OFFICIAL RULES FOR CANDYSTAND.COM HIGH SCORE SWEEPSTAKES
The Candystand.com High Score Sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes") consists of a series of overlapping promotional Giveaways, each with a fixed number of Prizes to be awarded over a specified Promotional Period, in which participants qualify to win Prizes by playing selected High Score Games and earning a top 50 score on the Contest Leaderboard for those games. Every Giveaway is subject to these Official Rules and the Terms of Use for this Website except as expressly stated otherwise. No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase or payment will not increase your chances of winning.
1. Eligibility
The Sweepstakes is open to U.S. residents who are physically located and residing in the United States and have an Internet connection. Employees of the Sponsor, Funtank LLC, Sweepstakes supervisors and members of their immediate families are not eligible to participate or win. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participant's computer must accept cookies or any similar device used to track entries. See the Sponsor's Privacy Policy for more information about cookies.
2. How to Enter the Sweepstakes
Play the selected High Score Games and submit your scores. You must be logged into your account to submit your scores. If you are not already a registered user, you must first follow the directions to complete the registration process. Registration is free. You will be asked to provide your name, home address, e-mail address, phone number and date of birth upon registration.
A user who earns a top 50 score on a Contest Leaderboard for a selected High Score Game will be eligible for the High Score Drawing for that selected High Score Game. The single highest score achieved by a user will be taken into consideration for placement on the Contest Leaderboard. Only those users earning a top 50 score on the Contest Leaderboard for the High Score Game will be considered eligible for the High Score Drawing. In the event that multiple users achieve the same score, ties will be broken pursuant to guidelines in leaderboard rules. Scores must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time of the end date specified in the individual High Score Drawing details.
Should multiple users of the same e-mail account enter the High Score Drawings and a dispute thereafter arises regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account subscriber of said e-mail account at the time of entry will be considered the entrant and required to comply with these Official Rules. "Authorized account subscriber" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization, which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Entrants may be required to submit proof of being the authorized account subscriber.
3. Current Prizes
Please reference the Sweepstakes Facts for a list of promotional Giveaways available on the site during any Promotional Period.
4. Potential Winner Selection
The potential winner(s) for each High Score Drawing will be selected in a random drawing approximately seven (7) days after the conclusion of the applicable Sweepstakes from among users with the top 50 scores on the Contest Leaderboard for that High Score Game.
5. Winner Notification
Potential winners will be notified by e-mail and required to respond to such e-mail notification within five (5) business days of the date such e-mail is sent. Additionally, for prizes valued at $600 and above the winners will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility within thirty (30) days of date of issuance. In the event that any e-mail, notification or correspondence to a potential winner is returned as undeliverable or a response is not received within the specified time period, prize may be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternate winner may be selected for the High Score Drawing(s) at issue. Noncompliance with the requirements set forth herein, the return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable or noncompliance with these Official Rules will result in disqualification and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternate winner will be selected for the High Score Drawing(s) at issue. Winner is responsible for all taxes.
6. Publicity
Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use winner's name and photograph in television commercials, in website promotions, and for other promotional purposes, unless prohibited by law. Parent or Legal Guardian must act for a minor.
7. General Conditions
By entering this promotion, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Board of Judges. Publishers Clearing House, Funtank LLC, Candystand.com and their agencies are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Sweepstakes. Publishers Clearing House, Funtank LLC, Candystand.com and their agencies assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Publishers Clearing House, Funtank LLC, Candystand.com and their agencies are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer systems, servers or providers, computer equipment or software on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Publishers Clearing House, Funtank LLC, Candystand.com and which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Publishers Clearing House reserves the right to terminate the online portion of the promotion. Entries become the property of Publishers Clearing House and will not be returned.
Publishers Clearing House reserves the right through decision by the Board of Judges to disqualify any entry determined to be the result of tampering with the Publishers Clearing House online system and/or the Funtank LLC services in violation of the letter and spirit of the official rules. Any use of programmed, automatic or scripted entry methods will void all associated entries and individuals using such methods may be disqualified for future entry opportunity.
8. Disputes
Decisions of the Sponsor's Board of Judges are final. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account subscriber of said e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision in these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
9. Sponsor
The Sweepstakes is sponsored by Publishers Clearing House, 101 Winners Circle, Port Washington, NY 11053-4016.
1-800-645-9242
pch.com
101 Winners Circle
Port Washington, NY 11053-4016
To receive future Sweepstakes opportunities, to obtain our most recent list of winners, or if you wish to stop receiving Bulletins from us, just let us know by calling the number or writing to us at the address above.
ALL PRIZES ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AWARDED AS OFFERED
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER
BUYING WON'T HELP YOU WIN
