MORTON "COOKING COARSE WITH ROCCO"
INSTANT WIN GAME & SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER, PARTICIPATE OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
OPEN TO ALL ELIGIBLE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES, 18 YEARS AND OLDER AS OF DATE OF ENTRY.
1. BRIEF PROMOTION OVERVIEW: The Morton® "Cooking Coarse with Rocco Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes" (the "Promotion") starts on 8/1/09 at 12:00 A.M. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on 12/31/09 at 11:59:59 P.M., ET (the "Promotion Period"), and consists of a Morton Salt food education game, "Chef Rocco's Cooking Coarse," ("Cooking Coarse"), an Instant Win Game ("Instant Win Game"), and a Grand Prize Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes"). Each day that you sign-on to www.mortoncookingcoarse.com, the "Website", during the Promotion Period and follow the instructions, you will receive one (1) opportunity to participate in the Cooking Coarse and you will simultaneously receive one (1) automatic Instant Win Game message which will reveal whether or not you are the potential winner of an Instant Win Prize. You will also automatically receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Regardless of the email address you use, you may only participate in the Promotion by participating in the Instant Win Game once each day throughout the Promotion Period except that you may receive up to five (5) additional entries into the Sweepstakes by inviting up to five (5) friends or family members to participate in the Promotion as described in Rule 6 below. Additionally, you may also enter the Sweepstakes by mail-in entry as described in Rule 5 below. You may only win one (1) Instant Win Game prize; however, a winner of an Instant Win Game Prize is eligible to win the Sweepstakes Grand Prize. The Sweepstakes drawing will be held on or about 1/5/10 to select the potential Grand Prize Sweepstakes Winner ("Sweepstakes Winner"). A day will be deemed to start at 12:00 A. M., ET and end at 11:59:59 P.M., ET of a calendar day. The computer of the independent agency administering this Promotion, PrizeLogic LLC ("PrizeLogic"), shall be deemed to be the official Promotion clock.
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia) who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry. Officers, directors and employees of Morton International Inc. ("Sponsor"), Spirit Media, LLC, World Kitchen, MARS Advertising, Inc. ("MARS"), PrizeLogic, LLC ("PrizeLogic"), Mercury Promotions & Fulfillment ("Mercury") and their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliate companies, and suppliers and other individual or entities associated with the development, administration, fulfillment or supply to this Promotion and the members of each of their household and immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, children, "steps" of each, and each of their household members) are ineligible to enter or win.
3. HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INSTANT WIN GAME: Go to the Website and register by entering your valid email address, UPC and other requested information including your name, valid street address (P.O. Boxes not accepted), date of birth and telephone number. After you have successfully registered, each day during the Promotion Period, follow the instructions to enter your email address and the 12 digit UPC symbol found on the outside of the package of any participating Morton® Salt product. If you do not have a UPC symbol, click "I Don't have a Code" link. After you have entered the UPC symbol or clicked on the "I Don't Have a Code" link, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Cooking Coarse. Participating in the Cooking Coarse is for your educational entertainment only and whether or not you answer the question(s) correctly will have no effect on your chances of being selected as an Instant Win Game Prize Winner ("Instant Winner") or the Sweepstakes Winner.
4. THE INSTANT WIN GAME: (A) HOW IT WORKS: Each day during the Promotion Period, after a participant has participated in the Cooking Coarse (or elected to click "Skip, Cooking Coarse"), s/he will simultaneously receive one (1) automatic Instant Win Game message which will reveal whether or not s/he is a potential winner of an Instant Win Game Prize, subject to verification, and s/he will also receive one (1) automatic entry into the Sweepstakes. In order for an Instant Win Game message to be a potential winner, it must have occurred either at the exact randomly predetermined winning time as determined by PrizeLogic, or if no Instant Win Game message has occurred at the exact randomly predetermined winning time, then it must be the Instant Win Game message that occurred at the closest time immediately following the randomly predetermined winning time. All potential winning Instant Win Game messages and Instant Winners are subject to verification and compliance with these Official Rules as determined by PrizeLogic, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters pertaining to this Promotion. (Screen shots of Instant Win Game messages will not be accepted as verification.) Participants who have been verified as Instant Winners and are therefore not eligible to win an additional Instant Win Prize are still eligible to return to the Website on succeeding days during the Promotion Period to participate in the Cooking Coarse and simultaneously receive one (1) Instant Win Game message in order to receive an additional automatic entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) Instant Win Game message per person per day regardless of email address used, except as otherwise described in Rule 6 below. (B) INSTANT WIN GAME PRIZES & ODDS OF WINNING: (i) Instant Win Game Prizes: A maximum of 1,081 Instant Win Game Prizes are available to be won throughout the Promotion Period. Instant Win Game Prizes consist of the following:
| Prize | Quantity | Approximate Retail Value |
Total Approximate Retail Value |
| Chicago Cutlery Fusion 18pc Set | 50 | $179.99 | $8,999.50 |
| Chicago Cutlery Insignia2 18-Pc Block Set | 42 | $179.99 | $6,299.58 |
| CorningWare French White 16-Piece Set | 7 | $119.99 | $839.93 |
| Chicago Cutlery Cayenne 10pc Set-Red | 43 | $99.99 | $4,299.57 |
| CorningWare French White 15-Piece Set | 17 | $99.99 | $1,699.83 |
| CorningWare French White 18pc Set | 22 | $79.99 | $1,759.78 |
| CorningWare French White 10-Piece Set | 50 | $79.99 | $3,999.50 |
| Pyrex® Grip-rite 4-Piece Set | 50 | $43.99 | $2,199.50 |
| Pyrex® 11-Piece Bake and Store Set | 50 | $28.47 | $1,423.50 |
| Pyrex® Storage 10-Piece Set | 50 | $20.79 | $1,039.50 |
| "Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home, Everyday" cookbooks (signed) | 200 | $19.95 | $3,990.00 |
| Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt cellars | 150 | $14.99 | $2,248.50 |
| Morton® Umbrellas | 100 | $13.99 | $1,399.00 |
| "Rocco Gets Real" calendars | 250 | $12.99 | $3,247.50 |
| 1,081 | $43,445 |
5. SWEEPSTAKES: (A) HOW TO ENTER: (i) Online Entry: Each time you participate in the Instant Win Game during the Promotion Period, you will receive one (1) automatic entry into the Sweepstakes. (ii) Mail-in Entry: You may also enter the Sweepstakes by writing your name, complete street address, valid email address, telephone number, and date of birth on a 3"x5" card and mailing the card in a properly stamped envelope addressed to Morton® Cooking Coarse Sweepstakes, 35610 Mound Road, Dept 2010, Sterling Heights, MI 48310-4725. All mail-in entries must be postmarked by 12/31/10 and received by 1/07/10. On or about 1/11/10, a random drawing will be held to select the potential Sweepstakes Winner from among the total number of all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period regardless of the method of entry. The potential Sweepstakes Winner will be notified by email or courier on or about 1/13/10. (B) SWEEPSTAKES GRAND PRIZE & ODDS OF WINNING: (i) Sweepstakes Grand Prize: There is one (1) Sweepstakes Grand Prize. The Sweepstakes Winner will receive a two (2) hour personal cooking demonstration in his/her home from the renowned Chef Rocco DiSpirito for the Sweepstakes Winner and six (of his/her) guests at a date and time prior to 2/28/10 that is mutually agreeable to the Winner and Chef Rocco DiSpirito, along with a personalized photograph with Chef Rocco DiSpirito for the Sweepstakes Winner's own personal collection. All details of the cooking demonstration, including menu selection, will be as jointly agreed upon by the Sweepstakes Winner and Chef Rocco DiSpirito and/or Sponsor prior to the agreed-upon cooking demonstration date. Sponsor and/or Chef Rocco DiSpirito will provide necessary food ingredients and cooking utensils. The Approximate Retail Value of the Grand Prize is $1,500 and includes planning, purchase/provision of groceries and necessary cooking utensils, personal instruction and meal preparation. Celebrity appearances have no monetary value. Sponsor has no liability for any scheduling conflicts of Chef Rocco DiSpirito or other circumstances beyond Sponsor's control which interfere with or preclude Chef Rocco DiSpirito's presence or availability at the cooking demonstration; and, in the event of such a circumstance, the Sweepstakes Winner shall receive as full substitution for the Grand Prize, the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500) in lieu of the Grand Prize as described above. All costs and expenses not specifically included above, e.g. all federal, state, and local taxes, are solely the responsibility of the Winner. Prize Logic or Spirit Media LLC reserves the right to require the potential Sweepstakes Winner and/or his/her guests to submit to a confidential background check as a condition of awarding the Grand Prize. The potential Sweepstakes Winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Compliance (including providing his/her Social Security Number for tax purposes) and a Publicity/Liability Release by the return date specified in the prize notification letter, or s/he will forfeit the Grand Prize. In the event of such a forfeiture, or if the potential Sweepstakes Winner is unreachable, or if the prize notification letter is returned as undeliverable, or if the potential Sweepstakes Winner declines acceptance of the Grand Prize, or if the results of the confidential background check are determined by Prize Logic or Spirit Media LLC to be unsatisfactory, or if there is non-compliance with these Official Rules, Sponsor will award the Grand Prize to a randomly selected alternate potential Sweepstakes Winner. The Sweepstakes Winner will be issued a Form 1099, as required by the Internal Revenue Service, in the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500). The Sweepstakes Winner's guests will also be required to sign and return a Publicity/Liability Release, as allowed by law, prior to attendance at the cooking demonstration. The Grand Prize is not transferable, redeemable for cash, or substitutable; however, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Grand Prize or any portion thereof with a prize of equal or greater value. Neither Sponsor, MARS, PrizeLogic, Mercury, their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliate companies, suppliers ,or their respective officers, directors, employees and independent contractors ("Sponsor & Others") is responsible for the Sweepstakes Winner's inability to utilize or accept the Grand Prize. (ii) Odds of Winning: The odds of winning the Sweepstakes Grand Prize depend upon the total number of all eligible entries received throughout the Promotion Period.
6. TELL-A-FRIEND: You will receive one (1) additional Sweepstakes entry for each different family member and/or friend you refer, up to a maximum of five (5) family members or friends, with whom you have an existing personal relationship and who you think would be interested in receiving an email from Sponsor inviting them to participate in the Promotion. Limit: A maximum of five (5) Tell-A-Friend Sweepstakes entries throughout the Promotion Period.
7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY/INTERNET: Sponsor & Others are not responsible for illegible, lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected postage due, or undeliverable, email, or postal mail; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability, or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/web site/use net accessibility, availability, or traffic congestion, or any technical error, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of registration information, or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Sponsor & Others are not responsible for any typographical or factual errors, incorrect or inaccurate information or answers, whether caused by any web site users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion and assume no responsibility for any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical or factual error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to any web site(s). Additionally, Sponsor & Others have no liability for acts of force majeure or other acts beyond their control which affect the intended proper administration, operation and fulfillment of this Promotion. Sponsor & Others are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to participants' or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and/or proceed with the Promotion in a manner deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor, including the selection of winners from among eligible entries received prior to said cancellation, termination, modification or suspension. SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING THE PRIZES OTHER THAN THOSE ACCOMPANYING THE PRODUCTS IT MANUFACTURES. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR & OTHERS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION OR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PRIZE. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an email address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line 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. Sponsor reserves the right, to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering or attempting to tamper with the operation of the Promotion; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; to be acting with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of this Promotion; or to be otherwise acting in an unsportsmanlike manner. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like methods to participate in the Promotion will void any attempted participation effected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
8. PRIVACY POLICY: Any personally identifiable information collected during an entrant's participation in this Promotion will be collected by Sponsor or its representative and used by Sponsor for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Promotion as described in these Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy as such are stated at http://www.mortonsalt.com/privacy.htm.
9. PUBLICITY RIGHTS: By accepting a Prize, each winner agrees to allow Sponsor and/or Sponsor's designee the perpetual right to use his/her name, biographical information, photos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, world wide, including but not limited to on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation except where prohibited by law.
10. RELEASE: By acceptance of a prize, each winner releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor & Others from and against any and all costs, claims, damages, or any other injury, whether due to negligence or otherwise, to person(s) or property (including, without limitation, death or violation of any personal rights, such as violation of right of publicity/privacy, libel, or slander), due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Promotion, or arising out of participation in any Promotion-related activity, or the receipt, use or misuse, of any prize.
11. GENERAL: By entering this Promotion, participants agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of PrizeLogic which are final and binding in all matters pertaining to this Promotion. In no event will more Prizes be awarded than are stated in these Official Rules. In the event that due to technical, typographical, mechanical or other errors, there are more potential prize winners than are stated in these Official Rules, a random drawing among the claimants will be held to determine the winners. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The interpretation of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan. Any and all disputes will be resolved individually, without resort to class action, in the appropriate courts in the State of Michigan exclusively, and subject to the laws of the State of Michigan. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of Michigan and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of Michigan. All federal, state, and local laws apply. All entries become property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law.
12. WINNERS LIST: To obtain an official list of the names of the major Prize Winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope postmarked by 1/15/10 to: MORTON COOKING COARSE WINNERS LIST, 35610 Mound Road, Dept 250, Sterling Heights, MI 48310-4725.
13. SPONSOR: Morton International Inc., 123 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606-1743.
14. INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR: PrizeLogic, LLC, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 405, Southfield, MI 48033
The Official Rules for the Morton "Cooking Coarse with Rocco Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes Promotion" may not be reprinted or republished, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Morton International Inc.
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