on call with santa
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION DATES
a. On Call With Santa
(“Promotion”) will begin on December 11, 2009 11:00 AM CT and end
on December 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM CT
2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
a. The Promotion is open to all legal
residents of the United States and the District of Columbia (except
NY and FL) who are 13 years of age or older at the time of entry and
who live in Waco DMA as defined by Nielsen’ Designated Market Area.
Employees of KWTX-TV (the “Station”), its corporate parent, subsidiary,
and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional
partners, other broadcasting stations in the Waco, TX metropolitan area,
and the members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings
or children) or households are ineligible to participate or win.
This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local
laws and regulations. Void outside the United States, in NY and FL,
as applicable, and where prohibited.
b. Only one winner per household is permitted
in any Station contest/sweepstakes.
c. Winners must present a valid ID and
sign a release form.
d. Entrants are required to provide truthful
information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it
discovers to be false or fraudulent. The Station will disqualify
any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements,
and the Station will also delete any entry knowingly received from persons
under the age of 13 in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act.
3. ENTRY
a. To participate in the Promotion, you
may enter via the following method(s):
VIA
INTERNET – Enter at the “On Call With Santa” contest page reached
through the Fun and Games Department at KWTX.com between 9 am CT December
11, 2009 and 11:59 pm CT on December 15, 2009. Follow the links
and instructions to enter and submit your first name and last name,
complete address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, date of birth,
and a valid email address in the online entry form. Internet entries
will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address
submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder
is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider or other organization that
is responsible by assigning the email address or the domain associated
with the submitted email address. Multiple entrants are not permitted
to share the same email address. All entries submitted become
the sole property of the Station and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Use of any device to automate entry is prohibited. Proof of submission
of an entry shall not be deemed proof of receipt by Station. The contest/sweepstakes
administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for the
Promotion. For purpose of this Promotion, a “Day” shall begin
at 12:00:00 a.m. CT and shall end at 11:59:59 p.m. CT
VIA
POSTAL MAIL Entrants may submit a postcard entry. Each entry by mail
must include the entrant’s first name and last name, complete address,
city, state, zip code, telephone number, and date of birth. Entries
should be sent to:
KWTX-TV
On Call With Santa
6700 American Plaza
Waco, TX 76712.
All entries must be received by 9:00
am CT, on December 16, 2009.
b. For Internet entry, only one (1) entry
per person AND only one (1) entry per email address per day may be submitted.
Entrants who violate this policy will be automatically disqualified.
For postcard entry, submit postcard via mail to KWTX-TV.
For internet entry, only one entry per person and one entry per email
address per day are permitted. For postal entry, only one (1)
entry may be submitted per outer mailing envelope and only one (1) entry
per person per day allowed.
4. PRIZES
a. Five (5) families will receive a phone
call to their home from a Santa character between the hours of 5pm and
7pm December 17, 2009. Each family will also receive one (1) twenty-five
dollar ($25.00) gift certificate towards the purchase of food at Bush’s
Chicken. Certificates are redeemable at all Central Texas Bush’s Chicken
locations. Prizes are considered delivered in full when the gift certificates
are picked up by the winner following notification.
b. There is no substitution, transfer,
or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole
discretion, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash. The
prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not
include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Other restrictions
may apply.
5. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION
a. Decisions of Station management with
respect to the Promotion are final.
b. Winners will be drawn by random drawing
held on December 16,
2009 from all entries received on time. Entrants who violate any
of the entry limits or fail to provide the requested information will
be eliminated.
c. Odds of winning depend strictly upon
the number of entries received.
d. No specific skill is required, and
no tie-breaking procedures apply. Each entry is assigned a number
and winners are chosen based on random numbers generated.
e. Winner does not need to be present
to win.
f. Winners will be notified via daytime
phone number and/or email and asked to return the call by 9am on December
16, 2009. If winners do not respond by the date and time indicated
then they are disqualified. Winners (or their parents or legal
guardians if under the age of majority) must execute and return any
required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release
within ten (10) days of notification attempt or winner will be disqualified
and the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be chosen
by random drawing. If a potential winner cannot be contacted,
fails to complete, sign and return the required affidavit of eligibility
and liability/publicity release within the required time period, or
if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential
winner will be disqualified and will forfeit the prize.
g. Prize consists of one (1) phone call
per family from a character proclaiming to be Santa and one (1) Twenty-five
dollar gift certificate per family. The phone call will be placed to
the phone number specified on the entry form. Station is not responsible
for unanswered phone calls, busy signals, or phone calls unable to be
completed for any reason. The gift certificate, valued at twenty-five
dollar ($25.00) is only good towards the purchase of food at Bush’s
Chicken. Certificates are redeemable at all Central Texas Bush’s Chicken
locations. The certificates are not redeemable for cash.
6. CONDITIONS
a. Payments of all federal, state and
local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. Winners
will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent
including the winner’s full Social Security Number for receipt of
any prize valued at $600 or more or for any prizes awarded by the Station
in a calendar year with an aggregate value of $600 or more. Failure
to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in disqualification
and forfeiture of the prize.
b. By participating in the Promotion,
each winner agrees to have his or her or their families name, picture,
city, state, voice, or likeness and other personal expressions used
in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this promotion
to include news or commercial content, without additional financial
or other compensation, and, where legal, to sign a publicity release
confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize. Any videotape
and/or audio produced in connection there may be edited without restriction
to provide satisfactory commercial material, which becomes the sole
property of KWTX-TV, Gray Television, Inc for an unlimited period of
time.
c. Prior to awarding any prize or prize
certificate, and depending on the nature of the prize and eligibility
requirements of the contest, the Station in its sole discretion will
require verification of Promotion winner’s identification by a showing
of valid government-issued photo identification. By participating
in the Promotion, each winner agrees to release hold the Station, its
sponsor(s) and promotional partner(s), and each of their parent, subsidiary
and affiliated entities, and the officers, shareholders, directors,
employees, agents and representatives of each of them (collectively,
the “Released Parties”) harmless against any and all claims or liability
arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the
Promotion. The Station will also require eligible Promotion winners
and their guests or travel companions, if any (as well as each of their
parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if winners, guests or travel companions
are under the age of majority in their state of residence), to sign
a liability release confirming such consent.
d. The Station, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to disqualify any person (and all of their entries)
from this Promotion if he or she tampers with the entry process, the
operation of the Promotion, or the operation of the Station’s web
channel or is otherwise in violation of the rules. The Station
further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel,
terminate or suspend the Promotion, or any part of it, if it is not
capable of completion as planned or if any fraud, technical failures
or any factor beyond the Station’s control, including infection by
computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical
failures of any sort, corrupt or affect the administration, security,
fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion as determined
by the Station in is sole discretion. Any attempt by an entrant
or any person to deliberately damage any station web channel or to undermine
the legitimate operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal
and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Station reserves
the right to seek full prosecution and/or damages from any such individual
to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Station’s failure
to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver
of this provision. If due to circumstances beyond the control
of the Station, any competition or prize-related event or travel is
delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Station reserves the
right, but not the obligation, to modify, suspend or cancel the Promotion
and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.
e. The Released Parties are not responsible
for (i) typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering
or the administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement of a
prize; (ii) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet,
service outage or delays, computer difficulties, malfunctions, disconnections,
other technological failures, telephone service outages, delays, dropped
calls, or busy signals; or (iii) lost, stolen, mangled, mis-delivered,
postage due, illegible, incomplete, incorrect, or late entries.
f. To obtain a copy of the Official Rules
or a list of winners following completion of the Promotion (please specify
which), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (VT residents may omit
return postage) specifying “Official Rules” or “Winner List”
to “On Call With Santa” Winner List or Official Rules Request, KWTX-TV,
6700 American Plaza Waco, TX 76712 A copy of the Official Rules
and a list of winners (when complete) are also available during regular
business hours at the main studio of KWTX-TV @ 6700 American Plaza Waco,
TX 76712. All such requests must be received within thirty (30)
days following completion of the Promotion.
7. TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT & PRIVACY
POLICY
a. By use of this web channel and by entering
this Promotion, you agree to the Station’s Terms of Use Agreement
and to the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy
Policy located at: KWTX.com.
Sponsor: Bush’s Chicken, KWTX
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