Actually I was reading the rules and I don't think you need to actually buy Smirnoff in order to play, plus I think you can only play one time. One the website you can enter some of your info and just request that the code be sent to you. I did, but I didn't win
I highlighted the important stuff
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER. VOID IN CALIFORNIA AND RESTRICTED IN TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE RESIDENTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING ONLINE. ALL ENTRIES FROM TENNESSEE RESIDENTS MUST BE ON AN OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM OR HAND WRITTEN AND MAILED IN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITIED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. 1. TO ENTER: Log on to Smirnoff.com and follow on-screen instructions. Enter unique official valid entry code when prompted to enter sweepstakes. Include all requested information and submit your entry online to be entered into the sweepstakes. Entry code allows entrance into the sweepstakes.
Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 AM (EST) on 10/1/07 and ends at 11:59:59 pm (EST) on 12/31/07.
All entries must be postmarked or received by 12/31/07. One entry per person by either internet or mail. Multiple entries will automatically result in disqualification. There are three ways to enter to obtain an official entry code: (1) At the point of purchase: Between 10/1/07 and 12/31/07, entry codes are available, while supplies last, on specially marked neckers hanging from bottles of Smirnoff Vodka. Neckers with entry codes must be saved for prize verification, if requested. Limit of one entry per person. (2)
Online without purchase: Between 10/1/07 and 12/31/07, entry codes are available without purchase online. Simply log on to Smirnoff.com, provide the requested information, submit the request form and one entry code will be immediately emailed to the submitted email address. Upon obtaining the entry code, log on to Smirnoff.com, follow on-screen instructions, and submit the entry code to be entered into the sweepstakes. Limit of one entry per person. (3) By mail without purchase: To obtain an entry code by mail, legibly hand print your name, address, birth date, and daytime phone number and the words “Smirnoff Discovery Clarity Sweepstakes Entry Code” on a 3” x 5” card and mail to P.O. Box 72383, Rockford, MN 55572. All entries must be postmarked or received by 12/31/07. Limit of one entry per person. Upon receipt of mail-in entry, one entry code will be issued and played on your behalf. Only winners will be notified. All entries must be postmarked or received by 12/31/07. You may enter the Sweepstakes under one name/email address only. Multiple entries, regardless of method of entry, in excess of designated limit, or any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to sweepstakes entry services), or submission of fraudulent or fraudulently obtained Entry Codes are prohibited and will void all entries by that entrant. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, incorrect or postage-due mail, entries or other sweepstakes materials, all of which are void. Facsimiles or mechanical reproductions will not be accepted. All entries become the property of the sponsor and will not be returned. 2. PRIZES: Prizes: Ten (10) grand prizes will be awarded. Winners will receive One GIA Certified Conflict Free Diamond. Approximate retail value of prize is $10,000.00. Approximate retail value of all Prizes: $100,000.00. 3. WINNING: Submission of Entry Code allows entrance into sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries, and time of participation. A randomly selected, predetermined set of ten (10) dates and times will be used to determine Winners ("Winning Dates/Times"). The first ten (10) entrants to submit a valid entry after the Winning Dates/Times have been reached shall be the Winners. One entry code will be issued and played on each mail participant's behalf. Winners via online entry will be notified immediately online with instructions on how to claim prize. Winners via mail entry will be notified by mail or by telephone upon completion of entry code being played. Winners will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release within 10 days of notification or prize may be forfeited and may be awarded to another winner at sponsor’s sole discretion. If winner cannot be located or does not respond within 10 days, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Except where prohibited, acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent to use of his/her name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. Neckers with Entry Code MUST be saved for prize verification, if requested. Entry Codes are void and will be rejected if not obtained through authorized, legitimate channels or if any part is illegible, mutilated, counterfeited, forged or tampered with in any way or otherwise irregular, or contain printing, seeding, typographical, mechanical or other errors (collectively, “Irregular Entry Code”). Sponsor’s sole liability for an Irregular Entry Code is limited to replacement with another Entry Code, while supplies last. If because of error or for any other reason, including but not limited to a tie, there are more claims for a prize than prizes offered as stated in these Official Rules, a random drawing will be held among all eligible claimants in such category to award such prize. Only the prizes stated in these Official Rules are available to be won in the Sweepstakes and will be awarded. All materials submitted become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. 4. ELIGIBILITY: This sweepstakes is open only to residents of the United States who are 21 years of age or older except California, Puerto Rico, or wherever else prohibited or restricted by law. Tennessee residents are prohibited from entering online but may mail in entry. Employees of the following entities and members of their families or households are not eligible for participation under any circumstances: Diageo North America, Inc. ("Sponsor"), Colangelo Synergy Marketing, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, licensors, licensees, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, alcohol beverage suppliers, importers, wholesalers, distributors or retailers (collectively the "Group"). All federal, state and local laws apply. 5. GENERAL Conditions: No substitution of prize or cash equivalent except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Cash equivalent may be less than the approximate retail value of the prize. Prize is non-transferable except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. All federal, state and local taxes on the prize are winner’s sole responsibility. By accepting the prize, winner waives the right to assert as a cost of winning said prize, any and all costs of redemption or travel to redeem said prize and any and all liability that might arise from redeeming or seeking said prize. Sponsor reserves the right to conduct a background check of any criminal records of the prize winners and travel companions. To the extent necessary and permitted by law, prize winners and travel companions shall authorize this background check. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify prize winners and/or travel companion from any prize element, based on the background check. Except where prohibited, acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent to use of his/her name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. Prize is not redeemable for cash and is not transferable. Winner also accepts sole responsibility for any miscellaneous costs relating to acceptance of this prize. The value of the prize won by a participant under the contest is taxable as income to its winner. Winner is solely responsible for any and all taxes and/or fees associated with the prize. Upon receipt of a prize, the winner shall be required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local law, rules and regulations. In consideration of the undersigned's receipt of any prize, the winner for himself or herself and his or her heirs, personal representatives and assigns shall voluntarily and knowingly completely and forever release, waive and discharge from any and all claims, demands, causes of action or other liabilities, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, and whether or not fixed, which the undersigned ever had, now has or might in the future have against any of the other Sponsors resulting in any manner from and/or by reason of the winner's participation in the contest and/or receipt and use of any prize, including any future use of the prize. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the promotion without notice or further obligation. 6. ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: In the event of a dispute, on-line entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. Sponsor and its agencies are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, illegible, misdirected, incomplete or postage-due mail-in entries, or for on-line entries not received due to lost, failed delayed or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or to other electronic malfunctions, delays, or errors of any kind in the transmission or receipt of entries. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by web-site visitors or by any human or technological error which may occur in the processing of entries in this Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend all or a portion of the Sweepstakes, should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 7. WINNERS LIST: For a list of winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to P.O. Box 72384, Rockford, MN 55572. All requests for the winner’s list must be postmarked or received by 12/31/07.To obtain the complete and official rules by mail, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to “Smirnoff Discovery Clarity Sweepstakes” on a 3” x 5” card and mail to P.O. Box 72383, Rockford, MN 55572. All requests for the official rules must be postmarked or received by 12/31/07. 8. SPONSOR: Sweepstakes sponsored by Diageo North America, Norwalk, CT. The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Diageo North America, Inc., 801 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. By entering this Sweepstakes, all entrants represent and warrant that they have the authority to provide the entry information, that it is accurate and complete, and that they understand and hereby authorize use of all or any part of such information for any marketing purposes, including those by, but not limited to, Diageo North America, Inc. and its advertising and direct marketing agencies.
