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TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Pick ‘Em Official Rules

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Pick ‘Em Promotion Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO, OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES AND FOREIGN TERRITORIES) AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT PROCEED WITH THIS PROMOTION IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

  1. ELIGIBILITY: TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Pick ‘Em (the “Promotion”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO, OTHER UNITED STATES TERRITORIES, AND FOREIGN TERRITORIES), and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of entry. The following are not eligible for the Promotion: (i) employees and agents of the Administrator, Sponsor and Promoter and their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each of their respective advertising/promotion agencies; and (ii) the “immediate family members” and/or “household members” of any of the persons set forth in (i) above. “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings or spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three (3) months a year. Participation in the Promotion constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to the Administrator’s decisions. The decisions of the Administrator or Sponsor regarding all matters relating to the Promotion are final and binding. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. This Promotion is void in all U.S. Territories, (e.g., Puerto Rico and Guam) and where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations.
  2. SPONSOR; ADMINISTRATOR This Promotion is sponsored by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and administered by the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (the “Administrator”) Any advertisers associated with the Promotion, if any, shall be deemed a “Promoter” for purposes of these Official Rules.
  3. ENTRY PAGE. To access and/or enter the Promotion, log-on to www.taxslayergatorbowl.com/pickem/ during the Promotion Period (as defined below) and follow the provided instructions to submit the participant’s answer to each Question appearing on the Website during the applicable Entry Period. Complete your entry by clicking on the “Submit” button.
  4. TIMING. The Promotion begins on Sunday, August 18, 2024 and ends on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:00 pm (or upon the completion of the last game from that day) (the “Promotion Period”). For purposes of these official rules (the “Official Rules”) all times are Eastern Standard Time (“EST”).
  5. HOW TO PLAY. a. General. The objective of the Promotion is to accumulate the most points by correctly selecting the “winning team” for selected U.S. college football games offered during the sixteen (16) weeks of the Promotion Period: Week 0 (Sun., Aug 18 – Sat., Aug 24), Week 1 (Sun., Aug. 25 – Sat., Aug. 31) • Week 2 (Sun., Sept. 1 – Sat., Sept. 7) • Week 3 (Sun., Sept. 8 – Sat., Sept 14) • Week 4 (Sun., Sept. 15 – Sat., Sept. 21) • Week 5 (Sun., Sept. 22 – Sat., Sept. 28) • Week 6 (Sun., Sept. 29 – Sat., Oct. 5) • Week 7 (Sun., Oct. 6 – Sat., Oct. 12) • Week 8 (Sun., Oct. 13 – Sat., Oct. 19) • Week 9 (Sun., Oct. 20 – Sat., Oct. 26) • Week 10 (Sun., Oct. 27 – Sat., Nov. 2) • Week 11 (Sun., Nov 3 – Sat., Nov. 9) • Week 12 (Sun., Nov. 10 – Sat., Nov. 16) • Week 13 (Sun., Nov. 17 – Sat., Nov 23) • Week 14 (Sun., Nov. 24 – Sat., Nov. 30) • Week 15 (Sun., Dec. 1 – Sat., Dec. 7) b. Selections. You may enter your selections online by registering at ww.taxslayergatorbowl.com/pickem. Following entry, entrant must select a “winning team” for each selected U.S. college football game offered and click submit by the lock-time. In each of the subsequent weeks of the promotion, entrant must again fill out the online registration form and select a “winning team” for that week’s selected U.S. college football games and click submit by each week’s lock-time. c. Scoring. Each week during the Promotion Period, entrants will select the winners of ten (10) U.S. college football games. Points will only be received for correctly selecting a winning team. Entrants do not receive or lose points for incorrect picks. d. Lock-time. Entry selections will lock at 12:00 PM EST on each Saturday prior to the start time of U.S. college football games of each week, unless a selected game is played on Thursday or Friday, in which entry will lock at 5:00 P.M. EST on Thursday/Friday. Entrants must make sure their weekly picks are submitted by this lock-time. Selections submitted after the lock-time are considered invalid and no points will be received. e. Ties. In the event multiple entrants earn the same weekly point score, the winner will be selected by the tie- breaker question, followed by a random drawing if needed.
  6. ENTRY. There is no entry fee required to participate in the Promotion. Only one (1) entry per person, per email address is permitted. Only entries received online in accordance with these Official Rules will be accepted. No other forms of entry – fax, mail, email, phone or other – will be accepted. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. The Weekly winner will be determined on or about the Monday following each promotion period.
  7. ENTRY ERRORS/ NO RETURN OF ENTRIES; DISPUTES. Neither the Administrator, Sponsor nor Promoters are responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. Neither the Administrator, Sponsor nor Promoters are responsible for any unavailability of or interruptions to any service or equipment used in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, (1) interruptions to any network, server, Internet, website, telephone, satellite, computer or other connections (2) failures of any telephone, satellite, hardware, software or other equipment, (3) garbled, misdirected or jumbled transmissions, or traffic congestion, or (4) other errors of any kind, whether human, technical, mechanical or electronic, or (5) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information. Once submitted, entries become the sole property of the Administrator and will not be acknowledged or returned. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder, i.e., natural person associated with the entry, will be deemed to be the registrant. Potential winners may be required to show proof of identification, and the Administrator may require that the potential winner provide proof that his/her identification matches the User Information associated with the winning entry (both at the time of entry and at the time of verification of a potential winner). THE ADMINISTRATOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ANY POTENTIAL WINNER IF IT DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT ANY USER INFORMATION WAS CHANGED OR FALSIFIED IN ORDER TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
  8. POTENTIAL WINNERS. ALL POTENTIAL WINNING PLAYS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL. THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SOLELY DETERMINE ANY FORM OF VERIFICATION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIBIGILITY AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING ENTRY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. THE ADMINISTRATOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS, AFFIDAVITS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY ENTRY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON MAY BE DEEMED A DEFECTIVE ENTRY AND VOID.
  9. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these official rules and to the Administrator’s decisions. The decisions of the Administrator and Sponsor in regard to all matters of this Promotion are final and binding. The Administrator or Sponsor reserve the right in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate, and/or suspend the Promotion and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, violates these Official Rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator or Sponsors may lock out an entrant who, in the Administrator or Sponsor’s sole judgment, has been disqualified, has questionable eligibility or is otherwise ineligible to enter. CAUTION: A PERSON WHO ATTEMPTS DELIBERATELY TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION OR TO ALTER OR DAMAGE A WEBSITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND FINES; AND THE ADMINISTRATOR AND SPONSOR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator or Sponsor may modify, cancel, terminate, and/or suspend the Promotion if, in the Administrator/Sponsor’s sole opinion, an incident of any kind occurs to corrupt or impair the administration, security, integrity, fairness or play (as intended) of the Promotion, including without limitation: (a) viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or technical failure; or (b) earthquake, flood, fire, storm or other natural disaster, act of God; or (c) labor controversy or threat thereof, civil disturbance or commotion, disruption of the public markets, war or armed conflict (whether or not officially declared). In the event of a cancellation or termination by the Administrator or Sponsor the entrant who has selected the answers (and who wins any pending tiebreakers) at the time of any said action will be awarded the weekly win.
  10. RELEASE AND INDEMNITY. By participating in this Promotion, entrants (and in particular, winners) agree to release and to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator, Sponsor, Promoters, and each of their respective related companies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) for any liability, injury, death, loss or damages to entrant or any person or entity, including without limitation damage to personal or real property, caused in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by participation in this Promotion (or related activities) or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of a prize.
  11. GAMBLING PROHIBITION. This Promotion is strictly for entertainment purposes and may not be used in connection with any form of gambling.
  12. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. The Released Parties do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Promotion or prizes, and are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment, hardware, software or programming associated or used with the Promotion; (2) technical errors, defects, delays or failures of any kind, including without limitation malfunctions, interruptions or disconnections in communications lines, Internet or website access, hardware or software; (3) digital or electronic disruptions, e.g., viruses; (4) unauthorized human intervention, e.g., hacking; (5) technical or human error which may occur in connection with any aspect of the Promotion; (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion, access to, copying or downloading materials from taxslayergatorbowl.com or any other website, or receipt or use of any prize.
  13. 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 Duval county, Florida; (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. Florida law, without reference to Florida’s choice of law rules, governs the Promotion and all aspects related thereto.
  14. PRIVACY. Personally identifiable information that is submitted by entrants as part of this Promotion will be used to administer the Promotion and select winners. Sponsor, Administrator and Promotors may utilize this information to notify you of special offers. Entrants may opt out of correspondence at any point.
  15. OFFICIAL RULES; WINNERS LISTS. For a copy of the Official Rules and/or list of winners, mail a self- addressed stamped envelope to the address below. Requests must be received within thirty (30) days following the end of the Promotion (i.e., by January 7, 2025). Pick ‘Em c/o TaxSlayer Bowl Marketing Department 1 Gator Bowl Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32202.
  16. ADDRESS; COPYRIGHT. Administrator is responsible for the Promotion and awarding the winner. The administrator’s address is 1 Gator Bowl Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32202. The Sponsor’s address is 250 Jim Moran Blvd., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. The Promotion and all accompanying materials are copyright (c) 2024 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.