WCSX Detroit Boat Show Wing Eating Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST; PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING.
How to Enter for a Chance to Win
Contest will run Feb 1st-Feb 8th, 2010. Visit the WCSX web site at www.wcsx.com and submit your online entry for a chance to be one of 20 randomly chosen qualifiers to win a pair of tickets to the Detroit Boat Show at Cobo Center, One Washington Blvd., Suite 401, Detroit, MI 48226 on Saturday February 13th, 2010. Qualifiers will also be eligible to participate in the WCSX Detroit Boat Show Chicken Wing Eating Contest for a chance to win the Grand Prize. The 20 randomly chosen qualifiers need to report to the WCSX booth at the Detroit Boat Show at 1:30pm on February 13th to check in and participate in the contest at 2pm. The qualifier that eats 20 chicken wings first as determined by the contest judges, will be declared the winner and will win the grand prize. Qualifiers must have photo ID upon check-in and no stand-ins will be allowed. Must be present to win; no substitutions permitted.
Participation in the Wing Eating contest is completely voluntary and at the contestant’s sole risk. All participants must sign a liability release before the contest begins.
All contest entries will become the property of WCSX and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Qualifying Prize:
Twenty (20) qualifying prizes will be awarded: Two (2) tickets to the Detroit Boat Show at Cobo Center Saturday February 13th, 2010 ARV: $24
Grand Prize:
One grand prize will be awarded: Two (2) Tickets to the Detroit Pistons vs San Antonio game at The Palace of Auburn Hills February 21st, 2010 ARV: $160, plus
Two (2) Tickets to see the Detroit Red Wings take on The Penguins at The Joe Louis Arena on March 22nd, 2010 ARV: $136
Odds of being selected as a qualifier depend on number of eligible entries received. Non-cash prizes are not redeemable for cash. WCSX reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute any prize with one of equal or greater value. Winners may not request prize substitution. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be claimed or used by any person other than the winner. Winners must claim their prizes in person at the WCSX offices at least one business day before the prize event, or as otherwise arranged with the WCSX promotions staff. Prizes not claimed within this timeframe will be forfeited.
Eligibility
All entrants must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of the United States, living or working in WCSX’s total survey area (as defined by Arbitron). A winner will be disqualified if he/she or a member of his/her household has won a WCSX contest with a value over $50.00 within the previous 60 days. Employees (including their immediate families and members of the same household) of Greater Media Detroit, its affiliates, promotion sponsors, advertising and promotional agencies who do business with WCSX or any of the promotion sponsors, and other radio stations in WCSX’s metro survey area (as defined by Arbitron) are not eligible to participate in any contest presented by WCSX. The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents and legal guardians, children and legal wards, grandparents, and grandchildren, including “in-laws.” One entry per person; multiple entries will disqualify the entrant. Void where prohibited.
Release
By entering, all participants agree to release and hold harmless the promotion sponsors, WCSX, Greater Boston Radio, Inc, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability and any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this contest and any prize won. Winners (and their guests, if any) will be required to sign a form releasing WCSX and its affiliated companies from all liability in connection with the contest and the award and use of the prize before claiming the prize.
Disclaimer
WCSX undertakes no liability or responsibility, and makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the performance of the prize(s) awarded, for any failure to perform or negligent performance of any service provider, or for any other risk, incident or damage, direct or indirect, relating to or arising out of the contest, including (but not limited to) cancellations, postponements, delays or other scheduling changes; missed events or connections or inability of winner to attend; and accident, injury, death, damage or expense arising from or occurring during the use of the prize, or travel to/from or attendance at any event relating to the contest, by the winner and/or winner’s guest(s). WCSX is not responsible for damage to a prize or loss of a prize after the prize has been claimed. Winners must inspect their prizes before leaving the WCSX. WCSX is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failure or malfunctions, lost or unavailable network or other telecommunications connections, or lost, late, damaged, illegible, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, disconnected, or delayed contest entries or communications, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in this contest, or by any human error which may occur in the execution of this contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of being conducted as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond the control of WCSX, WCSX reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and/or determine an alternate method of awarding the prize(s).
License
Entry into any contest constitutes full permission for WCSX and promotion sponsors and their respective affiliates to broadcast and/or to photograph or publish the participant's name, voice, recorded comments, biographical information, face and likeness without compensation.
Taxes
WCSX will report the total value of each prize to the IRS and will furnish winners with a federal Form 1099. Winners must provide their social security number to WCSX for tax reporting purposes, and are solely responsible for payment of all taxes incurred as a result of the award of a prize.
General
Failure to conform to all contest rules, or any fraud or other illegal or inappropriate conduct on the part of a contestant, will result in the contestant's disqualification and forfeiture of any prize won. WCSX reserves the right to rule ineligible listeners who, in WCSX’s sole judgment, engage in abusive conduct with respect to any contest or promotion conducted by WCSX or its affiliates. WCSX reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify this Contest and these Official Rules at any time, which changes will become effective upon announcement. By taking part in this contest, participants agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the judges, who are employees of WCSX and whose decisions with respect to all aspects of the contest are final and binding. Copies of written contest rules and the list of winners are available during regular business hours at the WCSX studio, One Radio Plaza, Detroit, MI, 48220, for 60 days after the contest concludes.
As a condition to participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and all causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Oakland County, MI having competent jurisdiction, which court shall apply the laws of the State of MI, without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof. The entrant and WCSX hereby waive any and all right to trial by jury. If any provision of these Official Rules is declared or found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, then such provision will be null and void but each other provision hereof not so affected will be enforced to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.