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BRACKET CHALLENGE - RULES
WJZ-TV Baltimore
BRACKET CHALLENGE OFFICIAL RULES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF MARYLAND WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Online entries will be subject to standard Internet access and usage charges imposed by your Internet service provider.
1. How to Enter the Contest:
(a) The Bracket Challenge will begin at 12:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 7, 2008 and end at 12:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.
(b) Users can enter via On-line entry at wjz.com and play the Bracket Challenge game by picking the winning teams for all the rounds of the entire men’s college basketball tournament. All selections must be made between March 16, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. ET and March 20, 2008 at 12 p.m. ET. Participants who choose to enter and play the Bracket Challenge will be automatically entered into the contest.
(c) Limit one entry per person. Use of computer programs and other automatic means to enter is prohibited.
(d) WJZ-TV (“Station” or “Sponsor”) is not responsible for technical or computer failures, errors or data loss of any kind, lost or unavailable Internet connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or deleted computer or network transmissions, inability to access any Web site or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the contest, the Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate and conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at wjz.com. 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, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of the contest or website or violates the Official Rules of the Contest. By use of this website and by entering the contest, you agree to the Station’s Web Site Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy located at http://wjz.com /privacy.
(e) Entry deemed made by holder of e-mail account.
(f) Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
2. Eligibility Restrictions:
(a) The contest is open to legal residents of Maryland, who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of WJZ-TV, CBS Corporation, UPICKEM.com, other television and radio stations in the Baltimore DMA, Maryland Toyota Dealers Association and their affiliates, parents, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their immediate family members or persons living in the same households are ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a WJZ-TV contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in any Contest. Viewers are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only once every six months.
(c) All entries become the sole property of WJZ-TV and CBS Corporation and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their original work, and grant to WJZ-TV the right to edit, publish, promote and otherwise use their entries without further permission, notice or compensation.
3. Prizes:
(a) There will be one (1) Grand Prize awarded.
One (1) one hundred dollar ($100) Best Buy Gift Certificate.
A Liability Release and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release prior to issuance of travel documents. Prize may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash. Sponsor and UPICKEM.com reserve the right to substitute prize of comparable value. Certain restrictions and blackout dates apply.
(b) All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office of WJZ-TV, 3725 Malden Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211. Any prize or prize certificate not claimed within forty-eight (48) hours of winning will be forfeited by the winner. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its arrival. WJZ is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or prize certificate.
4. Selection of Winners:
(a) Decisions of Sponsor with respect to the Contest are final.
(b) Winner will be notified by email. If winner is unreachable after forty-eight (48) hours , or if that winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be selected. If UPICKEM.com or its affiliates cannot find an eligible winner for the prize, that prize will not be awarded.
All results posted are unofficial until winner responds to e-mail notification.
Each round of the tournament is worth 64 points. There are 6 rounds in the tournament that total up to 384 points. First round games are 2 points each. Second round games are 4 points each. Third round games are 8 points each. Fourth round games are 16 points each. Fifth round games are 32 points each. And the final championship game is worth 64 points.
For the overall winner: If there are ties for overall score the computer takes those fans that picked the championship game correctly and applies the score approximation formula outlined above. If there are still ties the computer looks at who had:
1. The most points earned in the Fifth Round.
2. The most points earned in the Fourth Round.
3. The most points earned in the Third Round.
4. The most points earned in the Second Round.
5. The most points earned in the First Round.
6. If there is still a tie the computer picks a random winner from
the tied players.
5. Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes is the sole responsibility of the winner and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or equivalent from CBS Television Stations.
(b) By participating in the Contest, the winner agrees to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this Contest, and to sign a publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to acceptance of the prize. Unless a member of winner’s immediate family, travel companion must be 18 years of age or older. Travel companion must travel with winner and must also sign and return a travel release, which must be returned with winner’s affidavit of eligibility. By accepting the prize, winner grants to Station the right to use the winner's name, voice, picture and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). All expenses on receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Winner, by acceptance of winner’s prize, agrees to release WJZ-TV, CBS Corporation, Maryland Toyota Dealers Association, UPICKEM.com, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
7. Contest sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the Contest which will become effective upon announcement.
8. Failure to comply with the Contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification.
9. If a game is canceled, forfeited, or indefinitely suspended for any reason, or if a game results in a tie, that game shall not count for any contestant and scores will be computed as if the game did not exist.
10. This contest is not intended for gambling. If it is determined that a contestant is using the contest for gambling purposes they will be disqualified and reported to authorities.
11. Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification.
12. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize.
13. To obtain a copy of the official rules and/or winner’s list, write by June
8, 2008 to:
Bracket Challenge Rules
c/o CBS Television Stations
565 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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