Doggone Safe Digging Contest Official Rules
March 30, 2019
York County Natural Gas Authority
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook® or Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to York County Natural Gas Authority(YCNGA) and not to Facebook or Twitter. The information you provide will be used for the purpose of qualifying entries, contacting winners and awarding prizes. Entrants will also be subscribed to our monthly news emails (sent 2x month on average). Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Sweepstakes must be directed to the Sponsor, and not to Facebook® or Twitter.
Sponsor: York County Natural Gas Authority, 965 West Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730
1) Promotion Description: York County Natural Gas Authority (the “Sponsor”) is offering the “Doggone Safe Digging Contest” (the “Promotion”) and will determine the winner and award a prize via random drawing. The Promotion begins April 1, 2019 at 6:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends at 11:59 PM ET on May 5, 2019, (“Promotion Period”). The Promotion consists of one winner. All eligible entries will be entered into a random drawing for the Grand Prize. The winner will be awarded a Sun Joe Utility Cart, 12-piece gardening tool set and $100 Wilson’s Nursery Gift Card.
2) Eligibility: The Promotion is open to current YCNGA customers in good standing who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of registration. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, their immediate families (parent, grandparent, child, sibling & spouse) and persons living in the same households as such individuals (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
3) How to Enter: Take the online Good Dog or Bad Dog digging poll and complete the registration form at the end (an “Entry”). Winner will be determined by randomly drawing conducted on May 6, 2019.
Limit one entry per email user. Creation of false accounts on Facebook or Twitter is prohibited. Message, data rates or other charges may apply; check your mobile plan for rates and details. Participation may not be available on all carriers.
By submitting your Entry, you agree that it conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason at any time, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that it fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.
4) Winner Selection/Confirmation: Winner will be determined by a random drawing conducted on May 6, 2019.
Once notified by email the potential winner will have 15 days to complete and return the acceptance form to Sponsor. Failure to comply with any of these provisions will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. Return of Prize Notification or prize as undeliverable for any reason will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. Entrants agree that the decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding. A Potential Winner is not an official winner (“Winner”) until his/her eligibility has been verified and Potential Winner has been notified that verification is complete.
5) Data Collection – By entering the Promotion, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
6) General: You agree to comply fully with each provision in these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Promotion and any person who does not comply with these Official Rules, will be ineligible for any prize(s) and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If, during the Promotion Period, for reasons beyond the Sponsor’s control (including, but not limited to, tampering or computer virus infection), the Promotion is not capable of running as originally planned, the Sponsor, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel, postpone or modify the Promotion, without liability and to the extent feasible, and will select Official Winners and award prizes from among Entries received prior to cancellation or modification via random drawing. Sponsor is not responsible for Internet, computer hardware and software, phone, and other technical errors, malfunctions, and delays. Entries, which are incomplete, inaccurate, irregular, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, are void. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or web site. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Promotion or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives.
7) Release of Liability and Issues of Law: By participating you release the Sponsor, Facebook, Twitter their affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees and all Promotion Entities associated with the development and execution of this Promotion and their respective employees, officers, directors (“Released Parties”) from any and all liability with respect to and in any way arising from participating in this Promotion or acceptance or use of prizes.
You also agree that the Released Parties are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to your or third person's computer system related to or resulting from you entering the Promotion or the downloading of any materials associated with the Promotion (including, without limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction), either directly or indirectly.
You agree that Released Parties shall not be liable for personal injuries, death, damages, expenses, costs or losses of any kind resulting from your participation or inability to participate in this Promotion or parts thereof or acceptance of, use of or inability to use a prize or parts thereof including, without limitation, claims, suits, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light (whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory. Official Winners agree to release the Released Parties from any and all liability and responsibility with respect to the prize (including any property loss, damage, personal injury or death). Official Winners acknowledge the Promotion Entities have neither made nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, related to the prize.
Released Parties shall not be liable for failure to supply a prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
All Federal, state and local laws and regulations are applicable.
8) Winner: The winner of the contest will be identified on the YCNGA website at: https://ycnga.com/safety/811-call-before-you-dig/ on or after May 17, 2019. Winner of the promotion agrees to release his/her name or likeness for publicity, advertising and/or printed and online publications. Name and/or picture may appear in the media or various publications for an indefinite date,
unless otherwise specified. Winner waives any claim to financial compensation for the use of any likeness or any right to inspect or approve the finished photos and/or text.
9) Communication – Any questions or comments regarding this Promotion should be directed to: marketing@ycnga.com
York County Natural Gas Authority
PO Box 11907, Rock Hill, SC 29731
(803) 323-5304