CENTRAL PARK IVORY CRUSH SWEEPSTAKES, 2017 OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
CENTRAL PARK IVORY CRUSH SWEEPSTAKES (the "Sweepstakes") starts at 12:00:01 AM EST on July 12th, 2017. Entries are due by 11:59:59 PM EST on July 23rd, 2017. The winner will be randomly selected on July 24th, 2017 . The sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Wildlife Conservation Society ("Sponsor"), with a principal place of business at 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460. The Sweepstakes shall be subject to these Official Rules, and by entering, all participants agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein. Certain restrictions may apply.
ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States (not including territories and possessions) and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of the date the Sweepstakes begins. The officers, trustees, employees and agents of Sponsor and its affiliates, and the immediate family members and those living in the same household of the foregoing, are not eligible to enter. No purchase is necessary to enter the Sweepstakes. All federal, state and local rules and regulations apply.
HOW TO ENTER: At any time between the start and end dates of the Sweepstakes, an entrant may enter, free of charge, with this form www.wcs.org/96-elephants/ivory-crush-sweepstakes
Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information or human errors. Illegible, incomplete, and duplicate (except as provided herein) entries will be disqualified. False, fraudulent, or deceptive entrees or acts shall render entrants ineligible.
WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Sponsor will randomly select the winning entry from among eligible entries on or about July 24th, 2017. Winner will be notified via email from kschaeffer@wcs.org and asked to confirm and verify his/her identity to Sponsor. Winner will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Publicity Release and completed IRS W-9 form within 14 days of issuance. Winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected if a selected winner fails to comply with these rules, cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to reply to the winner notification as requested, fails to return the completed and executed Affidavit/Releases in the stated time period as required, or fails to claim the prize.
Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission to use the winner's name, likeness and winning entry for promotional and publicity purposes without additional compensation or limitation unless prohibited by law. By entering, the entrant grants WCS the right, but not the obligation, to provide his/her name, and city and state of residence, when identifying the entrant as an entrant or prize winner in the Sweepstakes.
All decisions of the Sponsor regarding the selection of winners, notification and substitution of winners in accordance with these Official Rules shall be binding and final.
PRIZE:
Winner will be given opportunity to participate in historic ivory crush ceremony in Central Park, Manhattan, NY on August 3rd, 2017, at 10:30am, where the winner will help place confiscated ivory on a conveyor belt to be crushed by equipment, as a symbol of elephants’ endangered status. The prize does not include transportation, accommodations, meals or other costs associated with the winner traveling to or from Central Park for the ivory crush event.
At Sponsor's sole discretion, an experience that differs from the one described above may be awarded. Winner may not make prize substitutions. The prize experience is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
All applicable federal, state and local taxes, fees and surcharges prizes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Sponsor shall not be liable to the winner or any other persons for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action(s), regulations(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, epidemic or pandemic, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or any other cause beyond Sponsor's reasonable control.
Sponsor is not responsible or liable to entrants or any other persons for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information; human errors; technical malfunctions; failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions or defects of any telephone, broadband, wireless or other network, computer online system, computer equipment, server, provider, mobile device or software, including without limitation any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer or mobile device relating to or resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes; theft, tampering, destruction, or alteration of, or unauthorized access to, entries; data that is processed late or incorrectly or that is incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on transmission lines or the Internet or for any other reason whatsoever; typographical, printing or other errors; or any combination thereof.
GENERAL: Entrants release and waive any claims they may have against Sponsor and its affiliates, and their respective trustees, officers, employees and agents, for any and all personal or other injuries, claims, property or other damages, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind (including without limitation attorney's fees) resulting from acceptance, use, or misuse of the prize or prize experience; participation in this Sweepstakes, or any technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer, mobile device or transmission device or its dating mechanism, equipment, hardware, software, or any combination thereof, or any entries that are late (including delayed data transmissions), tampered with, garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost, mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants affirm that they have read and accepted these Official Rules. The Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants hereby submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts of New York and waive the right to have disputes arising out of the subject matter hereof adjudicated in any other forum.
If for any reason it is not possible to operate this Sweepstakes as planned, or if
actions by entrants corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes for any reason or no reason.
For an Official Winner List (available 15 days after Sweepstakes ends) or a copy of these Official Rules, send an email to Digital@wcs.org or mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: WCS Digital, Wildlife Conservation Society 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx NY, 10460.