Boca Raton Observer Culinary Club Passport Challenge
& Cruise on the Fly Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW OR REGULATION.
BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH FORM A CONTRACT. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF ENTRANT AND A LIMITATION OF ENTRANT'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older (OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR STATE OF RESIDENCE, WHICHEVER IS OLDER), at the time of entry (the "Entrant"). Persons in any of the following categories are NOT eligible to win a prize: (a) employees or agents of Sponsor, Administrator, Prize Suppliers, and each of its respective companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively the “Promotion Entities”), (b) individuals engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for the Sweepstakes; and (c) persons who are in the immediate family of any person in any of the preceding categories (including mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, spouse, grandmother, grandfather, children or grandchildren), regardless of where they live; or persons who reside in the same household, whether related or not, as any person in any of the preceding categories. All eligibility is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. All entries submitted are the property of the Sponsor. The Sponsor’s database clock will be the timekeeper for this Sweepstakes.
SWEEPSTAKES TIMING: The Boca Raton Observer Culinary Club Passport Challenge & Cruise on the Fly Sweepstakes (collectively the “Sweepstakes”) begins Sunday, August 1, 2019 at 12:00:01 a.m. (midnight) Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) and ends Monday, September 30, 2019 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT ("Sweepstakes Period").
The Boca Raton Observer Culinary Club Passport Challenge potential winners will be the first thirty (30) people who redeem their completed Boca Raton Observer Culinary Club Passports (“Passport”) by Friday, October 11, 2019 (as described below). All Cruise on the Fly entries must be received by October 11, 2019 to be eligible for the random drawing for the one (1) Grand Prize and one (1) First Prize, from all eligible entries during the Sweepstakes Period.
Entry in the Sweepstakes does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, each Entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of The Boca Raton Observer, 7700 Congress Ave., Suite #3115, Boca Raton, FL 33487 (the “Sponsor” or “BRO”) and/or Cohen-Friedberg Associates, LLC, Framingham, MA 01702 www.cfapromo.com and/or Gerstle, Rosen & Goldberg PA, Certified Public Accountants, Boca Raton, FL 33431 (collectively the “Administrators”) whose decisions shall be final and legally binding in all respects and not subject to further review in any forum.
HOW TO ENTER:
During the Sweepstakes Period, get your Culinary Dining Passport published in the August 2019 Boca Raton Observer. The first thirty (30) people who use the participating “Buy One Get One Free” offers at each of the listed restaurants, and present the completed Passport at the BRO office (listed above) by Friday, October 11, 2019, 3:00 p.m. EDT, will receive a $100 Gift Card from one of the participating restaurants. Gift card selection is at the discretion of the publisher.
All redeemed Passports will also be entered in to the Grand Prize Sweepstakes drawing. To enter the Grand Prize Sweepstakes drawing without completing the required Passport visits, mail your Passport or a postcard containing your full name, complete mailing address, city, state, zip, age and telephone number (“Entry”) to: Boca Raton Culinary Passport Challenge & Cruise on the Fly Sweepstakes and mail to: The Boca Raton Observer ENTRY, 7700 Congress Ave., Suite #3115, Boca Raton, FL 33487. LIMIT: one (1) entry per person over the Sweepstakes Period.
Entry Notes: Any attempted form of entry other than as described herein is void. Sponsor will determine, at its sole discretion, what constitutes a fully compliant redeemed passport and valid Sweepstakes entry and reserves the right to reject any entry that it deems, in its sole discretion, to violate any of Sponsor’s policies, standards, or practices. All materials submitted become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes if fraud or technical failures impair the integrity of the Sweepstakes as determined by the Sponsor, at its sole discretion, and to award the Prize(s) based on eligible entries received prior to the cancellation.
Use of Personal Data. Sponsor will be collecting personal data about Entrants, in accordance with their privacy policies. Please review Sponsor’s privacy policies at https://bocaratonobserver.com/about/privacy-policy. By participating in the Sweepstakes, Entrants hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Sponsor’s privacy policy. You are supplying information to the Sponsor.
Entry Notes: Entries made on another’s behalf by any individuals or other entities, including but not limited to, commercial sweepstakes/contest subscription notification and/or entering services, will be declared invalid and disqualified for this Sweepstakes. Tampering with the Entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes is prohibited and any Entries deemed by Sponsor, at their sole discretion, to have been submitted in this manner will be void. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of the individual who actually submitted an entry cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the affected Entry will be deemed ineligible.
Sponsor is not responsible for problems downloading or uploading any Sweepstakes-related information to or from the web site or for any other technical malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any electronic mail entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the internet or the web site, or any other technical problems related to web site entries including telecommunication miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled or misdirected communications which may limit an Entrant’s ability to participate in this Sweepstakes.
SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING: A random drawing will be conducted by the Sponsor on or about Monday, October 16, 2019 from all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): Only the prizes listed below will be awarded in this Sweepstakes. LIMIT: One Passport prize per person or household.
Thirty (30) Passport Prizes: Each winner will receive one (1) $100 Restaurant Gift Card. Terms and conditions of the Gift Card apply. ARV $100 each
One (1) Sweepstakes Grand Prize:
One (1) Cruise on the Fly Certificate. ARV $1,500. ARV may vary depending on the winner’s cruise selection. Terms and conditions of the Cruise on the Fly Certificiate apply.
One (1) Sweepstakes First Prize:
3-day/2-night (double occupancy) stay at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.....A Waldorf Astoria Resort. ARV $750. Winner must have a valid major credit card to check-in to the Resort.
Cruise on the Fly certificate is valid for one year from prize issuance date. Cruise has no cash redemption value. Taxes and items of personal nature not included. Air and ground transportation is winner’s responsibility to get to embarkation/disembarkation points. Other terms and conditions of the certificate apply. Once a cruise is selected, there may be no changes. Winner and travel companion must have valid travel documents (e.g., government issued I.D., passport, etc.) along with any other travel requirements in order to travel prior to departure, and failure to do so may result in forfeiture of prize. Winner and his/her travel companion are solely responsible for satisfying all legally required conditions of travel. Winner must have a valid major credit card to check-in at the cruise.
Approximate retail value of all prizes $2,250. Prize is non-transferable. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of equal or greater value. Winner will not receive the difference between the approximate retail value and the actual value.
DISCLAIMER: WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Any and all warranties on any prize (if any) are subject to the respective cruise’s terms, and Winner agrees to look solely to such cruise ownership for any such warranty.
Prize Winner is responsible for any and all applicable fees, service charges, surcharges all insurance, federal, state, and local taxes, and any other unspecified expenses associated with acceptance or use of the prize.
If the prize or the prize notification is returned as undeliverable or any non-compliance with the Official Rules or failure to respond within the applicable time period, it will result in forfeiture of the prize and will be awarded via a random drawing from all remaining eligible entries.
Prize will be awarded only if the prize Winner fully complies with these Official Rules.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Grand Prize winner will be notified via email or phone based on the information when registering in this Sweepstakes. Prize Winner will be notified within three (3) business days of the drawing. Once eligibility has been verified and the Sponsor/Administrator receives the prize winner’s requested information, the Sponsor will arrange to award the prize. Prize winner must reply with all required information in order to receive their prize.
Grand Prize winner will be required to provide proof of identity, verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, and, unless prohibited by law, a complete written Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability Form, W-9 tax payer request for identification form and where legal, Publicity Release (“Affidavits”) as well as any other documents required by Sponsor, all of which must be received fully-executed within three (3) business days of receipt or such potential prize Winner may be disqualified and an alternate potential prize Winner may be selected.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Neither Sponsor, Administrator, the Promotion Entities, Prize Suppliers, nor any of their respective parent, subsidiary or affiliated entities or any of their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”) shall be held responsible for, and Entrant hereby releases the Released Parties from any claims arising from or in any way relating to: (i) technical failures of any kind, including lost mail, but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (v) any injury, death or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to Entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes (vi) use of any prize and (vii) the drawing process including the outcome of the Sweepstakes.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, delayed, garbled or damaged or postage due entries; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to Entrants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes or website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS 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. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor, which corrupts or affects the administration or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes or any element thereof. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor will award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to cancellation by random drawing. Any entries found or suspected to be submitted in this manner will be deemed ‘void’ by the Sponsor or Administrator. Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and Sweepstakes agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by Entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Sweepstakes.
DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the State of Florida or the appropriate Court located in the State of Florida; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) unless otherwise prohibited, 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 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 Sweepstakes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.
WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain the names of the winners of the Boca Raton Observer Culinary Club Passport Challenge & Cruise on the Fly Sweepstakes, see the November 2019 issue of the Boca Raton Observer.
The use of any prize manufacturer or restaurant, name or trademark in connection with any of the prizes is solely for the purpose of describing such prize and is not intended to suggest any affiliation or sponsorship.