WCL’S DECK THE FLOORS WITH EMPIRE TODAY SWEEPSTAKES
“Windy City LIVE” and WLS Television, Inc. (Hereinafter collectively referred to as “Sponsor”).
Open only to legal residents of Illinois and Indiana; 21 years of age or older and must reside in and own their own residence in one of the following counties: in Illinois - Lake, McHenry, DeKalb, Kane DuPage, Cook, Kendall, Will Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle; in Indiana - Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper (“Empire Today Service Area”).
Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for WLS Television, Inc. and/or its respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or play. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.
You may select one of the two following methods of entry:
Entrants must go to the Windy City LIVE web site (http://www.WindyCityLIVE.com), click on the “Promotions” graphic and scroll down to the “Empire Today” Sweepstakes information to click the official entry link. Entrants will be required to submit a first and last name, complete home address including house number, street name, city, state and zip code, contact phone number, a valid email address, and a photo of the room/floor Entrant wants replaced. Entrants will also be given the option to opt-in to be added to the “Empire Today” email list. Opting-in is not required to enter and will not improve your chances of winning.
Entrants must go to the Windy City LIVE Facebook page: (http://www.Facebook.com/WindyCityLIVE) and click the link within the “Empire Today” post on the page. Entrants will be required to submit a first and last name, complete home address including house number, street name, city, state and zip code, contact phone number, a valid email address, and a photo of the room/floor Entrant wants replaced. Entrants will also be given the option to opt-in to be added to the “Empire Today” email list. Opting-in is not required to enter and will not improve your chances of winning.
All submitted photos must meet “Photo Guidelines” defined as:
a) No individuals shall appear in the photo submission.
b) Photo must clearly show the floor in a single room of Entrant’s home.
c) Submissions must be in one of the following file formats: .gif, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .tig and the photo file size cannot exceed 50MB.
d) Entrants may not submit photos that have been digitally altered or otherwise enhanced in any way. The floor that appears in the submission must be the actual flooring inside Entrant’s home, which may be subject to confirmation by Sponsor prior to awarding any Prize.
e) Entrants must own all rights to the submitted photo.
f) No background artwork shall appear in submission unless it is the original work of the Entrant.
Limit one (1) entry per Facebook user, per household.
Sweepstakes begins on OCTOBER 2, 2017 at 1:00 PM Central Time (CT) and ends on OCTOBER 7, 2017 at 6:00 AM CT (“Promotion Period”).
For Facebook entries, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, and that this sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered or associated with Facebook. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding this sweepstakes should be directed to Sponsor, and not Facebook.
Sponsor can provide no technical support and accepts no responsibility for insuring the receipt or successful submission of your entry. Mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated methods will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software. If for any reason the sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the sweepstakes. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute over an electronic entry, prize will be awarded to the owner of the e-mail account, not the name on the entry form. Except as otherwise contemplated by these Rules, and to the extent Entrants may otherwise elect at the time of entry, information provided by you for these sweepstakes is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy located at https://disneyprivacycenter.com/privacy-policy-translations/english (“Privacy Policy”).
IV. HOW AND WHEN WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED AND NOTIFIED
One (1) Grand Prize Winner (“Winner”) will be selected at random on or about OCTOBER 9, 2017, at 9:30 AM CT from all valid entries.
Winner will be notified by e-mail and/or phone on or about OCTOBER 9, 2017 at 10:30 AM CT.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Final determination of Winner is always conditional on verification of eligibility and compliance with all rules and procedures.
WINNER MUST RETURN ELIGIBILITY PAPERWORK NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM CT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CAUSE WINNER TO FORFEIT PRIZE AND A NEW WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.
Winner must be available on a mutually agreeable date and time between October 11, 2017 and October 16, 2017 for Sponsor and Prize Supplier (defined below) to inspect the space in which the flooring will be installed.
Flooring must be installed between October 16, 2017 and October 20, 2017 at a mutually agreeable date and time, unless Prize Supplier dictates otherwise, and installation of the flooring will be videotaped for a future “Windy City LIVE” broadcast.
Opting-in is not required to enter and will not improve your chances of winning.
GRAND PRIZE: One (1) flooring credit from Empire Today in the amount of up to five thousand dollars ($5000.00) for use towards the purchase of available and qualifying flooring installed in any single room in Winner’s home located in the Empire Today Service Area, subject to Empire Today terms and conditions pursuant to a product and services contract; ARV of Grand Prize: $5000.00 USD.
Prize will be awarded as a one-time Empire Today credit. Flooring credit must be used in one transaction and if the cost of flooring in such transaction is less than the credit amount won, Winner will NOT receive any remaining balance in cash. Flooring credit awarded in this Sweepstakes must be used for qualifying Empire Today products and services installed no later than October 20, 2017, unless Empire Today dictates otherwise, at a residence owned by the Winner within the Empire Today Service Area and subject to execution of a prize acceptance document from Empire Today and a contract with Empire Today for the applicable products and service, or the flooring credit will be forfeited. Flooring credit issued may not be combined with other offers and is not valid on prior purchases. All terms and conditions regarding the purchase to which the credit is applied will be subject to negotiation and Winner agrees to enter into an Empire Today sales contract.
Federal, state and local taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Winner, who will receive an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the final actual value of any prize valued at $600 or more. The Winner is not entitled to exchange or transfer prizes or to obtain cash or other substitute, but Sponsor in its sole discretion may substitute prizes of equal or greater value.
Empire Today is the “Prize Provider.” Sponsor and Administrator, and not Empire Today, are solely responsible for all aspects of the sweepstakes other than Empire Today’s products and services. Empire Today, and not Sponsor or Administrator, is solely responsible for Empire Today’s products and services
All expenses not specifically provided for herein are the Winner’s sole responsibility. Some restrictions may apply.
The Winner is not entitled to exchange or transfer prizes or to obtain cash or other substitutes, but Sponsor in its sole discretion may substitute prizes of equal or greater value.
By participating, Entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Judges and/or the sweepstakes administrator, which shall be final in all respects.
By participating in this sweepstakes and accepting any prize that they may win, Entrants agree to release WLS Television, Inc., its parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, advertising and promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns, and Facebook and Prize Provider (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this sweepstakes and/or acceptance or use of the prize; provided, however that such release shall not limit any warranties or other rights of Winner in a contract between Winner and Prize Provider or that otherwise cannot be limited or waived under applicable law.
Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials, including Entrant’s sweeptstakes photo submission, in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS; WINNERS’ LIST
Void where prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify and/or suspend the sweepstakes in the event of tampering or other circumstances, including but not limited to acts of God or civil disturbance that render it impractical or impossible to complete or fulfill the sweepstakes originally planned.
For a list of winners, visit WindyCityLIVE.com within 30 days of the Sweepstakes end date; or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to WCL’S DECK THE FLOORS WITH EMPIRE TODAY SWEEPSTAKES Winners, Windy City LIVE, 190 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601 within 60 days after sweepstakes end date.