NineMSN True or False – Win $15K or weekly prizes

Terms & Conditions
Full T&Cs and entry at trueorfalse.news.ninemsn.com.au . Open to Aust. residents 18yrs+ between 10am 4/6/14 and 9:59am 30/7/14 (AEST). Website entrants must complete quiz, make ninemsn their homepage and submit form. Mobile site entrants must complete quiz and submit form. Winners determined by the highest total point score incorporating quiz score and additional points from subscriptions and/or sharing activity. 3 round winners in each of 8 weekly rounds. Weekly round prize varies (see T&Cs), each valued up to $550. One Major Prize winner of $15,000 determined on 31/7/14. Winners published on website. Promoter: ninemsn Pty Ltd, Lvl 6, 264 George St, Sydney.

ninemsn True or False Terms & Conditions

1. Variables

1.1 Resident of: Australia only.
1.2 Minimum age: 18 years
1.3 Start time: 10:00am(Sydney time)
1.4 Start date: Wednesday 4th June 2014
1.5 Closing time: 9:59am(Sydney time)
1.6 Closing date: Wednesday 30th July 2014
1.7 Judging time: By 5.00pm (Sydney time)
1.8 Judging dates:

(a) Round 1: Thursday 12 June, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(b) Round 2: Thursday 19 June, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(c) Round 3: Thursday 26 June, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(d) Round 4: Thursday 3 July, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(e) Round 5: Thursday 10 July, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(f) Round 6: Thursday 17 July, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(g) Round 7: Thursday 24th July, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(h) Round 8: Thursday 31st July, 2014 (Sydney Time);
(i) Major Prize: Thursday 31st July, 2014 (Sydney Time).

1.9 The names of the Winner/s for each round will appear on www.trueorfalse.news.ninemsn.com.au on the following dates:

(a) Round 1: Friday 13 June, 2014 (Sydney Time); (b) Round 2: Friday 20 June, 2014 (Sydney Time); (c) Round 3: Friday 27 June, 2014 (Sydney Time); (d) Round 4: Friday 4 July, 2014 (Sydney Time); (e) Round 5: Friday 11 July, 2014 (Sydney Time); (f) Round 6: Friday 18 July, 2014 (Sydney Time); (g) Round 7: Friday 25 July, 2014 (Sydney Time); (h) Round 8: Friday 1 August, 2014 (Sydney Time); (i) Major Prize: Monday 4 August, 2014 (Sydney Time).

2. Prizes

2.1 There will be three (3) Round Prize Winners for each of the eight (8) rounds. There will be a total of twenty-four(24) Round Prize Winners throughout the competition.
2.2 Each of the twenty-four(24) Round Prize Winners will be selected from entries received during the entry period for each Round, as outlined in the table below:

Round

Entry Open Time

Entry Open Date

Entry Close Time

Entry Close Date

Judging Date (5:00pm)

1 10:00am 4 June 2014 9:59am 10 June 2014 12 June 2014
2 10:00am 10 June 2014 9:59am 17 June 2014 19 June 2014
3 10:00am 17 June 2014 9:59am 24 June 2014 26 June 2014
4 10:00am 24 June 2014 9:59am 1 July 2013 3 July 2014
5 10:00am 1 July 2014 9:59am 8 July 2014 10 July 2014
6 10:00am 8 July 2014 9:59am 15 July 2014 17 July 2014
7 10:00am 15 July 2014 9:59am 22 July 2014 24 July 2014
8 10:00am 22 July 2014 9:59am 30 July 2014 1 August 2014

2.3 The three (3) entries submitted during a round which achieve the highest scores (comprising quiz score calculated in accordance with the rubric described in Condition 6.5 and bonus points allocated on the basis of newsletter subscriptions and sharing of the entry on Facebook and/or Twitter) for that round will be judged to be a Round Prize Winner for that round.
2.4 Each Round Prize Winner in each of the eight (8) Rounds will receive a Round Prize (a Minor Prize) as described below:

(a) Each of the three (3) Round 1 Prize Winners will receive an iSpy Toy Tank, $109 each
(b) Each of the three (3) Round 2 Prize Winners will receive an iWorld Ion iDJ-2-Go Controller System for iPod, iPhone and iPad, $129 each
(c) Each of the three (3) Round 3 Prize Winners will receive a 1950’s Diner Style Telephone, $220 each
(d) Each of the three (3) Round 4 Prize Winners will receive a Darth Vader Cardboard Cutout, $77 each
(e) Each of the three (3) Round 5 Prize Winners will receive a Blue Motorised Cooler Scooter, $550 each
(f) Each of the three (3) Round 6 Prize Winner will receive a Lennox 5L Remote Control 6 Can Cooler/Esky, $100 each
(g) Each of the three (3) Round 7 Prize Winners will receive an iWorld Ion iDJ-2-Go Controller System for iPod, iPhone and iPad, $129 each
(h) Each of the three (3) Round 8 Prize Winners will receive a 1950’s Diner Style Telephone, $220 each
The total value of the Round Winners Prize Pool is $3,556

2.5 There will be one (1) Major Prize Winner.
2.6 The Major Prize Winner will be the Round Prize Winner who has achieved the highest score (comprising quiz score calculated in accordance with the rubric described in Condition 6.5 and bonus points allocated on the basis of newsletter subscriptions and sharing of the entry on Facebook and/or Twitter) of all Round Winning Entries determined during the Competition’s entire duration.
2.7 The Major Prize Winner will receive a Major Prize consisting of $15,000 cash, payable by the winner’s selection of cheque or electronic funds transfer (EFT) into the winner’s nominated account.

The total value of the Major Prize Pool is AUD$15,000

2.8 The total competition prize pool value is $19,603.
2.9 The judges’ determination of winners is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
2.10 All prize items are valued inclusive of GST and the Promoter takes no responsibility for any variations in item values. The prizes are not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable. In the event that any prize item is unavailable, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute a prize item of equal or greater value. Any taxes (other than GST, if any) which may be payable as a consequence of a winner receiving the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
2.11 The Promoter makes no representations or warranties as to the quality/suitability/merchantability of any of the goods/services offered as prizes; and accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to prizes in transit.

3. Who may enter

The only persons who may enter and be awarded prizes are residents of the place specified in Condition 1.1, who have attained the age specified in Condition 1.2 (if an age is specified in that condition), who are not (i) employees of, or contractors to, the Promoter or any of its agencies involved with this competition, or (ii) members of the immediate family of such employees and contractors.

“Immediate family” means spouse, de facto spouse, parent, natural or adopted child, and sibling (whether natural or adopted by a parent), whether or not they live in the same household as the employee/contractor. “Promoter” means ninemsn Pty Ltd ABN 33 077 753 461.

4. Entrants bound by conditions

By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these conditions.

5. How to enter

5.1 To enter, entrants must enter one of two ways depending on the device they are using:
5.1.1 To enter via the competition website as displayed on a desktop or laptop computer device, entrants must:

a) Visit https://www.trueorfalse.news.ninemsn.com.au (“Competition Website”)
b) Read and accept these terms and conditions;
c) Complete the quiz by submitting an answer (either True or False) to the 15 questions as quickly as they can;
d) Click the ‘make ninemsn your homepage’ button;
e) Follow the instructions to change homepage to ninemsn;
f) Once completed, fully complete the online entry form including their name, valid email address and mobile telephone number;
g) Choose whether or not to subscribe to newsletter alerts and/or share their entry on Facebook and/or Twitter to obtain up to bonus 300 points;
h) Agree to the Competition conditions;
i) Submit the fully completed Competition entry form.

5.1.2 To enter via the mobile site as displayed on a mobile or tablet device, entrants must:
(a) Read and accept these terms and conditions;
(b) Complete the quiz by submitting an answer (either True or False) to the 15 questions as quickly as they can;
(c) Once completed, fully complete the online entry form including their name, valid email address and mobile telephone number;
(d) Choose whether or not to subscribe to newsletter alerts and/or share their entry on Facebook and/or Twitter to obtain up to bonus 300 points;
(e) Agree to the Competition conditions; and
(f) Submit the fully completed Competition entry form.
5.2 Bonus points to be added to quiz score:
Entrants will receive additional points, as set out below, in their entry in the Competition for any of the following actions they elect to take:

•Fifty (50) additional points for sharing their entry via Facebook using the link provided in the entry mechanic;
•Fifty (50) additional points for Sharing their entry via Twitter using the link provided in the entry mechanic;
•Fifty (50) additional points for electing to receive ‘News Alerts’;
•Fifty (50) additional points for electing to receive ‘Entertainment Alerts’;
•Fifty (50) additional points for electing to receive ‘Trending Alerts’; and
•Fifty (50) additional points for electing to receive ‘Must-see Video Alerts’.
Entrants are permitted to undertake each of the above actions once. Entrants may therefore receive up to a maximum of 300 additional points added to their quiz score to be their total score in their entry in the Competition.
5.3 An entry may be disqualified if the Promoter considers that the entry is not made in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. No correspondence will be entered into.

6. Selection of winner

6.1 At the time and on the dates specified in Conditions 1.7 and 1.8, the judges will determine the Round Winners. Each Round Winner will be an entrant who has been judged to have submitted an entry with one of the three highest scores (comprising quiz score calculated in accordance with the rubric described in Condition 6.5 and bonus points allocated on the basis of newsletter subscriptions and sharing of the entry on Facebook and/or Twitter) during that Round.
6.2 At the time and on the date specified in Conditions 1.7 and 1.8, the one (1) Round Winning Entry submitted during the entire entry period that is determined to have the highest score (comprising quiz score calculated in accordance with the rubric described in Condition 6.5 and bonus points allocated on the basis of newsletter subscriptions and sharing of the entry on Facebook and/or Twitter) will win the Major Prize.
6.3 Each entry will be individually judged based on the number of points attributed to that entry on the basis of their quiz score (in accordance with the rubric described in Condition 6.5) as well as bonus points awarded for newsletter subscriptions and sharing of the entry on Facebook and/or Twitter.
6.4 Chance plays no part in determining the winners of each Round or the winner of the Major Prize.
6.5 Quiz points are allocated to entrants in accordance with the following methodology:

6.5.1 Users answer 15 questions in total.
6.5.2 Each correct question receives 10,000 points.
6.5.3 Further points are allocated based on the overall time taken to complete the quiz. The number of additional points allocated will be calculated on the following basis: 9,299 points minus 3.099666667 points for every 0.1 seconds over a period of 5 minutes.
6.5.4 The maximum user quiz point score is therefore 159,299, not including bonus points.
6.1 In the event that two or more users achieve the same score within either the Round in which those scores fall, or throughout the entire competition period, so that it is not possible to determine one individual winner for the Major Prize, or three winners for a Round Prize, the winner or winners will be determined by contacting those users and requiring them to submit an answer in 25 words or less to a question determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion. The winner or winners will be the entrant or entrants who are judged to have provided the most creative, humorous and original response to the question asked. Each entry will be individually judged based on literary and creative merit. Chance plays no part in determining the winner/s.
6.6 The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrant submitting an entry (including any profile information) which: (a) infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights; (b) tampers or manipulates the entry or judging process; or (c) in the opinion of the Promoter, includes objectionable content, including but not limited to profanity, nudity, potentially insulting, scandalous, inflammatory or defamatory images or language.
6.7 Incomplete or indecipherable entries will be deemed invalid.

7 Special conditions of entry

7.1 All entries must be the original independent effort of the entrant.
7.2 It is a condition of the awarding of each prize that the winner must, if requested to do so by the Promoter, sign and return any Affirmation of Eligibility to Enter, Ownership of Entry, and Release and Compliance statements provided to the winner by the Promoter. The failure to return the signed statements will result in the entitlement to the prize being forfeited and the selection of another winner.
7.3 The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers or manipulates with the entry process, voting process or judging process. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
7.4 The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrant submitting an entry which infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights, or in the opinion of the Promoter, includes objectionable content, including but not limited to profanity, nudity, potentially insulting, scandalous, inflammatory or defamatory images or language.

8 Limitations on entry

There is a limit of one (1) entry per person in the competition. If an entrant enters via the website, they cannot enter again via the website or enter again via the mobile site. If an entrant enters via the mobile site, they cannot enter again via the mobile site or enter again via the website.

9 Duration

This competition starts at the Sydney time and date specified in Conditions 1.3 and 1.4. Entries must be received by the Sydney times and dates specified in Conditions 1.5, 1.6 and 2.2.

10 No quality, etc, representations/exclusion of liability

10.1 The Promoter:

(a) makes no representations or warranties as to the quality/suitability/merchantability of any of the goods/services offered as prizes;
(b) accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to prizes in transit;
(c) accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected registrations; and;
(d) is not liable, to the extent permitted by law, for any loss suffered or sustained, to person or property and including, but not limited to, consequential (including economic) loss by reason of any act or omission, deliberate or negligent, by the Promoter, or its servants or agents, in connection with the arrangement for supply, or the supply, of any goods or services by any person to the prize winner and, where applicable, to any family/persons accompanying the winner.

10.2 The prize is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the respective products which constitute the prize.
10.3 Condition 10 does not affect, and is not intended to affect, any rights a consumer might have, which are not able to be excluded under applicable Australian consumer protection laws. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any liability of the Promoter or its servant or agents for breach of any such rights is limited to the payment of the cost of having the prize supplied again.

11 Winner notification and publication

Each winner will be notified by telephone and/or email, using the details provided in their entry.

12 Use of Headings

Headings and subheadings are inserted for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the text of these conditions in any way adverse to an interpretation in favour of the Promoter.

13 Ownership of entries

13.1 All entries become and remain the property of the Promoter..

14 Internet

14.1 If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, including but not exclusively infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, manipulation, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who manipulates or tampers with the (or who benefits from any tampering or manipulation of the) entry process or any other aspect of the conduct of the promotion, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition.
14.2 The Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, or alteration of, entries.
14.3 The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this competition.
14.4 CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION ON A WEBSITE, OR TO OTHERWISE UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS COMPETITION, MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, WHETHER SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, THE PROMOTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

15 LIABILITY, INDEMNITY AND RELEASE

15.1 In consideration for the Promoter accepting the Entrant’s entry, the Entrant releases and forever discharges the Promoter from all claims that the Entrant may have or may have had but for this release arising from or in connection with any entrant’s participation in this promotion; each of the winner’s acceptance and use of each of the prize, and (if applicable) the winner’s guest’s acceptance and use of the prize.
15.2 The entrant indemnifies and holds harmless the Promoter to the extent permitted by law in respect of any claim by any person (including but not limited to other entrants in the promotion), arising as a result of or in connection with the entrant’s participation in the promotion.
15.3 In this Condition 15, “all claims” means and includes any action, suit, proceeding, claim, demand, damage, penalty, cost or expense however arising.

16 Promoter

The Promoter is ninemsn Pty Ltd, ABN 33 077 753 461, Level 6 Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

17 Privacy

The Promoter will use all personal information collected in connection with the Competition in accordance with the principles and purposes outlined in its Personal Information Collection Statement and Privacy Policy.

18 Promoter

The Promoter is ninemsn Pty Ltd, ABN 33 077 753 461, Level 6 Tower Building, Australia Square, 264 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

19 Entire conditions

These conditions constitute the entire agreement of the parties relating to the entry and the conduct of the competition.