*NOTE: you can earn entries WITHOUT completing missions by clicking the alternate entry link found below, for those with slow connections etc!
You could be one of the
three lucky agents who have a chance to WIN $1,000,000 from Sony. Each
completed mission gives you another chance to win.
Recruit your friends for bonus sweepstakes entries, too. (Max 7 per person)
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
get the chance to win $1,000,000 in an exclusive event at a top-secret
location. Includes airfare and hotel accommodations for a four day,
three night stay for you and a guest.
INSTANT WIN PRIZES are awarded 50 times a day
(2,000 total prizes awarded) - awarded by playing Sony-Bond IQ Trivia section of site!
Prizes include:
- • Casino Royale Collector's Edition on Blu-ray Disc™ or DVD
- • Activision QUANTUM OF SOLACE video game
- • e-Movie cash certificates
- • MP3 downloads
TO ENTER: Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on September 29, 2008 and 11:59 p.m. ET on November 7, 2008 ("Entry Period"), visit http://www.sony.com/missionmillion
and follow the directions provided to register and create an "agent"
user ID and password. Registration is free. Limit one (1) registration
per person and per email address. You will have the opportunity to
complete up to seven (7) missions over the course of the Entry Period.
Instructions on how to complete each mission will be provided on the
website and are incorporated herein by reference. You will receive one
(1) entry for each completed mission. Sponsor's decisions with respect
to whether a mission is completed are final and binding. Limit one (1)
entry per person and per email address per completed mission. Multiple
registrations or entries received for any one mission will be void. You
will also have the opportunity to receive additional entries by
referring your friends. Refer as many friends as you would like. You
will receive one (1) additional entry, for up to a maximum of seven (7)
entries via this method, for each unique friend you refer who then
registers to participate in the sweepstakes by clicking on the link
provided in the referral email sent to him/her at the unique email
address you submitted for such friend. The friends you refer must be
eligible according to these Official Rules. You may not refer a friend
more than once. If more than one individual refers the same person,
whomever's referral email used by that person to register, as
determined by Sponsor, will receive the entry. If an individual you
refer does not register by following the directions provided in the
referral email sent to him/her from you, you will not receive an entry
for that person's registration. To receive entries without completing
missions or referring friends, click here.
Follow the instructions provided to submit your entry. Online alternate
entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 7, 2008. Limit a
maximum fourteen (14) entries per person and per email address for the
entire Entry Period, regardless of method of entry. Registration,
mission completions, entries or referrals generated by script, macro or
other automated or mechanical means or by other means which subvert the
registration/entry process are void. Sponsor may, at its discretion,
for whatever reason, offer fewer than seven (7) missions during the
Entry Period. All registrations/entries become the property of Sponsor
and will not be acknowledged or returned.
DRAWING: Potential winners will be selected in a random drawing held on or about 11/8/08
from all eligible entries received by an independent judging agency.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Potential winners will be notified by phone on 11/8/08. If Sponsor does
not reach and speak with potential winner at time of initial phone
call, or if he/she does not verbally accept the prize during
notification phone call, he/she will be disqualified and, at Sponsor's
discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner selected. No
messages will be left on any answering machine or with any person other
than the potential winner. Potential winners will each be required to
execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release
and, where lawful, a publicity release no later than 5:00 p.m. Central
Time on Monday November, 10, 2008. If such documents are not returned
within the specified time period, a prize notification is returned as
undeliverable, or a potential winner is not in compliance with these
rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, an
alternate winner selected. If any winner is at least 18 but still
considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, Sponsor
reserves the right to award the prize to his/her parent or legal
guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements
imposed on winners set forth herein. If any Grand Prize winner is a
minor, such minor must accompany parent or legal guardian on trip as
his/her guest.
PRIZES: Grand Prize (3):
A four (4) day/three (3) night trip for two (2) to an exclusive
entertainment event as determined by Sponsor . Trip consists of round
trip coach-class air transportation for two (2) from a major U.S.
gateway airport nearest winner's residence (as determined by Sponsor,
in its sole discretion), three (3) nights' standard hotel
accommodations (one room; double occupancy) (room rate and tax only),
and ground transportation and $1,200 spending money, for winner only
(to be awarded as American Express gift cards) (American Express gift
cards are subject to separate terms and conditions) (Approximate Retail
Value ("ARV") is $5,700 each). Actual value may vary depending on city
of departure and dates of travel. Winner and guest must be available to
travel anytime, as requested by Sponsor, from November 13, 2008 to
November 23, 2008 and must travel together on the same itinerary and
are responsible for obtaining all required travel documents. If winner
resides within a 100-mile radius of the exclusive entertainment event,
Sponsor reserves the right to provide ground transportation in lieu of
air transportation and no compensation or substitution will be provided
for difference in prize value. Travel arrangements must be made through
Sponsor's agent, on a carrier of Sponsor's choice. Travel must be taken
on dates specified by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and Sponsor
will have no further obligation to winner. Certain travel restrictions
may apply. Winners are solely responsible for all expenses, costs or
fees associated with acceptance and/or use of the prize not specified
herein as being awarded including, without limitation, any and all
federal, state and local taxes, additional ground transportation,
luggage fees, additional meals, gratuities, and souvenirs. Winner's
guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence
(and at least 18). Guest must execute and return a liability/publicity
release prior to issuance of travel documents. Mission Briefcase Challenge:
While at the exclusive entertainment event, as determined by Sponsor,
each Grand Prize winner, up to three (3), will have the opportunity to
win $1,000,000 by determining the three-digit code that opens the
mission briefcase assigned to him/her. Exact details for the Challenge
are subject to change and will be provided to winners at time of prize
award. Under no circumstances will more than one (1) $1,000,000 prize
be awarded. If, for whatever reason, more than one Grand Prize winner
guesses the correct code and opens his/her briefcase, a random drawing
will be conducted from among those Grand Prize winners who open such
case to award the $1,000,000. $1,000,000 prize, if awarded, will be
awarded in the form of a 40-yr. annuity. Annuity is subject to terms
and conditions specified by provider. Present value of annuity is
$464,300. In the event no Grand Prize winner is determined to be the
$1,000,000 winner, each Grand Prize winner will receive $10,000 in Sony
merchandise (exact merchandise to be determined by Sponsor). GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: Maximum Total ARV of all prizes: $501,400.
Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer a prize or redeem prize
for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to
substitute prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater
value. Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either
express or implied by Sponsor. Winners are responsible for all federal,
state and local taxes as well as any other costs and expenses
associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being
provided. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late,
incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, undelivered or garbled
registrations, mission information or completions, referrals, entries
or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server,
Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections,
availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer,
satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical
failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or
computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties,
or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical,
electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise
relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without
limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with
the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of registrations,
mission completions, referrals or entries, the announcement of the
prizes, the conducting of the Mission Brief Case Challenge or in any
sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused
by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming
associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. 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
sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the web site.
Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or
website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely
determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries
will be void. Should any portion of the sweepstakes 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, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if
terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all
eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as
otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Entrants, by
participating, agree that Sponsor, PowerPact, LLC, and their respective
parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, distributors, suppliers
and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective
officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents
(collectively, "Released Parties") will have no liability whatsoever
for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for
any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to
persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize
(including any travel or activity related hereto) or participation in
this sweepstakes. Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where
legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to
use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or
other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and
promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now
known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice
or review or approval. In the event of a dispute regarding entries
received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the
authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will
be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules.
Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the
e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service
provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail
addresses.
WINNERS LIST:
For the names of the winners (available after November 14, 2008), send
a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Mission for a Million Challenge
Winners, P.O. Box 2531, Midlothian, VA 23113, for receipt no later than
December 31, 2008.
SPONSOR: Sony Electronics Inc., 16530 Via Esprillo, San Diego, CA 92127.