No purchase necessary to enter or win.

Eligibility: The Promotion is only open to Canadian residents who, at the time of entry into the Contest, have attained the age of majority in their Province or Territory of residence, except employees and those with whom they are domiciled of MasterCard Canada, Inc. (“Sponsor”), BMO Bank of Montreal, MasterCard International Incorporated, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotion agencies. Void where prohibited. This Promotion is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial, and local laws and regulations.

How to Enter: There are two ways to enter:

1.) BMO MasterCard cardholders will automatically receive one (1) entry when they self-select their PIN personalisation code for your BMO MasterCard card at any BMO Bank of Montreal Automated Banking Machine (ABM) between 00:00 ET on September 1, 2009, and 23:59 ET on February 28, 2010 (the “Promotional Period”). Limit one entry per cardholder per BMO MasterCard account.

2.) To enter without purchase, hand-print your name, your complete mailing address, telephone number (with area code) and date of birth along with an essay of approximately 200 words on the benefits of chip technology on a plain piece of paper and mail it in a sealed postage pre-paid envelope to: BMO Bank of Montreal MasterCard Jazz at Lincoln Center Sweepstakes No Purchase Entry, 23 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto, Ontario M3C 2H2. You may submit more than one no purchase entry, but each entry must contain a unique hand written essay and must be mailed with sufficient postage in a separate envelope and postmarked on or before March 1, 2010, and received no later than March 8, 2010, to be eligible for the drawing. Incomplete entries are ineligible. No photocopied, computer-generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries permitted. Sponsor will not be responsible for illegible, incomplete, inaccurate, incorrect, lost, misdirected or late entries, which will be void. Self-selecting a PIN for your BMO MasterCard card or submitting a mail-in entry constitutes your consent to participate in this Promotion and your consent for Sponsor to obtain and deliver your name, address, and other information to the contest administrators for the purpose of administering this Promotion and for other uses by Sponsor as permitted by applicable law. If you are a selected entrant and entered by self-selecting a PIN Sponsor and/or its agents will obtain information necessary to contact you from BMO Bank of Montreal. Sponsor is not responsible for any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in transmission or communication; technical or mechanical malfunctions; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines, or telephone systems; interrupted or unavailable cable or satellite systems; any typographical or other errors in these Official Rules, in any Promotion-related advertisements, prize notifications or announcements, the printing of the offer, administration of the Promotion or other materials; failures of electronic equipment, computer hardware or software; or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by equipment, programming used in this Promotion, human processing error, or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux to disqualify any entry and to modify, terminate, or suspend this Promotion should a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, action of entrants, or other causes corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness of the Promotion and, if the Promotion is modified, terminated, or suspended, select winners from those eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such modification, termination or suspension.

Prize: Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize consisting of a trip for the winner and one (1) guest to see a jazz concert at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, NY, including: round-trip (“R/T”) economy fare air travel for two (2) from the international airport nearest to the winner’s residence to New York (via airline(s) to be selected by the Sponsor); three (3) consecutive nights double-occupancy accommodation at a hotel to be selected by the Sponsor (“Hotel”); a $5,000 CDN credit to the winner’s BMO MasterCard card or in the case that the winner is not a MasterCard cardholder,  winner will receive their prize in the form of a bank draft; two (2) tickets to a jazz performance (to be selected by the Sponsor) at Jazz at Lincoln Center (the “Performance”), R/T limousine transportation for two (2) to/from Hotel and the Performance and R/T limousine transportation for two (2) to/from Hotel and the airport in New York. Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $10,000 CDN based on a Vancouver departure example. Winner must be prepared to travel for the Performance on the date specified by the Sponsor, no later than October 31, 2011, or this prize may be forfeited and an alternate Grand Prize winner may be selected. Grand Prize winner and Traveling companion (if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) will be required to sign and return a Liability Release and Publicity Release and include a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport prior to the issuance of travel documents. If any prize-related activity(s) is cancelled or postponed for any reason, travel prize will be awarded less applicable prize-related activity(s) and Sponsor will substitute that activity(s) with an  item(s)/activity(s) of equal or greater value as determined solely by Sponsor. All other expenses not specifically included above are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize winner, including but not limited to the following costs: transportation from the winner’s residence to and from the airport, all meals, taxes (including departure and airport taxes), fees, gratuities, health or other insurance and items of a personal nature. ALL TAXES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. Winner and guest must possess and show all necessary travel documents (including a valid Canadian passport) and other travel requirements prior to being declared an official winner. All travel arrangements must be made through the Sponsor or its agents. Winner and his/her guest must travel on the same itinerary. Grand Prize must be accepted as awarded and is not transferable or assignable. Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to substitute a prize of approximately equal value for the Grand Prize.

Secondary Prizes: Six (6) secondary prizes each consisting of one (1) $150 CDN credit to the winner’s
BMO MasterCard card, or in the case that the winner is not a MasterCard cardholder, winner will receive their prize in the form of a bank draft.  Approximate Retail Value  is $150 CDN.  One (1) secondary prize winner will be selected for each month of the Promotional Period.

The Sponsor and/or its representatives reserve the right at any time to substitute the prizes, or any portion thereof, for prizes of comparable value. The prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not transferable except at the Sponsor’s option.

 

Winner Selection: On or about March 29, 2010, 7 dates (“Winning Dates”) will be selected in random drawings at 14:00 ET in Toronto, Ontario. The Grand Prize Winning Date will be selected from among all dates during the Promotional Period. There will be one Winning Date selected for a secondary prize for each month during the Promotional Period. Odds of a particular date being selected as the Grand Prize Winning Date are 1 in 181. Odds of a particular date being selected as a secondary prize Winning Date are approximately 1 in 30. Odds of being selected as a prize winner will depend on the total number of eligible entries received on each of the Winning Dates. Mail-in entries will be date-stamped on date received except that mail-in entries received after the conclusion of the Promotional Period but on or before the receipt deadline set out above will be date-stamped the last date of the Promotional Period to allow adequate time for mail delivery.  The contest administrators will send the Winning Dates to Bank of Montreal and request that it electronically forwards a list of all eligible BMO MasterCard card self-selected PIN entries for those Winning Dates. On or about April 29, 2010, entrants will be selected in a random drawing at 14:00 ET in Toronto, Ontario, from among all entries received for the Winning Dates by mail or by self-selecting a PIN as described above, by an independent judging organization whose decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Promotion.

The names of winners will be available upon written request by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope after May 31, 2010 to “BMO Bank of Montreal MasterCard Jazz at Lincoln Center Sweepstakes”, 23 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto, Ontario M3C 2H2.

Miscellaneous: Entries are subject to verification by BMO Bank of Montreal.  BMO MasterCard account used for automatic entry must be in good standing at time of selection to be eligible for prize. Entries from unauthorized card use or made with lost, stolen, or fraudulent BMO MasterCard cards are void. Selected entrants will be required to correctly answer a time limited, mathematical, skill-testing question administered by phone or mail and execute a Declaration of Eligibility, Liability Release and Publicity Release and return along with a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport (in the case of Grand Prize only) within 14 days of issuance of notification. Non-compliance with any of the foregoing may result in disqualification and awarding of prize to an alternate winner. Travelling companion of Grand Prize winner (if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) will be required to sign and return a Liability Release and Publicity Release along with a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport prior to the issuance of travel documents. If prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable or the signed Liability Release and Publicity Release along with a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport, if applicable, is not returned within 14 days of issue of notification, winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and agree that: 1.) Sponsor, MasterCard International Incorporated, BMO Bank of Montreal, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotion agencies (collectively, “Released Parties”) shall have the right and permission to use entrant’s name, voice, city/province of residence, photograph, and/or likeness for advertising and/or trade and/or any other purpose in any media or format now or hereafter known without further compensation, permission, limitation or notification and, 2.) Released Parties and their designees and assigns and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents shall have no liability and will be held harmless for any liability, loss, injury or death to entrant or any other person, including, without limitation, damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this Promotion.
The Sponsor, with the consent of the Régie, reserves the right to cancel or suspend this contest in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind without prior notice or obligation. For Quebec residents: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

Sponsor: MasterCard Canada, Inc., 2 Bloor Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3E2.

Pour obtenir le règlement officiel en français écrivez à : Demande – Règlement officiel du Concours Jazz at Lincoln Center MasterCard BMO, 23 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto (Ontario) M3C 2H2.