Once In A Lifetime: Fireworks

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Once In A Lifetime: Fireworks
OFFICIAL RULES


NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED. The Sweepstakes is intended for participation only in the 50 United States and the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ALL OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS). Do not participate in the Sweepstakes if you are not located in and a legal resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia at time of entry.
ELIGIBILITY: "Once In A Lifetime: Fireworks" (the "Sweepstakes") is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and all other U.S. Territories and Possessions) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers and directors of AOL Inc., ("Sponsor"), Realtime Media, LLC., ("Administrator"), and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies (collectively, the "Sweepstakes Entities"), their immediate families (parent, child, sibling & spouse) and persons living in the same households as such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. Void in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and all other U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited or restricted by law, rule or regulation. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.


SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Time ("ET") on June 11, 2014 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on June 22, 2014 ("Sweepstakes Period").


HOW TO ENTER: Visit http://www.aol.com/fireworks during the Sweepstakes Period. Users will automatically receive a pop up about the Sweepstakes and will be asked to complete the official Sweepstakes entry form with their true and correct information (required fields include full name, email address and zip code), and click the "Submit" button to receive one (1) sweepstakes entry. Users may enter each day throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Limit of one (1) entry per person, per email address, per day for the length of the Sweepstakes Period.

None of the Sweepstakes Entities shall be responsible for, or will honor, lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, delayed, garbled or undelivered entries. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Please also see the "Privacy Policy" section in section 10 of these Official Rules. By entering, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Any attempt by a person to use multiple email accounts to enter more than once may result in disqualification at the discretion of the judges or Sponsor.

Entry in the Sweepstakes does not constitute entry into any other sweepstakes, contest or promotion.

PRIZE, DRAWING AND ODDS OF WINNING: An electronic randomized drawing will be held on or about June 23, 2014 by Administrator, an independent judging organization, to select one (1) Grand Prize Winner ("Winner") from all eligible Entries received via the Promotion Website. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period.

GRAND PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. Prize package includes: One (1) Private Fireworks Show for winner and up to 100 guests
$5,000 to be awarded in the form of a check, which the winner may use to cover taxes



The Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $25,000

Grand Prize Restrictions: Location and date restrictions of the prize do apply. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Fireworks show will take place on or before September 1, 2014 on a date to be determined by Sponsor. If winner declines the fireworks show, (s)he will not receive a prize and an alternate winner will be selected. If Sponsor is unable to fulfill the prize due to location and/or date/time restrictions for the selected winner, winner will be awarded an alternate cash prize. Winner's guests may be required to sign releases prior to the fireworks show.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential Grand Prize winner will receive prize notification via email within one (1) day of the drawing date or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable. The potential winner will be sent via email an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and IRS W9 Form. All forms must be completed, signed, notarized and returned to Realtime Media within five (5) days of date of issuance. The potential winner then and only then becomes the "winner." If such potential winner cannot be contacted within a reasonable time period, if the potential winner is ineligible, if the potential winner declines the prize, if any notification is returned undeliverable, or if the potential winner otherwise fails to fully comply with these Official Rules, he/she will forfeit that prize and an alternate winner will be selected from among all remaining entries. Sweepstakes Parties are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, delayed, or undelivered prizes. If any winner is considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winner grants the Sweepstakes Entities the right to use and publish winner's proper name, image, likeness and state of residence online in connection with the Sweepstakes. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for the Sweepstakes Entities and its affiliates to use winner's name, image and likeness, or take photographs or video, solely for advertising and promotional purposes as the Sweepstakes Entities so determine without notice or further compensation, except where prohibited by law. All decisions of the Administrator shall be binding and final. Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of Entry. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of any potential winner, the potential winner will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of Entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning Entry. If, in Sponsor's sole determination, a dispute cannot be resolved, the Entry will be deemed ineligible. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, garbled or corrupted are void and will not be accepted.


DISQUALIFICATION: Entrants found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Sweepstakes, as solely determined by Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities, will be disqualified. If disqualified for any of the above abuses, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate entrant's eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be in violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.


LIABILITY & RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities, and the respective officers, directors and employees of each, from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of the prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, delayed, undelivered, misdirected, or garbled entries; (e) errors in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of Entries; or (f) injury, death or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt of the prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Sponsor's and the Sweepstakes Entities' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the Sponsor or the Sweepstakes Entities 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. Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right to correct typographic, clerical or printing errors in any Sweepstakes materials. Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of this Sweepstakes, the administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of prize winner, including such error as may give an erroneous indication that a prize has been won. In the event the Sponsor or the Sweepstakes Entities are prevented from continuing with this Sweepstakes, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Sweepstakes is undermined by any event including but not limited to any fraud, virus, technical problem, fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute, or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, or any federal, state, or local government law, order of regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within the Sponsor's or Sweepstakes Entities' control (each a "Force Majeure" event) or any other technical problem that corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the Sweepstakes without notice or further obligation. If the Sponsor or the Sweepstakes Entities, in their discretion, elect to abbreviate, cancel or terminate the Sweepstakes as a result of a Force Majeure event, the Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to award the prize from among all valid and eligible Entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event.


TAX INFORMATION: All applicable federal, state, and local taxes (if any), and all other costs associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided, are the sole responsibility of the winner.


PRIVACY: Except as noted in these Official Rules, information collected from entrant is used only for the purpose of the prize drawing, to notify the winner, and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by Sponsor or the Sweepstakes Entities, or any third parties, unless entrant has elected to receive additional information and promotional material from Sponsor or a third party. Once the Sweepstakes has ended, all information supplied by entrants will be removed from the promotion database. In the event of any discrepancy between the Sponsor's Privacy Policy and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control and govern. By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Sponsor's Privacy Policy, which is available at: http://privacy.aol.com/.

DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsors in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia.


WINNER'S NAME: To receive the name of the prize winner send a #10 self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by July 15, 2014 to: Once In A Lifetime: Fireworks Winner's Names Request, C/O Realtime Media LLC, 200 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 100, Conshohocken, PA 19428.


AOL Inc., 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

Realtime Media LLC, 200 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 100, Conshohocken, PA 19428

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