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Read Bridge and Win! – Official Prize Drawing / Contest Rules

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The following official rules govern participation in the Center for Michigan’s “Read Bridge and Win!” contest (the “Contest”) and prize awards for the Contest.

1. Introduction. The “Read Bridge and Win!” contest is sponsored by the Center for Michigan, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) Michigan Corporation located at 4100 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. This contest is a sweepstakes drawing operated through Bridge’s web site HERE. The Center for Michigan will randomly select five (5) winners from all eligible entries received. The prizes are $100 Amazon gift cards. Winners can request a $100 gift card from the Michigan retailer of their choice instead of an Amazon gift card.

2. Contest Period. The contest begins May 12, 2017 at 8 a.m. Eastern Time and ends October 2, 2017 at 12 a.m. Eastern Time.

3. Eligibility. To be eligible to enter the Contest, you must be a legal resident of the state of Michigan and be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. Employees, officers, steering committee members and contractors of the Center for Michigan, Inc. and Bridge Magazine (and their immediate family members – spouses, siblings, parents and grandparents) are not eligible. All applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and local ordinances apply. By participating, all entrants agree to abide by these official rules and decisions of the Center for Michigan, which are binding and final in all respects. You must be a current Bridge subscriber at the time of drawing to win.

4. How to Enter. Sign up HERE during the Contest Period, follow the instructions, enter your legal name, and email address and you are automatically entered in the contest. All participants who do so will automatically receive one entry in the prize drawing. One entry per person. Multiple entries will be deleted.

5. Prize Drawing. The prize drawing will be conducted by The Center for Michigan on October 2, 2017 at or shortly after 10 a.m. Five entries will be randomly selected from all entries received.  Winning entries will be immediately notified by email only. Entrants must submit a valid email address. Winning entrants have 96 hours (until 10 a.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2017) to contact the Center for Michigan by email at info@thecenterformichigan.net or by phone at 734 769 4625 to verify their identities and claim their prize. If the initial winning entries do not respond as directed above to verify their identities, their entries will be voided, new winning entries will be randomly drawn, and the process above will repeat itself until winning entrants’ identities have been verified and prizes have been awarded.

6. Approval to Distribute Materials. By entering the Contest, all participants grant The Center for Michigan approval to distribute to them a free email subscription to Bridge Magazine (bridgemi.com) and, on occasion, other Center for Michigan publications and communications by email or postal mail on occasion – the content and timing of which will be determined solely at the discretion of the Center for Michigan.

7. Entry Limits. Each entrant may submit one entry. The Center for Michigan, at its sole discretion, may add additional entry processes and promotions throughout the Contest Period through notifications HERE and may revise these rules to accommodate additional entry provisions.

8. Alternate Entry Methods. Center for Michigan staff and/or contractors may actively sign up random Contest participants through public events throughout the Contest Period. Eligible entrants may also enter by mailing or hand-delivering their names, mailing addresses, and email addresses (or business cards containing their names, mailing and email addresses) to the Center for Michigan staff and/or contractors at public events or by mailing same to The Center for Michigan, “c/o Contest Entry”, 4100 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

9. Prizes are five, $100 Amazon Gift Cards. There will be five winners, each receiving one card. The retail value of each prize is $100. The odds of winning this prize depend on the total number of entries received.

Winners must comply with terms and conditions of Amazon.com. Winners are solely responsible for any applicable federal, state, and local taxes and other fees associated with prize receipt and use. No substitution, assignment or transfer of prizes is permitted.

7. Publicity. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes the winners’ permission and full consent to use the winners’ names, likenesses and identification of their hometowns in further promotion of the Contest without payment or any other consideration.

8. General Conditions. The Center for Michigan, Inc. reserves the right to – at any time -modify or cancel the Contest if any factors negatively impact the integrity of the Contest, as determined solely at the discretion of The Center for Michigan, Inc. The Center for Michigan reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant or attempted entrant found to be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest, or found to be in violation of the Contest rules. The Center for Michigan, Inc. reserves the right to seek damages, including criminal prosecution of any individual or individuals attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of its web sites or operation of the Contest. The Center for Michigan’s failure to enforce any term of these official contest rules shall not constitute a waiver of the Center for Michigan’s rights to seek damages and/or prosecution.

9. Release. All entrants in and winners of the Contest agree to release and hold harmless The Center for Michigan, Inc. and each of its officers, directors, employees and contractors from any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or the receipt, use, or misuse of any prize.

10. Limitations of Liability. By entering the Contest, all entrants agree that The Center for Michigan, Inc. is not responsible for, and the entrants hereby release The Center for Michigan, Inc. from any claims arising from incomplete or inaccurate entries, lost or stolen entries, technical failures of any kind, the unavailability or inaccessibility of any service or prize, unauthorized intervention of any kind in the Contest, its entry procedures and its entry data, electronic or human error, any injury or any damage to persons or property of any kind.

11. Disputes. Entrants agree to the following: Any and all disputes, claims or causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate state or federal court(s) located in Michigan. Any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs/damages incurred, including costs/damages associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees. Under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential and/or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all right(s) to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitation or exclusion from liability for incidental or consequential damages so the above may not apply to you. Any issues and/or questions concerning the Contest rules or the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan.

13. Winner List: Visit thecenterformichigan.net after October 7, 2017 to see a list of winners after the Contest is complete.