NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: Choice Hotels Key-to-a-Million Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the time of entry. Employees of Choice Hotels International Services Corp. ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

6. Prize Offered: The Sponsor intends to award one (1) winner a First Prize and possibly a Grand Prize. However, in order to receive either prize, the selected potential winner must attend the Grand Prize Event, described below.

First Prize: $50,000 and roundtrip coach-class airfare for one (1) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to airport nearest Silver Spring, MD. The potential First Prize winner will be required to be present at the Grand Prize Event at Choice Hotels’ corporate headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland at 2 p.m. on September 5, 2006 in order to receive the $50,000 and a chance to win the Grand Prize, described below. Winner must attend the Grand Prize Event, or the $50,000 will be forfeited. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $50,500. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Winner must be able to commence travel on September 5, 2006 and complete travel by September 5, 2006 or prize will be forfeited. Hotel accommodations are not included. If in the judgment of Sponsor air travel is not required due to winner’s proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for roundtrip air travel at Sponsors’ sole discretion. Frequent flyer miles may not be available. Trip subject to availability and blackout dates. Travel must be roundtrip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Sweepstakes, and those set forth by the Sponsor’s airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. Any and all taxes, costs, tips, meals, or all other payments not stated herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. In addition, the receipt of the First Prize is dependent upon the potential First Prize winner’s completion of the Prize Fulfillment Requirements, described below. Odds of winning the First Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.

If on the date of travel, the potential First Prize winner is unable to travel due to an Act of God, natural disaster, terrorist acts, civil disturbance, war, fire, earthquake, changes in law, regulation or government policy or any other similar factor beyond the control of the parties, or any plane or airline malfunctions or cancellations, the Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, select another potential winner from all eligible entries or choose to change the date of the Grand Prize Event.

Grand Prize Event/Grand Prize: The potential First Prize Winner must arrive at the Grand Prize Event to receive the First Prize and the chance to win the Grand Prize. At the Grand Prize Event, the First Prize winner will be presented with twenty (20) envelopes with one (1) room key in each.The First Prize winner will select and open one (1) envelope to reveal his/her chosen key. If the First Prize winner draws the key that is identified as the Grand Prize winning key he/she is the Grand Prize winner of $950,000. The Grand Prize will be awarded in the form of an annuity in the amount of $50,000 once a year for nineteen (19) years without interest. ARV of Grand Prize: $950,000.
Prize Fulfillment Requirements: The First Prize winner must possess and present upon request their own valid driver’s license and must sign release and eligibility documentation prior to participation in the Grand Prize Event. Failure to possess, present, or execute requested documentation in a timely fashion; meet any eligibility requirement; or comply with any of the instructions herein will result in disqualification. Administrator may impose a time limit, in its sole discretion. Grand Prize winner will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release at the Grand Prize Event in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility or liability/publicity release within the time frame specified or is otherwise ineligible, he or she forfeits the prize. Potential Grand Prize winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.
For All Prizes: Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the First Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Odds of winning the Grand Prize are 1:20. TOTAL ARV: $1,000,500.

7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other Promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, 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. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to ePrize’s Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-us/html/PrivacyPolicy/.

13. Sweepstakes Results: For a winner list and/or a copy of these Official Rules, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Choice Hotels Key-to-a-Million Sweepstakes Winner List/Rules”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI 48068-8070, U.S.A. Winner list requests must be received by November 18, 2006. VT residents may exclude return postage.

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