KTLA-TV
PRESENTS
“AVOCADOS
FROM MEXICO LOS CABOS GIVEAWAY 2013”
SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL
RULES
SPONSORS
KTLA
LLC, 5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028
SWEEPSTAKES
DATES
The
Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. PT on March 25, 2013 and ends at 11:59:59
p.m. Pacific Time on April 10, 2013 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). All
entries must be submitted and received within this time period. Any entries not
received within the Sweepstakes Period will be disqualified.
HOW TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSSARY.
Go to www.ktla.com/avocados and
complete and submit the online entry form. You must provide all information
requested on the entry form, including name, telephone number, and age. 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. 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.
This sweepstakes is void where
prohibited by law. This sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of
California within the KTLA viewing area, who are 18 years of age or older as of
March 25, 2013. Employees of other media companies (including radio and
television), Sponsors, and their parent corporations, subsidiaries, or
affiliates, (collectively, “Promotion Entities”) and such employees’ immediate
family or household members are not eligible to enter or win the contest.
PRIZE AND WINNER
SELECTION
On or about April 11, 2013, all
entries received in this sweepstakes will be combined into a single pool, and
one (1) winner will be selected at random from the pool of all entries.
The odds of winning depend on the
number of valid entries received. If a selected winner is not eligible,
declines the prize, or cannot be contacted within forty-eight (48) hours of the
initial notification (including, but not limited to, failure to return a phone
call from Sponsors), the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an
alternate winner randomly selected by Sponsors from all remaining valid
entries.
The winner will receive:
- Four
(4) nights of accommodations for two (2) people at Sheraton Hacienda del
Mar Golf & Spa Resort, Corredor Turistico KM 10, Lote D, Cabo Del Sol,
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, 23410, Mexico ("The Hotel").
This part of the prize expires on April 30, 2014
- One
VISA gift card redeemable for $1,500 in goods and/or services at any place
of business that accepts VISA gift cards as a method of payment.
The approximate retail value
(“ARV”) of the entire prize package is $2,289.00. Any difference between actual
value and stated ARV will not be awarded.
AIR TRANSPORTATION IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE PRIZE FOR THIS SWEEPSTAKES. ALL TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.
Accommodations at The Hotel are based
on availability and may require specific arrival days and are subject to
change. Travel must take place prior to May 2014. Accommodations included in
the prize are not available during Major Holidays. Major Holidays include (but are
not necessarily limited to): Christmas and New Year's. For full details, call The
Hotel at 52-624-14-58000.
All federal, state, and local
taxes associated with the prize, as well as all other additional costs or
expenses involved in obtaining or consuming the prize that are not listed in
these Official Rules, are the responsibility of the Winner. Prizes are awarded “as
is” with no warranty or guarantee, expressed or implied, being provided by
Sponsors. Winner will be required to fill out and IRS W-9 Form
("W-9"), and will receive a Form 1099 from the IRS for any prize with
a value of $600 or more.
The prize is not replaceable if
lost, stolen, or destroyed, not transferable or redeemable for cash, and 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.
All winners will be notified that
he or she has been selected as a winner by telephone or by e-mail.
The winner will be required to
present valid identification and the winner and any of his or her invitees may
be required to sign a Statement of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity
Release ("The Release") by the deadline established by Sponsors in
order to receive the prize. Once the W-9 and The Release are sent to the
winner, the winner and any of his or her guests have 30 days to complete and
sign the W-9 (when appropriate) and The Release and return them to KTLA 5. If
the winner does not fulfill these requirements, he or she will forfeit the
prize.
GENERAL
CONDITIONS
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., will be used
by Sponsors for marketing and promotional purposes.
By participating in this
Sweepstakes, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors from any and all
damages, injuries, claims, causes of action, or losses of any kind resulting
from your participation in this sweepstakes, and/or your acceptance,
possession, use, or misuse of any prize and any travel related thereto,
including without limitation, personal injury, death, property damage,
defamation, infringement of intellectual property rights, and claims based on
the rights of publicity and privacy.
Sponsors are not responsible for
changes made to the Prize being awarded, including any delay, cancellation or
postponement of the Prize events, and is under no obligation to provide a
substitute prize. Sponsors are not responsible for any typographical or other
error in the printing or advertising of the offer, administration or execution
of the Sweepstakes or in the announcements of the prizes/prize winners.
Neither the failure of Sponsors
to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Official
Rules or 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 Sponsors’s 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 these Sweepstakes 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.
By participating in these
sweepstakes, you also agree to have your name, photograph, voice, biographical
information, and likeness used in any and all media for promotional purposes
relating to these sweepstakes or future similar sweepstakes without further
compensation or notice, except as prohibited by law.
For a copy of the Official Rules
or the name of the winners, send a self-addressed envelope to “Avocados from
Mexico Los Cabos Giveaway 2013”, KTLA-TV, Attn: Creative Services, 5800 Sunset
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028, by March 31, 2013. The winners’names
will be available after the winners have been verified and the prizes have been
awarded.
These Sweepstakes are subject to
the privacy policy of KTLA, as posted on the KTLA website at www.ktla.com/privacypolicy.
These Sweepstakes are also subject to the KTLA Terms of Service at
www.ktla.com/termsofservice.