Feast with the Beasts Instagram® Challenge Official Rules:
- NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase or monetary donation to any of the participating organizations will not increase your chances of winning. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. The Feast with the Beasts Instagram® Challenge (“contest”) will be held from 12:00 a.m. Central Time (“CT”), June 1, 2024 (“Contest Start Date”), to 11:59 p.m. CT, June 17, 2024 (“Contest Period”). Contest is sponsored by the Henry Vilas® Zoo (the “Sponsor”) who is solely responsible for all aspects of the Contest.
- ELIGIBILITY.
The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States of America who are 21
years of age or older as of “Contest End Date.” Sponsor’s employees can
participate but are not eligible to claim a prize. Void where prohibited or restricted by
law. All federal, state and local laws,
rules and regulations apply. By participating, entrants agree to abide by all
terms of these Official Rules and to the decisions of the judge, and waive any
right to claim ambiguity in the Contest of these Official Rules.
- HOW
TO ENTER. The entrant must:
- Have an Instagram® account.
- Follow the @henryvilaszoo account.
- By tagging your photos and/or videos to the @henryvilaszoo account you willfully enter the Contest and represent that you have all necessary rights to grant a license to the Sponsor to publish and re-use your photos and/or videos for any purpose without compensation and that you hereby grant such license together with the right to use your name. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. CT, June 17, 2024. All entries become the exclusive property of the Sponsor. No mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted.
- INTERNET
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. If for any reason this Contest is not
capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other
cause beyond the control of the Sponsor, which
corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper
conduct of this Contest, 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 Contest in whole or in part, at any time,
without notice and award the prizes using non-suspect eligible entries received
as of this termination date. The Sponsor assumes 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 alteration of, entries.
The Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction
of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers,
or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to
be received by the Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or
traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination
thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s
computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Contest or
downloading any materials in this Contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO BE
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, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY
SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW. In the event of such a dispute as to
the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address or Instagram account name,
the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the
e-mail address submitted at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is
defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an
Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational, intuition, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
- SELECTIONS
AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS. Winners will be
determined on or after June 17, 2024 by a random generator from among
eligible entries. Winners will be notified on or after June 17, 2024 via
Instagram® direct message and need not be present to win. Only one winner per household. Winners are solely responsible for all travel
costs that might require transportation to the Henry Vilas® Zoo to pick up
their prize. Winners will be
disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected if a selected winner
fails to comply with these rules; cannot be contacted; is ineligible; fails to
claim prize, or if the notification or prize is returned as undeliverable. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission
to use the winners names, likeness and statements for promotional and publicity
purposes without additional compensation or limitation unless prohibited by
law. All decisions of the Sponsor
regarding the selection of winners, notification and substitution of winners in
accordance with these Official Rules shall be binding and final.
- PRIZES AVAILABLE AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE.
Several prizes will be offered. They include the following:
- 2 potential winners will receive 2 tickets for Feast with the Beasts, happening on June 22, 2024 (each ticket valued up to $75)
All prizes must be picked up by the winner by June 21, 2024. The prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash. Winners must pay applicable taxes, if any, on the accepted prize.
- INDEMNIFICATION
AND RELEASE. By entering the Contest and participating
in any promotions relating thereto, each entrant agrees to release and hold
Sponsor, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, officers,
directors, employees, agents, participating retailers and any other companies
participating in the design, administration or fulfillment of this sweepstakes
and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from
any and all losses, rights, claims, injuries, damages, expenses, costs or
actions of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from
participation in this “contest” or any “Contest”-related activity, or
acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize(s) or parts thereof, including
without limitation personal injuries, death and property damage and claims
based on publicity rights defamation or invasion of privacy.
- CHOICE
OF LAW AND VENUE. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and/or Sponsor in connection with the promotion, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without
regard for conflicts of law doctrine, and all proceedings shall take place in
Dane County in the State of Wisconsin.
- NO
ENDORSEMENT. The
Contest hosted by Sponsor is in no way, sponsored, endorsed, administered or
associated with Instagram®.
- TAX INFORMATION. All applicable Federal, state and local tax liabilities and any other incidental expenses, fees or costs associated with the receipt or use of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
- WINNER’S LIST. For an Official Winner’s List (available after June 17, 2024) or a copy of these Official Rules (PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Henry Vilas Zoo, 702 S. Randall Ave. Madison, WI 53715.
- SPONSOR. The Henry Vilas® Zoo, 702 S. Randall Ave. Madison, WI 53715.