GIVEAWAY!

WMC Action News 5 –“Puddles Pity Party Ticket Giveaway” OFFICIAL PROMOTION RULES

Promotion Description.  This promotion is sponsored by WMC Holdings, LLC, 1960 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104 (“Sponsor(s)”).  The promotion begins at 12:00pm Tuesday, February 5, 2019  and ends at 9:30 am Wednesday, March 13, 2019.  Promotion is void where prohibited.  By entering, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these promotion rules.

Eligibility.  No purchase necessary to enter or win.  This promotion is open only to legal U.S. residents of the following counties in Tennessee: Shelby, Tipton, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Hardin, Haywood, Madison, Chester, Henderson, Decatur, Lauderdale, Crockett, Haywood, Gibson, Dyer, Lake, Obion, Weakley, Henry, Caroll, and Benton.

In Mississippi: De Soto, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Tunica, Tate, Union, Prentiss, Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Union, Prentiss, Pontotoc, Lee, Itawamba, Bolivar, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Calhoun, Yalobusha, Webster, Chickasaw, Clay and Monroe.

In Arkansas: Desha, Arkansas, Phillips, Monroe, Prairie, Lee, St. Francis, Cross, Crittenden, Poinsett, Mississippi, Craighead, Greene, Clay, Randolph, Lawrence, Jackson, Independence, Jackson and Woodruff.

In Missouri: Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid

All winners must be 18 years of age, except as follows: Mississippi, age 21; Tennessee, age 18, or, if still in high school at 18, upon graduation or reaching age 19 (whichever is sooner).  Employees and immediate family members of employees of Raycom Media, Inc., WMC Holdings their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, and their advertising and production agencies are not eligible to participate in this promotion.  Only one entry per household will be accepted, and multiple entries will be disqualified. Winners cannot have won any contest on WMC Action News 5 or wmcactionnews5.com in the last 30 days and can only win once in this contest.

How to Enter. Go online to wmctv.com--under the contest tab or bluffcityweekend.com--under the contest tab.  All entries must be received by 9:30 am Wednesday, March 13, 2019 and become the property of Sponsor(s), and Sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to use any information submitted by entrants. 

No mechanically reproduced, software-generated or other automated multiple entries are permitted.  Sponsor 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. 

Entrants agree not to upload, 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.

Prize(s). There is (1) prizes.  The prize consists of a pair of tickets to Puddle Pity Party valued at $70.  

No prize may be exchanged for cash, transferred, or assigned.  No prize can be auctioned or sold.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.

How the Prizes are Awarded.  Winners will be chosen at random and notified via the email address submitted on their entry form.  Prize winners will be required to claim their prize by one calender year after winning or the prize will be forfeited. Winners will be placed on the guest list of the show. 

Odds of Winning.  The odds of winning the daily prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Conditions of Acceptance of Prize.  Driver’s license with current address or other appropriate picture identification is required to claim a prize.  The winner(s) will be required to execute and return a release and affidavit of eligibility within 5 days of prize notification, or the prize will be forfeited.  Winner must take possession of his or her prize before one calender year of winning or the prize will be forfeited.

Winner(s) 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, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, gratuities and other items of an incidental nature.  WMC Action News 5 will report any individual winnings over $600 (in cash or fair market value of goods or services) in a one-year period to the Internal Revenue Service.  Winner(s) will receive a Form 1099 from WMC Action News 5 if WMC Action News 5 reports any winnings to the Internal Revenue Service.  Prize(s) may not be exchanged for cash or any other consideration.

Each winner agrees to the use of his or her name and likeness in publicity without any additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.  By entering this promotion, each winner acknowledges that WMC Action News 5, and all other sponsors and venues, have the right to publicize and broadcast each winner’s name, voice, and likeness, the fact that he or she won, and all matters incidental thereto.

Limitation on Liability.  By entering this promotion, each entrant forever discharges and releases Sponsor(s), its/their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability, claims, causes of action, suits, and demands of any kind arising from or in connection with the promotion, including, without limitation, responsibility for property damage, loss of life, or personal injury resulting from or in connection with participating in the promotion or from or in connection with use or receipt of the prize(s), however caused.

Sponsor’s Reservation of Rights.  These official rules are subject to modification by WMC Action News 5.  In the event of a dispute, all decisions made by WMC Action News 5 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 Sponsor’s/Sponsors’ web site(s), 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, for the following reasons:  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).

List of Winners.  For a list of winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to WMC Action News 5 – 1960 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.