Be
A Harlem Globetrotters’ Ball Kid
OFFICIAL
RULES
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCE
OF WINNING.
1.PROMOTION
DATES
The
Harlem Globetrotters’ Ball Kid Contest (Promotion) will begin on
Thursday January 5, 2012 CT at 3:00pm and end on Sunday January 22,
2012 at 11:59:59pm
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 whose primary residence is within 100
miles of KWTX’s primary office. Employees of KWTX, NWTX (the
“Station”), its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its
advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners,
other broadcasting stations in the Waco, TX designated metropolitan
area, 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.Only
one winner per household is permitted in this Station
contest/sweepstakes.
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 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
INTERNET –– Enter at the Be A Harlem Globetrotter’s Ball Kid
Promotion contest page reached through the contest page located at
KWTX.com/fun between 3:00pm
CT January 5, 2012 and 11:59:59 pm CT on January 22, 2012.
Follow the links on www.KWTX.com/fun
and follow the instructions to enter and submit your first name and
last name, age and sex of the child for the ball kid, complete
address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, entrant’s 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 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. 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; child’s
name, age, and sex; complete address, city, state, zip code; daytime
telephone number; email address; and date of birth. Entries should
be sent to:
KWTX-TV
Be
a Harlem Globetrotter’s Ball Kid Promotion
6700
American Plaza
Waco,
TX 76712.
All
postal entries must be received by 9:00am CT, January 23, 2012.
b.
For internet entry, only one entry per person and one entry per
email address per day are permitted. For postal entry, only one
entry may be submitted per outer mailing envelope.
4.PRIZES
a.Grand
prizes are the opportunity for two (2) children (1 boy and 1 girl
aged 6-12 years) to be designated as the Harlem Globetrotter Ball
Kid, they will also receive a T-Shirt (minimum $10 value), basketball
(minimum $10 value), and four (4) tickets (minimum value $23 each) to
the Harlem Globetrotters Live at the Ferrell Center on January 27th,
2012. In addition, two (2) runners up will win a family four (4)
pack of tickets. Tickets are only valid for the date and time
indicated and no substitution will be allowed. Prizes are considered
delivered in full when they 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
Decisions
of Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.
Winners
will be determined by random drawing held on January
23, 2012 from all entries
received on time. Entrants who violate any of the entry limits or
fail to provide the requested information will be eliminated.
Odds
of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Automated voting of any kind is not allowed.
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.
Winner
does not need to be present to win.
Winners
will be notified by notified via daytime phone number and/or email
provided at entry. If a winner is unreachable after two (2) days,
or if that winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate
winner will be selected. If KWTX cannot find an eligible winner for
the prize, that prize will not be awarded. 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 at random. 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, the potential winner will
be disqualified and will forfeit the prize.
Unless
otherwise specified in the prize notification, all prizes or prize
certificates may be picked up at the office of the Station at the
address below. The winner will forfeit any prize or prize
certificate not claimed within two (2) days of winning. Prize or
prize certificates will not be mailed to the winner without the
winner’s prior written consent in which the winner shall agree to
assume its risk of loss. The Station, its sponsor, or promotional
partner(s) are not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or
prize certificate.
Tickets
and passes are to be picked up at the Box Office Will Call Window of
the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. Winners will be required to provide
proof of identification with a valid ID and sign a release form prior
to picking up the tickets.
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.Participating
in the Promotion and acceptance of prize constitutes 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,
where legal, to sign a publicity release confirming such consent
prior to acceptance of the prize.
c.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 will require verification of
Promotion winner’s identification by a showing of valid
government-issued photo identification. By
participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winners 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”) 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,
terminate, 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 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.
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
Harlem Globetrotters Contest, KWTX, 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, 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
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:
www.KWTX.com.
KWTX
6700
American Plaza
Waco,
TX 76712
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Globetrotters
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