THE SHORT VERSION:

1. Trade in our special “Summer Movie Challenge” markets.
2. Every game dollar you make in these markets will be worth 1 ticket in a lottery drawing for our prizes.
3. The grand prize is for a $250 certificate at Fandango.com. We will offer 10 second-place prizes of $25 apiece.

OFFICIAL RULES

1. To enter the Contest, a participant must create or already have created a new account at the MEDIA PREDICT website (www.mediapredict.com). Upon creation participants will be given an account of $5,000 in fantasy money. This money retains no value beyond use in MEDIA PREDICT’s fantasy prediction market game. It is non-transferable and cannot be used for trade, barter, or exchange of any kind.
2. Participants can use the account to play a prediction market game at www.mediapredict.com. Performance in the prediction market game may increase Participants’ odds of winning a prize.
3. This Contest is solely sponsored by MEDIA PREDICT and its web site, www.mediapredict.com. The sole administrator of the Contest is MEDIA PREDICT, which assumes all responsibility for the management of the Contest, conducting Prize Drawings, and delivering Prizes to Official Winners. A relevant promotional sponsor may be used. For clarity, the promotional sponsor assumes no legal responsibility for the management or administration of the Contest in any way.
4. The Contest commences on 4/1/2009, at 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Contest will run until the end of the summer movie season and will be concluded at a time determined by the Contest sponsors. This ending time will be prominently displayed on relevant pages on the Media Predict site.
5. Clearly labeled relevant Contest prediction markets will be launched at the Media Predict site. At the end of the Contest, each dollar participants make these markets will be worth one lottery ticket in a drawing for prizes for the relevant Prizes. For example, if a participant has made $4,345 in the relevant markets, this participant will have 4,345 tickets entered into the drawing in the relevant Prize Drawing.
6. NO PURCHASE OR ACCOUNT CREATION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. To enter the Contest without purchase or account creation, send: a) 3×5 index card with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and age to: MEDIA PREDICT SUMMER MOVIE CHALLENGE, MEDIA PREDICT, 212 East 13th Street, No. 5A, New York, NY 10003. Participants who enter via this fashion will be given a number of lottery tickets in the Prize Drawing equal to the average number of tickets held by other members eligible for the Drawing.
8. The Drawings will take place immediately following the close the Contest, the date of which will be displayed prominently on the MEDIA PREDICT site.
9. The Prize will be for one (1) $250 gift certificate for use at Fandango.com. In addition, there will be a Drawing for Secondary Prizes of 10 $25 gift certificates at Fandango.com. Odds of winning are dependent upon the number of participants in the Contest.
9. Official Winners will be notified via the e-mail address originally used for registration at Media Predict. Official Winners will have three (3) days to respond to notification and to claim the prize.
10. No substitution of Prizes may be made, and Prizes are non-refundable, not subject to exchange, not transferable, and may not be exchanged for cash. All Official Winners will be responsible for payment of all federal, state, and local taxes associated with Prizes.
11. If an Official Winner is unable to claim his/her chance for the Prize(s) within the time frame set out herein, such chance will be forfeited entirely and the Official Winner will forfeit any and all rights to the Prize. MEDIA PREDICT reserves the right to select another entrant, in such instance and award the chance for the Prize to an alternate entrant. MEDIA PREDICT reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for the Prize. All Prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose).
12. By entering the Contest, entrant releases MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents from any liability whatsoever and waives any and all causes of action related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Contest or delivery, misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity, privacy or defamation, whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or any other theory.
13. MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, attorneys, employees, and agents will not be responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted or damaged entries; (b) any Contest disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of MEDIA PREDICT; or (c) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest.
14. Contest void where prohibited. The Contest and these Contest Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under New York law.
15. Prizes do not include airfare, lodging or any other costs associated with claiming or utilizing the prizes awarded. In the case of merchandise, MEDIA PREDICT covers shipping costs to deliver the prize via certified mail to the Official Winner.
16. MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents accept no responsibility for lost, late, illegible, stolen, misdirected, or mutilated entries.
17. By entering this Contest, entrant(s) understand that MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents shall have the right to use the Official Winner’s name, likeness, and photograph for advertising and promotional purposes without further authorization, compensation, remuneration or notification.
18. Entrants agree to be bound by these Contest Rules and by the decisions of MEDIA PREDICT, which are final and binding in all respects. MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees, attorneys, and agents reserves the right to change these Contest Rules at any time, in its sole discretion, and to suspend or cancel the Contest or any entrant’s participation in the Contest should causes beyond its control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Contest or if MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents or otherwise become (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Contest as planned.
19. Entrants who violate these Contest Rules, tamper with the operation of the Contest or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents or any other entrant (in each case as determined by MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents sole discretion) are subject to disqualification from entry into the Contest. MEDIA PREDICT and its affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees and agents reserve the right to exclude persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest.
20. The Contest is open to U.S. Residents only. Proof of address will be required of the Official Winner before shipping of the grand prize.