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GMBF Giveaway on Twitter: Official Rules

https://greatmidwestballoonfest.org (“Web Site”)

1. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. Open and offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years or older (except residents of Alabama and Nebraska, who must be 19 or older) at the time of entry. Employees, officers and directors of Great Midwest Balloon Fest (“Sponsor”), its parents, subsidiaries, webmasters, and their immediate family members (children, spouse, parents, siblings) and persons living in the same household (whether or not related) of such employees, officers and directors are not eligible to participate or win. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited. By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to this Giveaway.
2. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion will start at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on Thursday, June 30, 2011, and will end at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
3. TO ENTER: To enter this Giveaway, follow @GMBFest on Twitter and tweet #gmbfcontest to @GMBFest for your chance to win. Or if you are a follower of @GMBFest on Twitter already, you will automatically receive a tweet that mentions the giveaway and the mesage #gmbfcontest; simply retweet the message and you will be automatically entered. The Giveaway message will be posted at various times daily throughout the Promotion Period. Limit one (1) entry per person/Twitter account holder per day during the Promotion Period. No multiple daily retweets. Any attempt by any person to obtain more than one entry per day by tweeting #gmbfcontest multiple times per day will void all of that person’s submissions and that person will be disqualified.
4. DRAWING/NOTIFICATION: A random drawing will be conducted by the Sponsor on or after July 7th, 2011 from all eligible entries received. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Giveaway. Winners will be notified by Sponsor via direct message to their Twitter account on or about one day following the Promotion Period end date.
5. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES:
   • One Tethered Balloon Ride; one ride per winner, Twenty-five (25) Prizes total to be awarded. The Prize has an Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of $10. Valid only between July 8- July 10, 2011 at the Great Midwest Balloon Fest in Olathe, KS.
   • One pair of entry tickets (i.e., 2 tickets) to the 2011 Great Midwest Balloon Fest, held in Olathe, KS. Twenty (20) Prizes total to be awarded. The pair of tickets are only valid for any of the three days (July 8-10, 2011) of the festival. The Prize has an Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of $20. Winners may not substitute prize or redeem prize for cash for any reason, including cancellation of the event or the balloon rides due to inclement weather. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants received.
6. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: By participating, entrants (and entrant's parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence) agree a) to these rules and decisions of Sponsor which shall be final and binding in all respects and in all matters relating to this promotion; b) to release, discharge, indemnify and agree to hold harmless Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, agents and representatives and all of their respective employees, officers and directors (individually and collectively "Released Parties") from any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages (whether due to negligence or otherwise) of any kind (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss of or destruction of property, or rights of publicity or privacy), arising out of or in connection with the promotion or from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, or participation in the promotion or any promotion related activity or travel related activity; and c) if a winner, by acceptance of prize, to the announcement/use of name, voice, image and/or likeness, at any time or times, for trade, advertising, publicity and promotional purposes without compensation (unless prohibited by law) by Sponsor and those acting pursuant to Sponsor's direction, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval and agrees to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so. In no event will Released Parties be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages. If any prizes or documents are returned as non-deliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, winner will be disqualified and prize forfeited and an alternate winner selected. If winner is not of the age of majority in his/her state of residence, prize may be awarded in the name of or to parent or legal guardian (as solely determined by Sponsor) who must execute all documents and agree to all undertakings of winner set forth in these Official Rules or prize may be forfeited.
7. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY: Released Parties are not responsible for illegible, lost, late, damaged, destroyed, inaccurate, delayed, incomplete, postage due, unintelligible, non-delivered, misdirected, stolen entries; or for incomplete, inaccurate, lost, interrupted or unavailable network, satellite, telephone networks or lines, cellular towers or equipment (including handsets), computer on-line systems, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs, servers or providers, or other connections, availability or accessibility; or for unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; or miscommunications, failed computer, telephone, cellular, satellite, or cable transmissions, lines or other technical failure; or for jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or for any other errors of any kind, whether human, technical, mechanical, electronic or network, including, without limitation, any errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Giveaway or in any Giveaway-related materials; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Giveaway or Web Site, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified (and all associated entries will be void), and Sponsor reserves the right to terminate such entrant’s eligibility to participate in this or any other promotion offered by Sponsor. Entries generated by robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated means or by any means which subvert the entry process will be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Giveaway or downloading materials from the Web site. Should any portion of the Giveaway be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Giveaway, and select winners for the corresponding drawing from all non-suspect, eligible entries received for such drawing(s) prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Without limiting the release provided above, and for greater certainty, Released Parties will not be liable for (a) any incomplete or inaccurate information, whether caused by wireless device users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries; (b) the theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; (c) any problems with or technical malfunctions of telephone networks or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs; (d) any failure of any message to be received by or from Sponsor for any reason including but not limited to traffic congestion on the Internet or wireless waves or at any Web site or combination thereof; or (e) damage to a participant’s or other person’s system or equipment occasioned by participation in this Giveaway. In the event of a dispute regarding Qualifying Submissions received from multiple users having the same Twitter account, the authorized account holder of the Twitter account at the time of entry used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the Twitter address.

   IN NO EVENT WILL THE RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM GREATMIDWESTBALLOONFEST.ORG OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GIVEAWAY.

8. GOVERNING LAW: Except where prohibited by law, all issues concerning the construction, validity and enforcement of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor, shall be construed and governed by the laws of the state of Kansas, without regard to conflicts of law. All suits or claims brought in connection with this Giveaway must be brought in a state or federal court in Olathe, Kansas.
9. WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: For names of winners, or a copy of these Official Rules, send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked by August 31, 2011 to: GMBF Twitter Contest – Attn: Social Media Director, Winners List/Official Rules Request (you must specify which), 5222 Edwards Drive, NE Albuquerque, NM 87111. Requests must be received by September 7, 2011. Official Rules are posted on greatmidwestballoonfest.org during the Promotion Period.