Dell Canada & TELUS Learn + Win Contest

Rules and Regulations

  1. Residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence at the time of entry may enter, except employees (or their immediate family) of Dell Canada Inc. (“Dell”), TELUS Corp. and Launchfire Interactive and its affiliates and their advertising and promotional agencies and persons with whom they are domiciled.

  2. No purchase necessary to enter. Contest commences on August 1, 2008 at 12:00 noon EST and closes on October 31, 2008 at 12:00 noon EST (the “Contest Period”).

  3. To enter, go to www.dell.ca/mobilebroadband (the “site”) and locate the “Play Now” link. Click on the “Register” link and enter name, address, province of residence, telephone number, email address, username and password and click “Submit”. This entitles the entrant to one Play. One Play is defined as 1 attempt to match 3 out of 5 'mobile broadband cards' earned as follows: Players are directed to 5 sections on the site. Once the player successfully completes a section, he/she is randomly assigned a 'mobile broadband card'. If 3 of these 5 cards match, an instant prize is awarded (subject to eligibility and the terms and conditions set out in these rules). Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible players who log-on to the site and successfully complete a Play Probability engine used to randomly designate instant wins (see section 5) created by Launchfire Interactive.

  4. Users can earn additional Plays by:

    1. Returning to the site daily and logging in (1 extra Play per day, excluding the day they register to a maximum of 92 Plays).

    2. Opting-in to the Dell e-mail (5 additional Plays)

    3. Opting in to the TELUS e-mail (5 additional Plays)

    4. Answering trivia questions. To answer trivia questions, click on the “Earn More Plays” link and click on “Trivia”. You will receive 5 additional Plays for every correctly answered trivia question (to a maximum of 25 Plays).

    5. Inviting friends via the e-mail application at dell.ca. To invite friends via this application, click on the “Invite a Friend” link and locate the “email” link. Enter your name and the email addresses for your friends. You will receive 1 extra Play for each friend you invite via the e-mail application, to a maximum of 10.

    6. In addition, players will receive extra chances to win for directing third parties to the Site via a personal web link. To retrieve your personal weblink, click on the “Invite a Friend” link and locate the personal web link on this page. The distribution of your personal web link is at your discretion, subject to the following: Dell reserves the right to cancel and void any Personal Link and all associated entries which it deems, in its sole discretion to be used or associated with content which is deemed inappropriate. Without limiting the foregoing, such content includes all forms of pornography, inappropriate language and content that incites hate, is demeaning, depreciates the value of the Dell name, brand, products or trademarks, or incites discrimination of any and all forms. By way of example, you may wish to post your link on instant messenger, blogs, message boards and personal web pages or in e-mails (up to 100 additional Plays).

  5. Prizes will consist of the following:

    • 3 (three) Dell™ Inspiron™ laptop computers with an approximate retail value of $900 each.

    • 60 (sixty) special edition Logitech® V220 Cordless Mice “Designed by Dell”, with an approximate retail value of $30 each.

    • 30 (thirty) special edition Creative Labs™ T10 PC Speakers “Designed by Dell”, with an approximate retail value of $50 each.

    • 90 (ninety) online music download gift cards to PureTracks®, with an approximate retail value of $10 each. Prizes will be randomly awarded and must be accepted as awarded; instant winners cannot request a specific prize. Dell reserves the right to substitute prizes of approximately equal value for the prizes listed above and reserves the right to terminate or withdraw this contest at any time, without prior notice.

  6. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
    Various computer-generated instant winning times will be randomly selected through Launchfire Interactive's timesheet engine, at least once for each day of the Contest Period, such times and prize values to be randomly and evenly distributed throughout the Contest Period.. The first player that logs onto the site at or after any one of the randomly generated times and successfully completes a Play, will be a potential instant winner. If a prize has not been awarded on any given day, such prize will be randomly designated an instant win time for the following day. There is at least one instant win opportunity allocated for each day of the Contest Period.

  7. All entries shall become the property of Dell. Dell is not responsible for (i) lost, misdirected, delayed, destroyed, illegible, incomplete or otherwise improperly completed entries or (ii) the loss, theft or misuse of any prize. Dell is not responsible for any problems resulting from mechanical error, including, but not limited to, prizes awarded or not awarded due to computer error or failed network connection, however caused. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of the promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Dell reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if illegible, mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.

  8. Winners will be required to sign a release form confirming acceptance of the prize as awarded and releasing Dell and its affiliates from any liability relating to their prize. In the event that a winner fails to sign or return the release form within the specified time, his/her prize will be forfeited [and Dell will re-allocate prizing into remaining timeframe. By entering this contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, photographs and/or likeness for publicity purposes in connection with this contest without further compensation.

  9. For a list of winners please write to Samir Shukla, Dell Canada Inc., 155 Gordon Baker Rd., Ste. 501, North York, Ontario, M2H 3N5.

  10. Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Regie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

  11. All decisions of the contest judges will be final.