OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S
CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL U.S. LAWS APPLY.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY / RELEASE
OF LIABILITY / PRIZE ACCEPTANCE FORM MAY BE REQUIRED.
BY ENTERING THESE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS:
1.
SPONSOR: The Treat
Yourself promotion – Daily Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) are sponsored and administered by Altice USA News,
Inc., doing business as Cheddar News (“Sponsor”),
with its principal place of business at 1 State Street, New York, NY 10004. The Promotion consists of daily sweepstakes
(a “Daily Sweepstakes”), each of which shall be deemed a separate
individual sweepstakes governed by these official rules.
2.
ENTRY PERIOD: The overall Promotion begins at 12:00:00
AM Eastern Time (ET) on Monday January 23, 2023 and ends at 11:59:00 PM ET on [Friday,
January 27, 2023] (“Promotion Period”).
A Daily Sweepstakes shall be conducted
each day of the Promotion Period. Eastern Time shall
control for all purposes of the Promotion. Sponsor’s clock shall be the
official timekeeper for the Promotion. Each Daily Sweepstakes is governed by
these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable U.S. Federal, State, and
Local laws, and is void where prohibited.
3.
ELIGIBILITY: Each Daily Sweepstakes is open to those individuals who are U.S. citizens and
legal residents at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. Proof of eligibility may be required. Daily Sweepstakes are
NOT open to any of the following: (i) current employees,
officers, or directors of Sponsor or any of its affiliates or (ii) any of such
persons’ immediate family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings or
grandchildren), other family members (spouses of siblings, children and
grandchildren) and members of the same household (whether related or not).
4.
ENTRY: Each Daily Sweepstakes consists of a random
drawing associated with each day of the Promotion Period (each, a “Sweepstakes
Day”). Each Sweepstakes
Day, Sponsor will announce that Sweepstakes Day’s prize and “secret word”
during Sponsor’s Wake Up with Cheddar program broadcast on its Cheddar
News network. Along with the “secret
word,” Sponsor will display a QR code and announce a URL, each of which will
take any eligible entrant (“Entrant”)
to the online entry form of the Promotion website. An Entrant may enter the Sweepstakes Day’s
drawing by visiting the Promotion website and submitting the online entry form.
All entry forms must be filled out completely and truthfully. Failure to
complete the entry form and provide truthful and pertinent information may
result in disqualification from the Daily Sweepstakes. Disqualification is in
the sole discretion of Sponsor. Upon
submitting the entry form, an Entrant will receive one (1) entry into the drawing
for that Sweepstakes Day (an “Entry”).
Limit of one (1) Entry by an Entrant for
each Sweepstakes Day. Entries by the same individual more than
the limit stated herein will be disqualified. Entering or attempting to enter
the Promotion multiple times in one Sweepstakes Day though the use of any
robotic or automated devices to submit Entries is prohibited and all such
Entries will be deemed void and disqualified. All Entries become the property
of Sponsor upon receipt and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants are prohibited from submitting in the registration form any
content that is defamatory, obscene, inappropriate, or contains content owned
by a third party and any such Entry will be disqualified. Information collected
as part of the Promotion is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. Without limiting anything in such Privacy Policy, by
submitting an Entry, Entrant further agrees that (i) Sponsor may provide
information collected by it as part of the Entry process (including without
limitation Entrant’s name, street address and email) to the third parties
providing the Prizes for the Promotion (“Partners”), and (ii) Partners may use
such information to (a) arrange for fulfillment of Prizes with each winner, and
(b) send Entrant promotional communications regarding Partners’ products or
services.
5.
SELECTION OF WINNERS: Within three (3) business days of
each Sweepstakes Day, Sponsor will select one (1) potential winner selected in
a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received on the associated Sweepstakes
Day. A potential winner becomes a “winner” only after verification of eligibility by Sponsor. Winners will be notified via email by Sponsor
to claim their prize. Only one winning Entry per Entrant will be selected
regardless of how many Entries were submitted on behalf of the Entrant.
Decisions about the winner are final and binding in all matters relating to the
drawing.
6.
PRIZES: Each Sweepstakes Day, Sponsor will announce
that Sweepstakes Day’s prize during Sponsor’s Wake Up with Cheddar
program broadcast on its Cheddar News network.
Each winner will receive the Prize associated with its Sweepstakes
Day. The Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of Prizes
will be set forth on the Promotion’s website. Prizes
have no cash value and may not be exchanged for cash or credit. Prizes are
non-transferable and no substitutions are allowed. Sponsor reserves the right
to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if a Prize listed is
unavailable.
7. NOTIFICATION: The Sponsor will attempt to notify the
potential winners via the contact information provided by the Entrants in the
entry forms. A potential winner may be required, in Sponsor’s discretion, to
complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and
Publicity Release (collectively, the "Affidavit")
to claim the Prize. In the event a potential winner: (a) cannot be reached for
whatever after a reasonable effort has been exerted or does not respond to
Sponsor’s notification within a reasonable time or an Affidavit is not timely
returned; (b) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the Prize for any
reason; (c) is found to be ineligible to enter the Daily Sweepstakes or receive
the Prize; (d) cannot or does not comply
with the Official Rules, or (e) fails to fulfill the Affidavit-related
obligations, the potential winner may be disqualified from the Promotion and an
alternate potential winner may be selected, at Sponsor's sole discretion, from
among the other eligible Entries received. If a
Prize is unclaimed by a winner for any reason, Sponsor will have no obligation
to award compensation in lieu thereof and Sponsor will have no further obligation
to the winner.
8.
PUBLICITY AND
RELEASE: By entering a Daily Sweepstakes, unless prohibited by law,
each Entrant consents to Sponsor and any of its designees using and/or
publishing (a) the Entrant’s name, photo, likeness, and voice, (b)
testimonials, opinions, statements made by the Entrant regarding the Promotion
or Sponsor, and/or (c) other information submitted as part of the Entry,
including any photos, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes
including but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of
Sponsor, in any form of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but
not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or Internet, each without
further limitation, restriction, compensation, consideration, notice, review or
approval. Entrant may be required to
provide a signed release acknowledging such consent. Furthermore, by entering,
all participants and/or entrants agree to release Sponsor and Partner from and
against all claims and damages arising in connection with each entrant’s
participation and/or entry in the Promotion and/or his/her receipt or use of
any element of the Prize awarded in this Promotion including any injury or harm
resulting from any use of the Prize related thereto.
9.
DISPUTES/LIABILITY: EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT THIS PROMOTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND: (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF
ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED
SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION, AND
EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS SITUATED IN NEW YORK, (B) ANY AND ALL
CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS
INCURRED, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS' FEES,
(C) NO PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES,
MAY BE AWARDED, AND (D) ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM SPECIAL
DAMAGES AND ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE SUCH DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED.
10. GENERAL: By entering a Daily
Sweepstakes, the Entrant represents and warrants that he/she will: (1) fully
comply with these Official Rules and all applicable law, and (2) indemnify and
hold the Sponsor and its affiliates, and each of their respective employees, agents
and representatives (the “Sponsor Parties”) harmless from and against
any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees, (“Loss”) arising out of or relating to any
violation of these Official Rules, any applicable laws, or any rights of any
third party by the Entrant. The Sponsor Parties are not responsible for late or
incomplete Entries or for technical failures of any kind that may limit the
ability to participate, or by any human error which may occur in the processing
of the Entries in the Promotion. If for any reason one or more Daily
Sweepstakes is not capable of being conducted as described in these Official
Rules, the Sponsor shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the applicable Daily Sweepstake(s). Sponsor is not responsible if any Prize cannot
be awarded due to delivery cancellations, delays or other interruptions due to
acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or any
other similar event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control. By accepting a Prize, each winner
acknowledges and agrees that (a) the winner will be responsible for any
applicable taxes and may receive an IRS 1099 form for the value of the Prize,
and (b) the winner will absolve, defend and indemnify the Sponsor Parties from
any and all third party Losses resulting from winner’s receipt of, handling of
and/or use of the Prize. Each Prize must be accepted as awarded and each Prize
is awarded "AS IS" with no warranty, representation, or guarantee,
express or implied. The depiction of the Prize in any advertising or
promotional materials may not be identical to the one awarded to a winner. All
expenses and costs associated with a Prize not expressly stated as part of the
Prize package described above are the responsibility solely of the winner of
that Prize.
11. Winners List: A winners list may be obtained by
sending a self-addressed envelope, with request for said list, to: Cheddar News,
1 State
Street, Floor 26, New York, NY 10004,
Attn: Marketing Department/Promotions.