Madison Symphony Orchestra April 2015 Ticket Giveaway Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION DATES
a. The Madison Symphony Orchestra April
2015 Ticket Giveaway (“Promotion”) will begin on March 27th, 2015 at
4:00 p.m. Central Time (“CT”) and end on April 2nd, 2015 at 11:59 a.m.
Central Time (“CT”).
b. The deadline for entries is April 2nd, 2015 at 11:59 a.m Central Time (“CT”).
2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
a. The Promotion is open to all legal
residents who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry and who live
in one of the following counties in the state of Wisconsin: Juneau,
Marquette, Adams, Green Lake, Dodge, Sauk, Columbia, Richland, Vernon,
Crawford, Iowa, Dane, Jefferson, Lafayette, Green, Rock, Walworth or
Grant. Employees of WMTV-NBC15 (the “Station”), its parent, subsidiary,
and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating
sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in the
Madison 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.
b. Individuals may only win a Station-conducted contest/sweepstakes once every sixty (60) days.
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 any individual who does 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
participate in the Promotion, follow the links and instructions to
enter and submit your information that is required in the online entry
form. Entry must include
your full name, address, phone number, email address and age. 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. All entries must be submitted by April 2nd, 2015
at 11:59 a.m. CT.
b. Only one entry per person and one entry
per email address are permitted and only one winner per household is
permitted in any Station-conducted contest/sweepstakes.
c. By entering this contest, I give NBC15 permission to contact me via email regarding future promotions and contest.
4. PRIZES AND ODDS OF WINNING
a. Five (5) people will each win two (2)
tickets to see the Madison Symphony Orchestra perform at Overture Hall
on April 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. CT. The Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”)
of these two tickets is $85.
Tickets are not refundable or transferable, and may not be substituted
or exchanged for cash or credit at any time. Lost or stolen gift
certificates/vouchers will not be replaced. Entrants acknowledge and
accept that Station has no obligation or responsibility for such
arrangements or enjoyment or use or nonuse of the Prize or any component
thereof. By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases Station from
any liability for such arrangements or enjoyment or use or nonuse of
the Prize. If a prize-related event, service or product is unable to
take place as scheduled, for reasons such as cancellation, preemption,
postponement or unavailability, including for weather, or for any reason
beyond the control of the Station, the Station’s sole responsibility to
the winner will be to award the remaining available elements of the
prize and no substitution or compensation will be provided for the
unawarded elements of the prize. The Station, Madison Symphony
Orchestra and participating businesses, in their sole discretion,
reserve the right to deny entry to or to remove the winner and/or
guest(s) if either engages in disruptive behavior or in a manner with
intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person at any prize
event. Certain restrictions may apply, including those printed on any
Prize or certificate. Prize is subject to availability. All other
costs not specifically stated herein, including but not limited to those
of transportation, taxes, and tips or any other expenses are the
responsibility of the winner.
b. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of entries received.
d. Winners do not need to watch The Morning Show on April 3, 2015 to win.
e. There is no substitution, transfer, or
cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole
discretion and to the extent permitted by law, 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. Prize winners will be selected randomly
from eligible entries received through nbc15.com from 4:00 p.m. CT on March 27, 2015 – 11:59 a.m. CT on April 2, 2015. All five (5)
winners will be selected at approximately 1:00pm CT on April 2,
2015. All five (5) winners will be announced on the Morning Show on April 3, 2015. Winners do not need to watch the Morning Show to
win. Each prize winner will be notified via telephone after the
announcement has been made on the Morning Show.
c. Each prize winner will be notified via
telephone after the announcement has been made on the Morning Show.
Winners must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility
and release, publicity release, and/or guest/traveling companion release
within ten (10) days of notification attempt or winner will be
disqualified and the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner(s)
may be chosen by random selection. If a potential winner(s) cannot be
contacted, fails to complete, sign and return any required affidavit of
eligibility and release, publicity release, and/or guest/traveling
companion release within the required time period, or if a prize or
prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner(s)
will be disqualified and will forfeit the prize.
d. Winners must pick up their prize at
WMTV 615 Forward Drive Madison, WI 53711 Monday – Friday from 8:30am CT –
4:30pm CT. By entering, each entrant agrees that Station has no
responsibility for or liability associated with the redemption or
receipt of any portion of any Prize. The winner will forfeit any prize
not picked up by April 9, 2015 at 4:30pm CT.
6. CONDITIONS
a. Payments of all federal, state and
local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner(s). Winner(s)
will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the
equivalent including a 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 combination with any prizes won in Promotions run by any
other Gray television 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 a prize constitutes a 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, the Station may, where legal, require a
winner (and guest or travel companion, where applicable) to sign a
publicity release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the
prize. It is the responsibility of the winner(s) to ensure that their
guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return to the Station any
required release.
c. By participating in the Promotion, you:
i. agree to grant the Station
a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast,
exhibit, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, distribute
and otherwise exploit the items (including any photos, videos, audio, or
written material) submitted as part of your contest entry (the
“Materials”), or any portion thereof, in any manner and in any and all
formats and media now known or hereafter devised, without payment to you
or any third party;
ii. acknowledge that the
Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion, not to use the
Materials at all; and
iii. represent and warrant that: you are 18 years
of age or older; you have the full legal right, power and authority to
grant to the Station the license provided for herein; you own or control
the complete exhibition and other rights to the Materials you submitted
for the purposes contemplated in this license; you are either the
parent (or legal guardian) of any minor featured in the Materials or
have received the express consent of the parent (or legal guardian) for
any such minor to appear in the Materials and to enter the minor’s
likeness in the Materials in the contest; and neither the Materials nor
the exercise of the rights granted herein shall infringe upon or violate
the right of privacy or right of publicity of, or constitute a libel or
slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, any
person or entity.
d. 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 may
require verification of Promotion winner’s or winners’ identification by
a showing of valid government-issued photo identification. By
participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winner(s) 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”) against any and all claims or liability arising
directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the
Promotion. The Station may also require eligible Promotion winner(s)
and their guests or travel companions, if any (as well as each of their
parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if winner(s), guest(s) or travel
companion(s) are under the age of majority in their state of residence),
to sign a liability release confirming such consent. It is the
responsibility of the winner(s) to ensure that their guest(s) or travel
companion(s) sign and return to the Station any required release.
e. 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, Facebook Page, and/or any other social networking site used in
the Promotion, 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, Facebook Page, and/or
any other social networking site used in the Promotion 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.
f. 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. Due to online
streaming delays, online viewers of station programming may have
difficulty participating in on-air contests. 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.
g. To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the Promotion, you understand and agree that:
i. any and all disputes,
claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this
Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action;
ii. if the parties are unable
to resolve their dispute amicably, it shall be resolved by means of
binding arbitration (not in a court of law);
iii. any and all claims,
judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but
in no event and under no circumstances will entrants or winners be
permitted to obtain awards for attorneys’ fees, and you hereby waive all
rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any
other form of damages, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any
and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; and
iv. any claim or dispute
regarding the Promotion or these Official Rules will be resolved
pursuant to the laws of the State or Commonwealth in which the Station
is located, without regard to conflict of law principles, and you submit
to the jurisdiction of the courts within the same State or Commonwealth
and waive all objections to the jurisdiction or venue of such courts.
h. The invalidity or unenforceability of
any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision. If any such provision is
determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall
be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or
unenforceable provision was not contained herein.
i. To obtain a copy of the Official Rules
or a list of winner(s) following completion of the Promotion (please
specify which), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope specifying
“Official Rules” or “Winner List” to Madison Symphony Orchestra April
2015 Ticket Giveaway or Official Rules Request, Madison Symphony
Orchestra April 2015 Ticket Giveaway c/o WMTV-NBC15 615 Forward Drive
Madison, WI 53711. A copy of the Official Rules and a list of winner(s)
(when complete) are also available during regular business hours at the
main studio of WMTV-NBC15 615 Forward Drive Madison, WI 53711. All
such requests must be received within thirty (30) days following
completion of the Promotion.
7. OFFICIAL RULES, TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT & PRIVACY POLICY
By entering this Promotion, you agree to be bound
by these Official Rules and the Station’s Terms of Use Agreement and to
the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy
located at: www.nbc15.com (Terms of Use) and www.nbc15.com (Privacy
Policy) or at the main studio of WMTV-NBC15 615 Forward Drive Madison,
WI 53711.
Sponsors: NBC15 615 Forward Drive Madison, WI
53711and Madison Symphony Orchestra 222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 460
Madison, WI 53703
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