1. JUST IN CASE CONTESTS LIKE THIS ARE
NOT ALLOWED BY THE NCAA, ESPN, OR THE STATE OF
IDAHO:
a. If Boundary County Live / NewsBF learns at
any time that this contest and/or the awarding
of a prize in this contest is not permitted by
the NCAA, ESPN, the State of Idaho, or any other
entity with authority over the contest, then all
eligibility for prizes will be withdrawn, no
prize will be awarded, but the contest will
continue, and the winner will have as their only
reward the right to bask in the glory of being
first place in this Group.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
a. Employees and families of Boundary County
Live, NewsBF, their agencies and employees and
subcontractors and their families are ineligible
to participate in or win the contest. Boundary
County Live / NewsBF reserves the right to
disqualify any contestant who is financed,
aided, encouraged or prompted by an employee or
family member of subcontractor of Boundary
County Live or NewsBF.
b. Boundary County Live / NewsBF reserves the
right to disqualify any contestant if it is
deemed the contest rules were not followed.
c. Boundary County Live / NewsBF reserves the
right to enforce the following: No contest
winners or their family members shall be allowed
to win more than one contest within a thirty-day
period. Any person (or family member) who has
won any contest sponsored by Boundary County
Live / NewsBF is again eligible to win a contest
only after thirty (30) days have passed since
their previous win.
d. This contest is void when and where
prohibited by law.
e. Winner of the contest must be 18 years of
age, and possess a valid form of
government-issued identification.
3. PRIZES:
a. All prizes awarded through any Boundary
County Live / NewsBF contest are
non-transferable at the time they are awarded. A
prize may not be substituted at the request of a
contest winner, nor may a prize be substituted
for cash. The prize indicated by Boundary County
Live / NewsBF to be won in a contest is the only
prize awarded and given only to the person who
is designated as the winner. Boundary County
Live / NewsBF reserves the right to substitute a
prize of equal or greater value in the event
specified prize offered is unavailable.
b. All prizes awarded by Boundary County Live /
NewsBF must be claimed within thirty (30) days
of the date the prize is won. No substitutions
will be made for violation of this thirty-day
rule. If a winner does not claim his/her prize
within the thirty-day period, the prize is
forfeited and eligibility restrictions mentioned
in these rules still apply to that winner for
future contests.
c. Boundary County Live will have no liability
or responsibility for or related to the prizes
and there are no warranties, representations or
guarantees, express or implied, applicable to
the Contest or the prizes. By entering this
Contest or by claiming a prize, all participants
agree, to the greatest extent allowed by law, to
release the Sponsors from any and all liability
arising from any injury, death, loss or damage
of any kind resulting from or in connection with
any entry and/or participation in this Contest,
or the award, acceptance, possession, use and/or
misuse of any prize. The winners will be
required to execute an affidavit (release form)
which releases Boundary County Live / NewsBF
from liability for any loss or damage or claim
of property related to the winners’
participation in the contest and/or usage of the
prize.
d. Winners will be required to provide his/her
signature, full legal name, address, city of
residence, state of residence, zip code,
telephone number. and social security number as
required for tax purposes, on the release form.
4. RELEASE:
a. Boundary County Live / NewsBF and/or any
participating sponsor in a contest may require a
release form to be completed by the winner and
any other person or persons involved in
accepting a prize. Upon accepting any contest
prize from Boundary County Live or participating
sponsor in a contest, winner releases Boundary
County Live / NewsBF and any and all sponsors of
any liability or further claims. Boundary County
Live / NewsBF cannot be held liable or
responsible for any telephone failures, failures
of the internet, failures of websites maintained
by outside third parties, malfunctions or
irregularities during a contest nor can Boundary
County Live / NewsBF be held liable or
responsible for any discrepancies by the U.S.
Postal Service or any delivery service or
courier involved in delivering prizes, entries
or contest information to or from Boundary
County Live / NewsBF, nor is Boundary County
Live / NewsBF to be held liable for any lost or
stolen entries, prizes or contest information.
b. The decision of the judges is final.
c. All winners are responsible for reporting and
paying taxes on prizes received.
d. All entrants agree to grant Boundary County
Live / NewsBF permission to publicly disclose
the name of the contest winner in any given
contest.
5. IDENTIFICATION:
a. In order for a winner to claim a prize
Boundary County Live / NewsBF requires picture
identification. Boundary County Live / NewsBF
may require any government-issued identification
for the purpose of correctly identifying the
contest winner. Boundary County Live / NewsBF
reserves the right to examine any identification
and may choose to accept or deny awarding the
prize based on the identification presented.
b. Boundary County Live / NewsBF requires a
contestant to truthfully respond with all
pertinent information it deems necessary for our
records including but not restricted to legal
name, address, telephone number, birthdate and
social security number (if we determine it is
needed for tax purposes).
c. Boundary County Live / NewsBF may disqualify
a contestant immediately upon learning the
contestant has responded with false information.
6. CHANGES:
a. Boundary County Live / NewsBF reserves the
right to extend the contest if it so desires.
Boundary County Live / NewsBF reserves the right
to make necessary changes to the contest rules
and procedures.
b. Rules of this contest may be adjusted at any
time, even after the contest begins, as
necessary to conform to rules of the NCAA, ESPN,
or laws of the State of Idaho. Changes,
adjustments, additions, or deletions to the
rules of this contest to comply with rules of
the NCAA, ESPN, or the laws of the State of
Idaho may not be contested, and no person who
enters the contest shall have recourse if those
changes in any way affect an entrant's
eligibility for a prize.
c. In the event of any dispute pertaining to
this contest, the decision of Boundary County
Live / NewsBF management is final.
7. OTHER:
a. Specific contests may have additional
stipulations not listed here. Refer to documents
pertaining to those contests for specific rules.
Decision of the judges is final.
b. Odds of winning are dependent on number of
entries and on correctly determining winners of
basketball games in the NCAA Men's Tournament.
c. No purchase necessary.
d. Boundary County Live / NewsBF will not be
responsible for lost, stolen, damaged,
incomplete, misdirected, late, delayed or
garbled entries, or as a result of any human
error, equipment or programming associated with,
or utilized, in this contest or the processing
of any entries, or for any telecommunications,
network, electronic, technical or computer
failures of any kind.
e. All blank, corrupted, or otherwise incomplete
entries are automatically null and void.
f. Boundary County Live / NewsBF will give away
1 (one) grand prize of a check for $100.
No substitutions will be offered.
g. You must be 18 or older to enter.
h. Those wishing to enter this contest who are
eligible to enter can do so by going to ESPN.com
and filling out a NCAA men's college basketball
tournament bracket online under the group name
“BoundaryCountyLive-NewsBF.” Each registrant can
fill out a maximum of 2 (two) brackets for entry
to this contest.
i. In order for Boundary County Live / NewsBF to
be able to identify the winner(s) of the
contest, all contestants must also send to
e-mail address "bracket-contest@newsbf.com" the
following information: The name they have given
their bracket as it is listed in the ESPN.com
online bracket information, the contestants
name, and a valid e-mail and telephone number
for communicating with the contestant. This
information is necessary so we can put a name to
the anonymous bracket information on ESPN.com
and thus determine the winners of our contest,
and contact the winners of the contest.
j. The bracket that finishes in first place in
the group "BoundaryCountyLive-NewsBF" as
determined by the ESPN.com bracket scoring
system is the winner of the grand prize.
Boundary County Live / NewsBF staff may enter
brackets in the contest, but cannot win the
grand prize or any prize, and if a staff member
finishes in first place, the prize will be
awarded to the first non-staff member with the
best final score.
k. Contest bracket entries start as of 12:01
a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, March 14, and
end on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the time
ESPN.com closes entries, which should be when
the first Tournament game begins on Thursday,
March 15, and will be at approximately 9:00 a.m.
Pacific Time on that date.
l. Boundary County Live / NewsBF staff will
contact the winners via phone and/or email
promptly at the conclusion of the National
Championship game on Monday, April 3, 2018. The
winners must make available to Boundary County
Live / NewsBF a photo ID and provide a social
security number, if it is determined a social
security number is required by law for tax
purposes, in order to receive their prize.
8. VALUE:
a. The value of the grand prize is $100 (one
hundred fifty dollars). |
