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CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS: THE PALIO OF SIENA
AREA: Worldwide Internet.
CONTEST PERIOD: Registrations for the contest begin on 13 February 2010 (the day in which the contest can be found on the Internet website) to April 30, 2010 (at 23.59’,59” GMT is when contest registrations close).
ELIGIBILITY: All Internet users 18 years or more who are able to complete a puzzle, comprised of photographic images that are divided into 12 spaces. All residents in Tuscany are excluded from entering the contest.
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROMOTION: The contest aims to promote and augment tourism in Tuscany through the website: www.turismo.intoscana.it.
ADVERTISING: The contest will be advertised and promoted on the www.turismo.intoscana.it and www.intoscana.it websites; webpage banners will also be present on all international websites and links to the principal Social Networking sites, which will provide links to the contest’s website. The rules and regulations are available at www.turismo.intoscana.it/wintoscana.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: With the desire of obtaining the above-mentioned objective, the agency Leader Pubblicità e Marketing s.r.l., nominated by the Fondazione Sistema Toscana which heads the marketing campaign, Toscana- Voglio vivere così in Toscana”, intends to organize a prize-winning contest, called “The Palio of Siena”, which will be held with the terms and conditions listed below.
All those who access the website www.turismo.intoscana.it, www.intoscana.it, www.wintoscana.it from February 13, 2010 to April 30, 2010 can participate. In the section entitled “Contests”, participants must complete the puzzle published, which is made up of 12 spaces. There are no time limits and participants may try to complete the puzzle as many times as they like.
Only one entry is allowed per person for each contest.
The first step: each contestant must complete his/her registration by listing his/her email address and password. Once the puzzle has been completed, contestants must complete the information in the indicated spaces on the registration form; this is obligatory in order to take part in the final draw. Once this has been done, contestants will immediately receive an email (sent to the address given during registration) with a link; contestants must click the link to activate his/her registration to access to the services offered on the turismo.intoscana website.
Once a contestant enters the contest, though registration, they must list the names of at least one friend, inviting them to take part in the contest via email. Every time one of their friends takes part in the contest (they do so by clicking on the link in the email they received from the contestant) the name of the contestant that sent them the invitation will be included in a list that will be subject to a draw; the more friends that click the link, the better the chances are to win a prize.

PRIZE DRAW
All of the names of the contestants that have completed the puzzle and have correctly completed the registration form will be given a number. These numbers will be used to compile a list, from which organizers will draw the names of the prizewinners.
The draw takes place on May 8, 2010 and will be held in Florence, either at the sponsor’s offices or at another location that will be announced. According to the rules and regulations of the contest, in the event that it is not possible to hold the draw on the date indicated above, an alternate date will be announced.
In the first draw, 4 names will be chosen at random for four of the five prizes available. Another 20 names will be drawn as reserve winners, who may win in the event that the first name drawn is unavailable or has not satisfied the terms and conditions of the contest. All names in the list will be included in this draw, except those contestants who have Italian addresses.
In the second draw, the fifth name will be drawn for the fifth prize. Another 5 names will be drawn as reserve winners, who may win in the event that the first name drawn is unavailable or has not satisfied the terms and conditions of the contest. Only names will an Italian address in the list will be included in this draw.

PRIZES:

FIVE prizes will be awarded that can be used from June 30, 2010 to July 2, 2010 on occasion of the “Palio of Siena”.
3 NIGHTS in a high quality hotel in Siena and environs
+ entrance ticket to the palio for two persons, in reserved seating, along the Casato and La Mossa bend
+ Dinner in a contrada for 2 persons

The prize is valued at approximately 2,600.00 euro + IVA/VAT
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY: The total prize money is valued at approximately € 13,000 + IVA/VAT.
CONTEST REQUIREMENTS: All operations will be carried out according to the contest rules and regulations.
The winners will be personally notified and they will receive via email (at the address indicated during registration) all of the relevant information needed to claim the prize.
If the winner fails to claim their prize within 5 calendar days from the date of notification, he/she will lose rights to the prize and the first reserve winner will be contacted.
If a winner cannot make use of the prize, they can appoint another person of their choice as winner; this action must be communicated and will depend on the authorization released by the promotional agency.
The firm organizing the contest is not liable for any inscribable errors or problems that may arise because of technical failures on the part of contest software or website.
All prizes are not convertible to cash or coins.

This contest is excluded from the application of the law DPR N. 430/2001 ai sensi dell’art. 6 comma 1 lettera e).
PRIVACY: Contestants agree to the use of their personal information by the agency Leader Pubblicità e Marketing, and consequentially by Fondazione Sistema Toscana, when completing their registration. The privacy briefing can be found at www.turismo.intoscana.it. The personal data given upon entering the contest will be treated according to the law D.Lgs 196/2003. The release of one’s own personal data, by the contestants, is tantamount to the authorization of the contestant to the publication of his/her first and last name, which they have indicated in their contest registration, in the contest promotional material and advertising carried out by the agency Leader Pubblicità e Marketing.
DISPUTES: Every dispute will be adjudicated by the Fondazione Sistema Toscana, which is the main sponsor of the registered marketing campaign Toscana Voglio vivere così in Toscana.