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How the Reader's Digest P15,000,000 Sweepstakes works
How the Customer Appreciation Prize and Thank You Bonus works
How the Golden Number Giveaway works
How the Advance Award Prize works
How the Quick Money Prize works 
How the Special Prize works
How the Extra Cash Prize works
   

How the Reader's Digest P15,000,000 Sweepstakes Works:
 
  1. These prize draws are presented in conjunction with various product offers and open on 1 January 2008 and close at midnight  local time on 31 December 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws. Eligibility for entry to the prize draws offered is dependent upon replying in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. In some cases where it will not be necessary to return an entry form to participate, specific mention will be made of that fact in the promotional material. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit. All eligible entries will qualify as finalists and have a fair and equal chance to win.
  2. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of any prize on offer in one or more mailings. The decision to increase a prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  3. A separate First Prize Draw will be held among the entries received in the Philippines only. A winner will be determined by drawing one entry among all the official sweeps entries issued by Reader's Digest and received within the specified deadline.
  4. The draw for winners will be held on 13 January 2009 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  5. Winners will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 20 January 2009 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 20 January 2009. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. Cash prizes may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preferences indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choices will be confirmed with winners after winners notification. The Pegasus Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winners in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 4746 series of 2007 

 
How the Customer Appreciation Prize and Thank You Bonus Works:
 
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 January 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 31 December 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying with your order or payment in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of the Customer Appreciation Prize and/or the Thank You Bonus in one or more mailings. The decision to increase the prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  4. The draw for the winner will be held on 13 January 2009 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  5. The winner will be notified by registered mail and results will be published on 20 January 2009 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 20 January 2009. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 4750 series of 2007 

   
How the Golden Number Giveaway Works:
 
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 January 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 31 December 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. A winning number was selected randomly in the computer by an independent solicitor on 22 November 2007 in the presence of a representative from the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry. This number was registered and enclosed in a sealed envelope and kept by the solicitor. Another copy of the winning number will also be kept by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry. On 12 January 2009, the solicitor will release the winning number to the Prize Award Administrator who will verify whether the person who was issued the winning number has in fact returned it as instructed, and is therefore the winner of the prize. If the winning number has not been returned, the prize will be awarded to the person who has returned the nearest number to the winning number, with the higher number having precedence in the event of two returned numbers being equidistant from the winning number. All decisions regarding the draw will be final.
  4. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of the Golden Number Giveaway in one or more mailings. The decision to increase the prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  5. The winner will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 20 January 2009 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 20 January 2009. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 4745 series of 2007 

 
How the Advance Award Prize Works:
 
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 January 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 31 May 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of the Advance Award Prize in one or more mailings. The decision to increase the prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  4. The draw for the winner will be held on 6 June 2008 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  5. The winner will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 11 June 2008 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 11 June 2008. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 5163 series of 2007

 
How the Quick Money Prize Works:
 
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 June 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 30 November 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of the Quick Money Prize in one or more mailings. The decision to increase the prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  4. The draw for the winner will be held on 5 December 2008 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  5. The winner will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 10 December 2008 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 10 December 2008. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.
 
How the Special Prize Works:
   
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 January 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 31 December 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying with your order or payment in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. Reader's Digest reserves the right to increase the value of the Special Prize in one or more mailings. The decision to increase the prize value for a mailing will be totally at the discretion of Reader's Digest and will be indicated in the promotional material for the affected mailing. Should the winning entry come from a mailing in which an increased prize value has been offered, Reader's Digest will award the winner the increased prize value indicated in that mailing. For all other mailings a winning entry will receive the stated prize value without the increase.
  4. The draw for the winner will be held on 13 January 2009 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  5. The winner will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 20 January 2009 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 20 January 2009. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  6. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  7. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 4752 series of 2007 

   
How the Extra Cash Prize Works:
   
  1. This prize draw is presented in conjunction with various product offers and opens on 1 January 2008 and closes at midnight local time on 31 December 2008. Entry is by invitation only, and is open to residents of legal age in The Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Employees of Reader's Digest and its agencies, and their immediate families up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to participate in these draws.
  2. Eligibility for entry to this prize draw is dependent upon replying in accordance with the conditions and instructions in the accompanying promotional material. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are permitted provided each entry is on an original Reader's Digest entry form. No facsimiles or copies are permitted. When website or telephone entry is offered, entries may be submitted by following the instructions in the promotional material. Reader's Digest will accept no responsibility for entries which become lost or damaged, or delayed in transit.
  3. The draw for the winner will be held on 13 January 2009 in the offices of Reader's Digest in Singapore. The draw will be held in the presence of an independent solicitor and a Department of Trade and Industry representative from the Philippines, and all decisions will be final.
  4. The winner will be notified in writing by registered mail. Results will be published on 20 January 2009 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in The Philippines; the United Daily in Taiwan; the South China Morning Post and the Apple Daily in Hong Kong; and The Straits Times in Singapore. A full list of winners is available on written request after 20 January 2009. Please send the request together with a self-addressed envelope to the Sweepstakes Department, Reader's Digest, c/o A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc. at A-Z Building, 723 Sgt Bumatay St, Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Or you can log on to www.rdasia.com.ph for the name of the winner.
  5. The prize may be represented from time to time as multiple payment options, cars, travel or merchandise. Prize preference indicated by participants at time of entry simply highlight options available and are not binding; actual choice will be confirmed with the winner after winner notification. Responsibility for paying the 20% withholding tax for winning prizes exceeding P10,000.00 and all other taxes that may be payable on prizes will be borne by the winners. Any prizes which remain unclaimed for 60 days from receipt of notification shall be forfeited and donated to charitable organizations with prior approval from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  6. Reader's Digest reserves the right to publish the photographs and/or names of all or any prize winner in promotional materials and advertisements as it sees fit.

Per DTI-NCR Permit # 5486 series of 2007 

 
 
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