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SWEEPSTAKES ONLY OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. RESIDING IN THE U.S. THROUGHOUT THE SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD. SWEEPSTAKES SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGAL U.S. RESIDENT. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. HOW TO ENTER: No Purchase Necessary, and no entry fee, payment or proof-of-purchase necessary to participate in Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes starts August 19, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time and ends when one millionth MobileCME activity is completed (the "Sweepstakes Period"). To find out whether the one millionth activity has been completed, visit this sweepstakes page at [URL TBD] or log into your Epocrates account at www.epocrates.com and click on the CME tab to see the number of completed activities to date.
Your completion of a MobileCME activity constitutes a single entry into the drawing. Multiple entries per customer per day are permitted.
Alternative entry: If do not wish to complete a MobileCME activity and you wish to place an entry, you can send an email to: drawing@epocrates.com. The email must contain the words "Live Like a Millionaire Entry" in the subject line. Limit of 10 alternative entry emails per day.
The name of the person submitting the email address upon Sweepstakes entry must be the name of the authorized account holder of such email address; otherwise, entry may be deemed void. In the event of dispute over the identity of a potential winner, email entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry, and potential winner may be required to provide identification sufficient to show that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address submitted upon entry. "Authorized account holder" is the natural person who is assigned to an email address by the Internet Access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify Epocrates ("Sponsor") in writing if the entrant changes his or her email address during the Sweepstakes Period. To do so, go to www.epocrates.com and update your "My Account" profile.
Proof of emailing does not constitute proof of delivery or entry. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned to entrant. Every entry submission must be manually key-stroked and manually entered by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or sweepstakes service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related email or IP addresses may be blocked.
2. PRIZES: Daily prize will be awarded, with winner selected randomly from that day’s entries. Each daily prize is a license code for a one-year subscription to the Epocrates Essentials Deluxe clinical reference suite, worth $199. Winners who already have a subscription to the Epocrates Essentials Deluxe suite can add the new subscription to the end of the existing subscription when activating the license code at www.epocrates.com. Epocrates is not responsible for ensuring that our software is compatible on your device. View detailed compatibility information at our website. Expenses not specifically mentioned herein are solely the responsibility of prizewinner. Epocrates reserves the right to replace the prize with similar products that are of equal or greater value than identified in the sweepstakes.
One (1) grand prize will be picked at random from all entries in the Sweepstakes Period. The prize includes: Two (2) round-trip air tickets to either San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, or Miami, FL from the nearest major airport to winner’s home address; a four-day/three-night stay (4/3) at The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, Battery Park New York, or Coconut Grove Miami; and two (2) $500 Ritz Carlton gift certificates. Approximate Retail Value is $9,000.00. Maximum Retail Value is $10,000.00. Final value of Grand Prize depends on point of departure and ticket availability at the time of purchase. If Grand Prize winner lives within 200 miles of their chosen destination, winner will receive, in lieu of airfare, round-trip local transportation between winner’s home and the destination. Any expenses not specified herein, including meals, ground transportation, gratuities and incidental hotel charges are the sole responsibility of the winner. Travel must be completed by October 31, 2009.
All travel and accommodations are subject to availability and restrictions and are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Guest of the winner must travel with winner on the same itinerary. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for cancelled, delayed, suspended or rescheduled events (including, but not limited to, airline flights) beyond its control. Any portion of a prize not accepted by winner or winner’s guest will be forfeited. Prize is non-transferable and no substitution or cash equivalent of prizes is permitted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any listed prize for one of equal or greater value if an advertised prize should become unavailable for any reason. All federal, state and other taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. The grand prize winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the actual value of the trip.
3. DRAWINGS: Daily prizewinners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received each day until Sweepstakes ends by Epocrates, whose decisions are final and binding. Grand prizewinner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received after the sweepstakes period has ended. Odds of winning are solely dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received between 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time August 19, 2008 and the one-millionth completed MobileCME activity.
4. ELIGIBILITY: YOU MUST BE A LEGAL U.S. RESIDENT RESIDING IN THE FIFTY UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THROUGHOUT THE SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD and at least 18 years of age to be eligible to win. Potential winners may be required to provide proof of legal U.S. residency if requested by Sponsor to determine eligibility and as a condition of prize award. Employees or investors of Epocrates, their respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, printers, distributors and advertising, and promotional agencies and the immediate family members of each, are not eligible to win. Void where prohibited by law.
5. GENERAL: This Sweepstakes is subject to the laws of the United States only. Prize will be awarded and/or delivered only to addresses within the United States. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted, and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prizewinner will be solely responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes on prizes. All other expenses on the receipt and use of the prize not specifically mentioned herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. Any portion of a prize not accepted by winner will be forfeited. Epocrates sometimes purchases products, gift certificates, or services to be awarded as prizes in promotions. There is no affiliation between Epocrates and such product manufacturers, retailers or service providers; nor have those companies endorsed Epocrates or the promotions in question. Trademarks of companies other than Epocrates are intellectual property of the trademark owners and are used for identification purposes only.
6. CONDUCT: By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Epocrates that shall be final and binding in all respects. The Official Rules will be posted on the Web Site throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or the Web Site; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be disruptive, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE 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.
7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or for any faulty, failed, garbled or jumbled electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of entries at any point in the operation of this Sweepstakes; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the Sweepstakes; (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or the Web Site or any combination thereof; (e) any injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer which may be related to or resulting from any attempt to participate in the Sweepstakes or download of any materials in the Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned for reasons which may include without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, then Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes in whole or in part.
8. WINNER NOTIFICATION: All potential winners will be notified by email at the email address in the winner’s Epocrates "My Account" profile or return email address in the email entry submission within 30 days after the completion of the one-millionth CME activity. Any winner notification returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address will result in prize forfeiture and an alternate winner may be selected at Sponsor’s discretion. The potential prize winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release with (where lawful) a publicity release (“Affidavit") within fifteen (15) days of attempted winner notification (as indicated by the date on the Affidavit). Failure to return the Affidavit within fifteen (15) days may result in prize forfeiture, and an alternate winner may be selected. Unless otherwise noted, allow one (1) week for delivery of daily prizes by email following completion of notification process.
9. WINNER RELEASES: All entrants, as a condition of entry into the Sweepstakes, agree to release Epocrates, its agents, their respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, printers, distributors and advertising, or promotional agencies, from and against any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property which may be sustained in connection with accessing the Web Site, submitting an entry or otherwise participating in any aspect of the Sweepstakes, the receipt, ownership or use of any prize awarded, or while preparing for, participating in or traveling to or from any prize-related activity or any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or the announcement of offering of any prize. The winner shall bear all risk of loss or damage to their prize after it has been delivered. Sponsor makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, safety or performance of any prize. Except for residents of TN and where prohibited by law, winners grant to Sponsor the right to print, publish, broadcast and use worldwide in any media now known or hereinafter known (including without limitation use online at the Website) the winner’s name, address, voice, statement, picture or other likeness, without additional compensation, for public relations, advertising and promotional purposes as may be determined by Sponsor.
10. WINNERS' LIST: For a list of the prizewinners' names and cities, email your request before October 31, 2008 to winnerlist@epocrates.com and in the subject line reference "Live Like a Millionaire Winner List Request."
11. SPONSOR: Epocrates, 1100 Park Place, Suite 300, San Mateo, California 94403.
*Please Note: The sweepstakes is only open to legal residents of the United States residing in the U.S. throughout the sweepstakes period. Sweepstakes open until we reach one million completed MobileCME activities.