NO PURCHASE NECESSARY (Purchase does not improve one's chance of winning). OPEN TO OHIO RESIDENTS AGES 18 & OVER.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to Ohio residents who have reached the age of eighteen (18). Employees of Ticketmaster and their immediate families, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cavaliers Operating Company, LLC, Quicken Loans Arena, the National Basketball Association and its Member Teams, NBA Properties, Inc., (all together herein after the “NBA Entities”) advertising and promotion agencies involved in the Sweepstakes, the Sweepstakes sponsors and prize donors, and all of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies (Ticketmaster and such others, collectively, the "Sponsors and Administrators") are not eligible.
2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Ticketmaster/Cleveland Cavaliers Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") , you must, during the period that begins at 12 PM Eastern Time on October 27, 2008 and ends at 10 PM Eastern Time on February 2, 2009 (“Sweepstakes Period) (a) purchase online through Ticketmaster.com a ticket to a Cleveland Cavaliers regular season game at Quicken Loans Arena and use TicketFast as your method of delivery; or (b) send a 3" x 5" card containing your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and date of birth to "Ticketmaster/Cavaliers Promotion", One Center Court, Cleveland, OH 44115. All online purchases must be made during the Sweepstakes Period, and all postcard entries must be received by February 6, 2009, to be eligible to win a prize. Limited to one entry per person, irrespective of the method of entry. Subsequent entries per person will be disqualified.
3. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY: By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and agree to release the Sponsors and Administrators, and their employees, officers, agents and directors (the Sponsors and Administrators, and such others, collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from participation in this drawing and/or use or acceptance of any prize.
4. GENERAL CONDITIONS: This Sweepstakes is void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Illegible, unintelligible or incomplete entries or responses will be disqualified. The Released Parties are not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, stolen or undelivered entries. The Released Parties and NBA Entities are not responsible for technical, network, electronic, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes. The Released Parties and NBA Entities are not responsible for incomplete, garbled or delayed Internet/e-mail computer entries. In the event that technical or other circumstances compromise this drawing, Ticketmaster reserves the right to cancel, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes, and the right, but not the obligation, to select winners for prizes from all eligible entries received prior to the cancellation. The Released Parties and NBA Entities are not responsible for typographical errors in the Sweepstakes site or these rules. Ticketmaster reserves the right to share entry information with any other Released Parties.
5. WINNER SELECTION: The prize winners will be selected on or about February 9, 2009 through a random drawing of all eligible entries received. All drawings will be held at Cleveland Cavaliers offices. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. All drawings will be conducted and judged by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Ticketmaster, whose decisions and interpretations of these Official Rules shall apply and be final and binding.
Winners will be notified either by mail, e-mail and/or telephone. If a winner does not respond and meet the below requirements within three (3) business days of attempted contact, Ticketmaster and the Cleveland Cavaliers reserve the right to randomly select an alternate winner from the names of all entries that did not win a prize. In order to receive a prize, winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and, where legally permissible, a publicity release, and may also be required to provide additional information (which may include, but not be limited to, social security or other tax information), waivers and releases. Winners will have one day, using a pre-paid overnight mail envelope, to provide all such information and to execute and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and publicity release (if required by Ticketmaster). These documents will, among other things, release the Released Parties and NBA Entities from any claims, losses, injuries or damages of any kind resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes or the use or receipt of any prizes, and allow the use of the winner’s name and likeness. Failure to comply with the foregoing, or the return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable, may cause the winner to forfeit their prize and Ticketmaster reserves the right to select an alternate winner. By entering agrees to follow official rules and guidelines as well as hold harmless and indemnify the NBA Entities against any and all liability, damages, as well as causes of action.
6. ADVERTISING: Except where prohibited by law or regulation, winner's acceptance of prize will constitute permission for Ticketmaster and the other Released Parties and NBA Entities to use winner's name, likeness, and statements for any purpose in reference to the Sweepstakes and this promotion without additional compensation, consideration or consent.
7. PRIZES: (a) one Grand Prize, consisting of, four round trip coach airplane tickets between Cleveland, OH and Miami, FL, two nights (consisting of two rooms each night) double occupancy hotel stay, four tickets to see the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Miami Heat on March 2, 2009 in Miami, and $250 in cash (food, ground transportation and all other expenses will not be provided by Ticketmaster or the Cleveland Cavaliers, and must be paid by winner)--approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $3500; (b) five First Place Prizes, each consisting of four tickets to a Cavaliers home game (to be determined), and a $100 gift certificate redeemable for merchandise at the Cleveland Cavaliers Team Shop. Approximate retail value of each First Place Prize is $400. Specific additional details of prizes shall be in Ticketmaster's discretion. Winners will be required to travel on dates specified by sponsor. Winner and guests must travel on same itinerary. Accommodations subject to availability. All expenses not listed above are the responsibility of winner. If game is cancelled for any reason, winner will receive the remainder of the trip prize without additional compensation.
8. MISCELLANEOUS: Ticketmaster reserves the right to change or replace the prize at any time with a prize of equal or greater value. The prize is not transferable, assignable nor redeemable for cash. All Federal, State and Local laws and regulations apply. Winners will be responsible for all Federal, State or other applicable taxes in connection with the receipt of prizes.
9. DISPUTES: In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a person who has entered online, the entrant will be deemed the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an internet service provider, an online service provider or any other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
10. GOVERNING LAW: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Entrants agree that the Sweepstakes shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes, the interpretation of the Official Rules, or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in Los Angeles (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys’ fees, court costs; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, “Special Damages”), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
11. OFFICIAL RULES AND WINNERS LIST: For a copy of these Official Rules, please send a self- addressed, stamped envelope to Ticketmaster Ticketmaster/Cleveland Cavaliers Sweepstakes Rules at 55 Public Square, STE. 1180, Cleveland OH 44113, Attn: Kyra Forrest (WA and VT residents only may omit return postage). For a list of prize winners send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address referenced immediately above. All requests for a list of prize winners must be received no later than May 15, 2009.