One in a million Promotion Terms & Conditions

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One in a million Promotion Terms & Conditions

The following terms and conditions (‘Terms’) apply to Limited, trading as Vodafone Ghana (“Vodafone”), and shall commence at 00:00hours on 1st August 2011, terminating when the 10th cycle is completed.

By entering this Promotion, you the participant, (‘Participant’) will be deemed to have understood these Terms, to have agreed to be bound by them and accepted that participation in the Promotion is subject to these Terms.

1 Eligibility Criteria and Participation

To participate in the Promotion you must fulfil the eligibility criteria set out in these Terms.

1.1 You must be a current Vodafone prepaid mobile or fixed voice customer.

1.2 Participants enter the Promotion by registering in accordance with section 2 below.

1.3 Any attempt at entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and conditions will be void. Vodafone reserves the right to reject any entry that it considers, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be incomplete, inaccurate or corrupted. All decisions of Vodafone pertaining to the Promotion and these Terms are final.

1.4 Vodafone’s decision on matters relating to submitted entries is final and it will not enter into any correspondence in relation to these matters.

1.5 Vodafone respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks Participants to do the same. The Promotion and all materials, characters, logos or other images, and in particular the Terms are exclusively owned by Vodafone. No information may be reproduced in any format without prior written consent from Vodafone.

1.6 Vodafone reserves the right to amend, vary and/or update these Terms. Further, Vodafone reserves the right to refuse to accept or disqualify any Participant who, in its sole opinion, fails to comply with these Terms and/or whose actions or conduct contravenes the spirit of the Promotion.

1.7 The following people are excluded from participating in the Promotion: post-paid subscribers, employees of Vodafone, employees of Vodafone’s partners and authorised agencies, employees of advertising agencies instructed by Vodafone and individuals who provide goods or services to Vodafone. The immediate relatives (being mother, father, son, daughter, wife, husband, sister, brother, grand parent or grand child) of any of the above excluded people are also excluded from participating in the Promotion. Where winner is below 18 years and sim card is registered in his/her name, prize shall be awarded to parent/Guardian if evidence can be provided thereof.

2 Promotion mechanics

2.1 To enter the Promotion, Participants must;

2.1.1 be a Vodafone prepaid subscriber.

2.1.2 Text the word ‘more’ to Vodafone short code 777 to register (at a cost of 50 pesewas(GHS0.50) per txt); and

2.2 Participants may enter the Promotion as many times as they wish providing they comply with these Terms at all times.

2.3 Participants are competing to hit particular milestone numbers. For e.g. to be the 100th, 1000th and 10,000th up to the 1 millionth SMS

2.4 The game will run for 10 cycles with each cycle ending with the 1 millionth SMS. After the millionth SMS has been sent and received, the cycle ends and another cycle will begin.

2.5 At each milestone, an attractive prize is awarded to the sender of the chosen SMS

2.6 Each time a subscriber sends an SMS to the short code, they receive an SMS informing them of the number they are e.g. 999. Included in the message is where the next SMS prize point is, e.g. 1000 and what it is.

2.7 Prizes are as follows

Milestone 100th 1000th 10,000th 100,000th 1,000,000th
Prize Type Airtime  Airtime Cash  Cash Cash
Total Number of Winners (For 10 cycles) 100,000 10,000 1000 100 10
Equivalent Value GHS 5 GHS GHS GHS GHS 10,000, GHS 20,000,
GHS 30,000, GHS 40,000, GHS 50,000,
GHS 60,000, GHS 70,000, GHS 80,000,
GHS 90,000 and GHS 100,000
  • Final prize in each cycle graduates, hence for cycle 1 ultimate prize i.e. 1 millionth sms gets GHS 10,000, and for cycle 2 ultimate prize i.e. 1 millionth sms gets GHS 20,000 etc up to cycle 10 where ultimate prize is GHS 100,000

2.8 Winners will be contacted by Vodafone on the mobile phone number used by the Participant in entering the Promotion within 48 hours of each Draw. Each Winner will be given a unique code to use in claiming their Prize (“Claim Code”).

2.9 Vodafone is not responsible for any communication errors or other factors which interfere with or prevent an offer of a Prize being properly made, sent, received, acknowledged or accepted. Vodafone will call each Winner three (3) times during normal working hours (between 8.00 and 17.00). However, if a Winner does not answer Vodafone’s call, or if the Winner’s phone is switched off, engaged, diverted to voicemail, or if the Winner is otherwise unreachable, the Winner will no longer be eligible for a Prize and a substitute winner (the “Substitute Winner”) shall be selected to win the relevant Prize instead. Prizes shall be awarded to Substitute Winners in the order in which the Substitute Winners were drawn.

2.10 All Prizes must be collected from the designated Vodafone office in the region in which the Winner resides, within 30 days from the Winner being notified in accordance with Clause 3.4 above and between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00. Vodafone shall not reimburse any expenses incurred in picking up prizes won. Prizes shall only be given to Winners who produce:

2.10.1 Suitable proof of their identity (which shall be at Vodafone’s discretion and include a valid Passport, Driving licence, voter ID or National Identity Card);

2.10.2 The SIM card used to enter the Promotion; and

2.10.3 the Claim Code given to them by Vodafone

2.11 The Prizes may not be sold, transferred or exchanged before being accepted by the Winner of the respective prize and no cash alternative is available. Vodafone reserves the right to substitute a Prize with one of equal or greater value.

2.12 The Winners’ telephone numbers will be published at www.vodafone.com.gh and in the Ghanaian press.

3 Publicity

3.1 All Participants acknowledge that it is a condition of entry into this Promotion that Vodafone has the right to publicise their names or voices for any matter or promotion which is incidental to the Promotion including publicity by way of radio broadcast, local press, television or Internet. Participants agree to take part in publicity where requested to do so and agree not to request any form of payment or compensation in respect of any such publicity.

4 Liability

4.1 Vodafone shall not be liable for any damage, loss or disappointment suffered by any Participant taking part in this Promotion other than damages for death or personal injury caused by Vodafone’s negligence.

4.2 Vodafone excludes any liability caused by loss or delay or failure of entries or database failure or failure to record the Participant's details or his/her entry, or connectivity failure, as well as any liability for failure to contact the Participant.

4.3 The Prizes are offered and will be accepted in the knowledge that each Winner may become liable to local tax contributions and any Prize awarded may have to be declared on an annual tax return as required. Any tax liability and any legal or other professional fees or disbursements will be the responsibility of the Winner.

4.4 Vodafone excludes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, and save in respect of death or personal injury arising from Vodafone’s negligence, all liability for any claims, losses, demands and damages arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with participation in this Promotion. This exclusion shall apply in respect of, without limitation, any interruption of services, lost profits, loss of contracts or business opportunity, loss of data, or any other consequential, incidental, special, or punitive damages arising out of participation in this Promotion, even if Vodafone has been advised of the possibility of such damages, whether arising in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise.

5 General

5.1 All times shown in these Terms are GMT.

5.2 Vodafone reserves the right to amend these Terms from time to time, and/or cancel or terminate the Promotion should any cause beyond Vodafone’s control affect the administration or operation of the Promotion.

5.3 No express or implied term of these Terms is enforceable by any person who is not a party to it.

5.4 The Promotion is operated in the Republic of Ghana and the Promotion - these Terms- shall be subject to Ghanaian law and governed by the exclusive jurisdiction of Ghanaian courts.

5.5 Systems abuse: If Vodafone finds, or suspects, that any Participant has engaged in or attempted to engage in any activity which may adversely affect either the operation of the Promotion or another person’s enjoyment of the Promotion, Vodafone may immediately remove that Participant from the Promotion, disqualify their entry and if you were eligible to receive a Prize, such Prize will be forfeited (and if already delivered to you, shall be returned to Vodafone immediately). You will have no right to any recourse in these circumstances and Vodafone reserves the right to report the matter to the relevant authorities where appropriate.

5.6 Vodafone shall not accept any liability for any circumstances beyond its control or which otherwise interferes with or prevents the Winner from receiving or benefiting from a Prize.