KWTX
Bluebonnet Contest
OFFICIAL
RULES
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCE
OF WINNING.
1.PROMOTION
DATES
a.The
KWTX Bluebonnet Contest (“Promotion”) will begin on Monday, April
6, 2015, at 12:01 am CT and end on Friday, April 24, 2015, at 7:00 am
CT.
b.The
deadline for entries is Thursday, April 23, 2015, 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 18 years of age or
older at the time of entry and who live within the Waco/Temple/Bryan,
TX Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as determined by Nielsen and
which includes the following counties in TX: San Saba, Mills,
Lampasas, Coryell, Bell, McLennan, Falls, Milam, Limestone,
Robertson, Brazos, Burleson, Leon, and Madison, along with the
following additional counties: Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro,
Freestone, Burnet, Williamson, and Lee. Employees of KWTX-TV (the
“Station”), its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its
advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners,
other broadcasting stations in the Waco/Temple/Bryan Nielsen DMA and
the following counties: Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone,
Burnet, Williamson, and Lee, and the members of their immediate
families (spouse, parents, siblings or children) or households
(whether related or not) 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.
Individuals may only win a Station-conducted contest/sweepstakes once
every sixty (60) days.
c.Selected
winner(s) will be required to provide a valid ID to verify age and
identity and to complete and sign a participant release form and a
publicity release and waiver.
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 any
individual who does not meet the eligibility requirements, and will
also delete any entry as required by law.
3.ENTRY
a.To
participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following
method(s):
VIA
FACEBOOK Visit the Station Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/kwtxnews10. Click on the Promotion entry
form, upload the bluebonnet photo, and enter the requested
information, which may include your first name and last name,
complete postal address (street, city, state, and zip code), email
address, telephone number, and date of birth. Facebook entries will
be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the Facebook
account used to submit the entry at the time of entry. The
authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to
the Facebook account by Facebook. Multiple entrants are not
permitted to share the same Facebook account. Entries submitted 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.
This
Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or
associated with Facebook. By submission of an entry, an entrant
releases Facebook from any responsibility or liability for the
Promotion’s administration, prizes or promotion. You are providing
entry information to the Station and not to Facebook.
VIA
INTERNET – Follow the links and instructions on www.KWTX.com/fun
to upload your photo, 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 beginning
at 12:01 am CT on Monday, April 6, 2015, and ending at 11:59 pm CT on
Thursday, April 23, 2015. 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 for
assigning the email address or the domain associated with the
submitted email address. Multiple entrants are not permitted to
share the same email address. Entries submitted 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.
b.
Only one entry per person is permitted.
4.PRIZES
AND ODDS OF WINNING
a.One
(1) Canon – PowerShot SX520 HS 16.0-Megapixel Digital Camera -
Black – will be awarded in the promotion. Approximate retail value
of the Prize is $200.00. The Prize is awarded as is.
b.Odds
of winning depend upon the total number of entries received.
c.Entrants
do not need to watch the Station or be present to win.
d.There
is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except
that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent
permitted by law, 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 selected in a random drawing on April 24th,
2015, at 7 am CT.
c.Winner(s)
must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and
release, publicity release, and/or guest/traveling companion release
within ten (10) days of notification attempt or winner will be
disqualified and the prize will be forfeited and an alternate
winner(s) may be chosen by random. If a potential winner(s) cannot
be contacted, fails to complete, sign and return any required
affidavit of eligibility and release, publicity release, and/or
guest/traveling companion release within the required time period, or
if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the
potential winner(s) will be disqualified and will forfeit the prize.
d.Unless
otherwise specified in the prize notification, all prizes or prize
certificates must be picked up at the office of the Station at the
address below. The winner(s) will forfeit any prize or prize
certificate not claimed within thirty (30) days of winning. Prize or
prize certificates will not be mailed to the winner(s) without the
winner’s or winners’ prior written consent in which the winner(s)
shall agree to assume its risk of loss. The Station, its sponsor(s),
or promotional partner(s) are not responsible for the safe arrival of
a prize or prize certificate.
6.CONDITIONS
a.Payments
of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility
of the winner(s). Winner(s) will be required to complete and submit
an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent including a 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 combination with any prizes
won in Promotions run by any other Gray television 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.Participating
in the Promotion and acceptance of a prize constitutes a winner’s
and guest’s (where applicable) permission for the Station or its
agents to photograph, film and record each winner, and to use his/her
name, address (city and state), likeness, photograph, voice,
biographical information and/or any statements made by him/her
regarding the Promotion or its sponsors for purposes of trade,
publicity or promotion without additional financial or other
compensation, and, the Station may, where legal, require a winner
(and guest or travel companion, where applicable) to sign a publicity
release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize. It
is the responsibility of the winner(s) to ensure that their guest(s)
or travel companion(s) sign and return to the Station any required
release.
c.By
participating in the Promotion, you:
i.agree
to grant the Station a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to
edit, telecast, exhibit, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license,
print, distribute and otherwise exploit the items (including any
photos, videos, audio, or written material) submitted as part of your
contest entry (the “Materials”), or any portion thereof, in any
manner and in any and all formats and media now known or hereafter
devised, without payment to you or any third party;
ii.
acknowledge that the Station reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, not to use the Materials at all; and
iii.represent
and warrant that: you are 18
years of age or older; you
have the full legal right, power and authority to grant to the
Station the license provided for herein; you own or control the
complete exhibition and other rights to the Materials you submitted
for the purposes contemplated in this license; you are either the
parent (or legal guardian) of any minor featured in the Materials or
have received the express consent of the parent (or legal guardian)
for any such minor to appear in the Materials and to enter the
minor’s likeness in the Materials in the contest; and neither the
Materials nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall
infringe upon or violate the right of privacy or right of publicity
of, or constitute a libel or slander against, or violate any common
law or any other right of, any person or entity; and
d.Prior
to awarding any prize or prize certificate, and depending on the
nature of the prize and eligibility requirements of the Promotion,
the Station in its sole discretion may require verification of
Promotion winner’s or winners’ identification by a showing of
valid government-issued photo identification. By participating
and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winner(s) and guests (if
applicable) agree to release and hold harmless the Station, its
sponsor(s) and promotional partner(s), its advertising and promotion
agencies, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and
affiliated entities, and the officers, shareholders, directors,
employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns of each
of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) against any and
all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize
or participation in the Promotion. The Station may also require
eligible Promotion winner(s) and their guests or travel companions,
if any (as well as each of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if
winner(s), guest(s) or travel companion(s) are under the age of
majority in their state of residence), to sign a liability release
confirming such consent. It is the responsibility of the winner(s)
to ensure that their guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return
to the Station any required release.
e.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, Facebook Page, and/or
any other social networking site used in the Promotion, 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,
Facebook Page, and/or any other social networking site used in the
Promotion 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, terminate, suspend or cancel the
Promotion and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.
f.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 any other difficulties that may prevent an
individual from sending or receiving a text message; or (iii) lost,
stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete,
incorrect, or late entries. Further, the Released Parties are not
responsible if any part of a Promotion prize that cannot be awarded
due to acts of god, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of
terrorism or other factors beyond the Station’s control.
g.To
the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the
Promotion, you understand and agree that:
i.any
and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in
connection with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be
resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action;
ii.if
the parties are unable to resolve their dispute amicably, it shall be
resolved by means of binding arbitration (not in a court of law);
iii.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 and under no circumstances
will entrants or winners be permitted to obtain awards for attorneys’
fees, and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental,
or consequential damages, or any other form of damages, other than
actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased; and
iv.any
claim or dispute regarding the Promotion or these Official Rules will
be resolved pursuant to the laws of the State or Commonwealth in
which the Station is located, without regard to conflict of law
principles, and you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts within
the same State or Commonwealth and waive all objections to the
jurisdiction or venue of such courts.
h.The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If
any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise
unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with
their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not
contained herein.
i.To
obtain a copy of the Official Rules or a list of winner(s) 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 KWTX
Bluebonnet Contest Winner List or Official Rules Request, KWTX-TV,
6700 American Plaza, Waco, TX 76712. A copy of the Official Rules
and a list of winner(s) (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
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:
http://www.kwtx.com/legalverbiage/headlines/158511785.html
(Terms of Use) and
http://www.kwtx.com/legalverbiage/headlines/158509635.html
(Privacy Policy) or at the main studio of KWTX-TV, 6700 American
Plaza, Waco, TX 76712.
Sponsor(s):
Fitzgerald
Lawnscapers
201 Deb
Avenue
Waco, TX
76712
KWTX-TV
6700
American Plaza
Waco, TX
76712
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