WIS APPLE A DAY SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL PROMOTION
RULES
- Promotion
Description.
This promotion is sponsored by WIS TV 1111 Bull Street Columbia, SC The promotion begins at 5:00pm January 31,
2013 and ends at 11:30pm February 27, 2013.
Entries must be received by 6:30pm February 27, 2013. Promotion is void where prohibited. By entering, each entrant accepts and
agrees to be bound by these promotion rules.
- Eligibility. No purchase
necessary to enter or win. This
promotion is open only to legal U.S. residents of South Carolina, residing in
one of the following counties in the station's viewing area: Abbeville, Aiken,
Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence,
Georgetown, Greenwood, Hampton, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Lexington,
Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter,
Union, Williamsburg, and York, who are 18 years
of age or older at the time of entry. Employees
and immediate family members of employees of Raycom Media, Inc., WIS-TV, the
other Sponsor(s), and their respective parent companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, agents, and their advertising and production agencies are not
eligible to participate in this promotion.
Only one entry per individual per day will be accepted, and multiple
entries will be disqualified.
- How to Enter. There are two ways
to enter this promotion. Beginning at 5:00pm
January 31, 2013 individuals must text the daily "keyword" to 80310 or they must
log on to the "Apple A Day" contest page at wistv.com and complete the online
entry form with the daily "keyword". WIS
will reveal the "keyword" and the daily prize weekdays starting January 31,
2013 between 5:00pm and 6:00pm during WIS News 10 @ 5. Contestants have until 6:30pm each day to
complete the on-line entry form with that day's correct keyword or text the daily
keyword to 80310. All entries must be
received by 6:30pm February 27, 2013 and contain the correct keyword
corresponding to the day they were submitted in order to qualify. All entries become the property of Sponsor(s),
and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to use any information submitted by
entrants.
Entries must be filled out completely, correctly and legibly
in order to qualify, and will be void if they are, in whole or in part,
incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, counterfeit, altered, or obtained
through theft or fraud. No
mechanically reproduced, software-generated or other automated multiple entries
are permitted. Sponsor(s) is/are not responsible for lost, late, illegible,
misdirected or mutilated entries, including due to transmission, technical,
and/or network failures of any kind, including, without limitation,
malfunctioning of any hardware or software (whether originating with sender or
Sponsor(s)), telephonic failures, human error, or any other error or
malfunction. For online entries, the
authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry will
be considered the entrant. An
"authorized account holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to such
e-mail account by the Internet access provider, online service provider, or
other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain
associated with such e-mail account. A
potential winner may be requested to provide proof that he or she is the
authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with a winning
entry.
Entrants agree not to upload, post or transmit any
materials which contain any computer viruses, Easter eggs, worms, Trojan Horses
or other harmful component or programming routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information. Any
attempt to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the operation of the
promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and Sponsor(s) reserve(s)
the right to seek damages from any person who makes such attempt(s).
Entry
materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. Any questions regarding the number of entries
submitted by an individual or the authorized account holder of an e-mail address
shall be determined by Sponsor(s) in its/their sole discretion, and Sponsor(s) reserve(s)
the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with
or abusing any aspect of the promotion.
By
entering this promotion, entrant agrees that WIS-TV and the
other Sponsor(s) of this promotion may provide entrant with promotional
materials and that WIS-TV may release entrant's
personally identifiable registration information to the other Sponsor(s) for
that purpose. WIS-TV is not responsible for
the use of entrant's personally identifiable information by the other
Sponsor(s).
- Prize(s). (20) twenty daily
prizes will be awarded. (10) ten winners
will win an ipad mini (valued at $329) and (10) ten winners will win an iPod
Touch (valued at $194) the exact prize will be announced each day along with
the keyword.
No prize may be exchanged for cash, transferred, or assigned
by the winner(s). Sponsor(s) reserve the
right to substitute a prize, in which case a prize of equal or greater value
will be awarded.
- How the Prizes are
Awarded.
One (1) daily winner will be selected at random each weekday from January
31, 2013 through February 27, 2013. A
maximum of twenty (20) daily prizes will be awarded. Each daily winner will be announced on WIS
News 10 at 11pm and will be contacted via phone number given on their entry. Once an entrant wins a daily prize, he or she
is no longer qualified to win another daily prize.
- Odds of Winning. The odds of winning
depend on the number of eligible entries received.
- Conditions of
Acceptance of Prize.
Driver's license or other appropriate picture identification is required
to claim a prize. The winners will be
required to execute and return a release and affidavit of eligibility at time
of prize notification, or the prize will be forfeited. A winner must take possession of his or her
prize by March 10, 2012 or the prize will be forfeited. If a prize is forfeited, no alternate winner
will be selected.
Each winner will be solely responsible for any and all
local, state, and federal taxes, as well as license and registration fees,
transportation costs, gratuities and other items of an incidental nature. WIS-TV will report any individual winnings
over $600 (in cash or fair market value of goods or services) in a one year
period to the Internal Revenue Service.
Each winner agrees to the use of his or her name and
likeness in publicity without any additional compensation, except where
prohibited by law. By entering this
promotion, each winner acknowledges that WIS-TV, and all other sponsors and
venues, have the right to publicize and broadcast each winner's name, voice,
and likeness, the fact that he or she won, and all matters incidental thereto.
- Limitation on
Liability.
By entering this promotion, each entrant forever discharges and releases
Sponsor(s), its/their
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their
respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all
liability, claims, causes of action, suits, and demands of any kind arising
from or in connection with the promotion, including, without limitation,
responsibility for property damage, loss of life, or personal injury or death resulting
from or in connection with participating in the promotion or from or in
connection with use or receipt of the prize(s), however caused.
- Sponsor's
Reservation of Rights.
These official rules are subject to modification by WIS-TV. In the event of a dispute, all decisions made
by WIS-TV are final and binding. Sponsor(s)
reserve(s) the right, in its/their sole discretion, to disqualify any person
who tampers with the entry process or the operation of Sponsor's/Sponsors' web
site(s), or who otherwise acts in violation of these official rules. Sponsor(s) further reserve(s) the right, in
its/their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, or modify this promotion if,
for any reason, the promotion is not capable of completion as planned (including,
but not limited to, for the following reasons:
infection by computer virus, technical corruption, force majeure, or
non-authorized human intervention that compromises or affects the
administration, fairness, integrity, security, or proper conduct of the
promotion). Any such modifications,
cancellations, etc. will be announced on www.wistv.com.
- List of Winners. For a list of
winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to WIS-TV Apple A day Contest,
1111 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29202.
