Official Rules
Taco Bell All-Star Sunday Celebrity Softball Game Contest
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, NOR WILL A PURCHASE IMPROVE ONE'S
CHANCES OF WINNING. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible
entries received.
ALL FORMS MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY AND TRUTHFULLY.
FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND PROVIDE TRUTHFUL AND PERTINENT
INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE CONTEST. DISQUALIFICATION
IS IN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF WDAF AND/OR LOCAL
TV, LLC.
WDAF will conduct the Celebrity Softball Game Contest (“Contest”) substantially as described in these Official
Rules (“Rules”). Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant's
full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official
Rules. This Contest may be temporarily postponed or discontinued at
any time without prior notice. The Contest is void where prohibited
and is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
This Contest, and all Contest material, is ©
2012 by Local TV LLC. All rights reserved.
1. Eligibility: Entrants must
be legal US residents, at least 18 years old or above, as determined
by WDAF and reside
in the Kansas City Designated
Market Area as defined by The Nielsen Company. Employees of WDAF Local TV
LLC (collectively, the “Sponsor”), the Contest’s participating
sponsors and their advertising agencies, employees of other television
or radio stations, and members of the immediate families of such persons
are not eligible to participate and win. The term “immediate family”
includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren,
and any other person residing at the same household whether or not related.
Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth
herein.
2. Contest Period: The Contest begins on June 21, 2012. and ends on July 5 at 11:59
p.m. Sponsor reserves the right to shorten or extend the Contest
Period.
3. Contest Entry: To enter the Contest, enter your email address at
the link on fox4kc.com. One winner will
be randomly selected from all eligible entries on or about July 6. All entries become the property of WDAF and will
not be returned. Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Entrants may
be required to become registered users of the website. Users may enter
once an hour per day. Multiple entries by means of software-generated
or other automated processes will be disregarded. Only one prize per
person, household, or email address allowed. Duplicate entries will
not be accepted.
4. Prize: One winner will receive two tickets to the Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday, July 8,
with an actual retail value of $174 per ticket.
5. Winner Notifications: The Contest winners will be notified by email the
day of each drawing. Winners must have a valid email address where they
can be notified, or Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to
another winner.
6. Prize Acceptance/Restrictions: Only one (1) winner per household. Winners are subject
to verification by WDAF of the winner’s
name, age, address, phone number, and Social Security number (where
the prize value is equal to or greater than $600.00). In order to claim
his or her prize, each winner must appear in person at the business
offices of WDAF located at
3030 Summit, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108. Winners will be required
to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability and Publicity.
Failure to do so will disqualify the winner. No entries from individuals
under the age of 18 will be accepted. If a winner is disqualified, Sponsor
reserves the right to determine an alternate winner or to not award
that winner’s prize at all. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash or
substituted for any other items by any winner. Prizes are non-assignable
and non-transferrable. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a comparable
prize of like or greater value, including cash, for any prize, for any
reason. Costs of transportation and accommodations, where applicable,
are the sole responsibility of the winners.
7. Publicity Release: By participating in the Contest, each entrant acknowledges
that his/her entry in the Contest constitutes that entrant’s consent
to use, publish, reproduce and for all purposes, including publicity,
promotion and advertising, in any media (including without limitation,
the Internet, television or offline promotions), each winner’s name,
voice, likeness, and any portion thereof, each extending throughout
the universe and in perpetuity without further compensation, credit
or right of review or approval, except where prohibited by law.
8. Telephone and Delivery Disclaimer: Sponsor disclaims all liability for the inability
of a participant to complete or continue a telephone call due to equipment
malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond Sponsor’s
control, or otherwise. Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays,
misdelivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail,
courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method.
Sponsor is not responsible for mechanical, technical, computer, hardware
or software errors, malfunctions, or failures of any kind, including
failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed transmission of entries, traffic
congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost
or unavailable network connections, which may limit an entrant’s ability
to participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s
or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating
in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest if it becomes technically
corrupted.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY
CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT, OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS
CONTEST, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OR WEBSITE, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION
OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH
AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM
ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND TO DISQUALIFY
ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR ANY OTHER CONTEST.
9. Taxes: Any valuation of the prize(s) stated above is based
on available information provided to WDAF and the value
of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes as
required by law. All taxes, including federal, state, and local taxes,
are the sole responsibility of the winner. Any person winning over $600.00
in total prizes will receive a 1099 form from Sponsor at the end of
the calendar year and a copy of such form should be filed with the IRS.
Each winner must provide Sponsor with valid identification, and a valid
taxpayer identification number or Social Security number for total prizes
valued at $600.00 or more, before any prize will be awarded.
10. Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest or any portion
hereof, or to disqualify any individual implicated in any of the following
actions, if for any reason: (a) infection by computer virus, bugs, interruption
in wireless calling devices or wireless service, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any
other causes which, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the
Contest, (b) the Contest or any website associated therewith (or any
portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper processing
of entries per these Rules, (c) the Contest becomes corrupted due to
wireless calling service interruption for any reason, or (d) the Contest
is otherwise not capable of running as planned. By entering, entrants
represent that they are eligible and agree to be bound by and comply
with the Rules and the decisions of any judges. Any entrant who attempts
to tamper with this Contest in any way or use fraudulent means to participate
in and/or win the Contest shall be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the
right to disqualify any entrant at any time, for any reason, including,
without limitation, language, activities or behavior deemed inappropriate.
Sponsor and their advertising and promotion agencies are not responsible
for cancellations, postponements, or delays. Other than the prizes received
by the winner, no entrant shall be entitled to receive any wages, benefits,
fees or other compensation whatsoever as a result of participating in
the Contest. Sponsor shall have the sole discretion to administer the
Contest and interpret and apply the Official Rules.
11. Indemnification/Hold Harmless: By participating, entrants agree: (a) to the Official
Rules and decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final in all respects;
(b) to release, discharge, and hold harmless WDAF, Local TV,
LLC, and their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, advertising
and promotion agencies, officers, directors, employees, representatives,
and agents (the “Released Parties”) from all liability, injuries,
losses or damages of any kind to persons, including but not limited
to death or property damage resulting in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize,
or from participation in and/or entry into the Contest or any Contest-related
activity and for acceptance, delivery, or use of any prize; (c) that
the foregoing parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible
or liable for any warranty, representation or guaranty, expressed or
implied, in fact or in law, relating to any prize. In consideration
for his or her participation in the Contest, each entrant agrees to
hold harmless and indemnify the Released Parties from any and all claims,
demands and/or causes of action of any nature or kind whatsoever, whether
presently known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, that arise out of
the entrant’s participation in the Contest, including attorneys’
fees.
12. Limitation of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible or liable
for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information or other errors in
the printing, offering or administration of the Contest or in the announcement
of the prize(s) and assume no responsibility for (i) any error, omission,
interruption, defect or delay in operation or transmission at any website,
or wireless calling service, interrupted or unavailable network, server
or other conditions, (ii) failure of any entry to be received by Sponsor
due to technical problems, telephone service problems, human error,
or wireless calling service, (iii) communication line, hardware and/or
software failures, malfunction of phones (including wireless phones/handsets),
phone lines, other communications malfunctions, unavailable network
connections, cellular equipment towers, telephone systems or wireless
service, (iv) damage to any computer (software or hardware) resulting
from participation in the Contest, or damage to mobile phone or other
PDA device, (v) theft or destruction of, tampering with, unauthorized
access to, or alteration of entries and/or entry information, or (vi)
entries which are late, lost, stolen, damaged, illegible, and/or unintelligible
(or any combination thereof). Any expenses incurred by the entrant during
the application process, including but not limited to, postage are the
sole responsibility of each entrant and the Sponsor will not issue reimbursement
for any expenses.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE
RELEASED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES.
13. Choice of Law/Forum: All entrants agree, by participation in the Contest,
to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Missouri. Missouri law shall
govern this Contest, without regard Missouri’s choice
of law rules. The courts of Missouri shall
be the exclusive forum for any dispute regarding any Rule or activity
associated with the Contest.
14. Official Rules: To request
a copy of the Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to WDAF, located
at 3030 Summit, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108. Written copies of these
Rules are online at www.fox4kc.com.
15. Names of Winners: For a
list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope
to WDAF, located
at 3030 Summit, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, by July 25, 2012.
16. Compliance with Law: The conduct of the Contest is governed by the applicable
laws of the United States of America, which take precedence over any
rule to the contrary herein. Sponsor shall follow the applicable laws
for conducting Contest.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.