ESPN Pick 12 Challenge

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Eligibility: ESPN Pick 12 Challenge ("Contest") is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of 9/13/09. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of ESPN/Starwave Partners d/b/a ESPN Internet Venture ("Sponsor"), Project Support Team, Inc. ("Administrator") and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising/promotion/fulfillment agencies, anyone else connected with the production and distribution of this Contest, NASCAR, Inc., and its affiliates and each of their respective employees, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, members, personnel and assigns, (hereafter, collectively "Released Parties") and their immediate families (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. Contest is void where prohibited by law. To enter the Contest, entrant must be a member of ESPN.com. Registration is free. If entrant is not a member, entrant may register by clicking on the link as indicated on the Contest entry page and following the instructions. Entrant will be asked to provide his or her name, address, email address, telephone number, birth date, gender and to select a password. Entrant will also be asked to consent to receive promotional emails. Consenting to receive promotional emails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to become a member or to win a prize. As a member, entrant may enter the Contest by first logging in to the system with entrant's current username and password. Entrant may then be asked to answer survey questions or to consent to receive promotional emails from the Sponsor. Answering survey questions or consenting to receive promotional emails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Contest or to win a prize. Entrants are responsible for ensuring that all contact information is up-to-date and accurate.

How to Participate: Visit www.ESPN.com/pick12 between 7:00:00PM Eastern Time ("ET") on 9/12/09 and 3:20:00PM ET on 11/22/09 ("Promotion Period"), complete the ESPN.com member sign-in and fully complete the online entry form in its entirety by arranging the twelve (12) designated NASCAR® drivers in the order you believe they will finish the upcoming week's designated NASCAR® race and answering the tie-breaker question (hereafter "Prediction" or "Entry"). There is a limit of one (1) Prediction per person and per valid e-mail address per Weekly Entry Period (as defined below) for the duration of the Promotion Period. Additional Predictions beyond the specified limit for any Weekly Entry Period from any one person or e-mail address will be void. All Entries must be received by the deadline of the applicable Weekly Entry Period to be considered. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the name of the "authorized account holder" associated with any given e-mail address will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, an online service provider, or another organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Proof (to Sponsor's satisfaction) of being the authorized account holder may be required by Sponsor. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, incomplete, late, stolen, garbled, inaccurate, undelivered, damaged, or misdirected Predictions or Entries, email messages; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines or telephone systems or other communications malfunctions; interrupted or unavailable network, server, satellite, cable, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections including those through www.espn.com; miscommunications, failed computer hardware or software or other technical failures; garbled, lost, misrouted or scrambled transmissions; any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in any transmission or communication; traffic congestion on the Internet or for any technical problem, including but not limited to any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest; printing, typographical or other errors appearing within these Official Rules or in any Contest-related advertisements or other materials; or other errors or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, technical, electronic or otherwise, including, without limitation, any errors or problems that may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of Predictions or Entries, the cancellation or postponement of any NASCAR®-sanctioned race, or the announcement of the prizes. The use of automated entry or similar devices or any other means to subvert the entry process is prohibited and Entries through such prohibited devices are void. By entering this Contest, entrants give their express permission to be contacted by Sponsor by telephone, e-mail and/or postal mail for Contest purposes only.

Winner Determination: At the conclusion of each Weekly Entry Period, the individual who submitted a Prediction that correctly matches the order in which the twelve (12) designated NASCAR® drivers finished the applicable race ("Correct Prediction") will receive $10,000, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. In the event that no individual makes a Correct Prediction, the individual that submitted the Closest Prediction to the actual order ("Closest Prediction"), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will receive $10,000, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. In the event more than one (1) individual makes a Correct Prediction or Closest Prediction, the tiebreaker question (featured on the online entry form) will be utilized to determine one (1) Weekly Prize winner from amongst all Correct Predictions or Closest Predictions for the applicable Weekly Entry Period. *Each Weekly Entry Period will begin immediately upon the end of the previous Weekly Entry Period, with the exception of Weekly Entry Period #1 which will begin at 7:00:00PM ET. Each Weekly Entry Period will end 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the featured NASCAR race designated for each Weekly Entry Period as outlined below:

Weekly
Entry
Period
Designated
NASCAR®-sanctioned
Race
Entries Must Be
Received
Between
1 New Hampshire Motor Speedway on 9/20/09 9/12/09-9/20/09
2 Dover International Speedway on 9/27/09 9/20/09-9/27/09
3 Kansas Speedway on 10/4/09 9/27/09-10/4/09
4 Auto Club Speedway on 10/11/09 10/4/09-10/11/09
5 Lowe's Motor Speedway on 10/17/09 10/11/09-10/17/09
6 Martinsville Speedway on 10/25/09 10/17/09-10/25/09
7 Talladega Superspeedway on 11/1/09 10/25/09-11/1/09
8 Texas Motorspeedway on 11/8/09 11/1/09-11/8/09
9 Phoenix International Raceway on 11/15/09 11/8/09-11/15/09
10 Homestead-Miami Speedway on 11/22/09 11/15/09-11/22/09


For a complete list of race times, please see the NASCAR® race schedule available at NASCAR.com (NOTE: Schedule is subject to change and Sponsor cannot be held responsible). Potential Weekly Prize winners will be notified by email, telephone, overnight delivery and/or mail. Limit one (1) Weekly Prize per person, per family and per household.

Ten (10) Weekly Prizes (one (1) per week):A check in the amount of $10,000. Maximum total Approximate Retail Value of all prizes to be awarded: $100,000. If any winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.

Miscellaneous: Winners are responsible for any and all federal, state and local taxes, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of a prize not specified as covered as being awarded as part of prize herein. No transfer, assignment or substitution of prizes is permitted except by Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Potential Weekly Prize winners will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and (where legal) Publicity Release, and any other documents required by Sponsor within three (3) days of date of issuance of notification. Non-compliance with the foregoing may result in disqualification and awarding of prize to a runner-up. If any prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable, such winner will be disqualified and a runner-up for the Weekly Entry Period at issue winner may be selected for the Weekly Entry Period at issue. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and agree that: 1.) Released Parties and their designees may use (unless prohibited by law) their name, voice, city/state of residence, photograph and/or likeness for advertising and/or trade and/or for any other purpose in any media or format now or hereafter known, worldwide in perpetuity, without further compensation, permission or notification, and 2.) Released Parties and their respective designees and assigns shall have no liability and will be held harmless for any liability, loss, injury or damage, including, without limitation, personal injury, death or damage to personal or real property, to entrant or any other person or entity due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend or terminate this Contest (or any portion thereof) should virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes including but not limited to war or armed conflict (whether or not officially declared), labor controversy or threat thereof, and/or acts of God, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to conduct a background check of any and all records of any Weekly Prize winner, including without limitation, civil and criminal court records and police reports. To the extent necessary under law, Weekly Prize winner shall authorize this background check. Sponsor may also take all steps necessary to corroborate any information provided to Sponsor by a potential Weekly Prize winner in his/her interview. In that regard, potential Weekly Prize winner will be obligated to provide necessary contacts and information so that Sponsor may conduct such investigation. Sponsor reserves the right (at its sole discretion) to disqualify the potential Weekly Prize winner from any prize element, based on the background check.

Email Change of Address Policy: It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify Sponsor if his or her email address changes. To do so, click on the help link at the bottom of any ESPN.com page, then click on the Change Personal Information link and follow the instructions.

Disputes/Choice of Law: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (i) all issues and questions concerning these Official Rules shall be governed by New York law without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest or any prize awarded shall be (A) resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (B) filed only in the state or federal courts situated in New York County, New York state, (i.e., Manhattan), and entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such disputes, claims or causes of action; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, and in no event will any entrant be entitled to receive attorneys' fees or any other legal costs; and (iv) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, special, 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.

Privacy: Personally identifiable information that is submitted by entrants as part of this Contest will be used to administer the Contest, select the prize winners and fulfill the prizes, and will be treated in accordance with Sponsor's privacy policy accessible on its website at www.ESPN.com.

Winners' List: For the names of the winners (available after 12/22/09), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by 1/22/2010 to: ESPN Pick 12 Challenge Contest Winners, P.O. Box 13031, Bridgeport, CT 06673-3031.

Sponsor: ESPN/Starwave Partners d/b/a ESPN Internet Venture 19 E. 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Administrator: Project Support Team, Inc., 6 Berkshire Blvd, Bethel, CT 06801/projectsupportteam.com.


This Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2009 ESPN/Starwave Partners d/b/a ESPN Internet Venture.

Neither NASCAR, Inc., nor any of its affiliates is a sponsor of this promotion. NASCAR® is a registered trademark of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.