AARP/ACBL 0-5 EVENTS (REGIONAL BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS)

[Pages:2]AARP/ACBL 0-5 EVENTS ? REGIONAL BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS

OFFICIAL RULES

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

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Am I Eligible To Participate? Subject to the additional restrictions below, the "AARP/ACBL 0-5 Events"

Regional Bridge Tournaments (the "Regional Tournaments") are open to individuals age 50 and older, and to their spouses

(regardless of the spouse's age), who are legal residents of the United States at the time of entry and who, if they are ACBL

members, have no more than 5 "Masterpoints." (For a more complete description of "Masterpoints," please refer to the

ACBL website at: .) Membership in AARP and/or ACBL is not a requirement of eligibility. Employees of

AARP and the ACBL ("Sponsors"), and the immediate family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such

employees, are not eligible to enter or to win. The term "immediate family members" includes spouses, parents, siblings,

children, and grandchildren.

3. How Do I Enter? The Regional Tournaments are being conducted by ACBL and co-hosted by AARP as part of the AARP "Bridge to Anaheim Open," a national bridge tournament for competitive players. ACBL will conduct five (5) Regional Tournaments as part of the "Bridge to Anaheim Open." To register for a Regional Tournament, contact the name listed for the tournament on the ACBL website at . (Pre-registration is not required but would be appreciated.) The dates and times of the tournaments are as follows:

? Alexandria, VA, 10:30 a.m. ET, Saturday, 7/1/06, Hilton Hotel @ Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road; ? Chicago, IL, 1:00 p.m. CT, Saturday, 7/15/06, Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker Dr.; ? Phoenix, AZ, 1:00 p.m. MT, Saturday, 8/19/06, Sheraton Crescent, 2620 W. Dunlop; ? (Seattle) Lynwood, WA, 1:00 p.m. PT, Saturday, 8/26/06, Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW; ? Atlanta, GA, 1:00 p.m. ET, Saturday, 9/2/06, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody.

At each Regional Tournament, two (2) winning pairs will be selected according to standard bridge rules and regulations (see ), and those pairs will compete at the "The Bridge to Anaheim Open" national tournament which will take place during AARP's Life Begins@50+ National Event Oct. 26-28, 2006 in Anaheim, CA. Because the national tournament is an "open," it is not limited to Regional Tournament winners ? all interested players can register to participate, regardless of whether they competed at or won a Regional Tournament.

4. What Could I Win? The two (2) winning pairs at each Regional Tournament will receive: (i) free admission to the AARP Life Begins @50+ event; (ii) three (3) nights' lodging (max. two hotel rooms per winning pair) in Anaheim, California on October 26, 27, and 28, 2006; (iii) a one year AARP membership for each member of the winning pair; (iv) a trophy or plaque recognizing the winner's participation in the tournament; and (v) recognition in an AARP publication. Approximate retail value of each winning pair's prize package is $445.00.

5. What Other Terms Apply? Winners will be notified at each of the five (5) Regional Tournaments, after the tournament games are concluded. Winners may waive their right to receive prize. If the winning pair waives its right to the prize, the prize will be offered to the pair winning second place. If the pair winning second place waives its right to the prize, the prize will be offered to the pair winning third place. The prize is non-assignable and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed by winners. Prizes are subject to availability and Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for payment of any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned within fourteen (14) days of date of personal delivery or sender's postmark. Failure to timely sign and return the affidavit or release, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules or the rules of play at any Regional Tournament, may result in winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of the prize to a substitute winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of a prize constitutes each winner's consent to the Sponsors' publication of his or her name, biographical information and likeness in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation or further compensation. By participating, players agree to be bound by these Official Rules, all rules of play governing the Regional Tournaments, and the decisions of Sponsors and the tournament judges, which shall be final in all respects. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of the tournaments.

6. Who Is The Sponsor? The Regional Tournaments are sponsored by AARP and the ACBL. Sponsors will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other materials relating

to the tournaments. For the names of the Regional Tournament winners (available after October 1, 2006) send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to "AARP/ACBL 0-5 Events Regional Tournaments," Attn: Martis Davis, ICS-Special Campaigns and Promotions Director, AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20049.

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