MTA LIRR - Terms of Sweepstakes & Official Rules

Terms of Sweepstakes & Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Prize Definition:
Four (4) monthly tickets will be given away (one (1) prize per person) each month. The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and has no cash value to the winner. The winners can select which month's (within the next three (3) subsequent months from the date of notification) ticket they will receive free of charge. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during each monthly drawing period.

Sponsor:
Long Island Rail Road, Mail&Ride Monthly Sweepstakes, 93-59 183rd Street Dept # 3157, Hollis, NY 11423

Terms of the Sweepstakes:
Only one (1) entry will be allowed per person per monthly drawing. If multiple entries are received during a monthly drawing period, only the first entry will be entered into the Sweepstakes that month and all other entries will be disregarded.

The following outlines the procedures to be followed in conducting a sweepstakes administered by the Long Island Rail Road.

I. Entering the Sweepstakes

A. General Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible, individuals must be legal residents of NY, NJ and CT who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Sweepstakes void where prohibited or restricted by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Employees of the MTA or any of its agencies, their immediate family members and household members of each such employee are not eligible.

Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

B. Mail&Ride Customers
A customer who purchases a Long Island Rail Road monthly commutation ticket through Mail&Ride automatically receives one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes for a particular month if eligibility requirements are met, and:

the customer's account is active and in good standing in the Mail&Ride system as of the third (3rd) of the month in which the drawing occurs; or

if a new Mail&Ride customer applying by mail, the Mail&Ride application is received by the third (3rd) of the month in which the drawing is to occur in order for the customer to be eligible for that month's drawing; or

If a new Mail&Ride customer applying over the Internet, the customer signs up by 5:59 p.m. ET of the third (3rd) of the month in which the drawing is to occur in order for the customer to be eligible for that month's drawing.

C. Non-Mail&Ride Customers
1. Individuals meeting eligibility requirements who are not active Mail&Ride customers can enter the Sweepstakes without making a purchase. To receive one entry, hand print your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, and the words "Long Island Rail Road Free Monthly Sweepstakes" on a plain 3"x 5" piece of paper or postcard & mail it in a sealed, stamped and hand printed #10 envelope to:

Long Island Rail Road
Mail&Ride Free Monthly Sweepstakes
93-59 183rd Street Dept # 3157
Hollis, NY 11423

A separate sweepstakes entry postcard must be submitted for each monthly drawing. Only one entry per household will be accepted each month.

All entries become the property of the Long Island Rail Road and will not be acknowledged or returned.

Mail in entries for a particular month must be received no later than the third (3rd) of the month in which the drawing is to occur in order to be eligible for that month's drawing.

II. How the Long Island Rail Road Receives and Stores Sweepstakes Mail In Submissions from Non-Mail&Ride Customers
A. Mail&Ride Department receives all sweepstakes entries from non-Mail&Ride customers by mail.

B. Each month, the Mail&Ride Department enters data from mail in submissions, assigning a sequential entry number to each 3"x 5" piece of paper or postcard.

III. How Winners are Selected, Notified and Confirmed
A. Drawing is held on the twentieth (20th) of the month (if not a workday, then the next succeeding workday).

B. Drawing is conducted by one (1) representative from the Mail&Ride Department and one (1) representative from the Controller's Department, whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. The representatives obtain a download/report of account numbers with sequentially assigned numbers from the current month's ticket issuance file and combine the valid customer account numbers with the sequentially numbered eligible mail in entries described in Section II above. Using a computerized random number generator, the Mail&Ride Department selects four (4) potential prizewinners and four (4) alternates each month, which selection is witnessed by a Controller's Department representative who signs and dates the list. After each potential winning entry is selected, it is checked to ensure that the eligibility requirements are met.

C. Monthly database files/reports are maintained by the Mail&Ride department.

D. The Mail&Ride Department contacts the potential winners by telephone on or about the twentieth (20th) of each month. The LIRR will follow up by certified mail with a letter and an affidavit of eligibility/release, which must be completed and returned by the potential winner in order to claim his/her prize. The affidavit of eligibility/release must be received by the LIRR no later than the date set forth in the letter, which will be seven (7) business days from such date. If a potential winner cannot be contacted or fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility/release within the required time period, the potential winner forfeits prize.

E. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, or of the inability to contact a winner, the return of any prize notification as undeliverable, or winner's being found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, the Mail&Ride Department will contact the first alternate who is now a potential winner. This procedure will continue with the next succeeding alternate, as necessary. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

F. Winners will receive a Monthly ticket for the month (within the next three (3) subsequent months of the date of notification) they request.

IV. General Conditions

A. Sponsor not responsible for incomplete entry submissions, incomplete transmission defaults, computer server failure and/or delayed, garbled or corrupted data. Sponsor not responsible for lost, late, stolen, incomplete, torn, postage-due, illegible or misdirected mail. No mass entries or mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted.

B. Sponsor reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Sweepstakes for any reason without notice.

By accepting a prize, winners consent to (i) the posting of their names on a list of winners which may be mailed to those who request it, and (ii) the use of their name, voice and likeness for advertising/publicity purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.

No prize transfer or cash redemption.

V. Winners List

For a copy of the most recent monthly drawing's winners list, write your name and address on a 3" x 5" card and mail it in a first-class, stamped envelope to:

Long Island Rail Road
Mail&Ride Free Monthly Sweepstakes Winners List
146-01 Archer Avenue Dept # 1423
Jamaica, NY 11435

VI. Value of Sweepstakes

Not to exceed the highest possible total value of four (4) Long Island Rail Road monthly passes for each month that the Sweepstakes is held.