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Post Oak Mall Holiday Celebration Online Giveaway
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION DATES
a. The Post Oak Mall Holiday Celebration Online Giveaway (“Promotion”) will begin
on Monday, November 18 at 12:00am and end on Friday, November 22 at 11:59pm.
2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
a. The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States and the District
of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and who live in
Bryan Nielsen designated market area. Employees of KBTX (the “Station”), its parent,
subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating
sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in the Waco-Temple-Bryan
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 any Station-conducted
contest/sweepstakes.
c. Winner must be able to present a valid government issued ID verifying age.
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 – http://kbtx.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=110755
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. 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 2
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. CST and shall end at 11:59:59 p.m. CST.
b. Only one internet entry per person per email address per day is permitted.
4. PRIZES
a. There will be five (5) winners, one each day of the contest. Each winner will
receive a twenty-five dollar ($25) gift card valid at Post Oak Mall.
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. A winner will be randomly selected at 8 a.m. the business day following the entry
day.
c. Odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received.
d. Winner does not need to listen, watch, or be present to win.
f. Winners will be notified via the email address they provide in their submission.
Winners 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 by
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.
g. 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 thirty (30) 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. 3
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 4
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 Post
Oak Mall Holiday Celebration Online Giveaway Winner List or Official Rules Request,
KBTX at 4141 E. 29th
Street in Bryan, Texas 77802. 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 KBTX at 4141 E. 29th Street in Bryan, Texas 77802. 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.kbtx.com.
Sponsor: Post Oak Mall in College Station, TX
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