failure of any entry to be received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or sponsor's web site or other similar technical problems beyond the reasonable control of the sponsor (collectively, the "technical problems"). Proof of transmission (screenshots) does not constitute proof of delivery.
The sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend or suspend the on-line portion of the contest, in its sole discretion, if any of the foregoing technical problems prevents the fair or proper administration of the on-line portion of the contest and if sponsor does so, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, sponsor further reserves the right when terminating the on-line portion of the contest to conduct the drawing that includes those valid on-line entries previously received during the contest period. The Contest sponsor will have no liability whatsoever if for any reason the contest is not capable of running as planned due to technical problems, including due to computer virus, bugs, unauthorized tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes. The Contest sponsor reserves their right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or to be acting in violation of these rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Contest sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest Website or elsewhere. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
Prize must be accepted as awarded, in the name of the winner (who must be the person who submitted the entry), is not transferable, no cash value will be given for the prize and no substitution will be made for the prize (and without limiting the foregoing, prizes may not be sold or traded). The approximate retail values of a prize as stated in advertising or other promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, the passage of time between the date the respective approximate retail value is stated by the Sponsor and the date the respective prize is awarded. If, at the time a prize is awarded, the actual prevailing retail purchase price for the prize is less than the approximate retail value stated by the Sponsor in advertising and promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, the prize winner will not be entitled to the price difference. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, and for any reason, reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for a prize stated in the rules and advertising and promotion materials as being offered to be awarded.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of the person who submitted the entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account through which the entry was made. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be requested to provide the Contest sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the potentially winning entry.
By completing the entry form all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by the Contest sponsor for the purposes of running the contest and as permitted by these rules (for example, pursuant to these rules, all entrants who accept a prize consent to the use of their personal information for publicity usages) including as permitted by any release signed. Personal information is defined as anything that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age, home address, email address, gender. Contest sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the Contest. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest sponsor should be addressed to the Contest sponsor at National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St., Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1.
$12 last minute tickets to Music, theatre and dance shows at the NAC for full-time students between the ages of 13 and 29.
Live Rush tickets available from 10 a.m. the day before the show to 6 p.m. the day of the show.
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