Official Rules
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
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 & Prize Provider: CBS Interactive Inc. ("CBSI"), 1401 W. Cypress
Creek Road, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Sweepstakes Entities: CBSI
THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR ADMINISTERED BY
MESSAGE AND DATA RATES MAY APPLY TO PARTICIPATE. See Section 4 for
1. Acceptance of Rules. By entering The Lobby Launch Gaming Console Giveaway
(the "Sweepstakes") operated via Twitter on The Lobby Launch GameSpot Page (http://
www.gamespot.com/shows/the-lobby/), 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
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 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 February 25, 2014 at 2:00 PM PT and ends at
2:45 PM PT on February 25, 2014 (the "Sweepstakes Period").
4. Entering the Sweepstakes. To enter this Sweepstakes, follow @GameSpot on Twitter,
and send a tweet to @GameSpot with the hash-tag #GSTheLobby via Twitter; and you will
receive an entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit one entry per person. 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 one (1) prize (the "Prize") which consists
of one (1) XBOX One gaming console. Approximate retail value of the Prize is Five Hundred
6. Prize Restrictions. No assignment, transfer, conversion to cash or cash redemption or
substitution of the Prize is permitted; except Administrator reserves the right to substitute the
Prize with a prize of comparable or greater value should the 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/Drawing/Winner Notification. Odds of winning the Prize depends on the number of
eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. The random Prize drawing will be
conducted on or about 2:50 PM PT on February 25, 2014. The Prize drawing will be conducted
at random by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. Potential Prize
winner (the "Winner") 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 forty-eight (48) hours
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. 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 the Prize, will be the sole responsibility of the Winner.
9. Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release. Winner 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 the 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 the 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 into the Sweepstakes 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. Winner
agrees 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 Winner may have won as a result of such improper
conduct. Winner 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
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. Prize and Winner. 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 the Winner, the distribution of the Prize, the acceptance/
possession and/or use/misuse of any part of the Prize and/or any injury or damage to any
entrant's or third person's property related to or resulting from any part of the Prize or any part of
17. Release and Indemnity. Each entrant in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation,
the Winner, 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 the 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 PRIZE 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 the 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 Sweepstakes 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 in connection with this Sweepstakes 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 February 28, 2014 to "Winner's list, The Lobby Launch Gaming Console
Giveaway" 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: The Lobby Launch Gaming Console Giveaway" for receipt by February
28, 2014. The full name of the Prize Winners may be posted and the Official Rules will be
posted on http://www.gamespot.com/community