THE SUNDAY TIMES TIMESPOOL
Conditions of Entry
1. Instructions on how to enter and other details contained within promotional advertisements form part of the Conditions of Entry of the Sunday Times TimesPool (“TimesPool”). By participating in the TimesPool, each participant fully and unconditionally agrees and acknowledges that these Conditions of Entry and the decision of the Sunday Times on all matters relating to the TimesPool are final and binding.
2. For an entry coupon to be valid entrants must mark a cross in ink over their chosen Jackpot letters and the Super Seven Bonus Letter on the alphabet grid provided on the coupon. If additional letters are crossed then the entry will be deemed invalid.
3. The TimesPool Jackpot letters selected are to be written in alphabetical order on the coupon and entries which do not fulfil this condition are invalid.
4. If the entry coupon is enclosed in an envelope, you must write your first (alphabetical order) Jackpot letter on the back of the envelope. Entries which do not fulfil this condition are invalid.
5. If submitting multiple entries enclosed in a single envelope, do not write the first alphabetically ordered Jackpot letter on the back of the envelope, instead write the words ‘MULTIPLE ENTRIES’. Entries that do not fulfil this condition are invalid.
6. Only original entry coupons published in The Sunday Times are valid. Photocopies and facsimiles are not acceptable.
7. Entry is open to residents of Western Australia only.
8. Entries close 10am each Thursday following publication of the coupon in the preceding edition of the Sunday Times. Entries lodged in TimesPool boxes at newsagencies must be received by 4pm each Wednesday.
9. Entrants must be over the age of 18 to enter TimesPool.
10. An entrant correctly selecting the six winning Jackpot letters will collect the weekly TimesPool Jackpot. If more than one entry has the six winning Jackpot letters, the weekly Jackpot will be shared equally among all winners.
11. If there is no winner with the six correct Jackpot letters, TimesPool will Jackpot by $2,000 each week.
12. The Super Seven $50,000 Bonus remains the same value every week and does not Jackpot.
13. Person(s) correctly selecting the six winning letters who have The Sunday Times home delivered will win an additional $2,000.
14. If the weekly Jackpot is won by more than one home delivery customer, the weekly Jackpot and the home delivery $2,000 will be divided equally between all home delivery customers. Winners who do not have home delivery will share in the weekly Jackpot only.
15. Person(s) who have The Sunday Times home delivered and correctly selects both the six winning TimesPool Jackpot letters as well as the Super Seven letter will win $10,000 as a home delivery prize.
16. If the weekly Jackpot and Super Seven Bonus is won by more than one home delivery customer, the total prize pool consisting of the weekly Jackpot, Super Seven Bonus and the $10,000 home delivery bonus will be divided equally between all home delivery customers. Winners who do not have home delivery will share in the weekly Jackpot and Super Seven Bonus but will not share in the $10,000 home delivery bonus.
17. Person(s) have a chance to win an additional $5,000 by collecting the PerthNow Bonus Word by logging onto www.perthnow.com.au and following the TimesPool links. The Bonus Word will change on a weekly basis and must correspond with the appropriate Game Number on the coupon in The Sunday Times.
18. The PerthNow Bonus Word must be included on the TimesPool coupon bearing the same game number from The Sunday Times in the space provided. To win the $5000 for the PerthNow Bonus Word, person(s) must correctly select the six winning TimesPool Jackpot letters and the Super Seven Bonus letter.
19. The TimesPool Jackpot letters and the Super Seven Bonus letter will be drawn electronically each Thursday after 10 am. The electronic draw is via a random number generator computer programme and will take place at The Sunday Times. The winning Jackpot letters and the Super Seven Bonus letter will be published in The Sunday Times the following Sunday.
20. Random Weekly Bonus: Each week over four weeks (Sep 26- Oct 17) one person will win the weekly prize of $20,000. One letter from the alphabet will be selected at random. This letter will be deemed the winning letter. An electronic draw will take place via a random number generator computer programme and will take place at The Sunday Times each Thursday, after 10am. One winner will be drawn at random from all entries received which have this letter as their first Jackpot letter. The first entry drawn will be deemed the winner.
21. Prize money will be made available one week after the publication date of the winning letters.
22. Prize money will be presented to winners in the form of a cheque.
23. Prize winners must present at The Sunday Times in order to collect their cheque. The cost of travel to the Sunday Times is at the winner’s expense.
24. Winners will be required to show photo and age identification (i.e. drivers licence) when claiming their prizes.
25. The Sunday Times will allow a period of one week for prize claims following the publication of the winning draw letters. Any claims, excluding the notified winners, should be made in writing within 5 working days of the draw publication. No re-check or search of eligible entries will be conducted except upon receipt of a written request accompanied by a written undertaking by the applicant to pay the costs of doing so if the re-check or search does not disclose a winning entry.
26. If, after a period of 14 weeks following the draw date, the winners cannot be contacted, they will automatically forfeit the prize money and no prizes will be awarded for that draw. The TimesPool Jackpot amount will not be altered to reflect any unclaimed prizes. Forfeited prizes will not be distributed amongst other winners.
27. Employees and contributors of The Sunday Times, agencies and immediate families are ineligible to enter.
28. Winners will be advised by The Sunday Times by telephone or mail.
29. Entries can be posted to TimesPool, GPO Box 2970, Perth WA 6800 or dropped off at The Sunday Times, 34 Stirling Street, Perth.
30. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
31. The Sunday Times shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss), or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of taking a prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
32. No responsibility is taken for late, misdirected or lost entries.
33. All entries become the property of The Sunday Times. All entries may be entered into a database and The Sunday Times may use all entrants’ names and addresses and any winner’s name, suburb and photograph for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes without any fee being paid or approval sought.
34. Claiming of your prize is consent to use your name, address and photograph for promotional, marketing and publicity purposes.
35. Where you provide us with a telephone number, we or any of our related companies may use it at any time in the future to contact you with special offers that may be of interest to you. You confirm that you are the telephone account holder or a nominee of that person to enable you to give this consent.