Official Rules

WWBT / Station Promotion Official Promotion Rules Virginia Lottery Holiday Pets Contest

1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION: This promotion is sponsored by WWBT, LLC ("Station" or “NBC12”), 5710 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23225 and the Virginia Lottery 600 E. Main St. Richmond, VA 23219 (collectively "Sponsor(s)"). The promotion is active from 12:01 AM EST on November 26, 2018 through 11:59 PM EST on December 30, 2018 (the “Contest Period”). All entries must be received prior to 11:59 PM EST on December 27th, 2018 in order to qualify. Promotion is void where prohibited. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Only one entry per individual is eligible. By entering, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these promotion rules. Enter by completing the contest form and submitting your photo at NBC12.com web site at http://www.nbc12.com.

2. ELIGIBILITY: No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. This promotion is open only to legal U.S. residents of the following counties or cities within the Commonwealth of Virginia and or within the station's viewing area: Stafford, King George, Culpeper, Orange, St. Mary's, Westmoreland, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa, Caroline, Spotsylvania, Essex, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, Middlesex, King and Queen, King William, Hanover, Goochland, Buckingham, Cumberland, Amelia, Powhatan, Chesterfield, City of Richmond, Henrico, City of Petersburg, Charles City, New Kent, James City, York, Matthews, Middlesex, Gloucester, Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight, Greensville, Brunswick, Lunenberg, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, and Southampton who are 18 years or older by December 27th, 2018 and who complete the contest form in its entirety and agree to participate by its rules and terms.

Employees and immediate family members of employees of Raycom Media, Inc., WWBT, the Virginia Lottery, the other local TV stations in the Richmond DMA, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, franchisees, agents, and their advertising and production agencies are not eligible to participate in this promotion. By completing the contest form on NBC12.com or by receiving it via email, the submitter provides the right to NBC12 to publish the winner's name, and photo on the internet and potentially display it on the air on NBC12.

Winner will be notified by telephone and/or email. Notification not responded to within 24 hours, the phone number disconnected or email address undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected if time permits. Winner may waive his/her right to receive a prize. Prize is non-assignable and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed, except that prize and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and the Sponsor(s) reserve the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value. Winner is solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prize. Winner will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned within five (5) days of date of notification of winning. Failure to sign and return the affidavit or release within five (5) days, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may, at the sole discretion of Sponsor(s), result in a winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of prize to an alternate winner. Except where prohibited, participation in the contest constitutes entrant's consent to the publication of his or her name and image in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation or further compensation. Only one entry per individual is eligible, and multiple entries will be disqualified.

By entering this promotion, entrant agrees that Station and the other Sponsor(s) of this promotion may provide entrant with promotional materials and that Station may release entrant's personally identifiable registration information to the other Sponsor(s) for that purpose. Station is not responsible for the use of entrant's personally identifiable information by the other Sponsor(s).

3. HOW TO ENTER: There is one way to enter this promotion. All entries must be submitted by residents of the above stated localities who turned 18 as of November 26, 2018. All photo entries of your pet dressed in holiday attire (the “Submission”) must be submitted via the contest entry page on NBC12.com, to be found within the Holiday Pets section of NBC12.com along with your name, address, phone number and email address. All entries become the property of Sponsor(s), and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to use any information submitted by entrants. Entries must be filled out completely and legibly in order to qualify, and will be void if they are, in whole or in part, incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, counterfeit, altered, or obtained through theft or fraud. No mechanically reproduced, software-generated or other automated multiple entries are permitted.

Sponsor(s) is/are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected or mutilated entries, including due to transmission, technical, and/or network failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any hardware or software (whether originating with sender or Sponsor(s)), telephonic failures, human error, or any other error or malfunction. For online entries, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry will be considered the entrant. An "authorized account holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to such e-mail account by the Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with such e-mail account. A potential winner may be requested to provide proof that he or she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with a winning entry. Entrants agree not to up-load, post or transmit any materials which contain any computer viruses, Easter eggs, worms, Trojan Horses or other harmful component or programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the operation of the promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to seek damages from any person who makes such attempt(s).

Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted by an individual or the authorized account holder of an e-mail address shall be determined by Sponsor(s) in its/their sole discretion, and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the promotion.

4. PRIZE: There will be two (2) weekly winners (“Weekly Winners”) of this promotion. The ten (10) weekly winners will be awarded the following prize, which has an estimated value of $50. The Virginia Lottery will provide each winner with $50 worth of Holiday scratchers (including $2 and $5 scratchers, totaling $50 in value per winner).

5. JUDGING AND WINNER SELECTION: A panel of judges, determined by the station in its sole discretion, (the “Judging Panel”) will select the winning Submissions based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”): (a) how creative it is (25%); (b) the extent to which it is inspirational and embodies holiday spirit (50%); (c) the overall quality of the Submission (25%).

Two winners will be selected for each of five weeks of the campaign during the Contest Period. In order to be eligible for consideration in any given week during the Contest Period, the photo submission must be received by the station no later than 11:59 PM EST on the Thursday of the particular week in question. All timely entries for that particular week will be judged based on the criteria set forth herein and two winners will be selected on or about Friday of each week in the Contest Period from all entries for a given week in the Contest Period. Any entries that did not win in a given week within the Contest Period will be automatically carried over to successive weeks in the Contest Period (i.e., there is no need to resubmit a submission which failed to win in a previous week). Station, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters, will contact winner. Odds of winning depend upon number of eligible entries received and the Judging Criteria, in the Judging Panel’s sole discretion. Failure to respond to the notification of winning within the specified time period in the notification, the return of any prize notification as undeliverable, Administrator’s inability to contact a potential winner within a reasonable time period or noncompliance with these Official Rules may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor and Administrator’s sole discretion, an alternate winner may be selected for the drawing. All entries for the contest must be received by 11:59 PM EST on December 27th, 2018 to qualify.

6. ODDS OF WINNING: Odds of becoming a Weekly Winner depend upon the number of entries received and the quality of the submission based on the Judging Criteria.

7. SUBMISSION AND USE OF PHOTOS: You may submit no more than one photo Submission during the Contest Period. Entrant must have signed permission from all individuals (parents/legal guardian of children, if featured and if not your own) that appear in the Submission to use their name and image in the Submission and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested by Sponsor and/or Administrator, entrant must be able to provide such permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor and/or Administrator. By uploading a Submission, entrant assigns all right, title and interest in and to the submitted photograph to Sponsor. Such assignment irrevocably grants to Sponsor (and Sponsor’s licensees and assigns) the exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Submissions in whole or in part, and otherwise exploit the Submission in all media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in any way Sponsor sees fit including, but not limited to, entertainment, instruction/education, promotional, advertising and/or marketing purposes. In connection with all rights granted herein, Sponsor (and Sponsor’s licensees and assigns) shall also have the irrevocable and exclusive right to incorporate Submissions, in whole or in part, into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed. Proof of submission will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsor.

8. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTENT OF SUBMISSIONS: - The Submission must not contain material that violates, misappropriates, or infringes upon any law or regulation or the rights of any third party, including any copyright, trademark, or any rights of publicity or privacy, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights; - The Submission must not disparage any person or entity; - The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene hateful, tortious, and/or defamatory; - The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and - The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where Submission is created.

9. RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND PUBLICITY: All prize winners consent to the use of their names, photographs, likenesses and limited biographical information for publicity or advertising purposes without further compensation, where permitted by law. By entering the contest, entrants agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on Station’s website and used by Station for any purpose, at any time without any fee or other form of compensation. Station/Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and delete any photographs or user profiles, without notice, and for any reason. All entrants release Station and Sponsor, and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, franchisees, officers, directors, partners, equity holders, agents, employees, and all others associated with the development and execution of this Contest (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all liability with respect to, or in any way arising from, this Contest and/or acceptance or use of the prize, including liability for personal injury, damages, death or monetary loss. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any injury, loss or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer relating to, or resulting from, entering or downloading any information or software in connection with this Contest. Station, Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or late, failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, or by any human or other errors that may occur in connection with this Contest.

10. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF PRIZE: Driver's license or other appropriate picture identification is required to claim a prize. The winners will be required to execute and return a release/indemnity and affidavit of eligibility within 3 business days of prize notification, or the prize will be forfeited. Prize notification will be via email at the Station's discretion. Winners will be solely responsible for any and all local, state, and federal taxes, as well as license and registration fees incurred by participating in the promotion, as well as transportation costs, gratuities and other items of an incidental nature. The awardees of each prize should consult with a tax professional to determine any tax consequences of being awarded. The prize package will be reported to the IRS as required by law. The prize package may not be exchanged for cash or any other consideration by the winners. Sponsor(s) may substitute a prize with equal or greater value. The winner may not assign, sell or transfer the prize package or any portion thereof.

11. SPONSOR'S RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: These official rules are subject to modification by Station to ensure fairness of the promotion and/or the original intent. In the event of a dispute, all decisions made by Station are final and binding. Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right, in its/their sole discretion, to disqualify any person who tampers with the entry process or the operation of wwbt.com, or who otherwise acts in violation of these official rules. Sponsor(s) further reserve(s) the right, in its/their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, or modify this promotion if, for any reason, the promotion is not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, technical corruption, force majeure or non-authorized human intervention that compromises or affects the administration, fairness, integrity, security, or proper conduct of the promotion. By entering this promotion, entrant agrees that Station and the other Sponsor(s) of this promotion may provide entrant with promotional materials and that Station may release entrant's personally identifiable registration information to the other Sponsor(s) for that purpose. Station is not responsible for the use of entrant's personally identifiable information by the other Sponsor(s). 12. WINNER'S NAMES: Winner's names will be made available upon written request to the station from January 21, 2019-January 27, 2019: NBC12, P.O. Box 12, Richmond, VA 23218

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Submit a picture below of your pet in holiday attire. Show us their holiday spirit. Only ONE picture allowed per entry. Two winners will be chosen weekly by NBC12 to win holiday scratchers from the Virginia Lottery.

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