Name Your Baby for Video Game 'Turok,' Win $10,000
Turok Labor Day Contest
Win $10,000 to name your 9-1-02 baby "Turok"
That's right, grab hold of your expectant lady and get ready to push, because if your kid is the first baby out of the hatch on Sunday, 9-1-02, you can win ten grand in U.S. savings bonds just by naming him Turok! What could be better than being the father of the dinosaur hunter?
Keep the neighbors at bay as he battles raptors with his bare hands. Watch as he spits back his formula in favor of regurgitated Quetzalcoatlus food. Listen in amazement as the first words from his mouth are, "I am Turok!" Well, maybe not. But $10,000 sure sounds good!
Here's the deal: if your wife (or if you're the wife, you) are expecting with a due date on or around 9-1-02 and are willing to legally name your baby "Turok" for one year, just pre-register right here on turok.com. Out of the list of applicants, if your infant is the first one born on Sunday, 9-1-02, then baby Turok gets $10,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds!*
*Winner must provide official proof of birth with time and date from a United States hospital. Winner must also sign a legally binding intent form to name their child's first name "Turok." $10,000 in United States Series EE Savings Bonds will be awarded to the winner upon furnishing a valid birth certificate that clearly identifies the baby's first name as "Turok" to Acclaim Entertainment. Click here for the official rules and regulations.
Official Rules:
1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia), 18 years of age or older. Void in Florida, New York and where prohibited by law. This promotion is governed by US law and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Employees of Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities are not eligible, nor are members of such employee's immediate families or households.
2. ENTRY: Promotion begins August 27, 2002 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) August 31, 2002. Expectant parents are invited to register online at www.turok.com or www.acclaim.com. The registered parent who gives birth closest to 12:00:01 a.m., September 1, 2002 and agrees to make "Turok" the first name of their newborn child for at least one year will win a $10,000 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, misdirected or ineligible entries. All entries become property of Sponsor and will not be returned. No purchase necessary to enter or win.
Sponsor may prohibit any participant or potential participant from participating if, in Sponsor's sole discretion, such person exhibits a disregard for the official rules, or acts in an unsportsmanlike manner, with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other participant, the Sponsor, the Administrator or their agents or representatives, or in any other disruptive manner.
3. PRIZE/ODDS: One (1) $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Approximate retail value: $10,000. Odds of winning depend on how close in time the expectant mother actually gives birth. ALL TAXES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF THE PRIZE ARE THE OBLIGATION OF THE WINNER, INCLUDING EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A NAME CHANGE AFTER ONE YEAR (IF DESIRED).
4. CLAIMING PRIZE: If you have registered to win and give birth close to the date and time noted above, contact Sponsor by e-mail at babyturok@acclaim.com and provide your name, address and daytime telephone number to inform Sponsor of your claim. You must then provide official proof of birth with time and date from a United States hospital, and sign a legally binding Certificate of Compliance to name your child's first name "Turok." If there are multiple claimants, Sponsor will contact each claimant to determine which child was born closest to the indicated date and time. Once Sponsor has determined a potential winner, the $10,000 Savings bond will be awarded upon the furnishing to Sponsor of a valid birth certificate that clearly identifies the baby's first name as "Turok." Sponsor reserves the right to verify and confirm the identity and eligibility of all prize claimants, and will make the final decisions regarding the prize winner. THE PRIZE WILL NOT BE AWARDED IF IT REMAINS UNCLAIMED AFTER December 31, 2002. No transfer or substitution of prize by winner permitted.
5. GENERAL: Potential winners will be required to sign a Certificate of Compliance regarding the child's name and with the official rules, an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and, where legal, Publicity Release. In the event of noncompliance, the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner selected, at Sponsor's discretion. By accepting the prize, where permitted by law, winner grants to Sponsor (and agrees to confirm that grant in writing), and those acting pursuant to the authority of Sponsor, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, at any time and in perpetuity, the winner's and the child's name, portrait, voice, likeness, statements and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation or review.
By entering, participants (a) agree to be bound by the official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor which are final and binding in all respects; and (b) agree to release Sponsor, the Administrator of this promotion, their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability, loss, damage or injury resulting from participation in this promotion, receipt of the prize, publicity surrounding this promotion, or receipt, possession use and/or misuse of the prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries or losses related to personal injury, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light).
The failure of Sponsor to comply with any provision of the official rules due to actions of governmental authorities, an act of God, hurricane, war, terrorism, fire, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies or other force majeure will not be considered a breach of the official rules and regulations.
6. DISPUTES: This promotion is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of New York, without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in this Promotion, participants agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Nassau County, New York having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and participants hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, including attorneys' fees, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses (e.g. costs associated with registering), and participants further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. The invalidity of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
7. LIABILITY LIMITATIONS: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend or terminate the promotion should a virus, bugs or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the promotion. Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) late, lost, incomplete, or misdirected registrations; computer system, phone line, electronic equipment, computer hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors; failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections; or for any other technical problems related to web site registration; (2) incorrect or inaccurate registration information, whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the registrations in the promotion; (3) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause the Promotion to be disrupted or corrupted; or (4) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with this Promotion.
8. WINNERS LIST: For a winners list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope by September 30, 2002, to Turok: Evolution, P.O. 0434, Lake Grove, NY 11755-0434.
9. SPONSOR: The sponsor of this promotion is Acclaim Entertainment, Glen Cove, New York. This promotion is administered by Promotion Associates, Inc., Lake Grove, New York.
