OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. 

A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

The Chandon American Summer Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is only open to legal residents of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York age 21 or older at time of entry. All employees of New York magazine (“Sponsor”), Domaine Chandon, Inc. (“Chandon”), and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and all other companies involved in this Sweepstakes and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes governed by U.S. law.  Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Void outside the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York and where prohibited by law.

Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on July 15, 2013 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on August 2, 2013 (“Sweepstakes Entry Period”). Sweepstakes consists of three (3) weekly prize drawings. Each weekly prize drawing will award one (1) prize. Each weekly entry period starts at 12:00 ET on Monday of each week and ends at 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of that week, except for the last weekly entry period, which begins at 12:00 AM ET on Monday and ends at 11:59 PM ET on Friday August 2, 2013. Entries received during a given weekly entry period will be entered into subsequent weekly prize drawings (if any). Sponsor’s computer system shall be the official timekeeper for the Sweepstakes.

To enter, follow onscreen instructions to send your email to enter the Sweepstakes. Your entry must consist the following: 1) on your email subject line please state “Chandon American Summer Sweepstakes Entry” and; 2) your name, birth date, address, and a phone number in the body of your entry. Email your entry to: ChandonSweepstakes@nymag.com. Entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period and each entry will only qualify for the weekly prize drawing for which it is eligible and for subsequent weekly prize drawings, if any. Limit: One entry per person. Multiple entries from any person using different email addresses or under multiple identities or through the use of any other robotic device or artifice to enter multiple times for an individual will be deemed invalid. Entrants subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to privacy policy. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, or ownership of or rights to the entry the disputed entry will be disqualified in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. All entries and requests become Sponsor’s property and will not be returned or acknowledged.

Three (3) Prizes: Each winner will receive one (1) $200.00 gift certificate to one of the featured restaurants on New York magazine (such as Empire Hotel Rooftop Bar & Lounge, Living Room Bar & Terrace at the W New York Downtown, or Prime, TOY). Selection of gift certificate is at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each prize is $200.00 and total ARV of all prizes is $600. Gift certificate is not redeemable for cash and will not be replaced if damaged, lost or stolen. Gift certificate is subject to issuing company gift certificate terms and conditions. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.

Each winner will be selected at random for each weekly prize drawing from among all eligible entries received prior to each weekly entry period deadline. Each weekly prize drawing will be conducted within five (5) days after each applicable entry period by selected representatives of the Sponsor (“Judges”) whose decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. If an insufficient number of entries are received for a given prize drawing, any remaining prize drawing prizes will be awarded in the next subsequent prize drawing until all prizes are awarded. Limit one (1) prize per household.

Winners will be notified by e-mail and/or telephone and may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of notification date or an alternate winner will be selected. If an affidavit or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible, or if the selected winner cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason, it will result in disqualification, and the corresponding prize will be awarded to an alternate winner. There will be five (5) attempts to notify alternate winner for the unfulfilled prize after which the prize will not be awarded. No substitution is permitted except if prize is unavailable, in which case a prize of comparable or greater value will be awarded at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Prize is non-assignable or transferable except to a surviving spouse. Winners are responsible for all federal, state, local and sales and income taxes. Entry and acceptance of prize constitute permission to use each winner's name, prize won, hometown, photograph and likeness for online posting and promotional purposes without further permission, compensation or notification, except where prohibited by law. Alcohol is not a part of the prize. All expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included as part of any prize and are solely the winners’ responsibilities, including, but not limited to: ground transportation and parking fees.

Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Judges and the Sponsor, and release the Sponsor, Chandon and their respective parent companies, affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation, acceptance and use of any portion of prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or use or redemption of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prizes.

Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged, or illegible entries; or (ii) human or technical error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (ii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these official rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and Judges, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes.  Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules; and (ii) withdraw the Sweepstakes if it becomes technically corrupted, (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Sweepstakes), and to select winners from among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal.

Legal Warning: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN individual, whether or not an ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, destroy, tamper or vandalize this WEB SITE OR interfere with the OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS and SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES and diligently pursue all remedies against ANY SUCH individual TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsor: New York magazine, 75 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013.

For a winners’ list (available after August 30, 2013), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Chandon American Summer Sweepstakes Winners, New York magazine, 75 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013, for receipt by August 30, 2013.