1. NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR AARP MEMBERSHIP NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR MEMBERSHIP WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY.
2. CAN I PARTICIPATE? The AARP Member For Life Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 50 years of age or older as of May 23, 2012. Employees of AARP (“Sponsor” or “AARP”), Promotions.com, LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons living in the same household, whether or not related, of any such employee, are not eligible. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, siblings, children, and grandchildren, regardless of where they reside.
3. HOW DO I ENTER? The Sweepstakes will begin at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on April 24, 2012 and end at 11:59 p.m. ET on May 23, 2012 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). During the Sweepstakes Period, there are two (2) ways to enter:
4. WHAT CAN I WIN? PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARVS”).
5. HOW WILL WINNERS BE SELECTED? Daily random drawings to select the potential winners will be held beginning April 25, 2012 through May 23, 2012 from all eligible entries received the day prior to the drawing date. Non-winning entries from any daily drawing will not be eligible for subsequent drawings. The drawings will be conducted by an independent judging agency, Promotions.com, LLC, whose decisions are final and binding. Award of any prize to a winner will be subject to verification of that winner’s eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules.
6. WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF WINNING? The odds of winning any daily drawing depend on the number of eligible entries received each day. All entries, whether submitted automatically or by email, have an equal chance of winning
7. WHEN WILL I BE NOTIFIED IF I WON? The potential winners will be notified by an AARP representative by mail, email and/or phone within 2-3 weeks of winning.
8. HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO WON? For the names of the winners (available after June 23, 2012), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by June 30, 2012 to: AARP Member For Life Sweepstakes – Winners’ Names, PO Box 329, Elmhurst, IL 60126.
9. WHO IS THE SPONSOR? The AARP Member for Life Sweepstakes is sponsored by AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20049.
10. MISCELLANEOUS: Entrants, by participating, agree that AARP, Promotions.com, LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries 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 released and held harmless by entrants against, any claims or liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind 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 any injury or harm resulting from the use of any prize) or participation in this Sweepstakes. 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. AARP reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) if it determines that the fairness, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) is compromised by a virus, errors, unauthorized human intervention, tampering or any other cause. Should the Sweepstakes be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, AARP reserves the right to award any remaining prizes by a random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received for before the termination date. AARP also reserves the right to disqualify any persons determined to be tampering with the entry process, the web site or abusing any other aspect of the Sweepstakes or who are attempting to annoy, harass or threaten any other entrant or AARP’s representatives or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by AARP, and all associated entries will be void. If there is a conflict between these Official Rules and any abbreviated rules or promotional descriptions of the Sweepstakes, these Official Rules will apply. 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 Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.
11. OPT OUT: If you do not wish to receive future mail offers from AARP via U.S. mail, please contact AARP at 1-800-516-1993 or at member@aarp.org and ask to be removed from our mailing lists.
12. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE. NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR MEMBERSHIP NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR MEMBERSHIP WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP IN AARP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. YOU CAN ENTER FOR FREE BY FOLLOWING THE EMAIL ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS IN RULE 3 OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES. ALL ENTRIES HAVE THE SAME CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU HAVE NOT YET WON. Void where prohibited. Prizes: (30) Grand Prizes (1/day): an AARP Lifetime Membership. ARV: $200. Total actual retail value of all prizes offered in the Sweepstakes: $6,000. Sweepstakes starts 12:00 a.m. ET April 24, 2012 ends 11:59 p.m. ET on May 23, 2012. See Official Rules, which govern, for complete entry deadlines and prize restrictions. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received each day. Sponsor: AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20049.
2. CAN I PARTICIPATE? The AARP Member For Life Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 50 years of age or older as of May 23, 2012. Employees of AARP (“Sponsor” or “AARP”), Promotions.com, LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons living in the same household, whether or not related, of any such employee, are not eligible. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, siblings, children, and grandchildren, regardless of where they reside.
3. HOW DO I ENTER? The Sweepstakes will begin at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on April 24, 2012 and end at 11:59 p.m. ET on May 23, 2012 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). During the Sweepstakes Period, there are two (2) ways to enter:
A.) Join AARP or Renew Your Membership During the Sweepstakes Period.If you join AARP or renew your existing membership by May 23, 2012 using one of the methods described in this paragraph you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. To enter by joining AARP or renewing your membership:
Or, B.) To Participate By Mail without Becoming an AARP Member:
Limit one (1) entry per email address and telephone number and per person, regardless of method of entry. Entries received from any person or e-mail address or telephone number in excess of the stated entry limit will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries made by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any entries submitted through unauthorized channels or for any incomplete, lost, late, stolen, postage-due, misdirected, mutilated, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, delayed or illegible entries, memberships, payments and mail, all of which will be void. All entries become property of AARP and none will be returned or individually acknowledged. Released Parties are not responsible for failure to receive or record entries, memberships, purchases or mail due to human processing errors or transmission or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, the malfunctioning of any web site, computer system, telephone equipment, Internet Service Provider (ISP), cable, satellite, network, hardware or software or for any other errors or problems of any kind, whether technical, network, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, any errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, memberships or purchases, the announcement of the prize or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. All decisions of AARP and the independent judging organization selected by AARP, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding the eligibility of participants and/or the timing and eligibility of entries, shall be final and binding in all respects.
i. Visit us on the Web at www.aarp.org,
ii. Call us toll-free at 877-834-5527,
iii. Follow the instructions in our communications that reference this Sweepstakes that may be found in email messages.
To receive an entry into the sweepstakes drawing, we must receive your entry by May 23, 2012 and your payment by May 30, 2012.
ii. Call us toll-free at 877-834-5527,
iii. Follow the instructions in our communications that reference this Sweepstakes that may be found in email messages.
To receive an entry into the sweepstakes drawing, we must receive your entry by May 23, 2012 and your payment by May 30, 2012.
Or, B.) To Participate By Mail without Becoming an AARP Member:
Send an email to AARPMemberForLifeSweepstakes@promotions.com. You can also enter by emailing the following information: first name, last name, street address, city, state, zip code, daytime and evening phone numbers, and date-of-birth. Email entries must be received by 11:59 pm ET on May 23, 2012.
Limit one (1) entry per email address and telephone number and per person, regardless of method of entry. Entries received from any person or e-mail address or telephone number in excess of the stated entry limit will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries made by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any entries submitted through unauthorized channels or for any incomplete, lost, late, stolen, postage-due, misdirected, mutilated, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, delayed or illegible entries, memberships, payments and mail, all of which will be void. All entries become property of AARP and none will be returned or individually acknowledged. Released Parties are not responsible for failure to receive or record entries, memberships, purchases or mail due to human processing errors or transmission or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, the malfunctioning of any web site, computer system, telephone equipment, Internet Service Provider (ISP), cable, satellite, network, hardware or software or for any other errors or problems of any kind, whether technical, network, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, any errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, memberships or purchases, the announcement of the prize or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. All decisions of AARP and the independent judging organization selected by AARP, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding the eligibility of participants and/or the timing and eligibility of entries, shall be final and binding in all respects.
4. WHAT CAN I WIN? PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARVS”).
Thirty (30) Grand Prizes (one per day): an AARP Lifetime Membership. ARV: $200. Prizes are not assignable or transferable except that in the event that a winner is already an AARP Lifetime Member, he or she will be able to designate the recipient of a gift Lifetime Membership to another individual who meets AARP’s membership eligibility requirements. Prizes are subject to availability, and AARP reserves the right to substitute a prize with a prize of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Winners are solely responsible for payment of any federal, state and local taxes on prizes, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being awarded. Except where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes winner’s consent to the publication of his or her name, biographical information and likeness in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including without limitation, on the AARP website, for any advertising, publicity, promotional or other purpose by AARP and its designees, without territorial or time limitation or additional compensation, notification or permission. Potential winners may be required to execute a winner affidavit/release which must be returned fully-executed within seven (7) days of date of receipt of Sponsor’s notification. Failure to timely execute and return the required documents, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, or the return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable may result in a winner’s disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and, at AARP’s discretion, the award of the applicable prize to a substitute winner randomly selected from all remaining eligible non-winning entries received. All prize details are at AARP’s sole discretion.
5. HOW WILL WINNERS BE SELECTED? Daily random drawings to select the potential winners will be held beginning April 25, 2012 through May 23, 2012 from all eligible entries received the day prior to the drawing date. Non-winning entries from any daily drawing will not be eligible for subsequent drawings. The drawings will be conducted by an independent judging agency, Promotions.com, LLC, whose decisions are final and binding. Award of any prize to a winner will be subject to verification of that winner’s eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules.
6. WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF WINNING? The odds of winning any daily drawing depend on the number of eligible entries received each day. All entries, whether submitted automatically or by email, have an equal chance of winning
7. WHEN WILL I BE NOTIFIED IF I WON? The potential winners will be notified by an AARP representative by mail, email and/or phone within 2-3 weeks of winning.
8. HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO WON? For the names of the winners (available after June 23, 2012), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by June 30, 2012 to: AARP Member For Life Sweepstakes – Winners’ Names, PO Box 329, Elmhurst, IL 60126.
9. WHO IS THE SPONSOR? The AARP Member for Life Sweepstakes is sponsored by AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20049.
10. MISCELLANEOUS: Entrants, by participating, agree that AARP, Promotions.com, LLC, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries 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 released and held harmless by entrants against, any claims or liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind 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 any injury or harm resulting from the use of any prize) or participation in this Sweepstakes. 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. AARP reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) if it determines that the fairness, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) is compromised by a virus, errors, unauthorized human intervention, tampering or any other cause. Should the Sweepstakes be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, AARP reserves the right to award any remaining prizes by a random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received for before the termination date. AARP also reserves the right to disqualify any persons determined to be tampering with the entry process, the web site or abusing any other aspect of the Sweepstakes or who are attempting to annoy, harass or threaten any other entrant or AARP’s representatives or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by AARP, and all associated entries will be void. If there is a conflict between these Official Rules and any abbreviated rules or promotional descriptions of the Sweepstakes, these Official Rules will apply. 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 Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.
11. OPT OUT: If you do not wish to receive future mail offers from AARP via U.S. mail, please contact AARP at 1-800-516-1993 or at member@aarp.org and ask to be removed from our mailing lists.
12. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE. NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR MEMBERSHIP NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR MEMBERSHIP WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP IN AARP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. YOU CAN ENTER FOR FREE BY FOLLOWING THE EMAIL ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS IN RULE 3 OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES. ALL ENTRIES HAVE THE SAME CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU HAVE NOT YET WON. Void where prohibited. Prizes: (30) Grand Prizes (1/day): an AARP Lifetime Membership. ARV: $200. Total actual retail value of all prizes offered in the Sweepstakes: $6,000. Sweepstakes starts 12:00 a.m. ET April 24, 2012 ends 11:59 p.m. ET on May 23, 2012. See Official Rules, which govern, for complete entry deadlines and prize restrictions. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received each day. Sponsor: AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20049.