HOW TO ENTER:

No purchase necessary.

Contest Start Date: January 12, 2010 – 12:01 AM (PST)

Contest Closing Date: May 1, 2010, 2009 – 11:59 PM (PST)

Common Mobile Questions

What is an SMS message?

A SMS message is a text-based message sent or received on your mobile handset.

How much does it cost to receive an SMS message?

Standard carrier rates apply with this regular rated short code.

What is a shortcode?

A shortcode is a five or six-digit number used to address SMS messages. BMO Vancouver Marathon’s shared shortcode is RUN (23432)

What is a keyword?

A keyword is used in a SMS message to let us know what you are interested in. It determines what information you will receive in the return message.

Who else will see my mobile number?

We will keep your mobile number confidential. We will not share it with any other organization without your permission. For more information please reference the BMO Vancouver Marathon’s privacy policy.

I have subscribed to an SMS service with you – how can I stop these messages from arriving?

If you no longer wish to receive SMS messages from this service, text UNSUBRUN to 23432

How to Enter:

No purchase necessary. In order to be eligible to win a Prize in this Contest, you must create a new text message on your two-way text message capable mobile device and insert the keyword, RUN1, or RUN 2, and send it to the shortcode 23432. Once you have sent your submission, you will receive a choice if you would like to enter the contest. If selected, you will receive a Text Message confirming that your entry has been accepted and that you have been entered into the draw.  Any personal information submitted on an entry form, or elsewhere, will only be used for the contest and BMO Vancouver Marathon promotional purposes. Limit one (1) entry per person. Standard text messaging rates apply. Check your service carrier plan for your standard text messaging fees.

ODDS

The odds of winning a Prize is dependent upon the total number of qualified entries received on or after January 12, 2010 – 12:01 AM (PST) and on or before May 1, 2010, 2009 – 11:59 PM (PST).

GENERAL

1. This Contest is conducted by BMO Vancouver Marathon and is open only to legal residents of Canada and excludes (as both contest winners and (if applicable) as guests) the employees, officers and directors of BMO Vancouver Marathon’s direct and indirect affiliates, contest partners, prize suppliers, and their and BMO Vancouver Marathon’s partners, licensors, associates and each of their respective advertising and promotional agencies (collectively, with BMO Vancouver Marathon the “Contest Entities”), and the persons with whom they are domiciled.
2. In order to be eligible to win a Prize, you must have correctly answered, without assistance or mechanical aid, a mathematical skill-testing question and otherwise comply with these Rules.
3. None of the Contest Entities, or their respective licensors, affiliates, associates, agents or representatives, or their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, affiliates and assigns (together with the Contest Entities, the “Relevant Persons”) shall be responsible in any way or bear any liability whatsoever in any way for any participation in this Contest or the awarding, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any Prize, for any entries that are delayed, stolen, misdirected, lost, destroyed or damaged, for any failure or slowdown of programs or software supporting, connected to or related to this Contest, for any problems, mobile phone failures, text messaging errors, or technical malfunctions of any kind, including without limitation computer systems, servers, equipment or software, however caused, for any inability of any winner to accept a Prize for any reason or for any claim or loss attributable to a Prize awarded in this Contest. 
4. In the event of dispute over the identity of a potential winner, a Text Message entry will be declared as entered by the authorized account holder of the phone number used at the time of entry, and a potential winner may be required to provide identification sufficient to show that he/she is the authorized account holder of such phone number. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify BMO Vancouver Marathon in writing if the entrant changes his or her phone number during the period of the Contest. Automated and/or repetitive submission of entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or contest service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related phone numbers may be blocked. 
5. All entries become the property of BMO Vancouver Marathon’s and will not be acknowledged or returned. 
6. The Selected Entrant will be required to sign and return, by the date specified in the correspondence from BMO Vancouver Marathon’s, a fully completed Declaration in the form provided by BMO Vancouver Marathon, confirming understanding and acceptance of and compliance with these Rules and acceptance of the Prize as awarded, and a release of liability and publicity satisfactory to BMO Vancouver Marathon’s acknowledging the non-responsibility of the Relevant Persons with regard to any injury, accident, loss and/or misfortune related to any aspects of the Contest or the Prize. The Selected Entrant also grants to BMO Vancouver Marathon (and to its nominee(s)) the unconditional right to use each such Selected Entrant’s name, address, voice, likeness, photograph, prize information and/or statements about the promotion for publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation.
7. If any individual under the age of majority in his or her province or territory of residence is the Selected Entrant, the parent, legal guardian or other legally authorized representative of such person will be awarded the Prize provided he/she correctly answers the skill-testing question and signs a Declaration, release and other documentation satisfactory to BMO Vancouver Marathon.  If a guest of the Selected Entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence, his/her parent/guardian will be required to complete, sign and return to BMO Vancouver Marathon a release and other documentation satisfactory to BMO Vancouver Marathon, by the date specified in the correspondence from BMO Vancouver Marathon.
8. Failure to return the necessary documentation to BMO Vancouver Marathon by the date specified in the correspondence from BMO Vancouver Marathon may (in BMO Vancouver Marathon’s sole discretion) cause the Selected Entrant to forfeit the Prize in its entirety or make the guest of the Selected Entrant ineligible to be a guest, as applicable. In such case, it shall be in BMO Vancouver Marathon’s sole discretion whether to select another entrant as the Selected Entrant, or not to award the Prize at all, or (if applicable) whether or not to permit the Selected Entrant to select an alternate guest.
9. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at least one of the Prize winner and (if applicable) his/her guest must be of the age of majority in their Province(s) of residence.
10. None of the Contest Entities are responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these Rules, the selection and announcement of winners, or the distribution of the Prize.
11. By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to: (i) abide by these Rules and the decisions of BMO Vancouver Marathon and (if applicable) its nominees, which decisions shall be final, (ii) release and hold harmless each of the Relevant Persons from any and all claims for damage, injury, death, loss, or other liability that may arise from any entrant's participation in the Contest or the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, and (iii) waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages, attorney fees or  damages other than actual out-of-pocket costs incurred to enter.
12. Any claim or legal action arising or occurring with respect to the Contest, or the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of the Prize, shall be governed exclusively by British Columbia law, and shall be resolved exclusively in either the federal or provincial courts located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
13. BMO Vancouver Marathon retains the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Rules or to suspend, modify or cancel the Contest at any time, and to make substitutions of equivalent kind or value in the event of the unavailability of any component of the Prize for any reason whatsoever. Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash redemption or substitution.
14. This Contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.  Decisions of BMO Vancouver Marathon are final with respect to all aspects of this Contest. 
15. Void where prohibited.
16. For questions pertaining to the Contest, these Rules or the Prize, please contact us at.