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Wish Lists Come True Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED.

Description: The AOL.com "Wish Lists Come True" Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes (The "Promotion") begins at 12:00:00 PM (Noon) Eastern Time (ET) on December 5, 2005 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on December 25, 2005 ("Promotion Period"). There will be daily Instant Win Prizes available to be won throughout the Promotion Period and (1) Grand Prize awarded in a random drawing from among all eligible entries at the end of the Promotion Period. In addition, there will be a Second Chance Drawing to award any unclaimed daily instant win prizes.

1. ELIGIBILITY: This Promotion is offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, 18 years of age and older during the Promotion Period. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited. Employees and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), including their respective household members, of America Online, Inc. ("Sponsor"), participating prize partners, their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, participating retailers and Marden-Kane, Inc., are not eligible to enter. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify participants who violate these Official Rules or interfere with this Promotion in any manner. If a participant is disqualified, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate that participant's eligibility to participate in the Promotion. This Promotion is subject to all federal, state, and local laws.
2. HOW TO ENTER: Go to www.aolwishlistsweeps.onlinepromo.com and complete the Official Online Entry Form, including your first and last name, address, city, state, ZIP code, date of birth and your email address. Submit this online entry form during the Promotion Period to receive one (1) entry in the Sweepstakes. Once registration is complete you will be directed to an Instant Win Page where you can play for a chance to instantly win a daily prize.

SWEEPSTAKES ENTRIES/SWEEPSTAKES BONUS ENTRIES: You may enter the Sweepstakes once each day during the Promotion Period. For purposes of this Promotion, a "day" is defined as a 24-hour period, beginning at 12:00:01 AM ET and ending at 11:59:59 PM ET. The first day is 12 hours, beginning at 12:00:00 PM ET and ending at 11:59:59 pm ET. Once you have entered the Sweepstakes, you may receive additional Sweepstakes entries when you refer your friend(s) to the promotion. For each valid email address that is referred, you will be credited with one (1) additional Bonus Sweepstakes entry, up to a maximum of five (5) Bonus Sweepstakes entries during the Promotion Period.

INSTANT WIN GAME PLAY
Once you are registered in the Sweepstakes you are eligible to play for a chance to win a daily prize throughout the Promotion Period each time you visit AOL.com. Registered players will click on the "Wish Lists Come True" button and be directed to a game play page where you will play for a chance to win an instant prize. There is a limit of one instant win game play per day.

All instant win prize claims are subject to verification, confirmation and compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor will attempt to award any unclaimed instant win prizes in a Second Chance Drawing (see Rule #4). Sweepstakes entries made with multiple e-mail addresses, under multiple identities or through the use of any agent or other device or artifice to enter multiple times will be deemed invalid.
3. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION: Visa® virtual account. Daily Instant Win Prize winners will receive a message they have won an instant prize as part of the game play. Winners will be asked to verify shipping address and email address for the purpose of determining eligibility and for prize fulfillment. Daily Instant Win Prize Winners will receive a second email with 72 hours following confirmation of eligibility of winning game play containing a secure code that they can use to activate their Visa virtual account. Note: Daily Instant Prize Winners who win after 3:00 P.M ET on December 24, 2005 will receive their second email on Tuesday December 27, 2005. Daily Instant Win Prize Winners will have 60 days to use the secure code to activate their account from the date of issuance otherwise the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing on or about December 27, 2005. The Grand Prize Winner will be notified by email and/or telephone and/or mail. Winners of prizes valued over $600 will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and where legal, a publicity release, and federal and state tax release, and return same, properly executed, within seven (7) days of issuance of notification. Failure to return any or all documents as specified, prize notification being returned as undeliverable, or potential winner not complying with any term of these Official Rules will result in the participant being disqualified, and the prize may be awarded to a potential alternate winner. Any prize won by a person deemed a minor in his/her state of residence will be awarded in the name of a parent/legal guardian who must sign and return all required documentation as outlined herein.

4. GRAND PRIZE RANDOM DRAWING/INSTANT WIN SECOND CHANCE DRAWING: 1) Grand Prize Drawing : One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in a random drawing conducted on or about December 27, 2005 by Marden-Kane, Inc., an independent judging organization, from among all eligible entries received as per Rule #2. The potential Grand Prize winner will be contacted on our about December 27, 2005. Odds of winning a Grand Prize depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. 2) Daily Instant Prizes will be made available to be won at random during the length of the Promotion Period. Odds of winning any Daily Instant Prize depend upon the total number of registered participants who play the game on that day. Daily Instant Win Prizes must be claimed by 11:59:59 PM ET on the day they were won or prize will be considered "unclaimed." The number of Instant Win prizes available to be won decrease throughout the Promotional Period. Daily Instant Win Prizes are subject to verification, confirmation and compliance with these Official Rules. Proof of play and/or winning will not be deemed to be proof of winning by Sponsor. If for any reason more entrants receive an "instant winner" notice than the number of prizes stated herein, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the number of prizes stated in the Official Rules for that category via a random drawing. In no event will more prizes be awarded than those listed in the Official Rules. 3) Instant Win Second Chance Drawing : A Second Chance Drawing will be conducted on or about March 6, 2006 from among all eligible entries received to award any unclaimed or forfeited daily instant win prizes. A participant is automatically entered in the Second Chance Drawing when they complete and submit the Online Entry Form during the Promotion Period. Odds of winning an unclaimed prize in the Second Chance Drawing are dependent on the number of eligible entries received and the number of unclaimed prizes that are available. Second Chance Drawing Winners will be notified by email and/or U.S. mail, and/or telephone or the Visa Virtual account secure activation code will be automatically sent by email to the Second Chance Drawing winner(s). Decisions of the judges will be final and binding on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.

5. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a $25,000 Visa virtual account plus $7,500 Cash. The Visa virtual account is a Visa stored-value account that enables you to purchase goods and services online and by telephone at merchants that accept the Visa card. The $7,500 cash will be paid to the winner in the form of a check. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) is $32,500.

Daily Instant Win Prizes
There are a total of 4,665 daily prizes available to be won. (3) $10,000 Cash Prizes paid out in a Visa virtual account plus $3,000 Cash paid in the form of a check, ARV $13,000; (42) $500 Cash Prizes paid out in a Visa virtual account, ARV $500; (420) $250 Cash Prizes Paid out in a Visa virtual account, ARV $250; (4,200) $100 Cash Prizes paid out in a Visa virtual account, ARV $100. Winners will be notified by email and will be provided with a secure code to activate the Visa virtual account. The activation code must be used within 60 days from the date of issuance or the prize will be forfeited. Winners of the $10,000 Daily Instant Win Cash Prize will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility and release before they receive the activation code for the Visa virtual account. The Visa virtual account is a stored-value account that enables you to purchase goods and services online and by telephone from merchants that accept the Visa card. Visa virtual accounts issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and managed by Ecount, a member service provider of JPMorgan Chase Bank. Sponsor is not responsible for winners' account numbers or their use.

The total ARV of all sweepstakes and daily instant win prizes available to be won is: $617,500. All other costs not specifically stated herein, including, but not limited to, taxes, are the responsibility of the winner. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitutions are permitted, except by Sponsor who reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize is unavailable. The use of the Visa virtual account is subject to issuer's terms and conditions. Detailed descriptions and explanations of how to purchase, activate, use, and monitor a Visa virtual account and the other services and functionality of the Site are found at various locations on the Visa virtual site at www.ecardprogram.com/aol. Winners should visit the Site FAQs for answers to frequently asked questions about Visa virtual account. Any and all guarantees and warranties are subject to the Visa virtual account terms and conditions. SPONSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .
6. TAXES: All taxes and any other costs associated with a prize are the sole responsibility of the winners.

7. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Limit one Instant Win Prize per person per day. Use of any automated entry software is prohibited. Electronically reproduced, illegible, incomplete or inaccurate entries are void. By participating, participants agree to comply with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements. In case of a dispute as to the owner of an online entry, online entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address from which the entry is made. The authorized account holder is deemed as the natural person assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. In the case of a minor, the potential winner's parent or legal guardian may be the authorized account holder. America Online, Inc., its prize partners, each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, Marden-Kane, Inc., participating retailers and all of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, and agents (collectively "Releases") are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human or printing error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, inability to submit the online registration form, or any other error or malfunction, or 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 promotion, or for late, lost, stolen, illegible or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. No mechanically reproduced, or facsimiles of entries will be accepted. If, in the Administrators' opinion there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of this Promotion, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Promotion, the Administrator reserve the right to void any entries at issue and/or to suspend, modify or cancel or terminate this Promotion, in whole or in part, at any time without notice and award the prizes in a random drawing from among all non-suspect eligible entries received as of the termination date. Caution: Any attempt by a participant or any other individual to deliberately damage any online service or web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and/or other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision.

8. GENERAL CONDITIONS: By accepting a prize, winner consents to the use of his/her name, voice, and/or photograph for promotional purposes by Sponsor, and its designees, including but not limited to the posting of winner's name on AOL.com and/or the AOL and/or AIM services, in a Winners List or other online announcements, without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Participants release and hold harmless Sponsor, participating prize partners, their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, Marden-Kane, Inc., and their respective employees, officers, directors and shareholders from any claims, actions, injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded. U.S. law governs this Sweepstakes. Notice to online participants: Internet access and usage charges applicable to a participant's account, including local, long distance, 800/888* access charges and/or any usage charges applicable under participant's Internet pricing plan and any applicable taxes will continue to apply while a participant is online in connection with this Sweepstakes, and will be the sole responsibility of such participant.

9. PRIVACY: Information collected from entrant is used only for the purpose of the prize drawing and to notify winners, and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by Sponsor or any third parties unless entrant has opted-in to receive additional information and promotional material from Sponsor or a third party. Once the Promotion, including any known or unknown extensions of the Promotion, has ended, all information supplied by entrants will be removed from the database.

10. DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia.

11. WHO WON: For the names of major prize winners, available after 3/16/2006, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Wish Lists Come True Winners, c/o Marden-Kane, Inc., 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY 11030-1962. Residents of VT may omit return postage. Requests must be received by 3/17/2006.

12. SPONSOR & ADMINISTRATOR: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is America Online, Inc., 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, VA 20166. The administrator of this Sweepstakes is Marden-Kane, Inc., 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY 11030.

© Copyright 2005 Marden-Kane Inc. All rights reserved. Participants are hereby authorized to copy these official rules on the condition that it will be for the participant's personal use only.
 
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