“15 days, 15 Nintendo Wii’s

15 Nintendo Wii’s have to go in 15 days!  

Contest Start: March 15, 2008

This contest ends: March 29, 2008

Draw Details

Contest Summary

The “15 days, 15 Nintendo Wii’s” contest (the “Promotion”) is a daily draw for a Nintendo Wii for 15 consecutive days, whereby NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY.   A person is able to enter ballots into the draw each day.   At the end of each day the ballots are all collected together and a single ballot is selected to determine the winner of the Nintendo Wii for the day.

Prizes

15 Nintendo Wii’s.   Approx Value each: $250 US Dollars

No cash or other substitution is permitted, except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prize is nontransferable, unless otherwise specifically approved by Sponsor in writing. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any listed prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Except as specifically included in the prize description, Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.

Ballots

A ballot is an equally valued entry into our draw.  Each ballot represents an equal value and opportunity to another ballot; therefore no ballots have an advantage over other ballots. 

How To Enter

No purchase necessary. A person can earn ballots to enter the draw automatically by doing one the followings:

1)      Each hand a person play on the site will earn the person a single ballot towards the draw for that day, except hands play as described under “Qualifications” below; Or

2)      A person can mail in a request to have a ballot entered into the draw.  Each letter received must contain your full name, address, phone number, and email address.   Please send the letter to “c/o 15 Days Competition”, #207 – 88 Tenth St, New Westminster, BC, Canada, V3M 6H8. For each letter received a single ballot and will be entered into the draw on the day it was received

Sponsor’s Rights

All ballots become property of Fireswirl Technologies Inc. (“Sponsor”), operator of Chips’N Chat. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of the Web site during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or failure of handset or mobile web browser, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from this promotion. The Sponsor reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to terminate, cancel or suspend this contest at any time. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules.

Draw Execution Technique

All ballots are entered into a database and a reputable randomization formula is used to determine the winner. 

Time Definition

The Promotion shall run from 0:00 Pacific Standard Time on March 15, 2008 to 23:59 Pacific Standard Time on March 29, 2008 (the “Promotion Period”).

As for definition of Daily, a day consists of the time 00:00 to 23:59 Pacific Standard Time.  To assist with determining the time in other regions the following has been developed:

Region

Competition  Start of Day Time

Local Time

Competition  End of Day Time

Local Time

Hong Kong (PST+16)

16:00 (4pm)

+ 1 Day, 15:59 (3:59pm)

New York (PST+3)

03:00 (3am)

+1 Day, 02:59 (2:59am)

London (PST+8)

08:00 (8am)

+1Day,  07:59 (7:59am)

Tokyo (PST+17)

17:00 (5pm)

+ 1 Day, 16:59 (4:59pm)

Sidney (PST+19)

19:00 (7pm)

+ 1 Day, 18:59 (6:59pm)


Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this promotion.

Limitations on Ballots

1)      There are no limitations as to how many ballots can be earned per day. 

2)      Players may not win more than one Nintendo Wii throughout the “15 days, 15 Nintendo Wii’s” campaign.

3)      Employees of Sponsor and their subsidiaries 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 for earning ballots or participating in the Promotion.

Qualifications

1)      Entrants will be disqualified if they create multiple accounts to play quick hands against themself.

2)      Entrants will be disqualified if they use profanity or any type of vulgar or aggressive intimidation towards other players,

3)      Entrants will be disqualified if they conspire with other players external to the game to manipulate and cause unfair advantages in the poker games,

4)      A hand is counted as a round of game that at least one betting of play chips on top of the blinds is made.  Any hand that involves no betting of play chips, for example, a player folds without betting except the blinds, does not earn the Entrant a ballot.

5)      Tournament games do not earn an Entrant a ballot.

6)      Entrants must by 18 years or older to claim the prize. Entrants under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence must obtain a parent’s or legal guardian’s consent before participating, and by participating represent that they have done so.

7)      Prizes will not be awarded to those individuals who’s local laws prohibit them from winning a prize.

How winners are contacted and promoted

The winner will have their name published on our site in contest related sections as well as their winning made public on Facebook.   

We will attempt to contact the winners through their emails for up to 7 business days after the draw in which they won.  Any player who doesn’t reply to their email and contact us within 7 days will forfeit their winnings.   A maximum of 3 emails will be sent by us to the email address within those 7 days.  If you do not here from us, please email us at support@chipsnchat.com.

Winners will be required to answer a skill testing question that must be answered without the aid of a person and/or device. 

Determining the Number of Ballots an Entrant Has

The ballots a person has will be visible by accessing the Chips’N Chat program and selecting the leader board. The wii competition board will have your ballots for the day, and a list of daily winners.

Entrants that do not have a Chips’N Chat account may phone us at 604.540.8805 or email us at support@chipsnchat.com to inquire about the status of their ballots.

Competition Status

The leaderboard section of Chips’N Chat will contain the names of the winners for all of the 15 draws.

Opting out of the Competition

If you want to be excluded from the competition, simply email us at support@chipsnchat.com with your contact information and one of our staff will contact you to arrange removal from our competitions.

Release

By receipt of any Sweepstakes prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/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.

Publicity

Each Winner and guest (or their legal guardians if either is under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence) agrees to allow Sponsor to use their names, photographs, likenesses, voices, prize information, and biographical information for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation where permitted by law.

Conditions of Participation

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/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 Promotion, 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 Sponsor’s web site, iTunes, the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Draw Details or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion 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.

Disclaimer of Limitation 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.   

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