Official Rules

Vital Updates Monthly Sweepstakes
Official Rules

  1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. SWEEPSTAKES VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
  1. Eligibility: The Vital Updates Monthly Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is only open to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, at least eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry. Proof of residency and age may be required.  Winners acknowledge that if they enter the Sweepstakes under a fraudulent name or account, they will be disqualified from the Sweepstakes.  Employees of Vital Updates and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotion agencies are not eligible to win, nor are members of such employees’ immediate families.  The term “immediate families” includes spouses, domestic partners, children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
  1. Sweepstakes Period: The Sweepstakes begins each month at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (“PT”) on the first day of the month and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on the last day of such month (the “Promotion Period”).
  1. How to Enter: During an applicable Promotion Period, participants will receive one (1) Sweepstakes entry for each “Like” or “Share” that participant provides for any Vital Updates article on www.vitalupdates.com using the social media buttons provided in the header and/or footer of each article.For example, if a participant “Likes” a Vital Updates article on Facebook®, “Shares” that article on Facebook®, and “Pins” that article on Pinterest®, the participant would receive three (3) Sweepstakes entries for that Promotion Period. 
  1. Winner Selection: One (1) winner will be selected at random within five (5) business days following the close of the applicable Promotion Period. Winners will be contacted within ten (10) business days following the close of the applicable Promotion Period.  If a winner cannot be contacted or is disqualified, Vital Updates reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to either select an alternate winner or not award a prize for that Promotion Period.  Vital Updates’ decisions regarding all matters related to the administration of the Sweepstakes and selection of winners are final.
  1. Prize: One (1) prize is available per Promotion Period: a $50 Amazon.com gift card (approximate retail value of prize: $50). Vital Updates reserves the right to substitute a prize with another similar prize of equal or greater value in the event the original prize offered is not available due to circumstances beyond its control.  The winner is fully responsible for any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes).  The prize is non-transferable and non-assignable, with no cash redemptions or substitutions.  Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. Limit one (1) prize per person, family, and household.  All prizes will be mailed to the winner via U.S. Mail.  Vital Updates is not responsible for any lost, stolen, misdirected or damaged mail.  Prizes lost or damaged in mailing will not be replaced.
  1. Agreement to Official Rules: Entry in the Sweepstakes constitutes a participant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules.  The participant further consents to be contacted by telephone and/or email by Vital Updates in connection with the Sweepstakes, and grants Vital Updates the right to use and publish the participant’s proper name online or in any other media in connection with the Sweepstakes.
  1. Release of Liability: By entering the Sweepstakes, participants release and hold harmless Vital Updates, its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, managers, members, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damages of any kind arising from or in connection with the Sweepstakes, the Vital Updates website, or any prize won.
  1. Choice of Law: The Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, excluding conflicts of laws principles. By entering this Sweepstakes, participants hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of California courts (state and federal) in Los Angeles County for any causes or controversies arising out of the sweepstakes.
  1. Miscellaneous Conditions: The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. The Sweepstakes may only be entered in or from the United States.  Sweepstakes entries originating from any other jurisdiction will be disqualified.  Vital Updates has the sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes at any given time, or to amend these rules at any time for any reason.  In the event of an early cancellation, Vital Updates reserves the right to award a prize in a random drawing from all eligible entries received before the time of cancellation.  Vital updates is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software; or failure of any entry to be received by Vital Updates on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; or any combination thereof, or otherwise, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes. 
  1. Winner List: Sweepstakes results and a copy of these Official Rules may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “Vital Updates Monthly Sweepstakes,” Attn.: Vital Updates, 23251 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, CA 91364.
  1. Sweepstakes Sponsor: The Sweepstakes is sponsored by Vital Updates, 23251 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, CA 91364.