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“The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden” Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”)

To enter this Sweepstakes, you must agree to and abide by these Official Rules.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

  1. Sponsor: Madison Square Garden, L.P., Two Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10021.

  2. Sweepstakes Administrator: LeadDog Marketing Group, 159 W. 25th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001.

  3. Eligibility: The “50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden” Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") is only open to legal residents of the MSG Network terrestrial viewing area within New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (“Territory”), 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Online participants must have an active e-mail account and Internet access as of the beginning of the Sweepstakes. Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for MSG Network, Madison Square Garden, L.P. (“MSG”), LeadDog Marketing Group, NYP Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a the New York Post), or any entities responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes or supplying the prizes, and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or win.  "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live.  "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year, whether related or not.  Potential winners may be required to provide proof of legal New York, New Jersey or Connecticut residency upon request prior to prize award. Void outside Territory and where prohibited by law.
  4. Sweepstakes Entry: The Sweepstakes begins 12:01 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on October 23, 2006 and ends 11:59 pm ET on January 31, 2007.  You can participate in the Sweepstakes via online, mail-in and facsimile methods of entry.  Please carefully review these Official Rules since different terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, different deadlines and prize eligibility requirements) apply based upon on how you enter the Sweepstakes. Sponsor’s computer is the official clock for this promotion.

A.  Online Entry: To enter online, navigate the Internet to www.msg50.com (or visit www.nypost.com where you can link to www.msg50.com. You must be a registered member of the www.msg50.com website to register for the Sweepstakes and to receive your initial online Sweepstakes entry for the Final Sweepstakes Drawings (as defined below). Registration is free and only required once. Register online as follows:

    1. If you are not a registered member, you can register by clicking on the registration link located on the Sweepstakes Registration home page. You will be asked to provide your name, mailing address (with zip code), e-mail address, birthday, phone number and to select a password.
    2. Once you have registered, you may sign-in during future visits to www.msg50.com by using your pre-determined Username and Password.

You may be asked to consent to receive promotional e-mails and reminder e-mails from the MSG Network. Consenting to receive promotional or reminder e-mails is optional and does not have to be agreed upon in order to be eligible to register for or participate in the Sweepstakes and does not improve your chances of winning. In the event you do consent to receive these e-mails, the use of such e-mails shall be subject to the privacy policy of MSG Network and you may opt out of receiving these e-mails at any time. (For MSG's complete privacy policy, direct your Internet browser to http://www.msgnetwork.com/privacy_policy.jsp.  Limit one (1) online registration and initial online entry per person or e-mail address.

“Tune-In & Win”: There will be a total of ten (10) separate “Tune-in & Win” Promotional Periods during which registrants will be asked to answer show related multiple choice trivia questions in order to enter the Sweepstakes.  Each Promotional Period will begin at 12:00:00am ET on the Tuesday in which a new episode of “50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden” (“Show”) premieres on MSG Network and ends at 11:59:59 pm ET on the Monday before the airing of the next new episode of the Show. Each Promotional Period may last 7-14 days depending upon scheduled air date of each new episode of the Show. New episodes of the Show will air on MSG Network on Tuesday nights during the Sweepstakes.  Visit www.msg50.com for complete Show schedule.

During each Promotional Period, entrants may visit www.msg50.com and answer up to five (5) multiple choice trivia questions related to the episode of the Show that aired during the applicable Promotional Period. Entrants must answer all five (5) questions in a single session.  If all five questions are not answered in a single session, the entry will be invalid. Entrants will receive one (1) online Sweepstakes entry for the applicable Promotional Period drawing and one (1) online Sweepstakes entry for the Final Sweepstakes Drawings for each correctly answered trivia question. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will determine which answers to trivia questions are correct and, by entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees not to dispute or challenge the validity of such determinations by Sponsor.  To be eligible to win a Promotional Period prize, your online entries must be received during the applicable Promotional Period. If an entry is deemed ineligible for any reason by Sponsor or its agents during a Promotional Period, you may not enter again until the next Promotional Period. Eligible online entries from each Promotional Period will not “roll-over” into subsequent Promotional Periods, but each valid entry will automatically be eligible for the Final Sweepstakes Drawings. There is a maximum of five (5) online entries per person or email address per Promotional Period, for a possible total of (51) online entries per person in the Final Sweepstakes Drawings. Multiple online registrations or entries in excess of any entry  limitation or mass online registration/entry attempts will result in disqualification of such person. Registrations/Entries must be manually key-stroked; use of automated entry devices or programs is prohibited.  It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify MSG if entrant changes his/her e-mail address by amending their email address via the registration procedure.

B.  Mail-In and Facsimile Entry.  You may also enter the Sweepstakes via the mail or facsimile between 12:01 am ET on October 30, 2006 and 5:00 pm ET on December 22, 2006 only. Entries which are submitted via the mail or facsimile may only be eligible for the Final Sweepstakes Drawings; such entries are not eligible for the Promotional Period Drawings (as defined below).  To enter via the mail or facsimile, fully complete an entry form available in select issues of the New York Post, insert it in an envelope, and mail it to “The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden” Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 1013, NY, NY 10108, or fax it to (212) 997-9272. Or, to enter via the mail or facsimile without purchasing a newspaper, hand-print your name, date of birth, address, city, state, zip code, day and night phone numbers on a plain piece of paper no larger than 8 1/2" x 11", insert it in an envelope, and mail it to “The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden” Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 1013, NY, NY 10108, or fax it to (212) 997-9272. Mail entries must be postmarked by 12/22/06 and received by 1:00 PM E.T. on 12/28/06. Fax entries must be received by 5:00 PM E.T. on 12/22/06. Limit one (1) entry per outer envelope and each entry must be submitted separately.  No more than fifty-one (51) mail-in/facsimile entries per person.

All entries will be void if they are found to be reproduced, altered, forged, tampered with, unauthorized in any way or generated by script, macro or other automated means.  No form of entry other than as expressly set forth in these Official Rules will be accepted.

  1. Random Drawings/Selection of Winners: Promotional Periods (10 drawings in total; 1 prize winner per drawing): Promotional Period Prize Winners will be randomly selected via a series of ten (10) random Promotional Period drawings, with one drawing per Promotional Period.  Each Promotional Period's drawing will consist of all eligible online entries received during that Promotional Period.  To be eligible for a Promotional Period Drawing, you must enter at www.msg50.com, sign into the web site, and submit your answers to the posted show related trivia questions on the Sweepstakes entry page during that Promotional Period.  Each Promotional Period Drawing will be conducted by LeadDog Marketing Group, an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes, within 5 business days after the conclusion of each Promotional Period.  Online entries will NOT be retained for subsequent Promotional Period Drawings, so you should re-enter each Promotional Period, but all valid online entries will be eligible for the Final Sweepstakes Drawings.

Final Sweepstakes Drawings:  After the conclusion of the entry period of the Sweepstakes, winners of the Grand Prize and Runner-Up Prizes listed in Paragraph 6 below will be randomly selected via a series of random drawings from among all eligible online, mail-in and facsimile entries received during the Sweepstakes (collectively, “Final Sweepstakes Drawings”). You will receive one (1) entry in the Final Sweepstakes Drawing for (i) registering at www.msg50.com, (ii) each online multiple choice trivia question you answer correctly during each Promotional Period; and (iii) each eligible mail-in and facsimile entry that you submit.  Final Sweepstakes Drawings will be conducted by LeadDog Marketing Group on or about February 9, 2007.

  1. Prizes, Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") and Odds:  The following prizes will be awarded:

Promotional Period Prizes (10 winners): Each winner of a Promotional Period Prize will receive a MSG Experience Prize Pack (“Prize Pack”), contents to be determined solely by Sponsor. Exact Prize Pack details will be posted at www.msg50.com or www.nypost.com during each Promotional Period. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each Promotional Period Prize Pack: $350.00-$550.00.

Grand Prize (1 winner): The Grand Prize Winner will receive 50 pairs of tickets to Madison Square Garden events. ARV: $7,500.00. Actual ARV of prize may be higher or lower based on actual event tickets awarded (as determined solely by Sponsor). Grand Prize winner is solely responsible for all other expenses not specified herein including but not limited to, transportation to and from MSG for each event. Tickets are subject to availability and restrictions; blackout dates may also apply.

Runner-Up Prizes:

1st Prize (1 winner): The First Prize Winner will receive a pair of NIT tickets. ARV: $240.00.

2nd Prize (1 winner): The Second Prize Winner will receive a 4-pack of tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters. ARV: $200.00.

3rd Prize (1 winner): The Third Prize Winner will receive a pair of NY Knicks tickets. ARV: $80.00.

4th Prize (1 winner): The Fourth Prize Winner will receive a pair of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus tickets. ARV: $70.00.

5th Prize (21 winners): Each Fifth Prize Winner will receive a pair of MSG Tour Vouchers. ARV of each Fifth Prize: $34.00.

6th Prize (22 winners): Each Sixth Prize Winner will receive “The New York Knicks: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration Book”. ARV of each Sixth Prize: $16.95.

7th Prize (1 winner): The Seventh Prize Winner will receive an autographed NY Knicks Action Shot. ARV: $10.00.

8th Prize (1 winner): The Eighth Prize Winner will receive an autographed NY Rangers Action Shot. ARV: $10.00.

9th Prize (1 winner): The Ninth Prize Winner will receive an autographed NY Rangers Puck. ARV: $10.00.

ARV of autographed item represents its retail value, NOT resale value.  Exact prize awarded, including ticket dates and seating locations, will be determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, at time of drawing. Total ARV of all prizes: $14,706.90. All tickets/vouchers are subject to terms stated on such tickets/vouchers, and are valid for game(s)/item(s) as determined in the sole discretion of Sponsor. No substitution or transfer of prize except with Sponsors’ written permission (which may be withheld or granted in its sole discretion without liability of any kind). If for any reason announced prize becomes unavailable, Sponsor in its sole discretion may award a substitute prize of equal or greater retail value. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Prize will only be delivered to address within New York, New Jersey or Connecticut. All winners are solely responsible for all other expenses not specified herein, including but not limited to transportation to and from MSG. Limit one Promotional Period prize per person/family/household.  Federal, state and local taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner; Grand Prize winner will receive a 1099 tax form reflecting the fair market value of the prize. MSG is solely responsible for providing prizes to winners. Sweepstakes available to over 10 million Internet users. Odds of winning a prize in a Promotional Period Drawing depends on the number of online eligible entries received during that Promotional Period.  Odds of winning a prize in any of the Final Sweepstakes Drawings depends on the total number of eligible online, mail-in and facsimile entries received during the Sweepstakes.  

  1. Conditions and Limitations of Liability: Potential winners will be notified by e-mail and/or telephone. Failure to respond to the initial verification or attempted winner notification e-mail within 5 business days after notification or return of e-mail notification as undeliverable after 2 attempts or Sponsor’s inability to contact potential winner via the telephone will result in disqualification. Potential Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return within 5 business days an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification, and a Publicity Release where allowed by law. If the Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification and Publicity Release is not returned to Sponsor within specified time period, potential winner will be disqualified. If any winner is disqualified, prize will be awarded to an alternate winner selected from all remaining eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.  In the event of any dispute concerning the identity of any online entrant, the entry will be deemed submitted by the natural person who is the authorized holder of the transmitting e-mail account. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

    Sponsor and its agencies and NYP Holdings, Inc. are not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical, administrative or human failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software or for delay or preemption of a scheduled broadcast. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failures beyond Sponsors’ control that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsors reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes.  Tampering includes but is not limited to a participant’s posting or other distribution of answers to trivia questions prior to the conclusion of the Promotional Period in which such trivia questions are asked.  In such event, Sponsors shall conduct the Sweepstakes and award the prize(s) for all affected drawing(s) by means of drawing(s) comprised of all eligible entries received for such affected drawing(s) prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Sponsors or otherwise award the prize(s) in a manner which is fair, appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Notice of cancellation/termination/modification/ suspension of Sweepstakes will be posted on the website.  No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or NYP Holdings, Inc. for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this Sweepstakes.

    Entrants further agree not to knowingly damage or cause interruption of the Sweepstakes and/or prevent others from participating in the Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE ANY ONLINE SERVICE OR WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES VIOLATES CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY ANY ENTRANT MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.  By participating in this Sweepstakes and accepting any prize(s) that they may win, entrants agree to release and hold harmless MSG Network, Madison Square Garden, L.P., LeadDog Marketing Group, and NYP Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a the New York Post), and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and successors, advertising and promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance or use of the prize(s).  Sweepstakes entrant agrees that, by entering the Sweepstakes, (i) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually in the federal or state courts located in New York County, New York (and, such courts will apply New York law, with the sole exception of conflict-of-law/choice of law principles) without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Sweepstakes, but in no event attorney’s fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses. 
By entering and if selected as a winner, entrants also authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, photograph, prize information, biographical data and city and state of residence for advertising/trade/publicity purposes or on a winners list (if applicable) without further compensation unless prohibited by law.  Sweepstakes subject to the laws of the United States only. All submissions become the property of MSG Network and will not be acknowledged.

SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE USE OF ANY PRIZE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ITS QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

8.   Winners List and Official Rules: For a list of winners of major prizes or a copy of these Official Rules, mail a separate self-addressed, stamped envelope to “MSG Official Rules/Winners”, c/o LeadDog Marketing Group, 159 W. 25th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001 by 5/28/07. Please specify “Official Rules” or “Winners List”.