KTLA
– TV
AND
MAMMOTH
MOUNTAIN
PRESENT
“Mammoth Mountain 'Ski 'Til You Drop' Giveaway 2013”
CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
SPONSORS
KTLA-TV, 5800 Sunset
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028
Mammoth Mountain, 1 Minaret
Road, Mammoth Lakes, CA, 93546
SWEEPSTAKES DATES
The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01
a.m.. PT on January 21, 2013 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PT on February 3, 2013. All entries must be submitted and received within
this time period. Any entries not received within this time period will be disqualified.
The computer clock of Sponsors’ webmaster is the official timekeeping device of
the Sweepstakes.
HOW TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
Go to www.ktla.com/mammoth and
complete and submit the online entry form. You must provide all information requested
on the entry form, including name, telephone number, e-mail address, and an
essay of fifty (50) words or less describing your best Southern California
skiing memory. You must also have a valid e-mail account in order for your
entry to be eligible. Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Copies or
other mechanical reproductions, facsimiles, entries containing technical or
electronic reproductions, entries containing attached files are not eligible
and will be rejected. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an
entrant, the holder of the e-mail account will be deemed the person who
submitted the entry. Entries become the exclusive property of Sponsors and
will not be returned or acknowledged. Limit one entry per person/e-mail address.
Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Sponsors are not
responsible for entries that are lost, late, misaddressed or misdirected due to
technical or computer failures, errors or data loss of any kind, lost or
unavailable internet connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or deleted
computer or networks transmissions, inability to access the website or online
service, or any other technical error or malfunction.
ELIGIBILITY
Void Where Prohibited
By Law.
These sweepstakes are open only
to legal residents of California within the KTLA viewing area, who are 18 years
of age or older as of January 21, 2013 and who have not won any other prize
from KTLA within the 60 days prior to the Sweepstakes Period. Employees of
other media companies (including radio and television), Sponsors and their
parent corporations, subsidiaries, or affiliates, advertising or promotional
agencies, and such employees' immediate family or household members are not
eligible to enter or win the contest.
PRIZE AND WINNER
SELECTION
On or about February 4, 2013,
a judging panel composed of KTLA Staff and/or persons designated by KTLA will
evaluate all entries. The panel will designate five (5) entries as Winners from
among all valid entries received based on receiving the highest scores pursuant
to the following criteria:
- 45% - quality of essay
- 55% - potential marketing
and/or entertainment value of an entrant's submission
Winners will be notified that
they have been selected as a winner by telephone or by e-mail.
If a selected winner is not
eligible, declines the prize, or cannot be contacted within twenty-four (24) hours
of the initial notification, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to
an alternate winner selected by Sponsors in their sole discretion.
The winner will receive a
Mammoth Getaway Package (“Prize”), valid only for February 14, 2013 through
February 15, 2013, which includes:
- Round-trip airfare for four two
from Los Angeles International Airport to Mammoth-Yosemite Airport (MMH) on
an airline to be determined by Sponsors.
- Accommodations for one night
for two (2) people at a lodging resort or hotel to be determined by
Sponsors.
- Free round-trip ground
transportation from airport to Mammoth Mountain resort.
- One day of lift tickets and
ski equipment rentals, including skis, boots and poles (or snowboard boots
and snowboard), for two people on February 15, 2013.
- For additional information
on Mammoth Resort, hours of operation, etc., please visit www.mammothmountain.com.
The Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of each winner's entire prize
package is $722.
The Prize is
non-transferable, non-refundable, may not be combined with any other offer, and
has no cash value. Prize substitution will not be allowed, except at the sole
discretion of Sponsors. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value for the prize. Any unused Prize elements will be
forfeited. The actual value of the prize
may vary depending on date and times of travel, airfare fluctuations and hotel
charges at the time of travel. Therefore, the actual value of the prize awarded
may be lower or higher at the time it is fulfilled. Any difference between
actual value and stated ARV will not be awarded. Prize winner and his or her
guest/travel companion will be required to travel on identical itineraries
including the same departure date and return date. Prize winner and his or her
travel companion will each be required to provide a valid government issued
identification at time of travel. If the prize winner elects to travel or
partake in prize trip with no travel companion or less than three travel
companions, no additional compensation will be awarded to the prize winner. Air
transportation and hotel accommodations must be taken together and cannot be
taken separately. No changes will be made to travel details once any
element(s) of the travel arrangements have been booked, except at Sponsors’
sole discretion. All prize-related travel arrangements will be administered by
Sponsors’ authorized designee. All airline tickets issued in conjunction with
prize are not eligible for upgrades, frequent flyer miles or any other
promotional benefit. Sponsors will not replace any lost or stolen tickets,
travel vouchers or certificates or similar items once they are in the prize
winner’s possession, or in the possession of the prize winner’s travel
companion. Prize travel is subject to capacity controls, availability,
blackout dates and certain other restrictions. Travel must be roundtrip.
Sponsors will determine airline and flight itinerary in their sole discretion.
Sponsors reserve the right to
re-schedule the prize for all winners for any reason, including, but not
limited to, inclement weather, mechanical failure and/or labor strike. If, in
the judgement of Sponsors or any pilot or driver contracted by Sponsors,
weather conditions are too severe to fly or drive safely on February 14, 2013,
the entire prize package will be re-scheduled for another date during 2013 for
all winners of this contest.
Prize is awarded “as is” with
no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, by Sponsors.
All federal, state, and local
taxes associated with the prize, as well as all other costs or expenses involved
in obtaining the prize, including but not limited to travel to and from Los
Angeles International Airport, incidentals spent at the resort, including food
and beverage, are the responsibility of the Winner.
The prize is not replaceable
if lost, stolen, or destroyed, it is not transferable or redeemable for cash,
and it may not be substituted for another prize, except at the sole discretion
of Sponsors, or as provided in these rules. Sponsors reserve the right to
substitute a prize of equal or greater value for the prize.
The winner may be asked to come
to KTLA at 5800 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028 to pick up his or her prize.
The winner will be required
to present valid identification and shall be required to sign a Statement of
Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release by the deadline established by Sponsors
in order to receive the prize. If the winner does not fulfill these
requirements, the prize will be forfeited. Winners have 3 days to return the
W-9, if so required, and Statement of Eligibility and Liability. Winner will
receive a 1099 tax form reflecting the actual value of any prize that is $600
or more.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
By
entering this contest, entrants (and their travel companions) grant to KTLA an
unlimited, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to publish entry
submissions (including photos, videos and essays submitted by Entrants) in any
medium now known or hereafter invented, in perpetuity. Entrants and Winners
otherwise will retain all rights to their essays. KTLA reserves the right (but
is not obligated) to post entry submissions and essays online at www.ktla.com
or broadcast the essay on KTLA Channel 5.
If
for any reason, the Internet-related portion of these sweepstakes is not
capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus,
tampering, fraud, technical failure, or any other cause which corrupts or
threatens the administration, security or integrity of the sweepstakes, Sponsors
reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend the sweepstakes
or any portion of the sweepstakes. ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE FAIR
AND LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THESE SWEEPSTAKES WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION
FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES. Information submitted in Internet entries, including
entrant's name, address, e-mail address, etc., may be used by Sponsors for
marketing or promotional purposes.
Sponsors
reserve the right to delay contest announcements, postpone or reschedule all or
some of the contest events, and/or modify Contest deadlines at its sole
discretion. Any such changes will be announced and posted on the Sponsor’s
website in a reasonable period of time.
By participating in this
contest, entrants and their travel companions agree to have their names,
photographs, voices, biographical information, likenesses, and entry
submissions (including photographs) used in any and all media for promotional
purposes relating to this contest, future similar contests, KTLA 5 and/or
Mammoth Mountain, without further compensation or notice, except as prohibited
by law. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree to be bound by these
rules and the decisions of Sponsors, and hereby forever and irrevocably
release, indemnify and holds harmless the Sponsors and their respective
officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, shareholders,
successors and assigns, from any liability, claims, demands, judgments,
proceedings, causes of action, lawsuits, injuries, death, costs, expenses or
damages, due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including but
not limited to death) or property of any kind, arising from, resulting from, or
in connection with, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the
Contest and any element or activity thereof, the entrant’s participation in,
entry in, or in ability to enter the Contest, or any Contest-related activity,
or the entrant’s acceptance, use, misuse, inability to use, possession, travel
related to, or defect of any prize, or any violation of entrants privacy,
publicity, personal and proprietary rights, or the collection, use and/or
sharing of entrant’s personally identifiable information by Sponsors or their
designees; any change in the prizing (or any components thereof) due to
unavailability, business or creative considerations, or due to reasons beyond
Sponsor’s control, any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, illegible,
delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged
entries, any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part
of any of the Sponsor, or any of their agents or employees, lost, stolen,
damaged, delayed or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), and any
typographical errors in these Official Rules or any Contest promotional
materials.
Neither the failure of
Sponsors to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these
Official Rules nor the failure, delay or omission by Sponsors in exercising any
right with respect to any term of these Official Rules, will be construed as a
waiver or relinquishment to any extent of each Sponsor's or right to assert or
rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance.
All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of
these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsors in
connection with this Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law rules or provisions.
For a copy of the Official
Rules or the name of the winners, send a self-addressed envelope to “Mammoth Mountain
'Ski 'Til You Drop' Giveaway 2013”, Attn: Creative Services, KTLA-TV, 5800
Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028, by April 1, 2013. The winner’s
name will be available after the winner has been verified and the prizes have
been awarded.
These Sweepstakes are subject
to the privacy policy of KTLA, as posted on the KTLA website. For more
information, see http://www.ktla.com/privacypolicy.
These Sweepstakes are also subject to the KTLA.COM terms of service, available
at http://www.ktla.com/termsofservice.