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Allakhazam Community Rewards Month

1. Description. No purchase is necessary to enter. All times mentioned hereafter are Eastern Standard Time U.S. The Allakhazam Community Rewards Contest (Contest) will begin at 5:00 pm on May 23rd 2008 and continue until the Grand Prize drawing at 5:00 pm on June 20th, 2008. The Contest is being sponsored by The Zam Network (Sponsor)

2. How to Enter. You must register for an allakhazam account at [1] and be logged into your account. Users may have multiple entries per drawing. You accumulate entries as follows: Every 250 characters added to the allakhazam wow wiki that is not deleted before the actual drawing is worth an entry. Every post on any of the forums located at [2] that does not get either deleted by a moderator or rated by the community below the sub-default threshold of 1.00 is worth an entry. Every comment added to the site [3] through the comment system that does not get either deleted or rated down by any allakhazam community member is worth an entry.

3. Disqualifications. Allakhazam.com reserves the right to disqualify anyone from the contest for any reason at their sole discretion. Those who are disqualified will not be allowed to post or make any edits on the site and will be disqualified from all subsequent prize drawings. Those who spam posts or wiki edits in order to gain entries will be disqualified. Entries made by bots or other automatic means will be disqualified. Those who make consistently poor quality edits will be disqualified. While we will make every effort to be fair, we are the final arbiters of what is the appropriate quality level and who should be removed from the contest.

4. Eligibility. The contest is open to legal residents of all 50 states plus the District of Columbia of the United States of America who are over 18 years of age. Anyone who is is or has been within the last 6 months an Employee or consultant of Allakhazam.com, The Zam Network or any affiliated sites is not eligible to win. Immediate family and household members of such individuals are also not eligible to win. Prizes will only be shipped to addresses within the U.S. and if your name is drawn, you must provide a name and address within the U.S. for shipping or be disqualified.

5. Winner Selection. Winners will be drawn every day during the duration of the contest at 5:00 pm. Daily winners are based upon all entries received between 5:00 pm the day before the drawing and 5:00 pm the day of the drawing. Weekly winners will be drawn at 5:00 pm on May 30th, June 6th and June 13th and are based upon all entries received between 5:00 pm of the previous Friday and the time of the actual drawing. The Grand prize will be drawn at 5:00 pm on June 20th from a pool of all entries received over the life of the contest.

6. Winner Notification. When your name is drawn, notification will be posted on the front page of http://wow.allakhazam.com and you will also be notified by e-mail at the address registered to your account. You will have 48 hours to respond with a name and address where the prize can be sent. The name and address must be a valid location within the United States of America to receive the prize. If you fail to respond within 48 hours, you will forfeit the prize and the prize will be rewarded to another randomly drawn winner from the pool of entries. The Grand Prize winner will also be required to supply a valid social security number and an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release.

7. Prizes. Each Daily Prize Winner will receive a World of Warcraft 60 Day Game Card (approximate value $39.99 plus shipping and handling). A description of the prize can be found at LINK. Each weekly prize winner will receive a Nintendo Wii Galaxy Bundle (Approximate Value $399 plus shipping and handling). A description of the prize can be found at LINK. The Grand Prize winner will receive a Sony Vaio SZ Series Notebook (Approximate Value $2,500). A description of the prize can be found at LINK. The prize will be ordered through a major online retailer to be shipped to the name and address provided by the winner. The order will be placed within a week of when the proper information is provided to the Sponsor by the winner and in the case of the Grand Prize winner, all properly signed and notarized forms are received by the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value if the prizes offered are not available through retail purchase at the time a purchase is attempted.

8. Odds of Winning. The odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received.

9. Conditions of Participation/Release. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsors and the Contest Administrator, which shall be final in all respects. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating in this Contest and/or by accepting any prize that they may win, entrants agree to release the Sponsors, their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, units and divisions and advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers; each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees; and each of these companies and individuals' respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of the prize. Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner's list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsors are not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation. The Released Parties shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or affidavits, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest. Sponsors disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest, and reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond Sponsors’ control, corrupt the administration, security or proper participation of the Contest. Sponsors may prohibit you from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in their sole discretion, they determine you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair participation with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. This Contest will be governed by the internal laws of the State of California. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within California and you hereby submit to jurisdiction in California. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

10. Sponsor. The Zam Network. 1858 Sawtell Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90025.

11. Privacy Policy. All information provided by the winners of the contest will be used solely for the purposes of this contest and will not be sold or shared with any other entity except as needed to ship the prizes to the intended addressee.

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