WINTERLUDE  CONTEST

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Contest dates and eligibility:
The contest is organized by the National Capital Commission (hereafter referred to as "NCC").

It is held in Canada, starting Friday, November 25, 2005, 11:00 a.m. (EST), and ending January 20, 2006, 10:00 a.m. EST (hereafter referred to as "the duration of the contest").

The contest is open to residents of Canada who are 21 years of age or older at the time they enter the contest with the exception of employees, representatives or agents of the National Capital Commission or any of our prize-donating partners and people who reside with the aforementioned persons.

Limit of one entry per valid E-mail address per day will be accepted for the duration of the contest.  Play once a day and increase your chances of getting another ballot entry for the Grand Prize.

No purchase is necessary to enter this contest.

How can you participate:
OPTION A (Ballot method)
You can participate by visiting the Winterlude Booth (#116) at the Salon J’aime l’Hiver held in Montreal at the Place Bonaventure November 25 to 27, 2005 and filling out a ballot for a chance to win the Grand Prize.  The ballots will be available at the booth.

OPTION B (Online Method)
You can participate by filling in the fields of the electronic entry form that you will find on the Winterlude web site at www.canadascapital.gc.ca/winterlude.

Object of the Winterlude Word Puzzle : Winterlude Word Puzzle

“Winterlude Word Puzzle” is based on a well-known word game, where a person (in this case, the computer) picks a word or phrase, and you try to reconstruct it by guessing letters.
Each game has two rounds; for each round you are allowed up to six incorrect guesses to try to spell the word. You must win both rounds to win the game, so if you use up your six guesses on either round, the game is over. If you win both rounds, you win an extra ballot for a chance at the grand prize.
You can play the game once per day (per valid email address). When you register, you automatically receive one ballot, plus a chance to try to win an extra ballot by playing the game. On return visits, you have the chance to win one extra ballot per day.
Also, for each day of the contest, there will be a chance to win an instant prize, which will be drawn randomly from all of the players on that day. The winner of the instant prize will be notified by email.
How to Win a Prize: When you register, you automatically receive one ballot, plus a chance to try to win an extra ballot by playing the game. On return visits, you have the chance to win one extra ballot per day.
Also, for each day of the contest, there will be a chance to win an instant prize, which will be drawn randomly from all of the players on that day. The winner of the instant prize will be notified by email.
There are a total 57 instant prizes to be won during the contest period. The more often you play (limit of one game per day), the more chances you have to win.

Grand Prize:

The Grand Prize consists of :

The Westin Ottawa VIA Rail Canada Canadian Museum of Civilization
Canadian Museum of Civilization

The approximate total retail value of the prize is from sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) to two thousand nine hundred dollars ($2,900) depending on which station (in the Québec City-Windsor corridor) the participants depart from.

The winner and his guests are responsible for acquiring all the necessary personal insurance before the trip. The winner and his guests are responsible for transportation to and from the originating rail stations, meals (except for the dinner on Saturday, February 4, 2006) and for any additional expenses related to the use of or claiming of the prize that are not mentioned above and all expenses of a personal nature. 

The trip must be taken on February 3, 2006 and cannot be postponed or replaced once it is booked. 

If a portion of the prize is not used for any reason beyond the NCC’s control, no compensation will be provided to the winner or his guests.

The NCC will chose the hotel, restaurant and merchandise.

Awarding of Grand Prize

On January 20, 2006, 3:00 pm EST, at NCC’s headquarters in Ottawa, a preliminary draw among all the eligible entries from the Salon J’aime l’Hiver and from the eligible electronic entries will be conducted.  A second draw among the two randomly selected ballots from the preliminary draw will be conducted to award the grand prize.

The NCC will notify the selected participant by sending him/her one (1) e-mail at the address indicated on his/her entry form on January, 20, 2006 and by one follow-up telephone call/message on January 21, 2006 and a second on January 22, 2006 at the telephone numbers indicated on his/her entry form.

How to Claim the Grand Prize

In order to be declared a winner, the selected participant will have to:

 

Failure to respect one of these above mentioned conditions or any other condition contained in this document will result in the selected participant being disqualified and a new draw taking place in accordance with the present set of rules. Upon receiving the duly completed and signed release form, the NCC will contact the winner to finalize arrangements.

Instant Prizes

One instant prize will be awarded daily (total of 57 prizes) for the duration of the contest. Prizes will consist of official Winterlude souvenirs. The NCC will choose the souvenir. The approximate retail value of the instant prizes range between five ($5) and twenty dollars ($20) each.  Instant prize breakdown: 19 prizes valued at approximately $5, 19 prizes valued at approximately $10 and 19 prizes valued at approximately $20.

Awarding of Instant Prizes
 
Winners will be randomly selected on a daily basis for the duration of the contest. The draws will take place at the National Capital Commission on a daily basis from November 25, 2005 to January 20, 2006.

How to Claim Instant Prizes

An e-mail notification will be sent. Prizes will be sent by regular mail to the address provided upon registration. Allow 6 to 12 weeks for delivery.

Odds of winning

The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received over the duration of the contest.  The NCC’s web site receives some 50,000 online visitors per month, one Grand Prize and 57 instant prizes to be won.

Entries which may be disqualified

All information provided by participants during registration must be complete and truthful and legible.

Any electronic entry or ballot that is incomplete, illegible, contains false information or is otherwise not in conformance, will be cancelled and become ineligible for a prize.

The NCC reserves the right to disqualify any individual, or to cancel one or more entries from any person taking part in this contest attempting to enter through means that do not conform to contest regulations or are unfair to other participants (for example, the use of automated equipment to enter the contest, hacking, number of entries exceeding the allowable limit, etc.). This person could be referred to the proper judicial authorities.

Any attempt by a participant or any other individual to deliberately damage the NCC web site, to alter the entry process in any way or to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the NCC reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant or individual to the fullest extent permitted by the law.

Prizes must be accepted as-is

The prize must be accepted as awarded with no guaranty and cannot be exchanged, exchanged for money, transferred to another person, or combined with any other offer. The NCC reserves the right, with no restriction, to replace the prize by a prize of equal or greater value.

Participants must abide by contest rules

By participating in this contest, all participants accept the rules and regulations as described herein and any decision rendered by the NCC, which are final and without appeal.

Release from liability
 
The NCC is not responsible for any printing or typographical errors contained in any document related to this contest.

The NCC, their advertising and promotional agencies, employees, agents, consultants, directors, partners, suppliers and representatives are released from all responsibility relative to the malfunction of any computer component, application or any communication line, relative to the loss or absence of the communication network or relative to all transmissions that are faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible or deleted by any computer or network that could limit or impede the possibility of any person participating in this contest, and are also released from all responsibility for any damage or loss that could result directly or indirectly, all or in part, from the downloading of any Internet page or application and by the transmission of all information related to entering this contest.

The NCC shall not be responsible for any failure of the web site during the promotion or for any problems or technical malfunction of a telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any E-mail, on-line, or Internet entry to be received by the NCC. In addition, the NCC shall not be responsible for any technical problem, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to participants or any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. The NCC reserves the right, at their discretion, to cancel or suspend this contest should a virus, bug or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the NCC corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. 

Permission to use winners’ name etc.

By participating in the contest, winners accept that, their entries, name, place of residence, photograph, voice and image can be used for promotional purposes in any media or format (including the Internet) for this contest, without any other form of remuneration than the prize awarded. They agree to sign any document or waiver intended to vouchsafe this acceptance or considered necessary by the NCC.

Entries become the property of the NCC

Entries to this contest become the property of the NCC, who will not be obliged to communicate with participants, except with the participant who is selected.

Quebec residents

For Québec residents : Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

Note: The masculine form is used in this document in the sole aim of improving its readability.