Official Rules - Beach Party Bonanza

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  Purchase will not increase entrant’s chances of winning.

2. ELIGIBILITY.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED AND OUTSIDE THE U.S.  VOID IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, TEXAS AND PUERTO RICO.  This event is open to legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older, and not a minor in his/her state of residence as of June 26, 2009.  Employees and directors of Consumer Programs Incorporated d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio (the “Sponsor”), Sears, Roebuck and Co., and their respective parents, promotion and advertising agencies, sales representatives, distributors, agents, subsidiaries, contest judging organization and affiliated and related corporations, (collectively “Promotion Parties”) and the members of the household and immediate family of each of the above employees and directors are not eligible to participate.  For these Official Rules, “immediate family” means mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, husband, wife, wherever they reside.

3. HOW TO PLAY.  To play, pick up a game-piece at any Sears Portrait Studio location. Limit one game-piece and prize per customer.  The Beach Party Bonanza event runs from June 26, 2009 to August 31, 2009 during the regular business hours of the studio (the “Promotional Period”). This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Taxes on prizes, if any, are the responsibility of the individual winner. Sponsor is not responsible for lost game-pieces. 

4. ALTERNATE FORM OF ENTRY.  You may also request a game piece by mail. By mailing a postcard with your name, street address, city, state, country, ZIP code, phone number including area code, and email address to: Consumer Programs Incorporated d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio, Beach Party Bonanza, 1706 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103.   Requests must be postmarked by August 15, 2009 and received by August 31, 2009. 

5. WINNERS.  Each entrant will receive one scratch off game-piece while supplies last.  Each game-piece, once scratched off, will reveal a prize.  Each game piece is subject to validation. Valid mail-in requests will receive a game piece in the mail.  Each game piece will match one of the prize levels.  To redeem a prize, a winner must present the game piece to a participating Sears Portrait Studio location by November 30, 2009. Winners must sign their name across the front of the game piece and print their name, address, telephone number and email on the back of the game piece.

6. PRIZES.  Each game piece will reveal an icon, which will correspond with one prize.  Each potential prize, its Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) and the odds of winning are as follows:

Prizes may only be redeemed at participating Sears Portrait Studio locations.  No cash substitutes are allowed.  All claimed prizes will be awarded. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event a prize, or a portion thereof, becomes unavailable or for any reason cannot be awarded as contemplated by these Official Rules.  All taxes are the responsibility of the winner.  No person may claim more than one prize during the promotion. All game pieces are subject to validation. Game pieces may not be reproduced, copied or otherwise duplicated. All such reproduced, copied or duplicated game pieces are void and not eligible for a prize.

7. CONDITIONS.  The Sponsor Sears, Roebuck and Co. and their respective  agents shall not be responsible for lost, incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate information, which may limit the ability to play or participate, or for human error, which may occur in the processing of entries in the Beach Party Bonanza event.  If for any reason (including but not limited to unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other cause which affects or corrupts the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes), the Beach Party Bonanza event is not capable of being conducted as described in these Official Rules, Sponsor shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes at any time. If due to a printing, production or other error, more prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded for any prize level per the above, the intended prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from any and all verified prize claims received for that prize level. In no event will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded.

8. RELEASES. By participating in this event, participants agree to be bound by the official rules. By accepting a prize, the winner agrees to release the Promotion Parties, their respective directors, employees and agents, including without limitation their advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize awarded herein or in connection with participation in any prize-related activities.  The winner acknowledges that said parties have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guaranty, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including, but not limited to, its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose.

9. LIST of WINNERS. Each studio will maintain a list of winners until February 28, 2010. To obtain a list of winners or a copy of the Official Rules, send your request and a self-addressed envelope with the proper postage affixed to: Sponsor: Consumer Programs Incorporated d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio, 1706 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103.

10. SPONSOR.  The Sponsor of the Beach Party Bonanza event is Consumer Programs Incorporated d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio, 1706 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103.