The following
promotion is intended for viewing by legal residents of the 50 United States.
Void in Puerto Rico, Quebec Province, and where prohibited by law, unless
otherwise noted. The promotion will be construed and evaluated according to
United States laws. Do not proceed if you are not over 18 years of age and a legal U.S. resident, nor accessing this site in the 50 United States.
The SLT Photo Contest
COMPLETE OFFICIAL
RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT
OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. To Enter: Visit the statelinetack.com
website at www.statelinetack.com (the “Website”), fill in the online entry form
with your favorite photo, submit it in accordance with the on-screen directions
during the Contest Period, and you will be entered. Entrants warrant they own
all rights to the photo they are submitting. Limit of one (1) online entry per
person. If an entrant uses multiple e-mail addresses to submit more than one
online entry, only the first online entry will count. Inappropriate photos and
comments will be deleted. Online entries must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. ET
on the last day of the contest. Statelinetack.com (“Main Sponsor”) will not verify
receipt of entries. All entries submitted become the sole property of Main
Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Main Sponsor reserves the
right to select, edit and arrange submissions, and to remove images from the
Website at any time at its sole discretion.
When you enter at the
Website, you will be asked to consent to receive promotional e-mails and
reminders for upcoming Statelinetack.com promotions and information about
Statelinetack.com. You may opt out of these promotional e-mails at any time.
Receipt of such e-mails will not improve your chances of winning.
2. Eligibility: To enter
the Contest you must be a lawful permanent resident of the 50 United States or
the District of Columbia. Entrants under the age of eighteen (18) years of age
require parental permission to enter. Contest is void where restricted or prohibited
by law. The Contest, and any website pages and advertisements relating thereto,
is intended for viewing only within the United States. You are not authorized
to participate in the Contest if you are not located within the United States.
Employees of TABcom, LLC., and their immediate families and members of their
households, are ineligible to participate in this Contest. Previous Contest
winners are not eligible for re-entry.
3. Drawing and
Notification: The winning photograph will be selected from eligible entries and will be contacted via e-mail.
The winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release of
liability and publicity (where permitted), and return same, properly executed,
within five (5) days of issuance of prize notification. Winner agrees to submit
a photo of their winning photo in accordance with the parameters requested by Sponsor.
By entering the Contest, all entrants and winner’s consent to the use of their
name and photograph for advertising and promotional purposes, including online
announcements, worldwide and without limitation and without additional
compensation, except where prohibited by law. The odds of winning depends upon
the number of eligible entries received.
Entry materials that
have been tampered with or altered are void. If, in the Main Sponsor’s opinion,
there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic
tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if computer virus, bugs,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures
compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security,
fairness, or proper conduct of the Contest, Main Sponsor reserves the right at
their sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry
process and void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the
Contest, or to terminate the Contest and conduct a random drawing to award the
winner using all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the termination
date. Should the Contest be terminated prior to the stated expiration date,
notice will be posted on the Website and will consist of adequate notice. Any
attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage any
website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of
criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made; Main Sponsor
reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to
the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a dispute as to the
identity of the Winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be
declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted
at time of entry in Main Sponsor’s sole discretion.
4. Prizes: 1st Place winner will receive a Champion Ribbon and 4-H Halter. 2nd Place winner will receive Reserve Champion Ribbon. 3rd-5th Place winners will receive Top 5 Ribbons. Some restrictions may apply. The winner cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash except at Main Sponsor’s sole discretion.
5. Prize Conditions:
If Main Sponsor is unable to contact the potential winner within ten (10) days
of the initial attempt to contact, if a potential prize winner fails to
complete and return all requested forms within five (5) days, if an entrant is
found to be ineligible, or if he/she does not comply with the Official Rules,
or if a potential winner fails to comply with any of the requirements, his/her
prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner shall be selected. Potential
prize winners will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a
Liability Release and a Publicity Release (“Affidavit/Release”). Such document
must be returned by the date and/or time indicated within such document. If
prize notification is returned as undeliverable, this will result in
disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. Except where
prohibited by law, the prize winner’s entry and acceptance of a prize
constitutes permission for the Contest Entities to use said prize winner’s
name, photograph, likeness, statements, and city and state address on a
worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation.
6. Contest Conditions:
This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. By
participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Main Sponsor, which shall be final and waive any right to
claim ambiguity in the Contest or these Official Rules. Winners and entrants
also agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest
Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents from and against any claims, damages or liability
due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including personal injury
or death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize or
participation in any Contest-related activity or participation in this Contest,
or any claims based on rights of publicity, rights of privacy and/or
merchandise delivery.
7. Limitations of
Liability: In case of dispute as to the identity of any entrant, entry will be
declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted
at time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person
who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution,
etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with
the submitted email address. Any potential winner may be requested to provide
Main Sponsor with proof that such winner is the authorized account holder of
the email address associated with the winning entry. Contest Entities are not
responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incorrectly addressed,
incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, destroyed, or postage-due mail entries
and/or lost, late, misdirected, undeliverable or incomplete online entries due
to system errors or failures, or faulty transmissions or other
telecommunications malfunctions and/or online entries not received resulting from
any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network
connections, or failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone
transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, or faulty
transmissions, or for any problems or technical malfunctions. Main Sponsor may
prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in
its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine
the legitimate operation of the Contest 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 Main Sponsor representatives. If for any reason this Contest is not capable
of running as planned, including, but not limited to, infection by computer
virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes
beyond the reasonable control of Main Sponsor which corrupt in any way or
affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, fulfillment or proper
conduct of the promotion, then Main Sponsor reserves the right at its sole
discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and select a
winner by randomly drawing from those entries received up to the
cancellation/suspension date. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO
DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE
CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN
ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES
(INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE
LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
8. Rules/Winner's
List: After contest ends, you may obtain the names of the prize winners by
consulting the Statelinetack.com Facebook and Instagram Pages as the results
become available or mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope to: “The Statelinetack.com
Photo Contest”– Winner’s List, 254 N Cedar Street, Hazleton, PA 18201.
9. By entering this
Contest, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these official rules
and the decisions of the Main Sponsor. Main Sponsor and their agencies are not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by
website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or
utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in
the processing of submissions in the Contest. Main Sponsor and its agencies
assume no responsibility 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. Main Sponsor
and it agencies are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction
of any telephone network or lines, computer systems, servers or providers,
computer equipment or software because technical problems or traffic congestion
on the Internet or combination thereof, including injury or damage to
participants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from
participating or downloading materials in this Contest. 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 Main Sponsor or its agencies which
corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper
conduct of this Contest, Main Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the
promotion in its sole discretion. Entries become the property of Main Sponsor
and will not be returned.
10. DISPUTES/CHOICE OF
LAW: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all
disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this
Promotion 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 Luzerne County, PA, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be
limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys'
fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages,
including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively,
"Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim
Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased.
Pennsylvania law, without reference to Pennsylvania choice of law rules,
governs the Promotion and all aspects related thereto.
11. Main Sponsor: Statelinetack.com/TABcom,
LLC, 254 N Cedar Street, Hazleton, PA 18201.