Hass Avocado Board
"BIG GAME SWEEPSTAKES"
Official Sweepstakes Rules
  1. Description of Sweepstakes: The Hass Avocado Board (the "Sponsor") is offering the "BIG GAME SWEEPSTAKES" (the "Sweepstakes") and will award prizes via a random selection of valid entrants. The Sweepstakes begins at midnight January 17, 2008 Pacific Time (PT) and ends February 5, 2008 at midnight PT, ("Sweepstakes Period").
  2. How to Enter: No Purchase Necessary. Visit http://biggame.avocadocentral.com and complete the registration form with your first name, last name, street address (no PO Boxes), city, state, zip code, telephone number and e-mail address. You will have the opportunity to refer the sweepstakes to up to ten (10) friends by providing their e-mail addresses. For each valid e-mail address you provide, you will receive one (1) additional entry in the Sweepstakes. There is a limit of one (1) original entry per person per e-mail address with the possibility to earn up to ten (10) additional referral entries. You will be given the opportunity to subscribe to the monthly e-mail recipe newsletter, however subscribing to the newsletter is NOT a requirement for Sweepstakes entry, nor does it increase your chances of winning. By subscribing to the monthly e-mail recipe newsletter, entrants understand their entry information will be used by the Sponsor for subsequent marketing and communication efforts.
  3. Eligibility: The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older. Sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law. If the age of majority in your jurisdiction is older than 18, you must be the age of majority in your jurisdiction to be eligible. Employees, officers and representatives (and members of their immediate families and those living in the same household of each) of the Hass Avocado Board, its affiliated boards/commission, companies, and advertising and promotion agencies, and any other company involved in the design, execution or production of this Sweepstakes are not eligible.
  4. Prizes: Ten (10) Marshall Faulk autographed footballs, Approximate Retail Value, $125 each. There are ten prizes available with a total approximate retail value of all prizes of $1,250. The odds of winning depend upon the number of valid entries received.
  5. General: A random drawing will be conducted on or about February 8, 2008 and winners will be contacted within five (5) business days of the drawing. Winners will be notified by phone, mail or e-mail to confirm acceptance of the prize and to verify the shipping address for the prize. Each potential winner must respond within five (5) days of first attempted notification or at Sponsor's discretion he/she will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected.

    By accepting a prize, a winner agrees to allow use of his or her name, location (city only), voice, statements and/or photo for advertising this or similar promotions without limitation and without compensation, except where prohibited. ALL TAXES ON PRIZES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. Prizes are not exchangeable, transferable and there are no cash substitutions. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decision of the Sponsor as final in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction, and virus distribution or by a human error which may occur in the process of recording on-line entries at the web page. Sponsor is not responsible for any damage to an entrant's computer hardware or software that may occur as a result of entrant participating in the Sweepstakes. Any attempt by an entrant to interfere with the operations of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws; Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an on line entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account. If, in Sponsor's opinion, there is any suspected or actual tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if technical or other difficulties outside of Sponsor's control compromise the integrity of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Sweepstakes and in such event to select winners through a random drawing from among all valid entries received before such termination. All entries are the property of the Sponsor.
  6. Release: BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, YOU RELEASE AND HOLD SPONSOR AND THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF SPONSOR AND THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION, HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, CLAIMS, AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES OR RESULTING FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF, OR DEFECTS IN, A PRIZE, OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLAIMS BASED ON PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, PROPERTY LOSS OR DAMAGE, PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY RIGHTS, AND/OR DEFAMATION.
  7. Winners List Request: Confirmed winners will be announced at http://biggame.avocadocentral.com approximately three (3) weeks after the end of the Sweepstakes. To obtain a list of all winners by mail, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to: Hass Avocado Board BIG GAME SWEEPSTAKES Winners List Request, PO Box 5688, Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5688 postmarked by February 5, 2008.
  8. Sponsor:
    Hass Avocado Board, 38 Discovery, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92618.

    Sweepstakes Administrator:
    Extra Mile Marketing, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.