NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Year of Free Gas & Groceries Sweepstakes (the "Promotion") is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (excluding residents of Florida, New York, and Rhode Island) who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry.. Employees of The Kroger Co., Bridge Worldwide, ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies, suppliers as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void in FL, NY, RI and where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Promotion consists of a sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes") and an instant win game (the "Instant Win Game").
2. Sponsor: The Kroger Co., 1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
3. Timing: The Promotion begins on August 3, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on September 11, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator's computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion.
4. How to Enter: There are 17 grocery store banners (each a "Store") participating in this Promotion each with a Store specific registration website. The prizes for which an entrant is eligible depends on the Store website through which you register as well as your state of residence. You can register by visiting any one the following 17 Store websites during the Promotion Period and completing the registration form by providing your first and last names, a valid mailing address, and any other information requested (P.O. Boxes are not permitted).
Once you complete the form, you will automatically receive one entry into the Grand Prize drawing, one entry into the drawing for applicable Store website, and one Instant Win Game play for that day. On subsequent days, you will only be able to login at the website through which you registered. If you enter your Shopper Card number on the website at any time, you will receive one additional Instant Win Game play for that day. If you do not have a Shopper Card number, visit the applicable Store website and follow the links and instructions to create an account; creating an account is free. To play the Instant Win Game, follow the links and instructions. The Instant Win Game results will be instantly displayed. Potential winners of the Instant Win Game will be provided directions for validation. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Administrator is responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.
Email Reminder. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you agree to receive one email from The Kroger Co. alerting you when there is only one week remaining in the Sweepstakes. The email will include a link back to the Sweepstakes website.
Limit: Each participant may receive one entry into the Grand Prize drawing, one entry into the applicable Store drawing, and one Instant Win Game play per day during the Promotion Period for registering or logging in. Each participant may also receive one additional Instant Win Game play during the Promotion Period for entering his or her Shopper Card number. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of plays or entries by using multiple email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's plays and entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or play, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
5. Sweepstakes/Instant Win Game: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Promotion and the selection of potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sweepstakes: Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winners, from all eligible entries received for the applicable drawing, on or around September 14, 2009. Instant Win Game: 5,434 random, computer-generated winning times, one for each prize listed below, will be generated during the Promotion Period. If you are the first player to play the Instant Win Game at or after one of the randomly generated times, you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated.
6. ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE INSTANT WIN GAME OR SWEEPSTAKES SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT'S ELIGIBILITY, AND THE POTENTIAL INSTANT WIN GAME WINNER AND/OR SWEEPSTAKES WINNER HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY AND IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.
7. Verification of Potential Winners: Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules; and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential Sweepstakes winner will be notified by mail, email or phone. Except where prohibited, each potential Sweepstakes Prize and Instant Win Game First Prize winner (parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor in his or her state of residence) will be required to sign and return to Administrator, within 10 days of the date notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his or her prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release within the required time period (if applicable), or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential winner of a Sweepstakes Prize, Instant Win Game First Prize or Instant Win Game Second Prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. There will be three alternate drawings after which the prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed Instant Win Game Third through Tenth Prizes will not be awarded. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.
8. Prizes: Sweepstakes Prizes: ONE GRAND PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $4,862. ONE RALPHS PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE FRED MEYER PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE QFC PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE DILLONS/BAKER'S/GERBES PRIZE: a $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE KING SOOPERS/CITY MARKET PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE JAY C PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE FRY'S PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE FOOD 4 LESS/FOOD CO. PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. ONE SMITH'S PRIZE: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. NINE KROGER/HILANDER/OWENS/PAYLESS PRIZES: A $4,862 Kroger gift card. ARV: $4,862. Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period; odds of winning a Store prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period through the applicable Store website. Kroger gift cards may be used at any of the Stores. Limit: One Sweepstakes prize per person.
Instant Win Game Prizes: ONE FIRST PRIZE: A 7-stone 1 carat total weight journey diamond pendant (details of prize determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion). ARV: $1,950. 25 SECOND PRIZES: i-wireless phone and $10 i-wireless gift card. ARV: $79.99. The ARV of this electronic prize is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. 208 THIRD PRIZES: $25 Kroger gift card. ARV: $25. 40 FOURTH PRIZES: $25 Best Buy gift card. ARV: $40. 40 FIFTH PRIZES: $25 Olive Garden gift card. ARV: $25. 40 SIXTH PRIZES: $25 Home Depot gift card. ARV: $25. 40 SEVENTH PRIZES: $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. ARV: $25. 40 EIGHTH PRIZES: $25 iTunes gift card. ARV: $25. 556 NINTH PRIZES (available ONLY to entrants who entered through the Fred Meyer, Foods Co., or Food4Less Store websites): $5 Kroger gift card. ARV: $55. 4,444 TENTH PRIZES (not available to entrants who entered through the Fred Meyer, Foods Co., or Food4Less, websites): A $5 credit on you shopper card redeemable at any Store. ARV: $5. Odds of winning an Instant Win Game prize depend on the number of eligible Instant Win Game plays divided by the number of prizes available. Limit: Two Instant Win Game prizes per person.
For All Prizes: Winners must comply with all terms and conditions of gift cards and shopper card credits. No cash equivalent and all prizes, unless noted otherwise in the prize description, are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. TOTAL ARV OF SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES AND INSTANT WIN GAME PRIZES: $131,527.75.
9. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Bridge Worldwide, ePrize, LLC, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies and each of their respective parent companies and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
10. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's and its agents' use of winner's name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
11. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes or the Instant Win Game may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game play, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
13. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
14. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor's Privacy Policy (http://www.kroger.com/company_information/Pages/privacy_policy.aspx) and ePrize's Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html).
15. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than December 3, 2009. For the Winner List, visit the promotion website, complete the form at the bottom of the FAQ, and select "Win List Request" in the drop down.
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