2024 Holiday Giveaway Official Contest Rules
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
HOW TO ENTER
1. These rules govern the Giveaway (“Vincennes PBS Knox Co. CLK Holiday Giveaway”), which is being conducted by Vincennes PBS in partnership with the Knox County Community Learning Kitchen. The Promotion begins on Friday December 7th, 2024 and ends Tuesday, December 17th, 2024.
3. To enter the Promotion, participants will be able register online at VincennesPBS.org. Three (3) winners will be selected and announced on Vincennes PBS & CLK’s social media accounts on Wednesday, December 18th.
4. The winners will be notified by station staff members and do not have to be watching or present to win. The winners’ names will also be announced on-air and publicized through the station’s digital media platforms, including social media sites and website.
5. The Promotion will be carried out via online registration. During the contest time period; participants must submit their cooking video or photo via the station’s registration form on VincennesPBS.org.
6. All three (3) winners will be selected from all of the non-duplicated submissions prior to the announcement of the winners.
7. A maximum of three (3) prize packs will be awarded for this contest.
8. Vincennes University Broadcasting WVUT known as Vincennes PBS will in no way be liable or responsible for the failure of any phone, other calling instrument, computer, vehicle/transportation to on-site registration, or other device, no matter the reason for the person’s inability to complete the registration process.
WINNERS
1. There will be a maximum of three (3) winners. A list of winners will be kept as part of this record following the conclusion of the contest.
2. The winners will be asked to coordinate with the designated staffer to retrieve contact information and then arrange for the prize to be picked up. The winner’s name will also be announced through the station’s digital media platforms, including social media sites and website.
3. The winners may be required to present valid government-issued photo identification and must provide their complete address, date of birth and phone number to claim a prize.
4. Winners will also be required to sign a release form and confirmation of receipt of the prize.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
1. The Promotion is open to all persons who are 18 years of age or older and who reside in the geographic listening area of the station. Employees of Vincennes University Broadcasting, the Station, the Station’s Underwriting Agent (collectively, “Promotion Entities”), their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, Station’s advertising and promotional agencies and
participating sponsors, other radio and television stations in the Evansville/Vincennes
metropolitan areas, the members of their immediate families (spouse, parent, sibling or child) and those living in the same household of each (whether related or not), are ineligible to enter or win. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Entrants are responsible for complying with these Official Rules.
3. 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 entrant who does not meet the eligibility requirements and will also delete any entry as required by law.
4. Prize packs will only be awarded to winners whose mailing address falls within the local broadcast viewing area. Winners outside of the broadcast viewing area, and those who watch online are able to participate, but are unable to receive the prize pack.
PRIZES
1. Up to three (3) prize packs will be awarded during this contest. The three (3) prizes consist of: First place prize of (1) KitchenAid Stand Mixer, at an approximate retail value of $249.99; Second place prize of (1) Toshiba Microwave at an approximate retail value of $125.99; Third place price of (1) Ninja Air Fryer at an approximate value of $87.25.
2. The winner will be solely responsible for all taxes and all other fees and expenses not specified herein associated with the receipt and use of the prize. The prize is awarded as is. If a prize-related event does not 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 Promotion Entities, their sole responsibility to the winner will be to award the remaining available elements of
the prize, if any and no substitution or compensation will be provided for the un-awarded elements of the prize.
3. No more than the stated number of prizes specified in these official rules will be awarded.
4. The Prize(s) is not transferable, and no substitution, assignment, or cash equivalent of prize is permitted, except by the Station (solely at its discretion), which reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize portion with another prize or prize portion of greater or equal value.
5. The prize(s) are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and unless otherwise expressly specified, do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Entrants acknowledge that the Promotion Entities have not made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranties, representations or guarantees, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties expressed or implied, in fact or in law, whether now or hereafter enacted concerning any prize, including without limitation, implied warranties of quality, merchantability, mechanical condition, or fitness for a particular purpose, except for any express manufacturer’s warranty as may be included with the prize or as
may be separately provided to participants by law.
6. Other restrictions may apply.
POTENTIAL WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION
1. Decisions of the Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.
2. Winners will be selected as described in Section 1 of these Official Rules.
3. Odds of winning a prize depend in part upon the number of entries received.
4. Prizes will be awarded only upon confirmation of eligibility and completion of all requisite releases. The winner must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release. If a potential winner cannot be contacted or if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize.
CONDITIONS
1. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner. The winner may be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 with the winner’s full Social Security Number or the equivalent 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.
2. Participation in the Promotion and/or acceptance of prize constitutes entrant’s and/or winner’s (and guest’s, if applicable) permission for the Station or its agents to interview the winner(s) (or guest(s), if applicable), to photograph, film, and record each winner (or guest, if applicable), and to use in commerce and in any media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, his/her name, prize won, hometown (city and state), biographic information, likeness,
photograph, voice, audio or video recording, and/or any statements made by him/her regarding the Station, the Promotion, and/or its sponsor(s) for purposes of trade, publicity, or promotion without notice or additional compensation, notification, or permission, in perpetuity except where prohibited by law.
3. If for any reason this Promotion cannot be executed as planned, including but not limited to, as a result of infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Released Parties that corrupt or affect the security, administration, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion, or if the Promotion is compromised or becomes technically corrupted in any way, electronically or otherwise, the Station reserves the right to cancel, terminate, suspend, and/or modify the Promotion.
4. If the Promotion is terminated before the original end date, the Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion to, to modify the procedure for selecting winners, unless the nature of the event giving rise to such termination renders it impossible to select winner(s).
5. 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) incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, failure, or omission; (iii) unauthorized human intervention; (iv) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete, or late entries; (v) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or
delays, computer difficulties and other technological problems or for telephone service outages, delays, busy signals, poor signals or signal interference, accidental disconnection, equipment malfunctions, and any other technological failures of any kind; or (vi) any cancellations, delays, diversions, or substitutions or omissions whatsoever by any transportation providers or any other persons or entities providing any services to winner(s) (and guest(s), if applicable) including
any results thereof such as changes in services or location necessitated by same.
6. 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 Released Parties’ control.
7. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods may void that entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. The use of any device to automate entry is prohibited. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, promotion entry services or proxies) will void all
entries by that entrant at the Station’s discretion.
8. The Station, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Station’s website. Failure to comply with the rules of the Promotion may result in an entrant’s disqualification and/or forfeiture of any prize or prizes.
9. If the Station makes a good faith determination that an entrant has cheated or committed fraudulent activity in connection with a Promotion, the Station reserves the right to disqualify that entrant from entering and/or winning this and future Station-administered Promotions and to prosecute and seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.
For a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to – Official
Rules,” Attn: Promotions, Vincennes PBS 1200 N 2ndStreet. DH64 Vincennes, IN 47591.
The Official Rules shall also be available during regular business hours at the main offices of the Station and will be posted online at VincennesPBS.org.