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NEDERLANDER CONCERTS
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“NEIL DIAMOND CODE WORD GIVEAWAY 2012”

SWEEPSTAKES

 

OFFICIAL RULES

 

 

SPONSORS

KTLA-TV, 5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028

Nederlander Concerts, 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Suite 222, Los Angeles, CA, 90028

 

 

 

SWEEPSTAKES DATES

The Sweepstakes begins at 6:00:01 p.m.. PT on March 19, 2012 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PT on March 23, 2012 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). On each calendar date during the Sweepstakes Period, entries will be accepted from 6:00:01 p.m. PT until 11:59:59 p.m. PT (the "Daily Entry Period"). All entries for each calendar date during the Sweepstakes Period must be submitted and received within the Daily Entry 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 NECESSSARY.

Watch “KTLA 5 News at 6” on KTLA-TV, between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m, for a code word on each of the following days:

 

• Monday, March 19, 2012
• Tuesday, March 20, 2012
• Wednesday, March 21, 2012
• Thursday, March 22, 2012
• Friday, March 23, 2012

 

 

The code words will be provided and displayed onscreen during the broadcast of the show. Then, go to www.ktla.com/neil to enter the two code words for that day 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. Entries containing incorrect code words or no code words at all 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 per day. Multiple entries from the same person on the same day will be disqualified. Limit one entry per household. 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 contest is open only to legal residents of California within the KTLA viewing area with valid Facebook accounts, who are 18 years of age or older as of March 19, 2012, and who have not won any other prize from KTLA within the 90 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.

 

Employees of Nederlander Concerts, KTLA-TV and any entity involved in the creation, promotion or administration of the Sweepstakes, their respective parent corporations, subsidiaries, or affiliates (collectively “Promotion Entities”), and such employees’ immediate family, household members or relatives are not eligible to enter or win the Sweepstakes. For the purposes of this Sweepstakes, relatives are defined as mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren.

 

PRIZE AND WINNER SELECTION

Five (5) separate entry pools will be created for this sweepstakes. There will be one (1) entry pool for each Daily Entry Period. On or about each business day after a calendar date during the Sweepstakes period, one (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from the entry pool for the immediately previous Daily Entry Period. The winner for each Daily Entry Period will be notified that he or she has been selected as a winner by telephone or by e-mail. Once a winner is selected, he or she is ineligible to win any additional prizes during this Sweepstakes.

 

The odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries received during each Daily Entry Period during the Sweepstakes.

 

If a selected winner is not eligible, declines the prize, or cannot be contacted within seven (7) days of the initial notification, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner randomly selected by Sponsor from all remaining valid entries for that particular entry pool.

 

Each winner will receive two tickets to see Neil Diamond in concert at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, on August 25, 2012.

 

Approximate retail value of each pair of tickets is $120.00.

 

The Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable, may not be combined with any other offer, and have 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. Any difference between actual value and stated ARV will not be awarded. Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, by Sponsor.

 

All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the prize, as well as all other costs or expenses involved in obtaining the prize, including transportation to and from the Greek Theatre, are the responsibility of the Winners.

 

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 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.

 

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., may be used by Sponsors for marketing or promotional purposes.

 

Sponsors reserve the right not to display code words onscreen due to the coverage of breaking news or other unforeseen circumstances. Should sponsors choose not to display code words on any day during the Sweepstakes Period for reasons listed above, sponsors reserve the right (but are not required) to do one of the following:

 

a)      Select additional winners on other days of the Sweepstakes Period so that the total number of winners over the entire Sweepstakes Period will be 85.

b)      Extend the Sweepstakes Period so that the code words not displayed as originally scheduled may be displayed on a different day

c)      Display the code words during another KTLA-TV news broadcast

d)     Take no action

 

Any and all schedule changes for the display of code words will be listed on the KTLA website at www.ktla.com/neil.

 

By participating in this Sweepstakes, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors, and all these companies’ parent corporations, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the officers, directors, agents, and employees of all such companies 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 Prizes 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 Sponsor to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Official Rules or the failure, delay or omission by Sponsor 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 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 “Neil Diamond Code Word Giveaway 2012”, KTLA-TV, Attn: Creative Services, 5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028, by May 1, 2012. 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.