INTRODUCTION
The following rules will govern the sweepstakes giveaway administered by www.dailygoldenticket.com.  Please check back frequently as the Daily Golden Ticket reserves the right to update the rules at the sole discretion of the administrators of the site www.dailygoldenticket.com.  An alert will be posted along with the game rules for a period of 30 days after a change has been made.  Changes will take effect immediately.  Your continued use of the site will serve as your consent to adhere with The Site’s official game rules. 

The DailyGoldenTicket.com (herein after “The Site”) provides a platform where The Site’s users can participate in a game of chance which will feature (5) different monthly prizes shown by The Site.  All prizes will have a retail value between $250 - $500.  One (1) Grand Prize winner will be drawn randomly from all entries collected from all five (5) prize categories offered on The Site.  This Sweepstakes is a Daily Entry Sweepstakes that allows for a daily entry of an individual’s name that will be pooled together and one (1) Grand Prize winner will be drawn randomly at the end of every month.  The Site Games and Giveaways (collectively known as the "Promotions") are offered and open only to legal residents of United States and its territories (except residents of Puerto Rico) and Canada (except residents of Quebec) at least 18 years old at the time of entry. Employees and directors of The Site, their respective parent companies, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, judges and legal advisors, and the immediate family (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) or members of the households of such employees and directors are not eligible. By entering, you agree to these "Official Rules" and that the decisions of The Site are final and binding in all respects.  Please read the Official Rules in their entirety.

The Promotion is a simple, fun and rewarding game that gives participants the opportunity to win fantastic prizes.  To participate in the Promotions of The Site you must visit The Site whereby:

  1. You are awarded one free ticket upon arriving at DailyGoldenTicket every day which you can drop into the prize chest for any of the five (5) prizes offered on The Site
  2. You must specify which prize you wish to associate with your Ticket before dropping it in the prize chest.
  3.  To have your ticket counted in the monthly drawing you must register an account.
  4. You will be given 1 free ticket every day just by simply signing into your account.
  5.  If you run out of tickets and wish to get more you can do so by complying with The Site's Official Rules regarding earning additional tickets.
  6. You will be eligible to win prizes every month that you participate and submit a ticket.
  7. If selected as a winner you will be contacted by The Site.  You will be required to comply with the requirements outlined in the “Official Rules” in order to redeem your prize.

ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED FOR ALL OF THE (5) PRIZE CATEGORIES, FOR A TOTAL OF (1) GRAND PRIZE WINNER EVERY MONTH.

TIMING

The sweepstakes will run from 12:00:01 am Central Time, from the 1st of every month to 11:59:59 pm Central time, on the last day of every month.  Official time will be kept by the computer of the administrators of The Site.

The Site, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to change the prizes offered as deemed appropriate by The Site.  Notice will be given at the discretion of The Site.

To participate, you must open one free account with accurate information including name, address, phone, date of birth and email.  Opening an account with inaccurate information or opening more than one account will be considered a violation of the rules and may cause a forfeiture of potential rewards.  Please enter valid and accurate information.

Participants must log in to their account and opt to participate in the monthly prize sweepstakes.  No purchase is necessary.  One (1) free ticket will be made available to each user per day for participation in The Site's Promotions.  You will not receive a free ticket on days when you do not log in to your account.  Free tickets will not accumulate if unused.   Throughout The Site, there may be links and site activities that allow you to earn Additional Tickets.  Rules associated with each activity will be posted and will explain the participation requirements, the number of tickets associated with each activity, and the time elapsed from activity completion to when the tickets will be made available to you in your account.  The number of tickets available to you will be displayed within your personal account log in.  The Site makes every effort to assure that the ticket amounts are correct, however, technical difficulties may, at times, make this difficult to ensure.  The Site will use reasonable efforts to assure that all tickets due any participant be recorded and given to that participant, however, The Site assumes no responsibility for such technical difficulties and the decisions of The Site are final and binding in all respects.  

To Participate in Promotions using Additional Tickets, the participant must log in to their account and drop their tickets into the prize chest.   Any attempt to participate other than that listed herein will be considered void. 

Once your Ticket Amount reaches zero (0), you will be prompted to participate in other activities in order to accumulate more Tickets.  You may be prompted to provide email address of friends, family members or business associates who are at least (18) years old to which The Site will send an email on your behalf advising the recipient about The Site.  The Site will not sell, disclose or share the email addresses to any third party except to the extent that the recipient opts for such.  Emails sent to recipients provided by a participant from The Site, will be kept confidential and only be used to invite recipients to participate in The Site's Promotions.  You may only receive five (5) additional Tickets per day from referrals. Please have the emails sent only to people with whom you have either a personal or professional relationship and that you feel would be interested in hearing about The Site.  Should you provide The Site with invalid or ineligible email addresses, you will be considered in violation of The Site's rules and subject to account termination and a permanent inability to participate in The Site's Promotions. 

Winners of The Site's Promotions may be displayed on The Site.  Winners may also be notified by regular mail, email, or phone.  In some instances, a winner will be required to acknowledge, execute and/or return an Affidavit and Release before rewards will be awarded.  Failure to follow the directives of The Site may results in forfeiture of a reward.

ODDS

Your odds of winning are variable and determined based upon the number of participants during the current month and sweepstakes period.

Taxes

Taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.


PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

The Site reserves the right to investigate and verify any prize winner and disqualify any winner who it finds, in its sole judgment, has not complied with the Official Rules of The Site. Tickets which are not obtained through authorized channels or are in any part defective, altered, duplicated, forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or tampered with in any way, or contain or are the result of seeding, mechanical, electronic, digital or computer, or other errors, are void. The Site shall have no liability for Tickets obtained in any way other than those that are listed as qualified in the Official Rules of The Site.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing at the end of every month across all five (5) prize categories offered by The Site. The Site offers (5) different prizes participants can select when they enter their Tickets into the prize chest.  Any and all entries that are submitted to The Site and deemed eligible during the sweepstakes period will be entered into the drawing.  Entries are deemed eligible by their ability to adhere to the Official Game rules of The Site.   All winners will be contacted and notified through the email they provided during the initial registration and that is associated to the winning ticket.  Winners can also be contacted through any other means of communication at The Sites sole determination.  It is the sole responsibility of the participant to keep his/her email address current and to check it frequently.  Once notification has been sent to a participant who has been selected as a monthly winner they will have ten (10) business days to reply to the email.  In their reply the participant must agree to accept the prize and provide confirmation of their full contact information.  Any failure to accept the prize and confirm their contact information within the ten (10) business days will be viewed as a complete and non disputable forfeit of the prize.  If a selected winner is deemed to have forfeited their prize another winner will be chosen in another random drawing.  If the second prize winner does not accept the prize and confirm their contact information within the ten (10) business days then no prize will be awarded for that month.  All prize winners may be required to send The Site an image of themselves and a testimonial quote describing their experience, as a winner, with The Site.  This information will be sent to The Site by email.  The Site may choose, at The Site’s sole discretion, to pick alternate winners until a winner can successfully confirm their entry if they so desire. This sweepstakes is offered by other companies and websites.

Prize Specifications
One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected every month with each winner receiving the prize they selected when they submitted their ticket that was pulled as the winning ticket.  The Site offers five (5) separate prizes which participants must select before they submit their ticket to the prize chest.  All prizes have a retail value between $250 - $500. 

Prizes offered may vary from month to month, but will always have a retail value between $250 - $500.  Only the prizes displayed on the site will be awarded to monthly winners.  No substitute prizes or cash equivalents will be awarded.  All Prizes will be awarded if the winner abides by and complies with the Official Game rules.  The Site assumes no responsibility for products awarded as prizes.  This includes assuming no responsibility for warranties, service, subsequent purchases associated with the product, customer service, guarantees, or enjoyment associated with the product.  Any and all complaints about the product should be directed to the customer service center associated with that product.  Monthly prize winners acknowledge that the prize they have selected is accepted “as is” and The Site is in no way responsible for the above mentioned areas associated with the product.

Winners may be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within thirty (30) days of accepting their prize, in a form provided by Sponsor. Failure to return documents timely, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if Winner is found not to be in compliance with these Official Rules or otherwise ineligible, may result in disqualification with an alternate Winner selected.

Where permitted by law, you hereby give permission to The Site and its respective parent companies, distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, vendors, advertising agencies and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents permission to use, reproduce, exhibit, display, print, distribute, publish and broadcast, without any obligation to compensate you, your name, city/state, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, biography, and winner's statement, contained in, or relating to, your entry in the Promotion in any and all advertising marketing and promotional materials, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, except where prohibited by law, and without notice, approval or review by you.

Where permitted by law, you, and on behalf of your heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, agree to release and hold harmless The Site and its parent companies, distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, vendors, advertising agencies and promotion agencies, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for, or relating to, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that you may have, or which may arise, against any of the foregoing for any matter or cause whatsoever, including without limitation, any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, whether direct or compensatory, incidental, consequential or otherwise to any person, including death, and property damage, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the Prize, your participation in any Promotion-related activity, or your participation in the Promotion.

The Site reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or the Website; to be in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and persons using any such methods will be disqualified. Each entry submission must be manually key stroked and manually entered by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or sweepstakes service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related email or IP addresses may be blocked. The accumulation of Tickets generated through robotic, automatic, macro, or like methods is also strictly prohibited, regardless of whether the Automated Cheat was used in connection with your account. Sponsor’s determination of whether an Account is accumulating Tickets generated through Automated Cheats is in The Site's sole discretion. In order to discourage and deter misconduct in connection with participation and drawings on The Site, The Site places limits on the total number of Tickets players can earn in a given time period.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND COSTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of The Site, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, The Site reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at http://www.dailygoldenticket.com.

ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

THE SITE DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ITS WEBSITES. THE SITE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR TELEPHONE LINES, COMPUTER ON-LINE SYSTEMS, SERVERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF ANY E-MAIL OR ENTRY TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SITE ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, HUMAN ERROR OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY WEBSITE, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.

THE SITE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CAPTURE OF INFORMATION OR THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE SUCH INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY WEBSITE USERS, TAMPERING OR HACKING, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE PROMOTION. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PARTICIPANTS' OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON'S COMPUTER RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS FROM OR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE SITE OR ITS PARENT COMPANIES, DISTRIBUTORS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, VENDORS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND PROMOTION AGENCIES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, 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 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION, ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE AND IN THIS PROMOTION IS 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. 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.

DISPUTES

As a condition of participating in a Promotion, you agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with a Promotion, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of the Winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than your actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering a Promotion), and you further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or your rights and obligations or The Site’s rights and obligations in connection with a Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in that State in the City of Chicago, County of Cook.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the Winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

WINNER'S LIST

For an official Winners List mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to Daily Golden Ticket, 215 W Ohio St, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60654, marked "DAILYGOLDENTICKET WINNERS LIST".  All non compliant mail will be discarded.

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