ABC 7 and The RoomPlace “New Year’s Eve RoomPlace Furniture Sweepstakes”

12/02/2019 -12/20/2019

OFFICIAL RULES 1. HOW IT WORKS: No Purchase Necessary. Enter online at www.abc7chicago.com or send a postcard with your name, address and daytime telephone number to: ABC 7and The “New Year’s Eve RoomPlace Furniture Sweepstakes”, c/o ABC 7 Chicago Marketing, 190 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601. One entry per person and no mechanically reproduced entries are permitted. Online entries must be received between December 02, 2019 at 06:00AM CST through 11:59PM CST on December 20, 2019. Postcard entries must be received by December 25, 2019. One(1) winner will be selected by random drawing from all entries on or around December 26, 2019. The winner will be announced LIVE on ABC 7 Chicago’s “Countdown Chicago” on December 31, 2019.

2. ELIGIBILITY: One entry per person. 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, The RoomPlace, any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the contest or supplying the prize, and/or their 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. Void where prohibited. Entrants must be residents of Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin.

3. TO CLAIM PRIZE: Winner will be announced live on December 31, 2019 during ABC 7 Chicago’s “Countdown Chicago” and then contacted by telephone on or around January 2, 2020 by WLS-TV. No substitutions or transfer of prize will be permitted. Upon prize notification, winner is required to select desired RoomPlace store location to redeem prize. If winner is under 18 years old, prize will be awarded to parent or guardian. Unclaimed prize will not be awarded. To claim prize,(a) winner must provide proof of age, identity and residency, (b) winner must sign and return affidavit of eligibility/compliance with rules, publicity/liability release and indemnification no later than January 25, 2020.

4. VERIFICATION: Winning entries are subject to verification. Any entry which is ineligible, mutilated, altered, duplicated, tampered with or was not obtained legitimately is null and void. All entries become property of WLS Television, Inc. WLS Television, Inc., are 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 of software. If for any reason the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, other causes beyond sponsor’s control that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, WLS Television, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any individuals 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 or any email or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet at any Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any material from this sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute of an electronic entry, prize will be awarded to the name on the entry form, not the owner of the email account.

5. AVAILABLE PRIZE/OFFER: Odds of winning are based on the total numbers of entries submitted. One winner will receive an in-store credit for a $5,000 Shopping Spree at The RoomPlace. The in-store credit can be redeemed at any one of The RoomPlace locations in the Greater Chicagoland Area. The winner will be required to select the store location at the time of prize notification. Winner will be given in-store credit of $5,000at the RoomPlace location of their choice selected at prize notification. At time of prize redemption, winner must be present with a legal government photo ID at selected RoomPlace store location to redeem in-store credit. If the winner chooses to spend more than the$5,000, winner will be responsible for the difference in price, sales tax and the delivery charge on the overage. Winner must redeem in-store credit on or before June 30th 2020. Winner will receive a 1099 tax form reflecting the $5,000 Gift Certificate value.

6. GENERAL RULES: No substitutions or transfer of prize will be permitted. TheRoomPlace credit may not be sold, traded, transferred, refunded, commissioned or redeemed for cash value, except by WLS Television, Inc., in its sole discretion. Winner must be 18 or older. Unclaimed prize will not be awarded. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsors are not responsible for late, postage due, lost, stolen, misdirected, mutilated or illegible mail. Verification of winners is under the supervision of WLS Television,Inc, whose decision is final as to all contest related matters. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the sponsors with respect to all contest related matters. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to the sponsor and its agencies to use winner's name, city of residence and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. By accepting prize, winners and guests also agree to release WLS Television,Inc, The RoomPlace and each of their advertising and promotion companies, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies from any and all claims for damage, expense, injury or harm resulting from their participation in this contest and their acceptance or use of the prize. For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to ABC 7 The “New Year’s Eve RoomPlace Furniture Sweepstakes” c/oWLS-TV,190 N. State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601 by January 31, 2020. Void where prohibited by law.