Full Rules and Regulations
HomeLife 2,000,000 Gold Rewards Points or $10,000 Cash
Sweepstakes
No purchase required.
Eligibility
The HomeLife Realty Services Inc. (Sponsor) HomeLife 2,000,000 Gold Rewards Points
or $10,000 Cash Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of Canada, who have
reached the age of majority in the province in which they reside on or before the
Contest Closing Date. The Sweepstakes commences on or around October 13, 2006 .
To be eligible, all entries must be received by 11:59:59 P.M. EST
(Eastern Standard Time) May 31, 2008 (the "Contest Closing Date") .
Officers, directors, representatives and employees of the Sponsor, its parent,
affiliates, or subsidiaries, their advertising, promotional, publicity,
production or judging agencies, and all those living in the same household
as the above individuals, are not eligible to enter. Quebec residents:
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity
contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcohols, des courses des jeux for a
ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted
to the Régie only for the purposes of helping parties reach a settlement.
How to Enter
1. Obtain and complete an original HomeLife 2,000,000 Gold Rewards
Points or $10,000 Cash Sweepstakes entry form, from participating dealers
throughout Canada, by printing your name, address, and telephone number.
Mail the entry form bearing sufficient postage, to:
HomeLife 2,000,000 Gold Rewards Points or $10,000 Cash Sweepstakes
P.O. Box 9152
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 4Y1
2. Visit the sweepstakes website at www.homelife.com , complete the online
entry form by providing your name, address, email address, telephone number,
age, and confirm compliance with the contest rules and submit your entry online
to be automatically entered in the contest. In the event of a dispute regarding
submission of an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized
holder of the e-mail account. The authorized account holder is the individual
who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online
service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses
for the domain associated with the e-mail address.
One contest entry per envelope. All entries become the property of the Sponsor
and shall not be returned. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated
means are void. Entries that contain typographical errors, are altered, tampered
with, incomplete, inaccurate, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance
with the Official Rules and Regulations, are also void. Proof of sending not deemed
to be proof of receipt.
All submitted material will become the property of the Sponsor and none will be
acknowledged or returned. The selected entrant(s) will be notified by mail, e-mail
or telephone. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid
if they are altered or tampered with in any way.
DRAW
On the fifth business day of each month (starting November 7, 2006 and until June 6, 2008 ),
during the sweepstakes period, an independent judging organization will randomly
select ten percent of the entries received, during the previous month.
Those randomly selected entries will then be eligible for a final random
draw, on June 18, 2008 (the "Grand Prize Draw Date"), in Saint John, NB,
at or around 8:30 a.m. EST. The odds of being selected in any given month
to qualify for the Grand Prize draw are 1 in 10. The odds of being selected
in the Grand Prize draw depend on the total number of entries received.
The judging will be conducted by an independent judging organization whose
decisions on all aspects of this contest shall be deemed as final and binding
in all respects. By entering, participants agree to be bound by the contest
rules and regulations and the decisions of the independent judging organization.
This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws.
Prizes
Prize must be accepted as awarded. No substitution, transfers or refunds
will be allowed. However, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value in Sponsor's sole discretion. Arrangements will be made
for the prizes to be delivered to the confirmed winners' place of residence.
Grand Prize
There is one (1) Grand Prize available to be won, consisting of $10,000 (CDN)
in cash or 2,000,000 HomeLife Gold Rewards Points.
In order to claim a prize and be declared a winner, the selected entrant will
be required to:
correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, the mathematical skill-testing
question to be administered by mail or telephone at a pre-arranged mutually
convenient time.
complete and sign a declaration and release statement, in order to; confirm
compliance with the rules and regulations, accept the prize as awarded, without
substitution, release the Sponsor and its affiliated companies from any liability,
as described more fully below, and consent to the use of his or her name,
address (city and province), photograph, and likeness, as described more fully
below.
Failure by any selected entrant to complete, sign and return any of the aforementioned
documents within 14 business days after notification is sent to the address on
the selected entrant's entry, or the return of prize documents as undeliverable,
may result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate winner in
the sole discretion of the Sponsor. If a selected entrant cannot be contacted
in a timely fashion, or if for any other reason the prize cannot be awarded, another
contest entry will be randomly selected by draw until the prize has been awarded.
Failure to correctly answer the skill-testing question will result in disqualification,
the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the random selection of
a substitute winner from among all remaining eligible entries. Communication will
be entered into only with selected entrants.
Personal Information
The entrant consents to the Sponsors' collection, use and disclosure of his
personal information to any third party for consumer research, marketing and
contest-administration purposes.
The entrant may consent to the occasional receipt of product-related information
from the Sponsors, for the purpose of notifying contest entrants of new products
and obtaining customer feedback by selecting the option on the mail-in or online
entry form as stated below:
"You may keep me up-to-date and obtain feedback from me on such things
as new product releases and upcoming promotional events."
No Responsibility
The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for:
1. lost, delayed, destroyed, misidentified or misdirected entries, or entries
deemed irregular by the contest Sponsor in its sole discretion, which are
automatically void;
2. incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions,
human or technical errors, printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data
or transmissions, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects or failures
of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software
or any combination thereof, whether originating from sender or recipient;
and
any problems, errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection
with the contest including but not limited to any damage to an entrant's computer
equipment, computer system, software or any combination thereof, as a result
of the entrant's participation in this contest.
HomeLife 2,000,000 Gold Rewards Points Option
If the grand prize winner chooses to receive the 2,000,000 Gold Rewards
Points the Sponsor makes no warranty with respect to the Program and
expressly disclaims all warranties express or implied with respect to the
Program, including but not limited to, any warranty of availability,
quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of any
merchandise offered. HomeLife shall not be liable for any direct,
compensatory, indirect, special, or punitive damages whether by action
in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, warranty,
statutory right or any other basis with regards to the Program even if
HomeLife has been advised of the possibility of such damage or if such
damage was foreseeable. HomeLife reserves all rights including the right
to modify any aspect of the Program or cancel the Program at any time.
The Gold Rewards Points option is available in any province where permitted
by law but void where prohibited by law. If you are declared the winner
and select the Gold Rewards Points option, you have one year to redeem
your points. For more information on the HomeLife Gold Rewards Points
Program ("the Program") visit our
website www.homeliferewards.com .
Right to Cancel
The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify this contest if,
in its sole discretion, it determines that for any reason this
contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if fraud
or any other occurrence compromises the fairness or integrity of this
contest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the
Internet portion of this contest should a virus, bug or any other cause
beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor corrupt the security or proper
administration of this contest.
Criminal Prosecution
Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine
the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal
and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor
reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.
General Release and Indemnity
By entering this contest, entrants agree to release and indemnify and
hold harmless the Sponsor and its parent and affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotional agencies, and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents, from any claim, loss, expense (including legal fees)
or other liability which may be sustained in connection with the contest,
including, without limitation, any damages resulting from the receipt,
ownership or use or misuse of a Prize, or while preparing for, participating
in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
No Warranties
The Sponsor shall not be liable to the winner of any prize for any guarantee,
warranty, condition or representation, express or implied, relating to the prize,
including, without limitation, its quality, condition or fitness for a particular purpose.
Publicity Release
By entering this contest, entrants consent to the use of their name, age, address,
photograph, likeness in any publicity related to this contest carried out by the
Sponsors, without compensation, worldwide and in perpetuity, in any and all
forms of media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, unless prohibited by law.
Publicity Release
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may
be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any
litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only
for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.