Golden Bookmark to Portland Contest

OFFICIAL RULES

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.  PARTICIPATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE STATES OF CA, IL, NY AND WA, AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFICIAL RULES BELOW) WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY.  This Contest is not affiliated with or sponsored, sanctioned or endorsed by or in any way in association with FACEBOOK, Instagram, META, TIKTOK, OR TWITTER (“X”).  VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED.  BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR.  DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW. 

 

NOTE:  All expenses and travel costs incurred as a result of participating, seeking, winning, and/or making use of a prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Participation in this Contest is at each participant’s sole risk.

 

Contest Name:  Golden Bookmark to Portland Contest (the “Contest”).

 

Sponsor:  Travel Portland, 100 SW Main Street, Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97204 (“Sponsor”).

 

Administrator:  Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 (“Administrator”).

 

Contest Dates: Contest begins at 12:00:01 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on June 9, 2025 and ends at 11:59:59 pm ET on June 28, 2025 (the “Contest Period”), or when all Golden Bookmarks to Portland (each a “Bookmark”) have been found and associated prizes have been claimed by an eligible participant, whichever occurs first.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Void outside of CA, IL, NY and WA, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

 

During the Contest Period, a total of ten (10) Bookmarks shall be placed at Sponsor designated public or public-accessible private locations within each designated metro market.  Two (2) Bookmarks will each be hidden at a designated location within the following five (5) metro market areas: Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA.  The Contest shall conclude in each market immediately following when each associated Bookmark has been found and associated prizes have been claimed by an eligible participant.

 

Who may Enter:  The Contest is open only to documented U.S. residents who reside within the states of CA, IL, NY or WA, who are age eighteen (18) or older as of the date of entry and have a valid U.S. driver’s license or government issued photo I.D., except the following persons who are not eligible to enter, participate or win: employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, Administrator, Little Free Library, and each of their respective franchisees, parent companies, volunteer members, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the design or execution of this Contest, and the immediate family members or households, whether or not related, of any of the above. “Immediate family members” includes, for purposes of this Contest, parents (including in-laws and step-parents), grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings and half-siblings), children (including step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.

 

How to Participate – Follow designated hashtags on social media, then find a Golden Bookmark to Portland:  During the Contest Period, follow Travel Portland (@travelportland) on Social Media and/or find a post on Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and/or X) by Travel Portland, or posts on social media with #GoldenBookmarkPDX and #PortlandLiterary with updates to the location where a Bookmark has been placed. 

 

A total of ten (10) Bookmarks will be placed by Sponsor (or Sponsor’s designee) at designated locations, two (2) per designated metro market (Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; and Seattle, WA).  The date, time and location that each Bookmark will be placed shall be as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Each Bookmark shall be placed in a location accessible to the public, and shall be placed in a Public or Public Private location (i.e. location that is accessible to the public).  Please see criteria and requirements below regarding participation in the search to find a hidden Bookmark, including Leave No Trace principles.  Bookmark locations shall be in plain view, meaning there shall be no digging, destroying, climbing or disturbance required to any property, land or location in order to locate a Bookmark.

 

For each Bookmark, a Sponsor designated number of updates shall be provided by Sponsor to provide participants the opportunity to determine the location where a Bookmark has been placed and can be found.  Updates to the locations where each Bookmark has been placed and can be found shall be released by Sponsor via posts on its Social Media channels throughout the Contest Period.

 

Sponsor is not responsible for any technical error or failure, human error, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions, or defects of any phone or cellular phone provider, network computer online systems, computer equipment, servers or software, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Contest.

 

Additional Participation Requirements: Participants in the Contest are required to follow all local regulations and laws while participating in the Contest.  Any participant who is determined to have violated any local regulation or law shall be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  If a participant has been determined as a potential winner, then determined to have violated any requirement in these Official Rules, or violated any local regulation or law, they shall be required to forfeit the prize award, and no alternate prize award or compensation shall be provided. Participation is at each participant’s sole risk.

 

Sponsor reserves the right to, in its sole and absolute discretion, disqualify any participant for any reason that it considers to not be appropriate for, or in violation of, the Contest.  Participation restrictions include, but are not limited to, the following requirements: 

·       No one under the age of eighteen (18) may participate or assist any participant in the Contest;

·       Participants are solely responsible for any and all costs associated with participation including but not limited to transportation, fuel, accommodations, parking fees, meals or any incidental costs;

·       Participants agree to adhere to the ‘Leave No Trace’ principles as made available at https://lnt.org/.

·       Any participant who damages any property, or is destructive to any land, location or property during their participation shall be disqualified;

·       Any participant partaking in any activity deemed to be considered unlawful, harmful, threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy or property, hateful, or racially, religiously, ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by Sponsor shall be disqualified;

·       Only the first eligible participant to find and be in sole possession of a Bookmark shall have the rights to submit the prize claim.  Any other individual who attempts to take or claim, or takes the Bookmark from the first participant who found and possessed the Bookmark, shall be disqualified and ineligible to claim the prize.  In the event of a tie or dispute of any kind, the first eligible participant to scan the QR code provided in the Bookmark and complete the online Bookmark claim process shall be determined the Bookmark claimant.

·       Participants agree to be video recorded, and Sponsor reserves the right to video record the winning location, all related activities by any participant and the participant who finds a Bookmark, and to utilize such video to verify compliance with each of the participation requirements outlined in these Official Rules and for publicity purposes as outlined below.  Video may be recorded at each hidden location to record the participant who finds a Bookmark.

 

By participating, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official Rules.  The laws of the U.S. apply to and govern this Contest and any claims must be raised and resolved in the U.S.  Any information collected by registering and entering the Contest shall be used only in a manner consistent with these Official Rules and with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees that s/he may be contacted, recorded, interviewed and/or broadcasted by Sponsor, and that his/her comment, interview, video, post(s) and/or prize claim submission may be used, promoted, released, broadcasted or published by Sponsor in any manner related to the promotion or advertising of the Contest. 

 

How to Win – Finding a Bookmark & Submitting a Prize Claim: 

·       There is a maximum of one (1) prize award per person or household during the entire Contest Period.  Once an individual or household has claimed a prize, they are not eligible to participate or submit any additional prize claim.

·       In the event any Bookmark goes unclaimed, following the contest end date on June 28, 2025 all remaining unclaimed prizes shall be forfeit and shall not be awarded.

 

In order to be determined as a potential winner, an eligible participant must be the first individual to locate and be in possession of a hidden Bookmark.  The participant must then scan the QR code inside the Bookmark with their mobile device’s camera to access the Bookmark claim website, and fully complete and submit the online claim form during the Contest Period, including the entrant’s name, date of birth, email address, phone number (including area code), address of residence from an eligible state, and a photo of the entrant and the Golden Bookmark found.  The eligible participant who finds a hidden Bookmark and completes the online claim process shall be designated as a potential prize winner, subject to verification of eligibility, and compliance with these Official Rules.  Only the entrant who finds the hidden Bookmark and fully completes the online claim process shall be eligible to claim the prize award. All other participants are disqualified.

 

At Sponsor’s sole discretion, each potential prize winner may be required to: (1) complete and submit, at time of prize claim, a prize acceptance form, including affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (where permitted); (2) may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID as a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and (3) pay all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) on their respective prize award.   

 

Each potential prize winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness to accept the prize award (see below).  If a potential winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, is unable or unwilling to accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, Sponsor reserves the right to hide a replacement Bookmark for that associated prize.  Any disqualified entrant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation. 

 

Each entrant must participate and submit a prize claim on his/her own behalf.  Any prize claim submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s name, or providing any false information will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  All prize claims must include all required information.  Any prize claim with incorrect, incomplete or illegible information or other inaccurate information will be disqualified. 

 

Sponsor, Administrator, Little Free Library and their respective equity holders, owners, partners, members, directors, managers, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, lenders, advisors, sponsors, volunteers, insurers, agents, attorneys, representatives, successors and assigns (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, illegible, incomplete, invalid prize claims, or for any prize claim submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules.

 

In the event of a dispute as to any prize claim, Sponsor reserves the right to determine the potential winning participant via a random selection.  Decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator in the selection and determination of all prize winners and all matters relating to this Contest are final and binding. 

 

By participating and submitting a prize claim, entrants agree that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized to contact them via email, mail, phone, social media direct message or any other form of media to make entrants aware of information pertinent to the Contest, and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or promotional offers.  Entrants may opt-out of any further email communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or following the provided opt-out instructions.  Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Contest, and checking the opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of winning. 

 

Representation and Release of Publicity Rights: By participating, each participant agrees that any video, photographs and/or interviews related to their participation shall become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may publish, display, promote or utilize the content, comments, interview and/or photo or video in any manner of its choosing in relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor.  Participation in the Contest, and any associated comments, posts, interviews and/or photo or video constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that entrant’s comment, post(s), interview, photo, video, name, city and state of residence and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. 

 

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with or abuse the participation process and/or the Contest claim website in any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole and absolute discretion.  Any questions regarding the eligible participant and any associated prize claim shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY PROPERTY, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CONTEST WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

Winner Notification: The potential winner deemed a grand prize winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email within 72-hours after a valid Bookmark claim has been received.  If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected potential grand prize winner by phone within 24-hours of the initial notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be comfirmed and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).  Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification process.

 

During winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to travel during the designated travel dates and accept the prize.  The potential winner will then receive official notification via email delivery.  If the selected winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to travel during the designated travel dates, accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).  Any disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation.  Decisions of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all matters relating to this Contest are final and binding. 

 

All of the following will apply to the potential winner: 1) winner will be required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted) and a W-9 form in order to be eligible to claim the prize; 2) winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID with valid residential address and a copy of a valid social security card as a condition of receiving the prize, and (3) winner shall be solely responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that may be or become due in connection with their respective prize award, and winner shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize award.

 

Grand Prize Award (maximum ten (10) grand prize winners):  Each eligible participant who finds a Bookmark and completes the online claim process shall be designated as a prize winner and shall be awarded a trip for the winner and one (1) guest to Portland, Oregon.  Dates of trip are as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Travel dates must be booked a minimum of four (4) weeks prior to the initial date of travel, and all travel must be completed by December 31, 2025.  Each grand prize trip has a maximum retail value not to exceed $2,550 and includes:

·       Round-trip coach class airfare for the winner and one (1) guest to Portland, OR;

o   Dates of travel and servicing airports are solely determined and designated by Sponsor, subject to availability.  If winner resides within 250-miles of Portland, OR, Sponsor reserves the right to provide a $500 gift card toward ground transportation in lieu of airfare.

·       Two (2) nights in a standard double-occupancy hotel room in the greater metropolitan Portland, OR area;

o   Hotel brand, location, room type, and dates of stay are solely determined and designated by Sponsor, subject to availability.

·       One (1) $550 gift card toward ground transportation and incidentals.

o   Gift card subject to the terms and conditions of the issuing gift card provider policy, including any expiration.

 

Total maximum value of all available prize awards combined: $25,500.  Actual value is dependent on location of residence of each grand prize winner and applicable airfare and hotel costs.

 

All ground transportation, airport/hotel transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel or departure taxes, incidental expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner. 

 

Each winner and their guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during travel including any local government regulations in the departure or destination location, airline and/or hotel requirements, or any regulation related to COVID-19 testing requirements, vaccination status or policy.  Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest. 

 

Travel dates are based upon availability, and as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Sponsor is not responsible for any travel delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize award, redemption or use.  If travel delays or difficulty prevent arrival in time for any and all elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof.  Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage. 

 

Each grand prize winner and his/her guest must travel together on the same itinerary.  Any changes to completed travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole responsibility of the winner, and are solely at the winner’s expense.  Actual value of the trip will depend on point of departure, and any airfare fluctuations.  If actual value of prize is lower than the stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the difference will NOT be awarded to the winner.  The winner and travel companion are solely responsible for all costs incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing. 

 

Each grand prize winner must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence (and at least 18) and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to prize award.  It is recommended that winner and travel companion obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to departure.  Winner and travel companion hereby release Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or verify any and all necessary ID’s, passports, visas and tourist cards, birth certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other travel requirements (“Personal Documents”).  Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel Documents have been provided to winner and travel companion. 

 

Sponsor will not be responsible for any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation for any reason including but not limited to weather, Force Majeure Event, government regulation or restriction, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason.  No substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline ticket and hotel policy, and shall solely look to the airline ticket and hotel provider.

 

Winners and guests agree to comply with all applicable airline and hotel provider rules, requirements and regulations in connection with the prize award, redemption and use. Sponsor and travel provider reserve the right to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.  Winner and guests shall be solely responsible for their behavior while traveling, must follow the instructions and direction from any travel provider or associated staff or security.  If winner or any guest violates the standards of the travel provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of the travel provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall immediately forfeit the remaining prize award.

 

All gift card prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty, express or implied.  Prize winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Prize shall be shipped or emailed only to the designated winner residential address or email address as submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor.  Allow eight (8) – twelve (12) weeks for gift card prize delivery. 

 

Once emailed, delivered/transferred via email, mobile delivery and/or shipped, prizes shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any incorrect delivery address or information provided by winner during registration or prize claim. In the event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or compensation. Winner shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.

 

General Prize Conditions:  All other costs and expenses related to prize acceptance, redemption and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner, including but not limited to delivery charges, or any incidental expenses.  All income, federal, state and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility.  All prize awards are non-transferable and no cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided herein.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion.  All prizes are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor.  Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.  If forfeited for any reason, participant will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein.  All properly claimed prizes will be awarded.  Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

 

Additional Rules & Restrictions:  By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Contest.  In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of these Official Rules, he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated ARV of the prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize.  Participation in the Contest constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’ names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.  False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.

 

By participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, for injury (including, but not limited to, personal injury or death), damages, losses, loss of personal property, or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Contest, or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in prize-related activities (including, but not limited to, travel or activity related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor. 

 

Released Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof by reason of any Force Majeure Event (as defined hereafter).  The term “Force Majeure Event” as used herein shall mean, without limitation, the following:  acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other labor or industrial disturbances; acts of public enemies; war; cyber-attack; orders or restraints of any kind from any governmental, civil or military authority or from any of its departments, agencies or officials (except when such governmental action results from a party’s failure or refusal to comply with any applicable law, rule, or regulation); insurrections; riots; power failure or surges; landslides; earthquakes; fires; storms; lightning; droughts; floods; explosions; pest damage; viruses; plagues; diseases; epidemics; pandemics; acts or omissions of communications or other carriers; and any other cause or event not reasonably within the control of the Released Parties.

 

Entrants are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone equipment, internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all liability for the inability of an entrant to complete or continue an entry due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Sponsor’s control (including, without limitation, a Force Majeure Event), or otherwise. Sponsor disclaims any liability for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors. Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method.  Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest.  Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind, whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest, administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the Contest, the processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize winners.  Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest website.

 

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify, or terminate the Contest for any reason, including, but not limited to, fraud, misconduct, regulatory requirement, Force Majeure Event or as required by applicable law, or if any technical failures, internet difficulty or programming error destroy or threaten the integrity of the Contest, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to determine any prize winners from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.

 

Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes each winner’s consent to Sponsor’s, Administrator’s, and their agents’ use of each winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, quotes, statements, opinions, biographical information and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media now known or hereinafter invented, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

 

IN CASE OF DISPUTES:  By participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, and in no event will entrant be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey.

 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:  SPONSOR IS PROVIDING THE CONTEST ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.  SPONSOR DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTEST OR THE TECHNOLOGY USED TO PROVIDE IT: (1) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (2) WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS; OR (3) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR ENABLE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.  THE RELEASED PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES OTHER THAN THOSE MADE EXPRESSLY IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

 

Odds:  Odds of winning are dependent upon the total number of participants, and the skill of participant in solving the clues to find a hidden Bookmark. 

 

Official Rules & Winners List:  For a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by August 15, 2025 to: Golden Bookmark to Portland Contest, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.

 

 

This Contest is not affiliated with or sponsored, sanctioned or endorsed by or in any way in association with Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.  Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with this Contest or any prize(s) awarded in connection therewith.