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PRO FOOTBALL CHALLENGE - RULES
WJZ-TV, BALTIMORE
PRO FOOTBALL CHALLENGE OFFICIAL RULES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE BALTIMORE DESIGNATED MARKET AREA WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Online entries will be subject to standard Internet access and usage charges imposed by your Internet service provider.
1. How to Enter the Contest:
(a) The Pro Football Challenge will begin at 3:00PM EST on Thursday, September 3, 2009 and end at 9AM EST on Monday, February 08, 2010.
(b) Users can enter via online entry at wjz.com and play the Pro Football Challenge. All selections must be made weekly between September 10, 2009 around 6 PM EST and February 06, 2010 around 1PM EST. Participants who choose to enter and play will be automatically entered into the contest.
(c) Limit one entry per person. Use of computer programs and other automatic means to enter is prohibited.
(d) Sponsor is not responsible for technical or computer failures, errors or data loss of any kind, lost or unavailable Internet connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or deleted computer or network transmissions, inability to access any Web site or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the contest, the Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate and conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at wjz.com. 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 Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of the contest or website or violates the Official Rules of the Contest. By use of this website and by entering the contest, you agree to the Station’s Web Site Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy located at http://wjz.com /privacy.
(e) Entry deemed made by holder of e-mail account.
(f) Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
2. Eligibility Restrictions:
(a) The contest is open to legal residents of the Baltimore Designated Market Area only, who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of WJZ-TV, CBS Corporation, UPICKEM.com, other television and radio stations in the Baltimore DMA, Sponsor and their affiliates, parents, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their immediate family members or persons living in the same households are ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a WJZ-TV contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in any Contest. Viewers are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only once every six months.
(c) All entries become the sole property of WJZ-TV and CBS Corporation and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their original work.
3. Prizes:
(a) Winner will receive: The weekly winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Best Buy and a Maryland Lottery Prize Pack worth $35. The overall season winner will receive a $500 gift certificate to Best Buy and a Maryland Lottery Prize Pack worth $75.
(b) All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office of WJZ-TV, 3725 Malden Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211-1322. Any prize or prize certificate not claimed within forty-eight (48) hours of winning will be forfeited by the winner. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its arrival. WJZ is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or prize certificate.
4. Selection of Winners:
(a) Decisions of Sponsor with respect to the Contest are final.
(b) Winner will be selected according to the rules below and will be notified by email on or about Wednesday, February 10, 2010. If winner is unreachable after forty-eight (48) hours, or if that winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be selected. If UPICKEM.com or its affiliates cannot find an eligible winner for the prize, an alternate winner will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.
All results posted are unofficial until winner responds to e-mail notification.
The point value for each game is clearly marked. The sum of a player's best 17 weeks is the player's total score. The worst 4 weeks are thrown out. If a player doesn't pick, the computer will select the most picked teams for them. However, a player can't win a weekly prize unless they make their own picks and they can't win an overall prize for the season unless they pick at least 11 weeks (just over half) on their own. Ties are broken as follows:
For an individual week:
Fans pick who they think is going to win each game along with the score for the tie-breaker game. The computer then takes all the fans who are tied for most points for the week and:
1. Subtracts what the fan chose as the score for the winning team from the actual winning team's score and squares this value.
2. Subtracts what the fan chose as the score for the losing team from the actual losing team's score and squares this.
3. Adds 1 and 2 above together to get the fan's "score approximation".
4. The fan with the lowest "score approximation" wins.
If there is still a tie the computer then chooses a random winner from those who are tied.
For the overall season:
Each week fans pick who they think is going to win each game along with the score of the tie-breaker game. The computer then takes all the fans who are tied for most points for the season and looks at the final week's tie-breaker game and:
1. Subtracts what the fan chose as the score for the winning team from the actual winning team's score and squares this value.
2. Subtracts what the fan chose as the score for the losing team from the actual losing team's score and squares this value.
3. Adds 1 and 2 above together to get the fan's "score approximation".
4. The fan with the lowest "score approximation" wins. If there is still a tie the computer then looks back at the previous week's tie-breaker "score approximation". If there is still a tie the computer goes back each week until the tie is broken. If there is still a tie after going back through all the weeks, the computer chooses a random winner from those who are tied.
5. Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes is the sole responsibility of the winner and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or equivalent from CBS Television Stations.
(b) By participating in the Contest, the winners agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this Contest, and to sign a publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to acceptance of the prize. By accepting the prize, each winner grants to Station the right to use the winner's name, voice, picture and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). All expenses on receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Winners, by acceptance of winner’s prize, agree to release WJZ-TV, CBS Corporation, UPICKEM.com, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
7. Contest sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the Contest which will become effective upon announcement.
8. Failure to comply with the Contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification.
9. If a game is canceled, forfeited, or indefinitely suspended for any reason, or if a game results in a tie, that game shall not count for any contestant and scores will be computed as if the game did not exist.
10. This contest is not intended for gambling. If it is determined that a contestant is using the contest for gambling purposes they will be disqualified and reported to authorities.
11. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize.
12. To obtain a copy of the official rules and/or winner’s list, write by April 29, 2010 to:
The Pro Football Challenge Rules
c/o WJZ-TV
3725 Malden Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211-1322
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