NO PURCHASE OR WIRELESS DEVICE NECESSARY TO ENTER
OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF
WINNING. YOU HAVE NOT YET WON. MUST BE A LEGAL RESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA (EXCLUDING QUEBEC)
AT LEAST 18 OR AGE OF MAJORITY, WHICHEVER IS OLDER IN
STATE OF RESIDENCE, AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES.
SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL US TERRITORIES
AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. MSG AND DATA RATES MAY
APPLY.
Sponsor & Administrator: CBS Interactive Inc. ("CBSI"), 1401 W. Cypress Creek
Road, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Prize Provider: TAIS - Shop Toshiba, 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA 92618
Sweepstakes Entities: CBSI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. ("CBS"), 51 West 52nd Street,
New York, NY 10019 and TAIS - Shop Toshiba
THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR
ADMINISTERED BY FACEBOOK AND/OR TWITTER.
Message and data rates may apply when participating, see Section 4 for details.
1. Acceptance of Rules. By entering the GameSpot Beat the Pros Sweepstakes
(the "Sweepstakes") operated via Twitter on GameSpot Beat the Pros Page, accessible at the
domain "twitter.com" (the "Twitter Service"), you hereby accept and agree to these official rules
(the "Official Rules") of this Sweepstakes, and the decisions of the Administrator in connection
with this Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final.
2. Eligibility. This Sweepstakes is offered and open to persons who are: (a) Registered Users
(as defined below) of the Twitter Service; (b) legal residents of the United States or Canada
(excluding Quebec); and (c) at least 18 years old or age of majority, whichever is older in
their state of residence, at the date of entry in this Sweepstakes. For purposes of these Official
Rules, "Registered User(s)" means a person that has successfully completed the registration
form and has obtained a User Identification ("ID") and associated password ("Password") on the
Twitter Service; there is no fee associated with becoming a Twitter Service follower. Employees
and directors, and their immediate family members, of the Sweepstakes Entities, and their
parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes.
For purpose of the foregoing "immediate family" means parents, spouses, children, siblings or
any members of the same households of such employees and directors. This Sweepstakes is void
in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited by law.
3. Sweepstakes Period. The Sweepstakes begins on January 28, 2014 at 3:00 PM PT and ends at
5:00 PM PT on January 28, 2014 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). The Sweepstakes Period has Four
(4) separate entry periods (each, an “Entry Period”) as shown in the Entry Period and Prize (as
defined below) drawing schedule below.
Entry Period and Prize Drawing Schedule:
Entry Period 1 begins at 3:00 PM PT and ends at 3:30 PM. Drawing will be conducted on or
around 4:00 PM PT.
Entry Period 2 begins at 3:30 PM PT and ends at 4:00 PM PT. Drawings will be conducted on or
4:30 PM PT.
Entry Period 3 begins at 4:00 PM PT and ends at 4:30 PM PT. Drawings will be conducted on or
5:00 PM PT.
Entry Period 4 begins at 4:30 PM PT and ends at 5:00 PM PT. Drawings will be conducted on or
5:30 PM PT.
4. Entering the Sweepstakes. To enter this Sweepstakes, send a tweet to @GameSpot with the
hash-tag #Beatthepro via Twitter; and you will receive an entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit one
entry per person per Entry Period. There is a maximum of four (4) entries per person for the
Sweepstakes Period.
If you are a wireless service subscriber and have a smart phone, tablet or wireless device
that allows you access to the internet or to download the Twitter, you may submit your tweet
via any of those devices during the Sweepstakes Period. You may be charged data rates for
accessing Twitter according to the Terms and Conditions of your Service Agreement with your
wireless carrier. Each wireless carrier's rate plan may vary, and participants should contact their
wireless carrier for information on rate plans and charges relating to your participation in this
Sweepstakes.
Mobile and wireless service is offered on an 'as is' basis, may not be available in all areas at all
times, and may not continue to work in the event of product, software, coverage or other service
changes made by your wireless carrier. Your wireless service carrier may change or discontinue
your service, may charge you additional amounts at any time by giving you prior notice, and may
provide, it may discontinue service if you disagree to additional charges.
5. Prizes (the "Prizes"). The Sweepstakes will award a total of four (4) Prizes; one (1) Prize
per Entry Period. Winners (as defined below) will each get one (1) Toshiba Q Series SSD.
Total approximate retail value ("ARV") of each Prize is One Hundred Seventy Five Dollars
(US$175.00).
Total ARV of all prizes to be awarded in this promotion is Seven Hundred Dollars (US$700.00).
6. Prize Restrictions. No assignment, transfer, conversion to cash or cash redemption or
substitution of a Prize is permitted, except Administrator reserves the right to substitute a Prize
with a prize of comparable or greater value should a Prize become unavailable. Prize is solely for
personal use and may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion. All Prize details are
at the sole discretion of the Sweepstakes Entities.
7. Odds/Drawings/Winner Notification. Odds of winning a Prize depends on the number of
eligible entries received during each Entry Period. The random Prize drawings will be conducted
according to the schedule outline in Section 3 of these Official Rules. Any potential winner (the
“Winner”) who is a resident of Canada will be required to correctly answer, without assistance
of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question
administered online or offline in order to be declared a Winner. The Prize drawings will be
conducted at random by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects.
Potential Prize Winners will be notified by a direct message to their twitter account. If a potential
Winner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been made during three (3) business days
from the first notification attempt, such person may be disqualified, with an alternate Winner
selected in accordance with these Official Rules. Administrator will only select up to one (1)
alternate winner per prize. If no contact has been made with the alternate after a reasonable effort
has been made, the Prize shall not be awarded. Unclaimed Prizes will not be awarded.
8. Prize Taxes. All federal, state, local and other tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes,
including, without limitation, winning a Prize, will be the sole responsibility of each Winner.
9. Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release. Winners may be required to
complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and where lawful,
a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Release Forms") within five (5) days of notification of
winning. Failure to return Release Forms in a timely manner, or if a Prize notification or Prize
is returned as non-deliverable, or if Winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance
with these Official Rules, may result in disqualification with an alternate Winner selected in
accordance with these Official Rules.
10. Publicity Release Terms. Except where prohibited by law, a Winner's acceptance of a Prize
constitutes permission for the Sweepstakes Entities to use Winner's name, photograph, likeness,
statements, Twitter Service entry, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state)
worldwide and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation.
11. Improper Conduct. Administrator, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from
participation in or use of any or all portions of this Sweepstakes, and refuse to award a Prize, if
entrant engages in any conduct Administrator deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse
to the operation of the Sweepstakes or detrimental to other entrants of the Sweepstakes. Such
improper conduct includes, without limitation, falsifying personal information required during
entrant registration or Prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating
entries through methods such as automated computer scripts or any other programming
techniques, allowing others to use entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating
entries, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise tamper with
the computer programs in connection with this Sweepstakes. Entrants agree that Administrator
may void any part of a Prize that entrant may have won and/or require the return of any part
of a Prize that entrant may have won as a result of such improper conduct. Entrant further
acknowledges that any forfeiture of a Prize and/or return of a Prize shall in no way prevent
Administrator from pursuing other avenues of recourse such as criminal or civil proceedings in
connection with such conduct. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE
A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT
BE MADE, EACH OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. Integrity of Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running
as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Administrator, in its sole
opinion believes could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper
conduct of this Sweepstakes, Administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend this Sweepstakes and select the Winner from entries received prior
to the action taken or in such other manner as Administrator may deem fair and appropriate.
13. Lost or Corrupted Entries. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and
subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are
not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with,
lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, illegible or postage due entries or mail,
if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet
hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or
inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information.
The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising
and promotion agencies, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether
caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of
the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes, and assumes
no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the
Sweepstakes.
14. Damaged Property. Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary
companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible
for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage
to any entrants or to any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from
participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from this Sweepstakes.
15. Sweepstakes Errors. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary
companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible
for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, errors and/
or ambiguity: (a) in the Sweepstakes; (b) in any related advertising or promotion of this
Sweepstakes; and/or (c) in these Official Rules. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s)
in these Official Rules, Administrator reserves the right to modify these Official Rules for
clarification purposes or to correct any such ambiguity or error (s) without materially affecting
the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes.
16. Prizes and Winners. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary
companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible
for, and you/entrant hereby forever waive/s any rights to any claim in connection with, the
selection and announcement of a Winner, the distribution of a Prize, the acceptance/possession
and/or use/misuse of any part of a Prize and/or any injury or damage to any entrant's or third
person's property related to or resulting from any part of a Prize or any part of this Sweepstakes.
17. Release and Indemnity. Each entrant in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation,
the Winners, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their
parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors,
officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss
or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a Prize, participation in this
Sweepstakes and participation in any activity related to this Sweepstakes.
18. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES, THEIR
PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR
ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE
OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THE DOWNLOADING
FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS
OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
19. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SWEEPSTAKES AND PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
20. Identity Disputes. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an email
address or wireless phone number, the winning entry will be declared made by the Authorized
Account Holder of the email address and/or phone number submitted at time of registration
into Twitter and entry into the Sweepstakes. For purposes of these Official Rules, "Authorized
Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by
an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business,
educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted email address.
21. Binding Arbitration. The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding
instituted in connection with these Official Rules and/or this Sweepstakes. Any controversy or
claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or this Sweepstakes shall be settled
by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual
basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, in the City of New York and
judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.
22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This promotion is governed by US law and is subject to all
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. All issues
and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these
Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Administrator in connection with this
Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and any matters or
proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in Section 21 of these Official Rules
and/or for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of New
York, in the City of New York.
23. Winner List/Official Rules. For the name of the Prize Winners send a self-addressed stamped
envelope for receipt by January 31, 2014 to "Winner's list, GameSpot Beat the Pros" c/o CBS
Interactive Inc., 1401 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. For
Official Rules send a self- addressed stamped envelope to the above address marked "Official
Rules: GameSpot Beat the Pros" for receipt by February 2, 2014. The full name of the Prize
Winners may be posted and the Official Rules will be posted on http://www.gamespot.com/
community/