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WLWT High School Playbook Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game Contest Official Rules

Modified: 8-17-12

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WLWT High School Playbook Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game Contest Official Rules
Modified: 8-17-12

1. GENERAL:
No purchase necessary. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. This Contest is governed by all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The WLWT High School Playbook ("Contest") is sponsored by Cincinnati Bell, WLWT and WLWT.COM.

2. ELIGIBILITY:
Contest is offered only to legal U.S. residents 13 years of age or older as of the day of entry. Teens 13 to 17 years old must enter with the permission of a parent or legal guardian. Limit one winner per household. Limit one winner per immediate family. The term "immediate family" refers to parents, children, siblings, spouses, and in-laws, whether residing in the same household or not. Prize is non-transferable by winners. Contest is offered only to participants who reside within the Cincinnati DMA as determined by Nielsen Media Research Services (i.e., residency within the following Ohio counties: Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Highland, Clinton; residency within the following Kentucky counties: Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Pendleton, Bracken, Owen, Robertson and Mason; residency within the following Indiana counties: Franklin, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Ripley and Union). Employees of WLWT, Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc., Hearst Television Inc., The Hearst Corporation, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Cincinnati Bell, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, and their advertising or promotional agencies (collectively, the "Contest Entities"), NBC Network and NBC affiliates, and the immediate families or members of the same households of such individuals are not eligible. No groups, clubs, or organizations may participate in this Contest or reproduce or distribute any portion of these Rules to their members. Proof of age, identity, and eligibility must be furnished to Sponsor upon request. All entry form information must be complete and accurate.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if these Contest Rules are not followed.

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3. HOW TO ENTER:
By entering, you agree to comply with all applicable law and these Contest Rules, and you agree to abide by all decisions of the Sponsor. The contest entry period begins on August 17th, 2012 at 11:35 p.m. Eastern Time, and ends on November 9th, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for Football Season and for the Basketball Season - beginning December 7th, 2012 11:59 p.m. and ends on or about March 5th, 2013 11:59 p.m. All dates and times are subject to change in the event of human error or technical issues affecting the Sponsor, WLWT.com, the entry process, or relevant on-air programming or in the event of breaking news, weather, or live event that merits, in WLWT's sole discretion, the preemption of the scheduled programming, including the Contest, display of voting Submissions, announcement of winners, or that is of greater public importance, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, than the timely or precise execution of the Contest. In the event of any such event, condition, or programming change or preemption, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay, reschedule, or omit voting and registration, winner announcements, and/or other aspects of the Contest on or from the particular day(s) affected.

To enter, viewers go to the sports page on www.wlwt.com and click on High School Playbook. Viewers are invited to vote for the Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game and weekly vote recipients as part of the Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game poll will also qualify to win a 4G Phone courtesy of Cincinnati Bell at the conclusion of both the High School Football Season and Basketball Seasons respectively; please see dates above in how to enter. FINALISTS OF THE BELL FASTEST PLAY OF THE GAME FEATURED ON WLWT-TV AND WLWT.COM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE VOTING CONTEST.

Entities and their affiliates, directors, officers and employees and hold them harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from Use of the photo and/or your failure to comply with these rules.
Sponsor will not verify receipt of entries. Entries generated by any automated means and detected as such are void. In the event of a dispute, electronic and e-mail entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address at the time of the entry. The authorized account holder is the person to whom the applicable internet service provider or other organization (such as a business or educational institution) has assigned the e-mail address.

4. HOW TO WIN:
A) For the Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game on line voting poll; the weekly recipient with the top number of votes on wlwt.com will be announced on News 5 and will qualify to win a brand new 4G phone from Cincinnati Bell. On line voting will conclude on November 9th, 2012 for Football Season and March 5th, 2013 for Basketball Season.

Upon completion of the voting for each season; the winner each week is then submitted into a drawing at the end of each respective season (Football and Basketball), with one overall winner getting his name drawn to win a 4G phone from Cincinnati Bell. 2 Total phones will be awarded – one for the Football randomly drawn winner and one for Basketball randomly drawn winner.
Winner(s) are subject to verification. Winner(s) will be contacted by a representative of WLWT by phone and e-mail on or before November 16th, 2012 for Football and on or before March 15th, 2013 for Basketball and announced online and on-air following said notification. Neither WLWT nor Sponsor is responsible for incomplete, incomprehensible, illegible or out of service contact information. In the event of a tie or if the first random winner selected is unable or does not wish to take the prize as presented; the winner agrees to forfeit the prize in writing and a 2nd second random drawing will take place for that specific season. Decisions of Sponsor are final on all matters.

NOTE: FINALISTS OF THE CINCINNATI BELL FASTEST PLAY OF THE GAME FEATURED ON WLWT-TV AND WLWT.COM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE VOTING CONTEST. ANY VOTES RECEIVED FROM SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

5. PRIZES AND ODDS OF WINNING:
Two (2) prizes will be offered - Prize consists only of those items specifically listed as part of the prize. No substitution or transfer/assignment of prize by winner is permitted. The prize for both the Football and Basketball Seasons will be a 4G Phone (up to $500 value). Cincinnati Bell will either select the 4G phone for each winner or give them 2-3 to choose from. PRIZE IS OF THE TOTAL DISCRETION OF CINCINNATI BELL.

All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winning entrant. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Potential winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form, which may require social security number, postmarked within 10 days of the date on notification materials. Noncompliance within this time period and/or return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate potential winner may be selected based upon the voting results from all remaining eligible finalists. Winner must produce picture or some other form of proper identification to claim any prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize with prize of equal or greater value. Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor to use winning photograph and entrant's names, voices, statements, images and likenesses for purposes of advertising and trade, in any medium, without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. All charges, fees, and costs not specifically included in the prize descriptions above are the responsibility of the respective winner (and guests). Odds of winning are based on the total number of on line/mailed in registrations received.

6. PUBLICITY RELEASE:
Except where prohibited, entry in the Contest constitutes each entrant's consent to Contest Entities to use, publish, reproduce and for all purposes, including publicity, promotion and advertising, in any media (including without limitation, the internet, television, radio, or offline promotions), each Winner's name, city, likeness, biographical material, voice, image, and all submitted materials, each in perpetuity without further compensation, credit or right of review or approval.

7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Participants are responsible for complying with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and with these Official Rules, and by entering, participants agree to be bound to these Official Rules. Any attempt by an entrant or other party to tamper with the proper administration of the Contest will disqualify the entrant and may result in civil or criminal action against the entrant or other party and may result in the discontinuation, suspension, or cancellation of the Contest. WINNERS AND ENTRANTS AGREE, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, TO RELEASE AND DISCHARGE, HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY THE CONTEST ENTITIES, AND ALL OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THIS CONTEST, FROM ANY AND ALL TAX LIABILITY THAT MAY BE IMPOSED OR ASSOCIATED WITH RECEIPT OR USE OF THE PRIZES, AND FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS, AND LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, EXPENSES, FEES, INJURY OR LOSSES (INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH) SUSTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECEIPT, OWNERSHIP, OR USE OF THE PRIZE OR WHILE TRAVELING TO, PREPARING FOR, OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY CONTEST-RELATED OR PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the Prize. Winner's guest(s), if applicable, may be required to execute a liability and publicity release prior to the Winner's receipt of the Prize. Sponsor retains the discretion to make all decisions regarding the interpretation and application of these Official Rules. All decisions of Sponsor are final and discretionary. In the event the selected Winner(s) of the Prize are/is ineligible or refuse(s) the Prize, the Prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may randomly select an alternate Winner from remaining entries, or may elect not to award such Prize to an alternate Winner, where permitted. For prizes valued at $600 or greater, Winner must provide his or her Social Security Number for tax purposes. Prizes may be considered income, and any and all taxes associated with Prizes are the responsibility of the Winners.

9. DISCLAIMER/INTERNET:
If for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, and unauthorized intervention, fraud, human error, technical failures, acts of God, war, terrorism, government regulation, disaster, fire, strikes, civil disorder, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity of the Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right in its discretion to disqualify any individual it believes has tampered with the entry process, and/or cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries received as of any termination date. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest if it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to abuse, threaten or harass other entrants. Caution: Any attempt by a participant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest 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 participant to the fullest extent of the law. The Contest Entities: (i) assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alternation of, entries; (ii) are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or provider, computer equipment, hardware, software, failure of any entry information to be received by the Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website; or (iii) any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to the participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest. SPONSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY, GUARANTEE, OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND CONCERNING ANY PRIZE, AND SPONSORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, WARRANTY OF FITNESS, AND ANY OTHER IMPLIED WARRANTY.

10. ARBITRATION/CHOICE OF LAW:
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS CONTEST SHALL BE RESOLVED EXLUSIVELY BY ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION THEN EFFECTIVE, AND ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGEMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED BY ENTRANT WITH REGARD TO THIS CONTEST, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS' FEES, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and sponsors in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York. Arbitration in New York County, New York shall be the exclusive forum and venue for any dispute relating to these Rules and for this Contest. If arbitration is prohibited, then and in such events, the courts of New York in New York County shall be the exclusive forum for any dispute relating to these Official Rules and/or this Contest. All participants and winners agree, by their participation in the Contest, to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of New York in New York County. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the invalidity or unenforceability of any other provision so long as the general intent of these Official Rules remains in effect. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.

11. OFFICIAL RULES AND LIST OF WINNERS:
To receive a copy of these official Contest Rules visit www.wlwt.com or visit or send a SASE to WLWT, Official Contest Rules for Cincinnati Bell Fastest Play of the Game - 1700 Young Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Official rules supersede all other published editions. Sponsor reserves the right to change, alter, or amend these Contest rules as necessary, in its sole discretion, to ensure the fair administration of the Contest or to comply with applicable law.

SPONSOR: Cincinnati Bell, 221 East Fourth Street, 103-1600, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

 
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