Gala of The Royal Horses Contest 2014
OFFICIAL
RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO
ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION DATES
a. The 2014 Gala of The Royal Horses Contest
(“Promotion”) will begin on Friday, April 4, 2014 at 9:00AM ET and end on Wednesday,
April 9, 2014 at 12:00 PM ET.
2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
a. The Promotion is open to all legal
residents of the United States and the District of Columbia (except NY) who are
18 years of age or older at the time of entry and who live in North
Florida/South Georgia. Employees of WCTV (the “Station”), its parent,
subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating
sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in the North Florida
& South Georgia 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, as applicable, and where prohibited.
b. Only one winner per household is
permitted in any Station-conducted contest/sweepstakes.
c. Winners will be asked to sign a Contest
Affidavit & Participant Release and provide a valid form of identification.
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 – To enter, viewers are
to go to WCTV’s website, http://www.wctv.tv/, and click on the Contests tab,
http://www.wctv.tv/contests/. From there
viewers will find a display ad for the 2014 Gala of The Royal Horses Contest. Once they click on it, viewers are to 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. Entrants are also required to
verify that they “like” the WCTVPromotions Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/wctvpromotions] through
the contest submission field in order to be eligible. 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. ET and shall end at 11:59:59
p.m. ET.
All entrants
must follow the “call to action” entry instructions and submit any requested
information. By submission of an entry
in this contest, entrants hereby expressly consent to the receipt of a
confirmatory bounce-back message related to this contest.
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 WCTV and not to
Facebook.
b. For internet entry, only one entry per
person and one entry per email address are permitted
4. PRIZES
a. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 12:00PM
ET, five (5) winners will be chosen at random to win a family 4-pack of tickets to the Gala
of The Royal Horses event to be held in Tallahassee on Friday, April 11, 2014 at
the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center at 7:30pm ET.
The total value of prize is estimated
to be $200.
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. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 12 PM
ET, five (5) winners will be chosen randomly to win.
c. Odds of winning are depend upon the
number of entries received.
d. Winners do not need to watch WCTV or
be present to win.
e. The winner will be notified by email or
by phone on Wednesday, March 9, 2014. 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 seven (7) days of
notification attempt or winner will be disqualified and the prize will be
forfeited and an alternate winner may be chosen by random selection of
qualified entries. 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.
f. 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 seven (7) 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
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 2014 Gala of The Royal
Horses Contest Winner List or Official Rules Request, WCTV 1801 Halstead Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 3209. 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 WCTV 1801 Halstead Blvd. Tallahassee,
FL 3209. 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: www.wctv.tv/.
Sponsors: Gala of The Royal Horses, Donald L. Tucker
Civic Center, and WCTV.