World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League
General Contest/promotion Rules - Written

These rules apply to all contest/promotions conducted by World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League (“League”), unless otherwise set forth in specific contest/promotion rules for a particular contest/promotion.  In certain cases, particular contest/promotions may have their own specific additional or alternative rules (in whole or in part) which will be set forth in a separate addition to these rules or in contest/promotion rules specific to a particular contest/promotion and will be available from WPTAPL on the contest/promotion page on the League’s website at www.wptapl.com.

Who Can Enter

1.     To enter, contestants must be members of the League, legal US residents of the country and state in which the contest/promotion is taking place and 21 years of age or older on the date of entry in the applicable contest/promotion/promotion.  League reserves the right to examine identification and may reasonably choose to accept or deny awarding the prize based on the identification presented. 

2.     Employees (including, without limitation, part-time or temporary employees) of the League, contest/promotion sponsors, and their respective parent entities, subsidiaries, affiliated companies and advertising and promotion agencies at any time during the applicable contest period and the immediate family (i.e., current and ex- spouses, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren,  and siblings and in-laws and steps in any of the foregoing categories) and other household members (i.e., roommates, housemates, significant others, and partners of each legally residing at the same address) of each of the above are NOT eligible to enter and/or to win.

3.     Contestants may only win one prize per contest/promotion/promotion (other than a grand prize winner who also wins a qualifying prize in that same contest/promotion), unless expressly specified otherwise in contest/promotion rules for the specific contest/promotion at issue.

Entry/Winning

4.     NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN LEAGUE CONTEST/PROMOTIONS.

5.     Contestants may enter as often as they wish but only one qualifier/finalist/winner per family or household member per contest/promotion as defined in Section 2 above (only the chronologically first prize won will be awarded), unless expressly specified otherwise in contest/promotion rules for the specific contest/promotion at issue or as set forth in the applicable contest/promotion rules (including, without limitation, Sections 6, 9(f), 11, 25, 37, and/or 38 below). 

6.     All entries become the property of the League and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entries received that are mutilated, tampered with, illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void.  Entries that are determined to be fraudulent will be void, and the person making such an entry may be barred from further participation in that contest/promotion and, in League’s sole discretion on a case by case basis, banned from any future participation in any League contest/promotion (which League decision may not be disputed or appealed). Incomplete or illegible entries or entries that do not satisfy the entry requirements may be disqualified in League’s sole discretion. 

7.     One or more contest/promotions may be announced from time to time.  League may run more than one contest/promotion simultaneously, but entries will only be solicited for one contest/promotion at a time.

8.     Depending on the contest/promotion, the League will designate the required method of entry/winning. All references in this Section 8 to an “announcement” or to any information to be “announced” may be announced Live at events and/or via email, sms, internet posts, blog posts, text message, instant message, social network posts, on-site, and/or via point of purchase displays, materials or handouts.  The following apply to the applicable entry/winning methods designated:

a. For mail-in contest/promotions, entries must be received at the announced address by the announced deadline.  Such entries will only be accepted by first class United States mail and not by fax, hand delivery, overnight or same day courier, unless expressly specified otherwise in contest/promotion rules for the specific contest/promotion at issue.  Only one entry is permitted per envelope (additional entries within the same envelope will be disregarded). Mail-in entries must be legible and contain all information and documents/materials required.  If the mail-in contest/promotion requires the use of an official entry form, only official entry blanks that are handwritten are eligible (no mechanical reproductions will be accepted) and official contest/promotion entry blanks are only available while supplies last at each participating distribution location.

b. For entry box contest/promotions, entries must be deposited in the official entry box by the announced deadline.  Unless otherwise specified, only official entry blanks that are handwritten are eligible (no mechanical reproductions will be accepted).  Official contest/promotion entry blanks are only available at the location of the official entry box, while supplies last.

c. For internet based entries (whether via email, social networks, online submissions, or the League’s website (as defined below)), entrants will be asked to go to a particular website (whether the League’s main website at wptapl.com or an alternative website that can be accessed directly or as a link through wptapl.com which alternative website is hereinafter referred to as a “MicroSite” and together with wptapl.com, a “Website”) on particular days and times to enter a contest/promotion, as announced.  Criteria for winning and/or conditions for entry will be announced by League.  Winners will be selected in accordance with the criteria set forth in any announcement  with respect to the particular contest/promotion and may include, without limitation, one or more of the following types of modes of entry/winning:  (a) answering survey questions, (b) correctly answering trivia questions, (c) making predictions or guesses with respect to certain upcoming events, (d) submitting essays (of specified lengths), photos, videos or audio, or (e) simply completing entry forms with contact information.  For internet contest/promotions that require entrants to answer questions, submit materials or perform in some other manner, such contest/promotion will be judged by League personnel, and the decision of the judges will be final as to all matters, including, without limitation,  (i) the order in which emails or on-line entries were received and (ii) whether any answer or submission required to be given is correct or the “best” or most desirable (based on any lawful criteria League deems desirable). 

d. For internet based entries when entry requires membership in the League’s Rewards Program (“Rewards”): (in addition to the other relevant provisions set forth in these rules regarding internet-based entries):  Rewards is a Rewards that will entitle members to, among other things, receive information from League and its clients, enter contest/promotions, participate in surveys and enjoy many other opportunities.  In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a member, the holder of the registered e-mail account will be deemed the person who submitted the membership.  The holder of the e-mail account is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the second level domain associated with the e-mail address in question.  Limit one membership per e-mail address.  Members are required to provide truthful information when completing Rewards membership registration form.   If League determines that any registration form contains false or fraudulent information or is submitted by a person other than the one named in the form or by an ineligible entrant, such form will be disqualified and that member may be prohibited by League (in its sole discretion and on a case by case basis) from participating in any particular contest/promotion or in all future League contest/promotions for a fixed period of time determined by League or in perpetuity.  If a Member cancels his/her membership during any contest/promotion in which such Member is entered (or was automatically entered), such Member may no longer be eligible to win a prize in such contest/promotion, in League’s sole discretion.   Contest/promotion entry for Rewards members may be by one of the following means: (i) Members are automatically entered in contest/promotions from time to time; (ii) Members may be required to complete a specific on-line entry blank for particular contest/promotions; (iii) Other means of entry as may be announced from time to time.

e. For internet based entries when entry requires membership to, or registration with, a third party social network (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) (such person “Users”):  In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a User, a person who can demonstrate the ability to log into the applicable account with the correct user name and password will be deemed the User who submitted the entry.  Users acknowledge that the third party social network sites (“Social Network Sites”) are not affiliated with the League and, therefore, League cannot control certain factors relating to such sites, including, without limitation, errors, cancellation of User accounts or technical malfunctions associated with any Social Network Site that may affect any entrant’s ability to enter, win, view, be advised of, be eligible for or be properly considered in a particular League contest/promotion.  Contest/promotion entry via Social Network Sites may be by one of the following means: (i) Users may be automatically entered in contest/promotions from time to time (e.g., all Followers of the applicable League Twitter account or all Friends or Fans (as applicable) of the League’s page on Facebook); (ii) User may be required to email the League, or visit the League’s website to enter; (iii) all (or selected) users may be offered the opportunity to call the League to win at announced days/times or upon the occurrence of certain online postings (i.e. news stories, e-mail blasts, text alerts, etc); (iv) User may be required to post a comment or take other action to be entered (e.g., changing the User’s profile picture/info) with respect to User’s Social Network Site account; or (iv) other means of entry as announced by League.   With respect to any League Facebook pages (if any), League has no obligation whatsoever to “accept” (and reserves the right to freely reject, in its sole discretion in each specific instance) any particular Friend request and any such rejection by League of a Friend request shall render the requestor ineligible to enter and/or win any contest/promotions that require being a “Friend” in order to participate. 

f. For all text message based entries:   In case of an identity dispute, the registered user of the text message account on the date of entry will be the recognized user.  Participants acknowledge that messages are distributed via third party mobile network providers and, therefore, League cannot control certain factors relating to message delivery.  Participants acknowledge that, depending on the recipient’s mobile provider service, it may not be possible to transmit the message to the recipient successfully. League does not claim or guarantee availability or performance of this service, including liability for transmission delays or message failures.  League does not charge a fee for this service.  It is each Participant’s responsibility to check with their individual carrier, as other charges may apply.  BE ADVISED THAT IN SOME CASES, TEXTS TO THE LEAGUE WILL RESULT IN ONE OR MORE AUTOMATIC BOUNCE BACK MESSAGES, FOR WHICH PARTICIPANTS MAY INCUR A FEE FROM THEIR PROVIDER.  League assumes no responsibility for charges incurred for text-messaging, including, without limitation, as a result of any bounce back messages or contest/promotion notices from the League.  For texting contest/promotions, entrants will be asked to text specific information (as announced by League) to a designated telephone line (the phone number will be given in the announcement) at a particular time or times.  At the time that texts are solicited, the criteria for winning will be announced (e.g., first text message received with the correct answer).  Only those text messages to the specific phone number provided, at the time texting is solicited, shall be eligible to win. Texting to the main League phone number or any other phone number are not acceptable. Winners will be selected in accordance with the criteria announced when text messages are solicited.  If the League receives less than the requested number of text messages (e.g., only 9 text messages when the League is looking for the 10th texter to win) within a reasonable period of time (as determined by League in its sole discretion), League reserves the right to re-conduct that contest/promotion at a later time or cancel that winning opportunity and not award the associated prize.  For text contest/promotions that require entrants to answer questions or perform in some other manner, such contest/promotion will be judged by League personnel, and the decision of the judges will be final as to all matters, including (i) the order in which text messages were received and (ii) whether any answer required to be given is correct or the “best” or most desirable.

g. Phrase/Word of the Day Type Contest/promotion:   From time to time, League may conduct one or more contest/promotions requiring people to watch the League website for a particular phrase/word or combination of phrases/words (“word”).  The day(s), time (or time ranges), word (s) to watch for and how to enter and win (which may be via call-in, text message or email) will be as announced, subject to other applicable provisions in this Section 9 that apply with respect to the specific mode of entry or winning.  The League will start taking entries as soon as the designated word is posted (or, in the event of combination of consecutive words, as soon as the last word of the required combination is posted).  

h. For contest/promotions requiring that entrants submit photographs (via email, text message, mail, fax, online upload or other mode announced by League), the following provisions (among other provisions required by the specific contest/promotion) will apply: 

i. Electronic submissions of entry photos may only be submitted in one of the following formats:  .jpeg, or .gif. 

ii.     All entrants who submit a photo agree to the following (and League may require, as a condition of entry, that entrants sign a separate agreement or, with respect to online entries, affirmatively check a box or an “I agree” button agreeing to some or all of the provisions set forth in this Section 9(i) and/or other requirements):

Entrant represents and warrants that he/she own the rights to, or have obtained permission to use, the photo submitted with the entry. 

Entrant represents and warrants that he/she authorizes League to post the photo on League’s website or social network sites.

Entrant agrees and acknowledges that League and contest/promotion sponsors and their respective affiliates, parents, employees, agents and all other related sponsors may use for advertising and/or promotional purposes, entrant’s name, image, photo submission, other entry materials and/or biographical information on radio, TV broadcasts, newspaper advertisements, on websites and/or any other medium in connection with participation in this contest/promotion or otherwise without the payment of any additional compensation to you. 

Entrant understands and agrees that League shall be the sole and exclusive owner of the photograph submitted, whether or not the photo is selected as a winner, and entrant agrees to sign any documents requested by League to evidence such transfer of ownership. 

 By submitting a photo in a League contest/promotion, entrant agrees to indemnify League should any representations and warranties made by entrant herein  or in the applicable contest/promotion rules prove to be false or inaccurate.

iii.    All entries and photographs submitted become the property of the League and will not be acknowledged or returned.

iv.    League staff may review each photograph for unsuitable content, as determined in League’s sole discretion. All photographs containing any content League deems unsuitable shall be disqualified or edited in the sole discretion of League.  No notification of such disqualification or editing will be provided.  DO NOT SEND ANY PHOTOS CONTAINING NUDITY, INDECENCY, ILLEGAL DRUG USE, OR OBSCENE GESTURES OR SITUATIONS.  All of the foregoing may result in disqualification and/or editing and are not intended to limit in any way League’s right to deem anything else unsuitable content. 

v.     No more than one (1) photograph may be attached to any entry.   You may enter as many separate entries as you wish.  However, submitting multiple entries of the same photograph will not necessarily result in any advantage in the contest/promotion (depending upon the mode of selecting winners). 

vi.    Winners will be selected based on the criteria announced by League with respect to each contest/promotion, which may include, without limitation, random drawing or the photograph that League deems is “best” (based on any lawful criteria League deems desirable, in its sole discretion). 

i.      Certain call-in, mail-in, entry box, social network, internet, texting and/or Rewards contest/promotions may also provide that qualifying winners in such contest/promotions are also then automatically qualified for an entry in a random grand prize drawing or other grand prize winner determination, as announced.  In such event, the date and/or time of such grand prize drawing will be announced by League.  The location of such drawing may be at the League’s studios or may be at a public location, as determined by League in its sole discretion.

j.     For contest/promotions requiring that entrants, qualifiers and/or finalists be present at a League contest/promotioning event in order to continue participation in a contest/promotion, the following will apply:

k.       If check-in or registration at the event is required by League, you  must check in (or, in some cases, be in line to check in) at the closing time announced.  Eligibility to participate in the contest/promotion event may require that at check-in each timely arrived participant complete and sign one or more liability release agreements, provide his/her social security number, provide evidence of a valid United States federal or state photo ID (ie. driver’s license, passport or military ID) and/or other specific requirements announced.   Failure to do any of the foregoing at check-in if required will result in automatic disqualification. 

i. Participants hereby agree to strictly follow all instructions and directions given       by the League staff at the event and understand that any intentional failure to comply with the League’s instruction, process, procedures or contest/promotion rules at the event may result in immediate disqualification (in League’s sole discretion).    
ii. Any decision by the League Contest/promotion Administrator at such events will be final and not subject to appeal.

l.      For contest/promotions involving League’s obligation to notify qualifiers or finalists or where there is a deadline for prize claims, if the League did not have actual contact (in person or telephonic or by email) in which the necessary information was communicated to such qualifier/finalist/winner, then League will only be required to leave one message at the telephone number or email to the email address provided in the entry form (if applicable) or provided at the time that the League collected the winner’s information (by phone, electronically or in person).  If no answer or answering machine is reached, League will not be obligated to attempt any further contact. For texting contest/promotions, League will only be obligated to send one message to the winning text message telephone or, in League’s election, to call the telephone number associated with the winning texter.  For social network contest/promotions, League will only be required to contact the winner via the social network account unless the entry provided a telephone number or email address in which case the League will contact the winner via the information requested and provided.  However, League reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to attempt to contact any qualifier/entrant/finalist/winner more than once and shall not be required to attempt to contact all qualifiers/entrants/finalists/winners an equal number of times or in the same communication manner.  If no telephone number was provided and the League has an address, the League may elect to send one written notification letter by first class mail, time permitting. 

m.   Any of the League contest/promotions may require that one or more selected entrants watch for their name to be posted to the website as a potential winner.  In such events:  (i)  only the actual person who entered can win (or was deemed to have entered in the case of certain social network contest/promotions or Rewards contest/promotions) and must be the person who calls in (persons having the same name will be disqualified if not the actual entrant)

9.  In case of any identity dispute:  (a) with respect to Rewards or email entries, the registered user of the email account on the date of entry will be the recognized user or Rewards member as set forth above in subsection 9(f), (b) with respect to Social Network Sites, the provisions of 9(g) above apply, and (c) with respect to Text Rewards or text entries, the provisions of 9(h) above apply.

10.  Use of robotic, mechanical or other forms of pre-programmed internet, texting or phone call visit, voting or entry methods is NOT prohibited in League contest/promotions; provided, however, that neither is any entrant or contest/promotion participant entitled to use any such automated mechanisms.  League is not obligated to monitor or disqualify any contest/promotion entry, votes or web hits in a contest/promotion on the basis of the use of such manipulation tools.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, entrants are not entitled to use such manipulation tools and League reserves the right (in its sole discretion), from time to time, to implement entry/voting processes that may frustrate or prohibit such automated entry or voting (including, without limitation, CAPTCHA, requiring Rewards membership log ins or contest/promotion/voting registrations, advance email address verification procedures, limit the number of entries/votes/web hits accepted/counted if they exceed a maximum number within a specified period of time as established by League, and/or prohibit any further entries, votes or web traffic from a particular IP address during a particular contest/promotion, period of time or permanently ) and/or, in the case where voting is not a determinative factor in a particular contest/promotion, take into consideration and discount the importance of results of any entry or entrant that League suspects may have benefited from any such robotic or automated systems; provided, however, that no contest/promotionant in any contest/promotion may rely upon or insist upon League’s failure or refusal to take any of the foregoing actions or to determine, in its sole discretion, that one entrant’s entry should be discounted because another entrant’s entry was or vice versa. League also reserves the rights to install and access cookies, alone or along with other methods, to track web site traffic, entry and/or voting frequency, and/or to detect and prohibited automated methods of voting, entry or website visits.   League’s implementation of any of the foregoing measures may occur before or during any particular contest/promotion and/or apply to all League contest/promotions.  In  addition and for any reason or no reason, League reserves the right at any time during any contest/promotion to implement a delay between subsequent votes, entries, web hits or website traffic from the same IP address, member, email address, and/or person and/or requiring that visitors refresh the page (the length of time of any such delay implemented by League will be in League’s sole discretion on a case by case basis and subject to change even during any particular contest/promotion but  in no event will any such delay exceed 10 minutes between votes, entry or website visits).   League is not obligated to disclose the precise triggers it uses (i.e. maximum number or time periods tracked) to frustrate or prohibit automated entries or the precise amount of time of any delay implemented.   Nothing in this Section 11 alters or overrides any requirement in any specific contest/promotion rules that may limit the number of entries or votes per person, email address, Rewards, IP address, or Social Network Site account. 

11.  Except as otherwise set forth in specific contest/promotion rules or otherwise announced in connection with a specific contest/promotion, if voting (whether online or by text) is accepted in connection with a Contest/promotion: (a) voting is for entertainment purposes only and will not be the determining factor in selecting winners, but may (in League’s sole discretion) be taken into consideration as one of many factors considered by League in determining the winner, (b) contest/promotion eligibility requirements (including, without limitation, age and residency) are not applicable to determining whether or not a person may vote in a League contest/promotion, and/or (c) in the event of text voting,  League reserves the right at any time to end text voting prior to the announced closing date for text voting, for any reason or for no reason, by providing at least 24 hours notice on League’s website that such text voting will end early.

12.  With respect to any internet-based portion of a contest/promotion (including, without limitation, entries, voting, viewing web pages, viewing video or audio content, viewing voting tallies, etc….), there may be delays in updates for the purpose of caching in order to maintain the efficient functionality of the web server in times of excess load.  As a result, updates may not be available in real time and may be delayed until such time as League is prepared for the next cache refresh.  The frequency and duration of any such delay will be in League’s sole discretion on a case by case basis.

13.  With respect to certain contest/promotions, League may elect to post certain information not available to the general or listening public about ongoing contest/promotions on its website, Rewards member pages, or Social Network Site pages or may elect to communicate such information via email, sms, text message, or social network posting (i.e. Twitter) to a limited group of people (for example, twitter followers, facebook friends, or members of League’s email, internet or texting Rewards). In such events, no purchase will be required to obtain such information but League may require that persons eligible to receive such extra information be members of certain League Rewards or third party Social Network Sites.  League will have no obligation to make such information available to all potential contestants and League will not be obligated to announce that it is or how it is making such additional information available, unless required by law.   While such additional information may increase the chances that a recipient will know when to watch/ listen or what the correct or incorrect answers may be (which information may not be available to non-recipients), there will be no advantage in the mode of entry by obtaining (or not obtaining) this additional information (for example, there will be no advantage in being the 10th caller, etc…). 

14.  With respect to any contest/promotion involving voting (whether voting determines the finalist/winner or not), League may elect to post on-line the “in process” tally of online and/or texting votes but any such display will not be real-time and may not be relied upon by any of the entrants or voters.  Any listing or other disclosure by League of “in progress” voting or similar tallies, if any, will be updated by League in intervals determined from time to time by League for each contest/promotion as League sees fit (including, without limitation, delays resulting from caching) and the intervals of such updates of tally information may even vary during any particular contest/promotion.   Leagues may elect to display the top __ (as determined by League), number or percentage of votes for each entry and/or to the top __  (as determined by League) entries, the tally (by rank, percentage or number) of text voting (if applicable), no information about votes received at all, and/or any other iteration of displaying information about votes received as League (in its sole discretion) elects from time to time.  Displaying information about in-progress voting  is solely for entertainment/excitement purposes and not binding upon Leagues.  The sole determination of the total number of votes received by any entry will be made by League after the close of the voting period based on its software.  In addition, if any League elects to display any in-progress tallies related to voting, League reserves the right (in its sole discretion) to remove the display of any such tallies at any time during the contest/promotion with or without notice (including, without limitation, in the last hours before the voting closes).

15.  In no event will any “deal-making” between participants be permitted.  League reserve the right to disqualify any person that it suspects has participated in or offered or accepted any type of “deal-making” with respect to any League contest/promotion with other contestants or third parties.

16.  Contestants may not violate any federal, state or local laws and may not harm or endanger themselves or other persons or property in connection with a contest/promotion.   If League deems that a Contestant, participant or any winner may have created a public hazard, cheated, engaged in improper activity, caused interference with or destruction of property and/or utilized public safety resources, such Contestant/ winner may be disqualified in League’s sole discretion.

17.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these rules, League cannot guarantee that it will be able to view all entries and/or required entry submissions (essays, photos, videos, etc…) submitted from a technical perspective, even if sent in the appropriate formats required.  In the event that League is not able to view any entry or entry materials submitted for any technical reason whatsoever, that entry may be disqualified (without notice to the entrant) and League will have no liability or obligation to such entrant with respect to the disqualified entry.

18.  League reserves the right to (but not the obligation) to post some or all entry information and/or materials on the League’s website, in whole or in an edited form (in League’s discretion), as a “featured” entry.   Having your entry posted and/or “featured” does NOT mean that the entrant has won or is likely to win in that contest/promotion.  The decision to post or “feature” any such entries is for entertainment purposes only and is not part of the winner selection process in the contest/promotion.

 

Prize(s)

19.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or stated on-air, no person will be entitled to receive any prize until after their eligibility has been confirmed or accepted by League and all required paperwork (including, without limitation, liability release agreements) have been completed by the pending winner within the required deadlines.

20.  All prizes will be mailed, unless otherwise determined by the League, to the winner within 6 weeks of being recognized as the official contest/promotion winner.  At the Leagues sole discretion, prize may be mailed to the local league owner to be presented at an event or directly to the winner. League is not responsible for shipping or errors in shipping and is not obligated to replace any prizes that were lost by the carrier in transit.

21.  Prizes not claimed within thirty (30) business days of being advised by League that the prize is available for claim, or in the case of a time sensitive prize, within its period of usability, shall be considered forfeited (without notice to the winner) and will become property of League.  Such prize may be disposed of at the discretion of League Management.

22.  Prizes will be released to winners only.  Winners are required to present a valid United States state or federal photo ID and valid social security number in order to pick up any prize.  Winners may be required, in League’s sole discretion, to sign one or more liability release agreements relieving the League, its parents, subsidiaries, officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents and contest/promotion sponsors from any and all liability with respect to the contest/promotionant’s participation in the contest/promotion and the receipt and/or use of the prize.  Any person who refuses to sign the Release and/or provide a social security number or complete or provide any other documents required by the League by the deadline required by League will forfeit any and all prizes.

23.  League reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for all contest/promotions and giveaways.  Non-cash prizes are not redeemable for cash.  No transfer or assignment of prizes is allowed, except as may be determined by League in its sole and absolute discretion on a case by case basis.

24.  Winners are prohibited from selling any prize awarded or any transferring any prize without League’s authorization (which authorization must be in writing by a League representative and shall be granted or withheld in League’s sole discretion on a case by case basis).   In the event that League discovers or suspects (correctly or incorrectly) that a winner is attempting to sell his/her prize from League (i.e., ebay, craigslist or otherwise), League reserves the right, in its sole discretion, on a case by case basis to take any one or more of the following actions:   (a) immediately disqualify the winner and deem any prize they were otherwise entitled to as forfeited, (b) refuse to award the prize to such winner, even if he/she represents that they will not resell or transfer the prize, and/or (c) prohibit the violating winner from participating and/or winning any future League contest/promotions (whether for a fixed period of time or in perpetuity, in League’s sole discretion) and if such winner ever wins a future League contest/promotion during the period that he/she is banned, he/she shall be disqualified from the contest/promotion and forfeit any prize once it has come to League’s attention.  Further, League reserves the right to track and/or cancel and invalidate any prize awarded that League suspects was sold or transferred without authorization.

25.  Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prize, as set forth in the contest/promotion rules, and will be issued an IRS 1099 form for all prizes won from League where the aggregate value of all prizes is $600 or more in any calendar year. In the event that a winner in this contest/promotion is under 18 years of age (if permitted by these contest/promotion rules or any specific contest/promotion rules), the parent or legal guardian will be deemed the actual winner of any prize and will be required to provide their social security number and will be subject to the provisions of this Section 26, not the child.

26.  Specific restrictions regarding awarded prizes will be provided, if applicable, to the winner.  Unless restrictions delivered to a specific winner differ from the following, the following will apply generally to prizes awarded in League contest/promotions:
(a)   Any prize involving air travel will include only round-trip, coach-class air transportation from a commercial airport in the greater metropolitan area that the League is located in.  
(b)   Any prize involving overnight accommodations will include only one room, double occupancy, room only, and neither incidental expenses nor ground transportation will be included.   Sales and hotel taxes associated with the hotel stay will only be included if specifically noted by League as included with respect to that particular contest/promotion/prize.  Winners may be required to provide a valid credit card to check into the hotel and to cover incidental expenses. 
(c)   Any prize involving travel (overnight accommodations, flight, motor coach, and/or rail etc…) may require that the winner and/or the winner’s guest(s) be over 18 or over 21.   Guests may be required to sign one or more liability release agreements before being authorized by League or its sponsor to be allowed to participate as winner’s guest on a trip.
(d)   Any prize involving travel (overnight accommodations, flight, motor coach, and/or rail etc.) is based on availability and subject to additional restrictions including blackouts, peak period restrictions and expiration dates imposed by League, sponsors and/or agents participating in the contest/promotion. These restrictions are not subject to negotiation.  In addition, such winners/guests are solely responsible for obtaining any international travel documents, visas or passports required.   Reservations are non-transferable and once booked and confirmed may not be re-scheduled.
(e)   With respect to travel, event tickets and/or events of any kind, League and sponsors are not responsible for replacing or reimbursing winners with any form of compensation for flights or events that are canceled, rescheduled or delayed.  All cancellations are deemed beyond the control of League and its sponsors.  This includes, but is not limited to, event cancellations, trip schedule changes, flight cancellations, changes in travel arrangements, travel delays of any form and duration, as well as all delays or cancellations due to acts of nature, terrorism (including threats), illness or war.  Additionally, League is not responsible for any work stoppage that may affect League’s ability to provide any of the prizes.  League is not responsible for any expenses incurred by contest/promotion winners as a result of such cancellations or delays.
(f)    Any prize that provides an opportunity to meet with, participate in an activity with, interview or have similar interaction with any celebrity (other than employees of League)  is contingent upon the celebrity appearing for such activity/event, which is beyond the League’s control. League is not responsible if a winner and/or his/her guests are unable to meet such celebrity or participate in the associated activity if the celebrity determines this is not allowable for any reason or fails to appear/participate for any reason.  In the event of illness, act of god, scheduling conflict or any other reason, League is not responsible for this portion of the prize, which has no monetary value, and no alternate prize will be awarded and the event/activity will not be rescheduled.   In the event that League elects (in its sole discretion) to attempt to reschedule any such event/activity or offer an alternative prize, League shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer any other alternate prize if such attempt to reschedule or other offer is not accepted by or utilized by winner for any reason whatsoever. 
(g)   Any prize that is awarded in the form of a gift certificate may have an expiration date and use of such certificate may be based on availability and include black-out periods, restrictions or excluded items (for example, tax, tips, alcoholic beverage, or goods from a particular manufacturer).  Gift certificates are only redeemable at the locations for which they are specified.
(h)   Any prize involving the award of cash will be paid in the form of a company check, payable only to the winner and no other person.  At the Leagues sole discretion checks will be ready for pick-up within 60 business days after winning or mailed to the winner at the address provided by the contestant in their member profile.
(i)     In all instances in which winner has the right to select specific products, the choice or products offered may be limited by the Sponsor or certain specific products or manufacturers may be excluded.  Winner will receive more information on such restrictions and limitations after they have been awarded the prize.

Miscellaneous

27.  Odds of winning depend on the how the contest/promotion is conducted.  For random drawings, the odds of winning will depend upon number of entries received. For contest/promotions in which winners are qualified for a grand prize drawing, odds will depend on the total number of qualifiers.  

28.  All tie breaking procedures will be posted on League’s website, and/or communicated in writing or by email to tied contest/promotion participants.

29.  In the event that any winner, qualifier or finalist is disqualified in a contest/promotion for any reason permitted by the applicable contest/promotion rules at any point in time (before or after a winner is determined), League shall NOT be obligated to select an alternative winner/qualifier/finalist and may instead elect to retain any associated prize(s) as its own property and/or dispose of any such prize(s) in any way it sees fit outside of (or within) the scope of the contest/promotion.

30.  Inquiries by contestants or potential contestants to any employee of the League (whether in person, by email, or by telephone) regarding the status of their entry or questions about a Contest/promotion may or may not be responded to and League is not obligated to respond or treat to all inquiries identically (even if the question is identical). Time considerations and/or volume, among other things, may impact a Leagues’ desire or ability to respond to such inquiries from time to time.  Notwithstanding anything communicated by any League employee in connection with any such inquiry, such information shall not be binding on League (the sole determining information related to this Contest/promotion is as set forth in the applicable contest/promotion rules) and shall not be deemed to be providing any type of improper assistance or advantage to any particular contestant over another.  Any attempt by Leagues to respond to an inquiry will be in the context of providing good customer service only and, in some instances, to address technical issues/problems. 

31.  League Management shall be the sole arbiters in all matters relating to the contest/promotion and in the interpretation of contest/promotion rules. Their decisions shall be final.  Entry into the contest/promotions constitutes agreement by contestants to abide by these rules, as well as any other rules established by League.

32.  In the event that any entrant or entry is disqualified or any prize is forfeited in accordance with the applicable contest/promotion rules, League and sponsors have no obligation whatsoever to notify any such entrant of any such disqualification or forfeiture.

33.  By participating in a League contest/promotion, entrants hereby agree and each entrant hereby remises, releases and forever discharges and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless League, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest/promotion, and/or event from any and all liability, claims, actions, and damages sustained or incurred by participation in the said promotion, contest/promotion, and/or event and the receipt and use of any prize(s) awarded (if any) through such promotion, contest/promotion, and/or event arising in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to an act or omission, whether negligent, intentional or otherwise caused by League, its affiliates, parents, assigns, successors, employees, sponsors, agents and all others connected with them and the promotion, contest/promotion, and/or event.

34.  By entering a League contest/promotion, entrants understand that League staff may choose to comment on, mock, poke fun at, and/or mimic any entrant’s entry and/or performance.  Entrants waive any right to make any claim against League or any contest/promotion sponsors with respect to any comments - disparaging or otherwise - made regarding such entrant and/or his/her entry, entry materials,  performance, voice, appearance, participation and/or any other information provided or disclosed to League during the course of a contest/promotion.

35.  By participating in a League contest/promotion, entrants hereby consent to the League and contest/promotion sponsors’ usage of any one or more of the following for any advertising and promotional purpose in any medium whatsoever without payment of any additional consideration: contestants name; voice; likeness; biographical information; his/her participation in the contest/promotion; and the substance of the contestants telephone call, entry form, essays, songs, videos, photos or any other contest/promotion submissions.  By entering or participating in any League contest/promotion, entrants understand and agree that League may take photographs and/or videotape and/or audiotape any entrants participation, appearance and/or performance in connection with any League contest/promotion (before, during or after the contest/promotion) and that League will own any such photos, audio and/or video and shall be free to utilize such materials in any way it sees fit during or after the contest/promotion with no compensation to the entrants, including without limitation posting any such photographs, audio and/or videos on its website. 

36.  League and its sponsors are not responsible for any technical difficulties, technical malfunctions or errors (whether technical or typographical) experienced due to overload, busy signals, loss of phone service, internet availability, electronic problems, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, garbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or telephone malfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of any of the websites,  computer virus, bug, complications or server performance suspected to be caused by automated entry, voting or web traffic, or other errors or corruptions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information or any other factor that may prevent an individual from completing or League from receiving (accurately or otherwise) a phone call, an email, accessing any website (including the Leagues or any third party website), or for any problem associated with the League website or voting website or software, internet, telephone connections, servers, routers, or any other technical problem that may impact entry, participation, voting or prize claim in any way, regardless of the cause, including, without limitation,  any injury or damage to any person’s computer, equipment, property, software or network related to or resulting from participating in a League contest/promotion or visiting its websites (whether as an entrant, visitor or voter).   League and its sponsors assume no responsibility for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in a League Contest/promotion. League is not responsible for any printing errors or typographical errors.   If, for any reason, in the sole opinion of League, any contest/promotion is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, technical slow-downs, or any other causes, whether discovered or suspected by League, which, in sole opinion of the League, does or could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of a Contest/promotion, League reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the affected contest/promotions and/or the voting portion of any Contest/promotions with or without selecting qualifiers, finalists or winners, and/or provide alternative means of entry or voting or any other changes to these contest/promotion rules that League deems appropriate under the circumstances In the event of termination, suspension or modification of a contest/promotion, a notice will be posted online.

37.  League and Sponsors reserve the right to prohibit the participation of an individual from any or all League contest/promotions if fraud or tampering is suspected, or if the individual fails to comply with any requirement of participation as stated herein or with any provision in the applicable Contest/promotion rules (including, without limitation, use of automated entry or voting mechanisms).  INTERNET CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY CONTEST/PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS AND LEAGUE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. 

38.  League may use cookies and/or collect IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet) for the purpose of implementing or exercising its rights or obligations under the contest/promotion rules, for information purposes, identifying your location (including, without limitation, to re-direct you to the appropriate geographic website, if applicable) or for any other lawful purpose in accordance with  League’s privacy policy (available from a link at the bottom of the League’s web site home page, which is listed above). 

39.  Information collected by League in connection with entering, voting or otherwise participating in any League contest/promotion may be shared with sponsors of particular contest/promotions  and otherwise used in accordance with League’s privacy policy (available from a link at the bottom of the League’s website home page, which is listed above).

40.  Complete contest/promotion rules are available at the League website (wptapl.com). 

41.  League contest/promotions are subject to all applicable laws and regulations and are void where prohibited.

42.  League reserves the right to: (i) terminate or declare any Contest/promotion null and void and rescind any prize, if in its sole judgment, the rules or the integrity of the Contest/promotion have been violated or compromised in any way, intentionally or unintentionally by any person whether or not a participant in the Contest/promotion; (ii) alter or amend these Contest/promotion rules at any time; and (iii) stop or conclude the Contest/promotion at any time without prior notice.  Material changes to the contest/promotion rules will be broadcast on-air, when practical.

43.  Winner’s List: For a list of winners mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to the League address identifying the name of the particular contest/promotion that you would like to receive a winner’s list for.  The League address P.O box 780557 Wichita, KS 67278.  All requests for winner lists must be mailed and received by the League after the contest/promotion is over but prior to 3 months after the contest/promotion has been concluded.

44.  These are general contest/promotion rules, and rules for individual contest/promotions may vary.  To the extent that any specific contest/promotion rules differ from these rules, the specific contest/promotion rules will govern and control.