EAT AMORE BEEF CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES:

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.

  1. Eligibility:  Eat Amour Beef Contest (the “Contest”) is open to those who publicly post submissions using the hashtag #EatAmourBeef, while tagging New York Beef Council on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram, as well to those who make submissions on the Contest page located at https://www.nybeef.org/social-outreach/monthly-contest.  The Contest is only open to legal residents of New York State and is void where prohibited by law.  Employees of New York Beef Council and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible to participate in the Contest.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Void where prohibited.
  2. Agreement to Rules:  By participating, you agree to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and you represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility requirements set forth herein.  In addition, you agree to accept the decisions of New York Beef Council as final and binding as it relates to the content.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
  3. Contest Period:  Entries will be accepted online starting on February 1st, 2020 and ending February 14th, 2020.  All online entries must be received and/or posted by 11:59PM EST.
  4. How to Enter:  The Contest must be entered in at least one (1) of the following ways for eligibility: (a). posting a new post of a picture from an individual user on Facebook, Instagram, and/or Twitter, of user preparing or eating beef, and using the hashtag, #EatAmourBeef, in the post and tagging New York Beef Council; (b). commenting on, or sharing, any Instagram, Facebook, and/or Twitter New York Beef Council post, using the hashtag #EatAmourBeef with accompanying picture showing user preparing or eating beef; (c), submitting picture of contestant preparing or eating beef, using online form at https://www.nybeef.org/social-outreach/monthly-contest.  There is no limit to the amount of original-content entries a contestant may submit.  Multiple entries using the same picture, meal and/or recipe will only count as one (1) entry.  Entries must fulfill all contest requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win prize.  Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified.
  5. Prize:  Winner will receive one (1) Gift Card in the amount of $100.  No cash or other prize substitution permitted except at New York Beef Council’s discretion.  The prize is non-transferable.  Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for New York Beef Council to use winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
  6. Odds:  The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
  7. Winner Selection and Notification:  Winner of the Contest will be selected in a random drawing under the supervision of the New York Beef Council.  Winner will be notified via private message should winning entry be submitted on social media, or via email should winning entry be submitted using online form [https://www.nybeef.org/social-outreach/monthly-contest].  Winner will be notified within three (3) days following winner selection.  New York Beef Council shall have no liability for a winner’s failure to receive notices due to winner’s spam, junk email or other security settings or for winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information.  If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, or fails to claim prize within 72 hours from the time award notification was sent, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.
  8. Rights Granted by You:  By entering this content you understand that New York Beef Council, anyone acting on behalf of New York Beef Council, or its respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right, where permitted by law, without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the World, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Contest, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.
  9. Limitation of Liability: By entering you agree to release and hold harmless New York Beef Council and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i) such entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (v) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries.
  10. Disputes: THIS Contest IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF United States of America AND New York State, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Contest, participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in New York State having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
  11. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the New York Beef Council’s Web Site. To read the Privacy Policy, click here: https://www.nybeef.org/site-policies/privacy-policy
  12. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or Google.