OFFICIAL RULES
The following promotion is open to any person twenty-one years of age or older. This promotion will be construed and evaluated according to U.S. law.
The “Name the Lobsters” The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival Contest
Online entries will only be accepted.
1. How To Enter. “Name the Lobsters” The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival Contest (the "Promotion") begins at 12:00:00 a.m. Pacific Time (“PT”) on June 30, 2008 and all entries must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. PT on September 4, 2008 the (“Entry Period”). To enter the Promotion, visit www.originallobsterfestival.com and purchase online tickets. Complete the Ticket Order Form entry form with all required information including your suggestion for the Name the Lobsters and submit it as instructed on-screen during the Entry Period. Entries must be in English. All entries become the property of the Sponsors “O Entertainment” and will not be returned. Limit two entries per person.
Promotion is open to anyone twenty-one (21) years of age or older on the date of the entry. The entrant is the individual whose name and address appear on the ticket order form. Only one (1) entrant's name may appear on an entry submission. In case of question, entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
Immediate family members and members of the households of employees of O Entertainment, Inc., its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. O Entertainment, Inc., its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, and retailers are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Sponsors”.
Entry must be in keeping with “Sponsor’' and The Original Lobster Festival image and may not be offensive, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or proprietary rights, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, and the right to submit or use it shall not be restricted. Any entrant whose entry includes references to third parties or contains elements not owned by entrant (such as, but not limited to company or team trademarks) will be disqualified. Entries not complying in any way with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification.
2. Rights Granted to Sponsors by Entry. Submission of an entry grants Sponsors the right to use, publish, adapt, assign, edit, dispose of, and/or modify the submitted lobster names in any way, in commerce and in any and all media worldwide, without limitation or compensation to the entrant, and entrant may be required to sign a release to that effect. Submission of an entry further constitutes the entrant’s consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsors any and all rights, title and interest in and to the proposed lobster names, including but not limited to all intellectual property rights therein. The winning name may be used, at the sole discretion of the Sponsors, as the official name of the lobsters, but Sponsors are under no obligation to use the winning name in this or any other way. By entering, entrants acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements. Entrants hereby release Sponsors and its advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders, agents, successors and assigns (collectively “Releasees”), from any claims, losses, actions, or damages, whether actual, incidental or consequential, arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Promotion, or the use or misuse of any prize, or participation in prize-related activities, including but not limited to travel related thereto. By accepting prize, winners grant Sponsors the right to use winners' name, likeness and biographical information for advertising, publicity, promotional and other purposes in commerce and in any media worldwide without limitation or additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
3. Prize(s). 5 prizes will be awarded. Each winner will receive (3) three Regular Lobster Feast Dinners. Estimated Retail Value: $105.00. To only be redeemed anytime during the festival hours during the dates of September 5-7, 2008. Must be present to redeem prize.
4. Winner Selection. The winners will be selected by O Entertainment using the following criteria: 25% Originality; 25% Creativity; 25% Amusing; and 25% Cleverness. In the event that any one of the winning names has been submitted by multiple entrants, Sponsors shall randomly choose one entrant from among the duplicate entries received and that entrant shall be the winner. For example, if 12 entrants submit the name "AAA," and "AAA" is selected as one of the winning names, then the Sponsors will randomly choose one "AAA" entrant to be the winner. All other entrants who submitted the "AAA" name shall not be entitled to any prize. In the event of a tie, the Sponsors shall convene a panel of qualified judges who will determine the winner based on the criteria set forth above.
5. Prize Notification/Winner Verification/Taxes and Other Details. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 5th at 8PM, Saturday, September 6th at 8PM, and Sunday, September 7th at 8PM at The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival at the Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach, CA. Prizes are non-transferable. No prize substitution or cash equivalent allowed except as provided herein. Sponsors reserve the right to award a prize (or portion thereof) of equal or greater value should featured prize (or portion thereof) become unavailable. All income taxes on prize are the responsibility of the winner. If winner(s) is deemed ineligible to receive the prize, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
6. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Promotion should virus, bugs, fraud or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion and in such case to award the prize from among eligible entries received as of the date of cancellation/suspension.
Caution: Any attempt by an individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, sponsors reserve the right to disqualify and seek damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Sponsors assume no responsibility for the following: (i) electronic transmissions or entries that are lost, late, stolen, incomplete, illegible, damaged, garbled, destroyed, misdirected or not received by Sponsors or its agents for any reason; (ii) any problems or technical malfunctions, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of entries, or for destruction of or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; (iii) failed or unavailable hardware, network, software or telephone transmissions, damage to entrants’ or any person’s computer and/or its contents, or causes beyond Sponsors’ reasonable control that jeopardize the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion; (iv) any entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these rules; all such entries will be disqualified; or (v) printing errors in these Official Rules or in any advertisements or correspondence in connection with this Promotion.
7. Sponsors: O Entertainment, Inc., 539 E. Bixby Road, Long Beach, CA 90807. Phone: 1.562.495.5959
