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No
Purchase Necessary To Enter Or Win. Eligibility:
Promotion open to existing COCARD customers & qualifying
new COCARD customers (collectively, “entrant”) who are
legal residents of the 50 United States or the District
of Columbia, 18 years of age or older. COCARD open to
companies whose primary business is ongoing generation,
transmission, or distribution of electric or gas power,
home heating oil, propane gas, water system supply
services, or collection/disposal or refuse (“Qualifying
Company”). Visit
www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/solutions_resources/industry_solutions/utilities.html
to determine if your utility is eligible. If entrant has
an immediate family member (spouse, parents, children &
siblings & their respective spouses) who is employed by
MasterCard International Incorporated (“Sponsor”),
MasterCard customer financial institutions, Arnold
Palmer's Bay Hill Club and Lodge, PGA TOUR Licensed
Properties, Inc., Project Support Team, Inc. (“P/S/T”),
& each of their respective parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, retailers, distributors,
officers, partners, partnerships, licensees, sponsors, &
advertising/promotion agencies (collectively, “Released
Parties”), said entrant is not eligible to participate
in this Promotion. Awarding of prizes conditioned upon
compliance with Richmond Financial Services LLC, DBA
COCARD of Beverly MA (“COCARD”) policies governing Trade
Promotion participation & with these Terms & Conditions.
Void where prohibited. This Promotion is subject to all
applicable federal, state & local laws & regulations.
How to Enter: Promotion begins at 12:00:01AM Central
Time (“CT”) on 9/1/08 & ends at 11:59:59PM CT on
12/31/08 (“Promotion Period”). 1) New customers that
enroll in & are approved for the MasterCard Utility
Industry Program (“MUIP”) with COCARD & complete an
eligible transaction during the Promotion Period will
receive (1) entry & (1) point in the Promotion; & 2)
Existing COCARD customers who provide eligible referrals
(“Referring Customer”) who enroll in, & are approved
for, the MUIP with COCARD & complete their first
transaction during the Promotion Period will receive (2)
entries & (2) points. All conditions must be met to be
eligible for entry and/or point award. Entry/point will
be awarded to the customer associated with the referred
customer referenced on applicable account enrollment.
Each eligible COCARD enrollment or referral, as
applicable, will count as Promotion entry & Contest
point per values described above. Enrollments, referrals
and/or transactions received after 11:59:59PM CT on
12/31/08 will be void. Winner Selection: Random Drawing:
Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing
on or about 1/28/09 from among all eligible entries
received by P/S/T, an independent judging organization
whose decisions will be final & binding in all matters
relating to this Promotion. Odds of winning will depend
upon the number of eligible entries received. Contest:
The top (3) ranking Referring Customers will be
identified on or about 1/28/09 by the designated
representative(s) of COCARD based on the highest number
of points received by each Referring Customer during the
entire Promotion Period. Said top (3) ranking Referring
Customers will be declared the (3) First Prize winners,
subject to verification of eligibility & compliance with
these Terms & Conditions. In the event that a tie
between Referring Customers results in more than one
Referring Customer having the same rank, a random
drawing from among the pool of tied Referring Customers
will be conducted to name the applicable winner. Each
entrant’s rank in the Promotion relative to other
entrants will be determined by the number of referrals
by said entrant during the Promotion Period. Limit (1)
Contest First Prize per entrant. All winners will be
notified by telephone and/or mail. Winners must be
employed by a Qualifying Company in the Utility Industry
at time of entry, winner selection & prize award. COCARD
& Released Parties’ decisions shall be final & binding
in all matters relating to this Promotion. Neither
Sponsor, nor anyone acting on its behalf, will enter
into any communications with any entrant regarding
entries and/or points during the Promotion Period. Each
entrant’s participation constitutes his/her consent for
Sponsor to obtain, use, & transfer his/her name, address
& other information for the purpose of administering
this Promotion. COCARD & Released Parties are not
responsible for lost, illegible, incomplete, inaccurate,
late, misdirected, mutilated, or stolen account
applications; failure to process applications; failures
or malfunctions of phones, phone lines or telephone
systems; interrupted or unavailable network, server or
other connections, miscommunications, failed computer
hardware or software or other technical failures; any
error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in
transmission or communication; activation and/or
transaction processing, or communication, technical or
mechanical malfunctions; printing errors appearing
within these Terms & Conditions or in any
promotion-related advertisements or other materials;
human-processing error; failures of electronic
equipment, computer hardware or software; entry and/or
point tabulation errors; or other errors or problems of
any kind whether mechanical, human, electronic or
otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to void any & all entries and/or points of
an entrant who Sponsor believes has attempted to tamper
with or impair the administration, security, fairness,
or proper play of this Promotion. Prizes: (1) Grand
Prize: A 5-day/4-night trip for winner & (1) guest to
the 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, FL
between 3/25/09 & 3/29/09 consisting of round-trip air
transportation, standard double-occupancy hotel
accommodations, ground transportation to/from the
airport & the applicable hotel, Welcome Reception, the
opportunity for winner & guest to walk inside the
Tournament Ropes for (1) round during the Tournament,
(2) 2-day grounds passes to the tournament including
hospitality on a select day(s) to be determined by
Sponsor, & a $600 MasterCard Gift Card which may be used
as spending money. Trip must be taken on dates specified
by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited & an alternate
winner may be selected. Actual prize value may vary
depending on winner’s city of departure & final flight
itinerary. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the
right to provide ground transportation in lieu of air
transportation. Winner will be responsible for all
insurance, incidentals, upgrades, gratuities, ground
transportation, & some meals other than that described
above & for all other expenses not specifically stated
herein. If any prize-related activity(s) is canceled or
postponed for any reason, travel prize will be awarded
less applicable prize-related activity(s) & Sponsor will
substitute that activity(s) with an item(s)/activity(s)
of equal or greater value as determined solely by
Sponsor. Blackout dates & other
travel/accommodation/activity restrictions may apply.
Guest must be 18 years or older & winner & guest must
travel on the same itinerary (Approximate Retail Value
“ARV”=$15,000). (3) Contest First Prizes: (4) tickets to
a 2009 professional baseball game designated by Sponsor
(ARV=$720). Minors (if any) must be accompanied to game
by their respective parent or legal guardian. Exact seat
locations to be determined solely by Sponsor. Winner &
guests responsible for transportation to & from game.
Prize details not specifically set forth herein are at
Sponsor’s sole discretion. Total ARV of all
prizes=$17,160. Federal, state, & local taxes & all
other expenses not specified herein are each winners’
sole responsibility. Miscellaneous: No transfer,
assignment, cash redemption or substitution of prizes
(or portion thereof) except by Sponsor due to
unavailability, & then for a prize (or applicable
portion thereof) of equal or greater value. Winners will
be required to execute & return a notarized Affidavit of
Eligibility, Liability Release & (where legal) Publicity
Release within (5) days of issuance of notification.
Guests (if considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of
residence, Guest parent or legal guardian) will also be
required to sign & return a notarized Liability Release
& (where legal) Publicity Release prior to the issuance
of prize documents. Noncompliance with any of the
foregoing may result in disqualification. If any prize
notification letter or prize is returned as
undeliverable, winner will be disqualified & an
alternate winner may be selected. By participating,
entrants agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions &
agree that: 1) COCARD & Released Parties shall have the
right & permission to use (unless prohibited by law)
their name, voice, city/state of residence, biographical
information, photograph, and/or likeness for advertising
and/or trade and/or any other purpose in any media or
format, online or offline, now or hereafter known
without further compensation, permission, or
notification; & 2) COCARD & Released Parties & their
designees & assigns & all of their respective officers,
directors, employees, shareholders, representatives &
agents shall have no liability & will be held harmless
by entrant for any liability, loss, injury, claim, or
damage to themselves or any other person or entity,
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 (including any prize travel or
activity related thereto) or participation in this
Promotion. Winners List: For the winners’ names, visit
www.fallintosavings.com through 2/25/09. ©2008
MasterCard. All Rights Reserved. COCARD® is a registered
ISO/MSP of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Sponsor: MasterCard
International Incorporated, 2000 Purchase Street,
Purchase, NY 10577 Promoter: Project Support Team, Inc.,
6 Berkshire Blvd., Bethel, CT
06801/www.ProjectSupportTeam.com
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