DECA – CHEEZ-IT™ BOWL TEXT-TO-ENTER SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION. The DeCA
- Cheez-It™ Bowl Text-to-Enter
Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is a Text Entry and Mail-in Entry
Sweepstakes that begins on 10/21/19 at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and
ends on 11/5/19 at 11:59:59 PM (ET) (the “Promotion Period”). Look on the Point-of-Sale (“POS”) advertising material at
participating Defense Commissary Agency (“DeCA”) stores for the Short Code and
keyword; and then follow the instructions provided to enter the Sweepstakes via
text – as more fully described below in rule #3a. To enter for free via mail-in, see the
mail-in method of entry details on promotional materials at participating retail
stores or see below in rule #3b for further details.
2. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to
authorized DeCA Commissary patrons, including active duty U.S. military
personnel and retirees, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and their
families who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District
of Columbia, and are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Eligible entrants must be currently living in
the continental
3. HOW TO ENTER. There are two (2) ways to enter the Sweepstakes:
a) TEXT MESSAGE ENTRY: During the Promotion Period, from your wireless phone, text the keyword
“CHEEZIT” to the short code 86677
(the “Short Code”). After sending
your text message entry, you may receive one (1) or more text messages in
response to your text entry, including a message confirming your entry, and legal
disclaimers from Kellogg Company (“Sponsor”). You may opt-out of
receiving the promotional text messages from Sponsor at any time by sending a
reply text message with the word “STOP”.
The text messaging method of entry is designed to work with
most of the U.S. major wireless carriers in the United States, but Sponsor
makes no guarantee that any particular wireless service provider will
participate, and the mobile phone that is used must be capable of sending and
receiving text messages. Check with your
carrier for details. Entrants should
check their phone’s features to see if they have that capability. Wireless service providers may charge
entrants for each text message, including any error message that is sent and
received in connection with the Sweepstakes, based on the applicable wireless
service pricing plan. Message and data rates apply. Entrants should consult their wireless
service provider’s pricing plan for details.
Entry by sending a text message will not improve your chance of winning.
By
texting an entry, the entrant grants permission to the Sponsor to notify them
via a return text message and must agree to accept all applicable charges
associated therewith. You are
responsible for all applicable fees and taxes associated with placing a text
entry. Sponsor in its sole discretion
may add or delete a cellular carrier at any time, without notice. Proof of text messaging the Short Code is not
considered proof of delivery to or receipt by Sponsor of such Sweepstakes entry.
Text entries must be completed by 11/5/19
at 11:59:59 PM (ET).
b) MAIL-IN ENTRY: You may also enter during
the Promotion Period by hand-writing, on a plain 3”x 5” piece of paper, your
name, address, age and daytime/evening phone numbers, and name of store. Mail your entry in an envelope with
sufficient postage affixed to: DeCA - Cheez-It™ Bowl Text-to-Enter
Sweepstakes, Attn: Entry,
No automated entry devices, bots and/or other programs
and/or software are permitted for entry.
No mechanically reproduced, altered, forged, or facsimile entries will
be accepted. All entries become the sole
property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries,
which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind, whether mechanical,
human or electronic. Promotion Entities
shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether
caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the
processing of the entries in the Sweepstakes.
Promotion Entities assume no responsibility or liability for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access
to, or alteration of entries. Only fully
completed entries are eligible.
If due to programming, production or
other errors, more prizes are awarded and/or claimed than intended, the
intended number of Sweepstakes prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from
all those submitting purportedly valid claims.
No more than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules will
be awarded. Use of any automated system
to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. All potential winning entries are subject to
verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding. A participant is not a winner of any prize,
even if the Website and/or a confirmation text message/email should so
indicate, unless and until said participant’s eligibility has been verified and
said participant has been notified that verification is complete. Sponsor will not accept Screen Shots or other
evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process. Any entry that occurs after the system has
failed for any reason is deemed a defective entry and is void and will not be
honored.
Limit one (1) entry per person per Day, regardless of method
of play. All entries in excess of
this limit will be deemed void. For
purposes of this Sweepstakes, a “Day” is defined as a 24-hour period beginning
at 12:00:00 AM (ET) and ending at 11:59:59 PM (ET). Sponsor is not responsible for any change of
mailing address and/or telephone number of participants. In the event of a dispute over the identity
of a participant in the Sweepstakes, participation will be deemed completed by
the authorized account holder of the email address or mobile telephone number
provided at the time of participation.
“Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is
assigned to an email address or mobile telephone number by an Internet access
provider, online service provider, wireless carrier, or other organization
(e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for
assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address or mobile telephone number. The
potential winner may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is
the authorized account holder of the email address or wireless account associated
with the winning entry. If a dispute
cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the affected entry will be deemed
ineligible. Please allow up to eight (8)
weeks from time of prize claim until confirmation of prize winner.
4. RANDOM DRAWING: Winner will be
selected in a random drawing to be conducted on or about 11/14/19 among all
eligible entries received from all methods combined by Sponsor or its
designee. The decisions of the Sponsor are
final and binding.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email,
phone and/or mail, using contact information provided or collected at the time
of entry. Sponsor shall have no
liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received
by a potential winner for any reason.
If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond
within seventy-two (72) hours of the first notification attempt, or if the
prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such
potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an
alternate winner may be selected.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will attempt to contact up to two (2)
potential winners of a prize in accordance with the above procedure, after
which the prize in question may go unawarded if it remains unclaimed. If any potential prize winner is found to be
ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or
declines the prize for any reason prior to award, such prize will be forfeited
and an alternate prize winner may be selected.
6. PRIZE/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (ARV)/ODDS:
One (1) Grand Prize is available to be awarded – The Grand Prize winner
will receive the Grand Prize (“Grand Prize”)
which consists of a 4-day/3-night trip for winner and three (3) guests to the
2019 Cheez-It®
Bowl in Phoenix, AZ (ARV $7,000). Grand
Prize trip includes: round-trip coach air transportation for winner and three (3)
guests between a major commercial airport in the continental United States
closest to the winner's primary U.S. residence (as selected by Sponsor in its
sole discretion) and Phoenix, AZ; standard quad-occupancy hotel accommodations
consisting of one (1) room for three (3) nights; and the opportunity for winner
and his/her guests to attend the Cheez-It® Bowl game in
Phoenix, AZ on 12/27/19. Trip must be taken from 12/26/19 through 12/29/19
or prize will be forfeited in its entirety.
No transfer or substitution of trip elements will be permitted.
Winner and his/her travel companions must depart/return from the same major
airport and travel on same itinerary. Trip does not include taxes,
meals, tips, gratuities, service charges, hotel room service, laundry service,
alcoholic beverages, merchandise, souvenirs, local and long distance telephone
calls, airport charges, or any other service or item not specifically described
above. Trip is not redeemable for cash. Actual retail value of
prize may vary depending on location of winner’s residence and may fluctuate
due to market conditions, changes in value of components, (e.g. air
transportation and hotel rates) and other reasons. If winner lives within two hundred fifty
(250) miles of
7.
GENERAL: Potential
Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return a notarized Affidavit of
Eligibility/Liability Release and, where permitted by law, Publicity Release
within seven (7) days after first notification attempt. Guests of Grand Prize winner (for minor child,
his/her parent or legal guardian must be the Grand Prize winner and must sign
on their behalf) must sign and return a Liability/Publicity Release prior to
awarding of prize. If prize notification
or prize is returned as non-deliverable, prize may be forfeited and an
alternate winner may be selected. No
cash equivalents, substitutions or transfer of prize permitted except that
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in
the event that an offered prize is unavailable.
Subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant
agrees to release and hold harmless Promotion Entities, their respective
affiliates, directors, employees, officers, and agents (“Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liability,
injury, loss or damage of any kind, including but not limited to personal
injury or death, arising from or in connection with entry or participation in
the Sweepstakes, or the awarding, receipt, acceptance, possession, use or
misuse of any prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related or prize-related
activity. Released Parties will not have
any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused
by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any
prize or participation in the promotion or any prize-related activities. Acceptance of a prize shall be construed as
and signify the winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the
winner’s name, voice, likeness and/or prize information, including, without
limitation, for promotional purposes, without further consideration, review,
approval or payment, where allowed by law.
By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by the
Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in
all respects. Sponsor is not responsible for any
typographical or other error in the printing of the offer or in administration
of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official
Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO
VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED
TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A
WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED
AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
8.
LIMITATIONS AND RELEASES: Any attempted form of entry
into the Sweepstakes, other than the entry methods stated, is prohibited. Promotion Entities, their respective
affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible
for lost, late, mutilated or illegible entries nor for electronic transmission
errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or
alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment,
electronic, computer, hardware, software, electronic, network, telephone or
other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, errors in transmission,
lost or unavailable network connections, telephone connections, wireless phone
connections, website, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human
intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture or entry
information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or
delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an participant’s ability to
enter the Sweepstakes, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any
other person’s phone, or other matter relating to or resulting from participating
in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes. If for any reason the text entry portion of
the Sweepstakes 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 the Sponsor which corrupt
or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct
of this Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to
disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Sweepstakes; and award the prizes from among all eligible
non-suspect entries received from all methods combined up to the action taken
by the Sponsor provided a sufficient number of eligible entries have been
received. Caution: Any attempt by any
person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation
of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an
attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such
person to the fullest extent of the law.
9.
PRIVACY: For information about how Kellogg Company uses your
personal information, please see its privacy statements, located at https://www.kelloggcompany.com/en_US/privacy-policy.html.
10. Governing
Law/Jurisdiction:
ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY,
INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR
PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS.
11. WINNER’S LIST: For name of winner,
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by 2/1/20 to: DeCA - Cheez-It™
Bowl Text-to-Enter Sweepstakes, Attn: Winner’s List,
12. SPONSOR: Kellogg Company,
®, ™, ©
2019 Kellogg NA Co.