Contest Rules: Love at First Bite

LOVE AT FIRST BITE SWEEPSTAKES RULES
 

Who Can Enter

  1. Entrants must be legal US residents who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry living within the FOX 7 Austin Designated Market Area (as defined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc.) and have lawful access to the methods of entry set forth in these rules. 
  2. Employees of NW Communications of Austin, Inc. and its station, FOX 7 Austin (collectively, "Sponsor"), their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, including Impact Marketing & Promotions, and their immediate family and household members are ineligible. The term "immediate family members" includes spouses, parents and stepparents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren. The term "household members" refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Sweepstakes Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Only one (1) winner per household and/or immediate family. 

How To Enter

  1. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local regulations apply. Only one (1) entry per email address during the Sweepstakes Period. The Sweepstakes begins at 8:00am on January 29, 2024 and will continue until 12:00pm on February 14, 2024.  (The "Sweepstakes Period"). The Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes. An individual, household, and/or immediate family member may win only one (1) time during this Sweepstakes Period
  2. To enter go to www.fox7austin.com/contests  from 8:00 a.m. on January 29, 2024 through 12:00pm on February 14, 2024, and click on the link to FOX 7’s "LOVE AT FIRST BITE" Sweepstakes and follow all instructions to fully and completely complete the online entry.  You must upload a two-to-three-minute video describing your most memorable dinner date. Only one (1) entry per person per email address, regardless of how many email addresses any person may have or use during the Sweepstakes Period. Late, incomplete and/or inaccurate entries will be deemed not entered for purposes of this Sweepstakes.  Entries must be received no later than 12:00pm. On February 14, 2024.  You warrant and represent that the video you submit is an original creation of yours and does not contain any materials that are owned by anyone else, including photos, music, and/or other videos.  You have permission to submit the story contained within the submission and the narrative submitted is truthful.
  3. Sponsor is not responsible for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware, or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry, winners or other Sweepstakes information by Sponsor or entrants for any reason whatsoever.  Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes or for entries that are late, misdirected or incomplete.  All entry materials may be maintained as part of KTBC’s Sweepstakes records.  CAUTION:  ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes if it becomes technically or otherwise corrupted.
  4. Three (3) finalists will be selected by KTBC staff members, in their sole and exclusive discretion, from among valid entries after 12:01pm on February 14, 2024. All decisions are final.  Up to, but no more than three (3) finalists will be announced and their entry videos shown on Good Day Austin between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. February 15, 2024. 
  5. Then at or around 9:45 a.m. on February 15, 2024, the Good Day Austin anchors will announce the one (1) winner from the up to three (3) finalists. All decisions related to final Entrants and the Winner are in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Station. 

  The Prize(s)

  1. The winner (1 winner total) will receive Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. ($2500.00)  (Estimated Retail Value: two thousand five hundred dollars. ($2500.00). Prize provided by FOX 7.  No prize will be awarded to the other two (2) Finalists selected. 
  2. The winner will be announced on Good Day Austin at or around 9:45 a.m. on February 15, 2024. The winner will also be notified by e-mail and/or phone after 10:00 a.m. on February 15, 2024. The winner must respond to prize notification within 24 hours, and the winner will be required to complete, sign and return a Certification of Eligibility and Release and claim the prize in the manner and within the time period communicated by Sponsor or they will be forfeit the prize, be disqualified, and unable to claim the prize.  If the winner cannot be reached, does not respond to prize notification within the timeline given by the Station, and/or does not return the signed and completed Certification of Eligibility and Release and claim the prize within the designated time period, Sponsor may select an alternate winner by random drawing if, in Sponsor’s reasonable discretion, if time permits.  
  3. Prize cannot be redeemed for cash or substituted for any other items by the winner. The winner cannot assign or transfer prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of like or greater value, including cash, for any prize, for any reason. 
  4. Winners irrevocably waive all claims against the FOX 7 and agree that the FOX 7 will have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Sweepstakes, the prizes awarded, personal injury, or wrongful death, a potentially heightened risk of exposure to communicable diseases, viruses, bacteria or illnesses (including, without limitation, COVID-19) and the causes thereof, and sickness arising as a result of participant’s participating in the Sweepstakes and related activities (e.g., travel), wherever, whenever or however the same may occur. 
  5. The winner is responsible for all local, county, state, and federal taxes on prizes based on the value of the prizes set forth in these rules. 
  6. Only one (1) prize will be awarded per household or immediate family. Individuals are eligible to win only one (1) prize from FOX 7 Austin within any 30-day period, regardless of the number of Sweepstakes entered. 

Odds of Winning Miscellaneous

  1. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. 
  2. Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometowns, likenesses, and photographs for broadcast, online posting, and/or in any other media, including for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional compensation. 
  3. These Sweepstakes rules are available at FOX7Austin.com/Sweepstakes for a period of at least 30 days following the end of the entry period of the Sweepstakes. 
  4. For name of prize winners send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope after February 15, 2024 to: FOX 7 119 East 10th Street, Austin TX 78701. 
  5. This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law, including without limitation, in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or administration of the Sweepstakes, or in the announcement of the prize. The order in which entries are received will have no bearing on the selection of the winners. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a particular entry, Sponsor will determine the entrant’s identity or select an alternate winner, in its sole discretion. 
  6. By entering, participants represent that they are eligible, and agree (a) to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, (b) to release Sponsor, their parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, and (c) to Sponsor’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy located at http://www.fox7austin.com. 
  7. Sweepstakes is not Sponsored by FOX Broadcasting.