Bentley University’s
“#TrickorFlex”
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Official Rules for Halloween Scavenger Hunt 2015
No Purchase Necessary To Enter Or Win. Void
Where Prohibited. This Giveaway is in no way
sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram,
Facebook, Twitter, Burlington Mall, or Snapchat. 1. Giveaway Period/Description: The “#TrickorFlex” Giveaway (“#TrickorFlex”) begins at
9:00:00 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 10/29/15 and ends at 6:00:00 pm ET on 10/30/15 (the
“#TrickorFlex Period”). Throughout the day, ten (10) Flex stuffed animals in costume will be
hidden around campus at staggered times and one (1) hint will be posted to Snapchat. Winners
who find each stuffed animal will keep it and have the option of posting a picture with the stuffed
animal to Instagram or Twitter to be entered in a random drawing to win one of three (3) prizes
(see “Approximate Retail Value (ARV)”).
2. Eligibility: #TrickorFlex is open only to enrolled, fulltime or parttime, matriculating graduate
or undergraduate students of Bentley University, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, or
the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater, as of the date of their
entry. Employees, directors and officers of Bentley University Marketing & Communications
Team (“Sponsor”) are not eligible. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. The Giveaway
is subject to all federal, state and local laws. By entering the Giveaway, participants are bound
by and agree to these Official Rules, and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding.
3. How To Enter: Internet access and a Snapchat account are required to enter. If you don’t
already have a Snapchat account, download the official Snapchat app to create one. It is free to
create an account. Once you have an account, you must become a follower of @bentley_u. You
can unfollow @bentley_u once the Giveaway Period and the notification/verification period has
ended. To enter, watch the @bentley_u account for hints about the hiding spots for each stuffed
animal Flex and then find it on campus. If you are successful, post a picture to Instagram or
Twitter with your stuffed animal to be entered into a random drawing to win one (1) of three (3)
additional prizes. It is free to create an account on either platform; download the Instagram or
Twitter app and create an account or go to https://twitter.com/ to create a Twitter account. Each
person is limited to winning one (1) time during the #TrickorFlex Period. Claiming one of the
Flex stuffed animals constitutes your consent to these official rules.
4. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): Those who find a stuffed animal Flex on 10/29/15 or
10/30/15 will be winners. There will be ten (10) Prize winners total throughout the day. Prize
winners will receive one (1) stuffed Flex doll dressed in costume at approximately twenty dollars
($20) each, for a total value of two hundred dollars ($200). All winners have the option of
posting a photo to Instagram or Twitter to be entered in a random drawing for the chance to win
a grand prize. There will be three (3) Grand Prize winners total throughout the day. The Grand
Prize winners will receive a twentyfive dollar ($25) gift card to the Burlington Mall. The total
ARV of all prizes awarded in this Giveaway is two hundred and seventyfive dollars ($275). In
the event not enough Flex stuffed animals are found to award the applicable prize(s), Sponsor
retains the right not to award such prize(s). The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding
on all matters relating to this Giveaway. Odds of winning a prize are dependent upon the total
number of people participating in the Scavenger Hunt. There is a limit of one (1) Prize per
person, throughout the entire Giveaway Period.
5. Winner Notification/Acceptance: All potential winners must comply with these Official Rules
as published in order to accept a prize and be confirmed as an official winner. After selecting
three (3) random Grand Prize winners from those who post a photo to Instagram or Twitter, an
administrator will notify the potential Prize winner(s) via an email from [email protected]
to the winners’ Bentley University email address or, if unable to discern the correct email
address, comment on the Instagram photo entered or reply to photo Tweeted. Upon notification
or notification attempt, potential Prize winner(s) will be required to respond to such message
accepting the prize and provide his/her physical mailing address for prize delivery purposes
within five (5) calendar days of such notification or notification attempt, or the prize will be
forfeited, and an alternate potential prize winner will be selected and notified. If in any instance,
notification attempt(s) for the potential prize winner(s) fails for any reason, or if a potential prize
winner is found to have not complied with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and
an alternate potential winner will be selected from among remaining eligible entries, if any.
Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use the
name, Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat account information, and all Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat
posts related to the Giveaway in connection with the Giveaway without additional compensation
unless prohibited by law. Further, winners shall indemnify the Released Parties from any claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from breach of these
Official Rules. In the event of a dispute as to any Account, the authorized account holder of the
email address that first contacted [email protected] will be deemed to be the entrant.
The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
6. General Rules: By participating in the Giveaway, participants agree to be bound by these
Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.
7. Limitations of Liability: Participants, by participating in the Giveaway, release and agree to
hold the Released Parties harmless from and against any and all liability, claims or action of any
kind whatsoever, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death and
bodily injury, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize and/or participating in this Giveaway or in any
Giveawayrelated activity, whether sponsored, held by or paid for by a third party or by Sponsor.
Additionally, the Released Parties are not responsible for late, misdirected, or incomplete
entries, or for any virus contracted by an entrant’s computer through participation in the
Giveway or viewing the rules, for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by a
human or by a computer or Internet malfunction or interference, tampering, manipulation,
weather or natural disaster, acts of war, or by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Giveaway, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation; or for failed computer, satellite, telephone,
wireless or cable transmissions, lines or technical failure. Released Parties are not responsible
for any errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, electronic, computer, network,
typographical, printing, administrative or otherwise relating to or in connection with the
Giveaway, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with
the administration of the Giveaway, the verification of the participant or prize or in any
Giveawayrelated activity or materials. The Released Parties are not responsible for lost,
interrupted or inaccessible or unavailable network, server, wireless service, Internet Service
Provider (ISP), website, or other connections or any combination thereof. Sponsor reserves the
right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects of tampering with the
participation process or the operation of the Giveaway, to be acting in violation of the Official
Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of any devices, which subvert the
participation process, will void all participation by such methods, and disqualify any entrant
using such methods. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY
WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE
SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM
ANY SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. If, for any reason, the Giveaway is not capable of running as planned by
reason of, but not limited to, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures,
virus, bug, worm, unauthorized human intervention or any other causes which Sponsor, in the
sole opinion of Sponsor, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper conduct of this Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to
cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway and post notice of the action where they
deem fit. If Sponsor terminates the Giveaway prior to the end of the Giveaway Period, Sponsor
may elect to award the prizes from a random drawing from among all eligible entries received
prior to the termination.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS
FOR, AND ENTRANTS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL
SPONSOR BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTRANT OR WINNER FOR DAMAGES THAT EXCEED
THE VALUE OF THE PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT IN THIS
GIVEAWAY. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION IN THESE OFFICIAL
RULES WILL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF SUCH.
8. Governing Law and Venue: THE GIVEAWAY IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN
MASSACHUSETTS. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED
THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY
FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE EXPERIENCED AND
LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT
PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES,
AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’
FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS
AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. EXCEPT
WHERE PROHIBITED, YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND/OR
CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF, OR CONNECTED WITH THE GIVEAWAY OR ANY
PRIZE AWARD SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM
OF CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY THE APPROPRIATE COURT LOCATED IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
9. Privacy Policy/Terms: Any personally identifiable information collected during this Giveaway
will be collected by Sponsor and used by Sponsor, its affiliates, agents and marketers for
purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Giveaway as described in these
Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy as stated at
http://www.bentley.edu/offices/informationsecuritydataprivacy/policy and as allowed by law.
By participating via the Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat platforms, participants are also subject to
Instagram’s, Twitter’s, and Snapchat’s Term of Use located at
https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511, https://twitter.com/tos?lang=en, and
https://www.snapchat.com/terms.
10. Winners’ List: For a list of the winners, available after the Giveaway has ended, send a
stamped, selfaddressed envelope by 09/08/15 to: Associate Director, Content and Social
Media Strategy, #TrickorFlex Winners List, Bentley University, Marketing and Communications
Dept., 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452.
11. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Giveaway is Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham,
MA 02452.
This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram, Facebook,
Twitter, Burlington Mall, or Snapchat.