Take Me Fishing's Catch A Boat - Official Rules

Catch A Boat

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: Catch A Boat (the "Promotion") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of Colle+McVoy, Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, Bass Pro Shops, Plano Molding Company, Rapala VMC Corporation, South Bend Sporting Goods Inc., Smoker Craft, BRP Corporation, ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies, suppliers as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Promotion consists of a sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes") and an instant win game (the "Instant Win Game").

2. Sponsor: Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, 601 N. Fairfax St., Suite 440, Alexandria, VA 22314. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.

3. Timing: The Promotion begins on January 25, 2010, at 12:00 p.m. Central Time ("CT") and ends on March 1, 2010 at 11:59 a.m. CT (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Promotion.

4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, go to www.catchaboat.com and complete and submit the registration form, including a valid home address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. You automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes and advance to the Instant Win Game page and receive one (1) Instant Win Game play for that day. Once on the Instant Win Game page, follow the links and instructions to play the Instant Win Game. The Instant Win Game results will be instantly displayed. Potential winners of the Instant Win Game will receive directions for validation. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Sponsor and Administrator are responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.

Limit: Each participant may enter/play one (1) time per day during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries/plays by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries/plays and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or play, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

5. Sweepstakes/Instant Win Game: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Promotion and the selection of potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sweepstakes: Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries on or around March 2, 2010. Instant Win Game: Three hundred three (303) random, computer-generated winning times, one for each prize listed below, will be generated during the Promotion Period. If you are the first player to play the Instant Win Game at or after one of the randomly generated times, you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated.

6. All potential WINNERS are subject to verification by Sponsor or administrator, whose decisions are final AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. An entrant is not a winner of any prize, even if the INSTANT WIN GAME or sweepstakes SHOULD so indicate, unless and until entrant's eligibility AND the potential INSTANT WIN GAME WinnER and/or sweepstakes winner have been verified and entrant has been notified that verification is complete. Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process. any play that occurs after the system has failed for any reason Will be deemed a defective play,void, and will not be honored.

7. Verification of Potential Winners: Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential Sweepstakes winner will be notified by mail, email or phone. The potential Grand Prize winner (parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) will be required to sign and return to ePrize, within ten (10) days of the date notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release within the required time period (if applicable), or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential Grand through Seventh Prize winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. There will be three (3) alternate drawings after which the prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed Eighth through Twelfth Prizes will not be awarded. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8 to 12 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.

8. Prizes:

Sweepstakes Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A Sylvan Explorer 1600 DC boat with trailer and a 60 horse power Evinrude motor. Sponsor will determine all features of boat, including but not limited to, color of exterior and interior. All other features or upgrades will be allowed only if permitted by delivery dealer and paid for by winner. Winner must have a valid boating license and will be required to provide proof of insurance at time of delivery. Winner is responsible for title, license, registration, dealer preparation costs, auto insurance and other fees associated with prize. Winner must take delivery of prize within a reasonable amount of time (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) from a boat dealership designated by Sponsor. If winner lives more than two hundred fifty (250) miles from the designated dealership, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to provide winner with $250 to cover travel expenses to and from the designated dealership, except for residents of AK who may receive $500 to cover travel expenses to and from the designated dealership. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"):$20,000. Odds of winning the Sweepstakes Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.

Instant Win Game Prizes: SEVEN (7) FIRST PRIZES: A Rapala Brands tackle pack including Storm, and Terminator lures, VMC hooks, a Sufix line, Rapala tools, and a Rapala Fillet Knife. ARV: $150. TWENTY-SEVEN (27) SECOND PRIZES: $100 Bass Pro Shops gift card (terms and conditions apply). ARV: $100. TWENTY-ONE (21) THIRD PRIZES: Rapala Premium Collect Fillet Knife. ARV: $100. FIFTY (50) FOURTH PRIZES: A Plano Tackle bag with 6 utility boxes. ARV: $49.99. TWENTY-FOUR (24) FIFTH PRIZES: A Messenger bag with a utility box. ARV: $39.99. TWELVE (12) SIXTH PRIZES: A 6-foot 3-piece Spincast Combo with Carry Bag. ARV: $34.99. THIRTEEN (13) SEVENTH PRIZES: A 6-foot 3-piece Spin Combo with Carry Bag. ARV: $34.99. TWELVE (12) EIGHTH PRIZES: A Landing Net. ARV: $14.99. FIFTY (50) NINTH PRIZES: A Guide Series Waterproof box. ARV: $14.99. TWENTY-FOUR (24)_TENTH PRIZES: A lanyard with tool (selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion). ARV: $12.99. THIRTEEN (13) ELEVENTH PRIZES: A multi-functional tool (selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion). ARV: $12.99. FIFTY (50) TWELFTH PRIZES: A hat. ARV: $9.99. Odds of winning an Instant Win Game prize depend on the number of eligible Instant Win Game plays divided by the number of prizes available. Limit: One (1) Instant Win Game prize per person.

For All Prizes: No cash equivalent and all prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $32,093.52.

9. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Colle+McVoy, Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, Bass Pro Shops, Plano Molding Company, Rapala VMC Corporation, South Bend Sporting Goods Inc., Smoker Craft, BRP Corporation, ePrize, LLC, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies and each of their respective parent companies and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

10. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor' and its agents' use of winner's name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

11. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes or the Instant Win Game may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any terms of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

12. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to, malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error that may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes or Instant Win Game play, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.

13. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

14. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor's Privacy Policy (http://rbff.org/page.cfm?pageID=258) and ePrize's Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html).

15. Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than June 22, 2010. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: "Catch A Boat Winner List Request," to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.