Win a Culinary Tour of Italy - Official Rules

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

1. Eligibility: Win a Culinary Tour of Italy (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the time of entry. Current and former employees of GMRI, Inc., current and former employees of Colavita USA, ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies, suppliers as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, and local laws and regulations and is void in Quebec and where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Promotion consists of a sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) and an instant win game (the “Instant Win Game”).

2. Sponsor: GMRI, Inc. 1000 Darden Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32837 and Colavita USA, 2537 Brunswick Avenue, Linden, NJ 07036. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 U.S.A.

3. Timing: The Promotion begins on March 6, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on May 9, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion.

4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, visit www.olivegardensweeps.com (the "Website") and complete and submit the registration form including a valid home address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. You automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes and advance to the Instant Win Game page and receive one (1) Instant Win Game play for that day. Once on the Instant Win Game page, follow the links and instructions to play the game. The Instant Win Game results will be instantly displayed. Potential winners of the Instant Win Game will be provided directions for validation. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Administrator is responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.

Limit: Each entrant may enter/play one (1) time per day during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of plays/entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s plays/entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or play, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant or player. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

Bonus Sweepstakes Entries and Instant Win Game Plays: You may receive additional Sweepstakes entries and Instant Win Game plays as indicated below:

Tell A Friend Program (for online method of entry only): After you enter the Promotion, you will be invited to submit the names and email addresses of up to three (3) friends who must be eligible to enter the Promotion. You may only refer persons with whom you have an existing relationship. For submitting three (3) referrals of friends with valid email addresses, you will be given one (1) additional entry into the Sweepstakes and one (1) additional opportunity to play the Instant Win Game per day during the Promotion Period.

  1. Facebook: During the Promotion Period, you can receive additional Sweepstakes entries by visiting the Sweepstakes application on the Facebook Platform. You can also find the application on the Sweepstakes tab on the Sweepstakes Page on Facebook. Follow the links and instructions to receive one (1) additional Sweepstakes entry and then click on the map of Italy to receive an additional two (2) entries per day during the Promotion Period.

  1. Click on Map of Italy: After you enter the Promotion through the Website, follow the links and instructions to click on the map of Italy. You will automatically receive two (2) additional Sweepstakes entries per day during the Promotion Period.

  1. Check in using a wireless mobile device (to receive bonus entries through this method you must have a wireless mobile device with an unlimited data plan as of March 6, 2011): During the Promotion Period, log-in to your Facebook account or Foursquare Labs, Inc. “Foursquare” account. If you do not have a Facebook or Foursquare account you may follow the instructions to create one. Creating an account is free of charge. You may create a Foursquare account at http://foursquare.com. Once logged in to your account, follow the links and instructions to check-in at a participating Olive Garden location (a "Location") listed on the Website. You will receive one (1) additional entry into the Sweepstakes after you check-in. In order to “check in” at a participating Olive Garden location, you must be in or immediately adjacent to the Location’s perimeter and use your wireless mobile device to access Foursquare or Facebook and follow the system’s instructions to “check-in” to the location that corresponds to the Location. Foursquare has the right to verify the location of all check-ins.

Limit: You may receive up to five (5) additional Sweepstakes entries by any method or combination of methods listed above per day during the Promotion Period. You may receive up to two (2) additional Instant Win Game plays by any method or combination of methods listed above per day during the Promotion Period.

5. Sweepstakes/Instant Win Game: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Promotion and the selection of potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sweepstakes: Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner, from all eligible entries on or around May 12, 2011. Instant Win Game: There are two (2) Instant Win Game prize pools (each a "Prize Pool"). If you played the Instant Win Game through the Promotion Website there will be six hundred (600) random, computer-generated winning times, during the Promotion Period. If you played the Instant Win Game through the Tell A Friend method there will be fifty-six (56) random, computer-generated winning times, during the Promotion Period. If you are the first player to play the Instant Win Game at or after one of the randomly generated times, you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated.

ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE INSTANT WIN GAME OR SWEEPSTAKES SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY, AND THE POTENTIAL INSTANT WIN GAME WINNER AND/OR SWEEPSTAKES WINNER HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY AND IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.

7. Verification of Potential Winners: Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. The potential Sweepstakes winners will be notified by mail, email or phone. Each potential Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (if a U.S. resident), or Declaration of Compliance (if a Canadian resident), which must be received by Administrator within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If a potential winner of any prize is a Canadian resident, he/she will be required to correctly answer a time-limited skill-testing question without assistance or mechanical aid in order to be eligible to receive a prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, or fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release/Declaration of Compliance within the required time period (if applicable), fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question (if applicable), or the prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits the prize. In the event that a potential winner of a Grand Prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. There will be three (3) alternate drawings after which the prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed Instant Win Game Prizes will not be awarded. Instant Win Game Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.

8. Prizes

Sweepstakes Prizes: FOUR (4) GRAND PRIZES: A trip for two (2) to Italy. Trip package includes roundtrip, coach-class air transportation for two (2) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to a major airport in Italy; seven (7) nights' accommodations at a hotel determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (single room, double occupancy); two (2) meals per day, ground transportation for length of stay; and excursions to the following cities: Florence, Rome, San Gimignano, and Riserva di Fizzanoa to visit the Culinary Institute of Tuscany. Winner must complete the trip within one (1) year from the drawing date or prize will be forfeited. Trip must be booked at least twenty-one (21) days prior to departure. 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 Promotion, and those set forth by the Sponsor’s airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be twenty one (21) years of age or older as of the date of departure or a sibling/friend of winner with the appropriate parental permissions and releases and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Winner and travel companions are solely responsible for obtaining valid passports and any other documents necessary for international travel. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $7,000 USD. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value. Odds of winning a Sweepstakes Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Limit: One (1) Sweepstakes Prize per person.

Instant Win Game Prizes:

Prize Pool 1: SIX HUNDRED (600) FIRST PRIZES: A $20 Olive Garden gift card. ARV: $20 USD.

Prize Pool 2 (for TAF entrants only): FIFTY-SIX (56) SECOND PRIZES: A $20 Olive Garden gift card. ARV: $20 USD.

Odds of winning an Instant Win Game prize depend on the number of eligible Instant Win Game plays divided by the number of prizes available. Limit: One (1) Instant Win Game prize per person. Terms and conditions of gift cards apply.

For All Prizes: No cash equivalent and all 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. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $41,120 USD.

9. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Facebook, ePrize, LLC, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies 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 Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

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

11. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, 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 or Instant Win Game, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. 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 Instant Win Game or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this 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 or the Instant Win Game 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.

12. 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 Promotion; (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 Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion 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 Promotion 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, if it is possible. If the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, is discontinued for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole 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 the 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.

13. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion 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; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, 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 Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, 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.

14. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (http://www.olivegarden.com/privacy/) and ePrize’s Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy-policy).

15. Winner List: For a winner list, visit http://bit.ly/eQ48oO. The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.

This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to GMRI, Inc. and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used by GMRI, Inc. and for purposes related to this promotion.

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