Eligibility: The “iPod from myPod” Giveaway (“Giveaway”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, who are thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of entry and who successfully complete the SHAMU ® challenge as outlined in these Official Rules. Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, and their immediate family members, of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Google, Twitter, and their subsidiaries, affiliates, law firms, promotion and other vendor agencies are ineligible to participate. Void outside the United States and where prohibited or restricted by law. Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations. Each entrant or entrant’s parent or legal guardian (if applicable) warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in the Giveaway, and agrees to comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the eligibility of any entrant. Entrants who create a Twitter account are subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policy of Twitter. Any personal information collected from entrants will be collected and used in accordance with the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment privacy policy, at http://www.seaworld.com/sitepage.aspx?PageID=37.
Giveaway Period: Entries may be submitted between 12:00 a.m. EST on December 14, 2009 to 11:59 p.m. EST on December 23, 2009 (“Giveaway Period”). Entrants who submit a correct response to the SHAMU ® challenge will be eligible for a daily drawing. Entrants who do not win will continue to be eligible for the next day’s drawing along with new entrants who submit correct responses on subsequent days during the Giveaway Period.
How to Enter: All entries must be made online by visiting http://www.seaworldparksblog.com/explore/contest/shamus-ipod-mypod-twitter-contest (“Microsite”). Each entrant must become a follower of @Shamu on www.twitter.com (“Twitter Site”). To enter, each entrant must visit the Twitter Site, where @Shamu will challenge followers to perform certain tasks related to SeaWorld imagery on Google Street View (the “Giveaway Tasks”). A minimum of one Giveaway Task per day will be announced by @Shamu during the Giveaway Period, except that no Giveaway Task will be announced on December 19, 2009 or 20, 2009. At the Microsite, each entrant must upload to the Twitter Site using TwitPic a picture of the Google Street View scene that includes the imagery related to the particular Giveaway Task, and send a tweet to @Shamu that includes the hashtags #SeaWorld #iPod. To be eligible, an entry submitting a correct answer for any daily Giveaway Task must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on the day that the particular Giveaway Task is announced. No entries will be accepted that contain defamatory, obscene, lewd, or inappropriate text, language, images, or other material (as determined by Sponsor in Sponsor’s sole discretion). Entrants can follow @Shamu to find out whether they have won, and winners will be notified via the @Shamu Twitter page. Limit one entry per e-mail address/Twitter account per day. Creating and using multiple e-mail and Twitter accounts to enter the Giveaway is prohibited, and anyone found to violate this prohibition will be disqualified. If multiple entries are made in a single day using the same e-mail account, only the first entry will be accepted.
Prizes: Ten (10) winners will each receive one (1) iPod Touch 8GB (“Prize”). Each Prize has an estimated retail value of $200. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted. Sponsor is only responsible for prize delivery, and not for prize utility, quality, or otherwise. Each Prize is awarded “AS IS” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, by Sponsor.
Winner Selection: All eligible entrants who correctly identify a particular Giveaway Task on the day of the challenge will be entered into a drawing, and at least one (1) winner will be selected at random on or about the day that a Giveaway Task is announced using an independent auto-generated selection process. Ten (10) potential winners will be selected during the Giveaway Period. Potential winners will be notified within three (3) business days via the @Shamu page on the Twitter Site, and will be asked to respond by sending a direct message to Sponsor through the Twitter Site, or by sending an e-mail to Shamu@seaworld.com, within forty-eight (48) hours of notification. No other form of winner notification will be used. If any winner notification remains unanswered for more than forty-eight (48) hours, the Prize relating to that Giveaway Task will be forfeited, and an alternate winner for that task will be selected. Odds of winning are based on the number of eligible entries received. Each eligible entrant who is not a potential winner may continue to participate in subsequent Giveaway Tasks and submit entries in the Giveaway during the Giveaway Period. Entrants selected as potential winners for any Giveaway Task may not continue to participate in the Giveaway, and no subsequent entries by such individuals will be accepted. Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the Twitter address submitted at the time of entry. A potential winner may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the identified Twitter account. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. Sponsor’s decisions on eligibility and selection of potential winners and winners will be final and binding. If any potential winner is a minor in his/her place of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award the Prize in the name of a parent or legal guardian, who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements herein imposed. Winners will be declared pending verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules.
General: All entries become the property of Sponsor. Entry constitutes permission, where lawful, to use name and/or likeness and/or voice of any winner in any manner, form, or media by the Sponsor or its agents without further compensation. Sponsor, Google, Twitter, and their employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, subsidiaries, and affiliates (collectively “Giveaway Entities”) are not responsible for misdirected, delayed, incomplete, inaccurate, lost, late, illegible, damaged or undeliverable entries, technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, or other errors, omissions, interruptions or problems which may limit or affect an entrant’s ability to participate in the Giveaway, whether human, mechanical, typographical, printing, electronic, network or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Giveaway, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Giveaway, the processing of entries or selection of winners, the announcement of a Prize or in any Giveaway -related materials. Further, Giveaway Entities are not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind or insufficient space in entrant’s e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Giveaway Entities disclaim any and all liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Contest. In the event of fraud, sabotage, acts of God, terrorism, or threats thereof, technical failures, computer virus, damage to or loss of any Prize, or other events or causes beyond the Sponsor’s control, which impair the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Giveaway (or a portion thereof). Entrants are responsible for all costs and expenses involved in accessing the Internet and otherwise participating in the Giveaway. Sponsor is not responsible for those who cannot access the Internet, Twitter Site, or cannot click-through for any period of time regardless of technical, hardware, software, telephone, Internet, virus contamination, or network problems, for delay, failure or malfunction for any reason. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant from the Giveaway at any time if in Sponsor's sole judgment entrant is ineligible or an entry does not comply with, and/or the entrant or the entrant’s parent or legal guardian has not complied, with these Official Rules. An entrant’s entry will also be disqualified, at the sole discretion of Sponsor, if the entrant (i) attempts to enter the Giveaway through any means other than as described in these Official Rules; or (ii) provides information that is inaccurate or fraudulent; or (iii) attempts to disrupt the Giveaway or circumvent the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. Only the number of Prizes listed in the Official Rules will be awarded. An affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release may be required for winner(s), and if not returned within ten (10) calendar days or returned as undeliverable, then an alternate winner(s) will be selected. Sponsor will use reasonable efforts to deliver Prizes to the winners within twenty (20) days of confirming the winners. By accepting a Prize, winner agrees that the Giveaway Entities shall have no liability whatsoever, for any injuries or damage incurred in whole or part from participation in this promotion or for the use or inability to use the Prize. All entrants shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Giveaway Entities from and against, any and all claims, actions, demands, damages, judgments, and/or liability for injury, damage or loss whatsoever relating to or arising in connection with the entrant’s participation or inability to participate in this Giveaway, any entries, and/or any winner’s subsequent use, inability to use, or misuse of any Prize. All issues concerning the construction, validity and enforcement of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Giveaway or Sponsor, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflicts of law. Google and Twitter are not sponsors of the Giveaway. All federal, state and local taxes on Prizes are the responsibility of the winner. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY COMPUTERIZED SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGE FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Winners List: For a list of prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to “iPod from myPod” Giveaway, 9205 South Park Center Loop, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32819. Residents of WA and VT may omit return postage.
Sponsor: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.
