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Groundhog Day Shadow Twitter Contest Official Rules

  1. WHO CAN ENTER: The Groundhog Day Shadow Contest (the "Contest”), brought to you by Groupon, Inc. (the "Sponsor”), and is governed by these Official Rules. To enter, you must a legal resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) be 18 years of age or older and be a member of Twitter at the start of the Contest Entry Period. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor. Void outside of the 50 United States and D.C., Canada (other than Quebec) and where prohibited. Employees of Sponsor, its subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, retailers, advertising, promotion and judging agencies and the immediate families and household members of each are not eligible. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements, in any manner it deems appropriate.

  2. WHEN CAN YOU ENTER? The Contest begins at 12:00 am CT on February 2, 2012 and concludes at 11:59pm CST on February 8, 2012 ("Contest Entry Period").

  3. HOW DO I ENTER? Tweet an original photo of a handmade shadow to the @Groupon_Says Twitter page during the Contest Entry Period Contest (“Entry”). Retain all submitted Entry materials in their original format. If you are selected as the winner, you may be required to provide your Entry materials to Sponsor in the original format as a condition of being awarded the prize. Automated methods of entry are prohibited and any use of automated devices will cause disqualification.

  4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. By submitting an Entry in the Contest, you represent that you will submit only one Entry during the Contest Entry Period and will not create multiple Twitter accounts for the purpose of submitting more than one Entry or otherwise evading these Contest Rules. Entry must be your original work; may not have won previous awards; may not have been previously published or used for public display by any third party, cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; Entry cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; Entry cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; Entry cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies; Entry cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; Entry cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media or musical "samples" other than the musical tracks provided) without permission; Entry cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than entrant, without permission; Entry cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and Entry cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ENTRY MAY BE RETWEETED, POSTED ON SPONSOR’S WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE PUBLICIZED IN SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen entries prior to posting them to the Website. By entering, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, use, publicly perform the Entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant. ENTRIES ARE YOUR VIEWS/OPINIONS AND DO NOT REFLECT AND ARE NOT ENDORSED BY SPONSOR. You acknowledge that by accepting your Entry, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use ideas that are similar or related to anything in your Entry previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.

  5. HOW IS THE WINNER CHOSEN? All eligible Entries will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on or about February 10, 2012, which will evaluate each eligible Entry based on the following judging criteria: Creativity and originality – maximum of 10 points • Overall appeal – maximum of 10 points • Adherence to theme – maximum of 10 points.

    The Entry with the highest total score (a maximum possible total of 30 points) will be the winner. In the event of a tie, the tied Entry will be re-judged, and if still tied then the highest score in the first Judging Criteria, continuing thereafter to each Judging Criteria in order, as needed to break the tie will be declared the winner. Entrants agree that the Judges have the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions are final and binding in all respects.

  6. WHAT IS THE PRIZE? One winner will receive one (1) One Hundred Dollar ($100) Groupon Gift Card. (Delivered electronically via a direct message with an electronic code.)

  7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Winners will be notified by direct message on Twitter and will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release (where permitted by law) within 14 days of notification (first attempted delivery) or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. In the event of any dispute regarding the holder of the Twitter account associated with the Entry, the potential winner must provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the Twitter account associated with the potentially winning entry. By entering, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the judges’ decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Prize is non-transferable. No cash redemption or substitution permitted, except by Sponsor, who may substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Any and all federal, state, and local taxes, and any other related expenses on prizes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner. If applicable, prize winner must provide information necessary (e.g. social security number) for issuance of appropriate tax documentation. Any form of entry other than as specified in these Official Rules is prohibited. By accepting prize, winner agrees that neither Sponsor its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, and/or any of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, distributors, employees or promotion/advertising agencies will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, harm, damage, cost, or expense arising from or in connection with participation in this contest or any prize related activities, or the acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of a prize including, without limitation, any personal injury or death. By accepting prize, winner acknowledges that Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, and/or any of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, distributors, employees or promotion/advertising agencies have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to a prize, including but not limited to its quality or merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Acceptance of prize further constitutes winner’s consent that the Sponsor may use winner’s name, state of residence, likeness and/or prize and biographical information worldwide without limitation for advertising or promotional purposes without further compensation, except where prohibited. All Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations apply.
  8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, misdirected, delayed or illegible entries, nor for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries. Sponsor 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, or alteration of, entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this contest. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest.
  9. OFFICIAL RULES: For an additional copy of these Official Rules send a stamped, self-addressed envelope (residents of Vermont may omit return postage) postmarked on or before February 29, 2012 to Groundhog Day Twitter Contest Rules, c/o Groupon, Inc. 600 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. The winner’s name will be posted on the site on or about February 20, 2012. For a full list with winner’s name, available after February 29, 2012 send a self-addressed, stamped envelope before April 1, 2012 to: Groundhog Day Twitter Contest; Winners List c/o Groupon, Inc. 600 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654.
  10. SPONSOR: Groupon, Inc. 600 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654