The document outlines the official rules for McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes. It details eligibility requirements, the entry period from March 1-3, 2017, how to enter by following @MCD_BayArea and retweeting for a chance to win one of six chocolate shamrock shake straws. It also covers prize details, conditions of participation, required documentation for winners, and provisions regarding arbitration.
The document outlines the official rules for McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes. It details eligibility requirements, the entry period from March 1-3, 2017, how to enter by following @MCD_BayArea and retweeting for a chance to win one of six chocolate shamrock shake straws. It also covers prize details, conditions of participation, required documentation for winners, and provisions regarding arbitration.
The document outlines the official rules for McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes. It details eligibility requirements, the entry period from March 1-3, 2017, how to enter by following @MCD_BayArea and retweeting for a chance to win one of six chocolate shamrock shake straws. It also covers prize details, conditions of participation, required documentation for winners, and provisions regarding arbitration.
The document outlines the official rules for McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes. It details eligibility requirements, the entry period from March 1-3, 2017, how to enter by following @MCD_BayArea and retweeting for a chance to win one of six chocolate shamrock shake straws. It also covers prize details, conditions of participation, required documentation for winners, and provisions regarding arbitration.
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McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes Official Rules NO
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Game or these Official Rules. 1. ELIGIBILITY: The McDonald's #STRAWsweepsBayArea Sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes), brought to you by the McDonald's of the Greater Bay Area Co-op (the "Sponsor), and is governed by these Official Rules. To enter, you (you, Entrant, or Participant) must be a US resident, 18 years of age or older and a member of Twitter at the start of the Sweepstakes Entry Period. All Entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor. Void where prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements, in any manner it deems appropriate. 2. THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins 3:00 p.m. PST on March 1, 2017 and concludes 3:00 p.m. PST on March 3, 2017 ("Sweepstakes Entry Period"). 3. TO ENTER: Sponsor will give away (6) Chocolate Shamrock Shake STRAWs during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. During the Sweepstakes Entry Period, the @MCD_BayArea page will announce the requirements for you to have the chance to win a Chocolate Shamrock Shake STRAW. There are (6) Chocolate Shamrock Shake STRAWs available at the end of the Sweepstakes Entry Period. The requirement for the chance to win a Chocolate Shamrock Shake STRAW will be for Twitter users to follow @MCD_BayArea and Retweet a specified Tweet. Six random Participants will be selected to win via random number generator. Please see @McD_BayArea for the current requirements. Winners will be announced on the @McD_BayArea page, and notified via Private Message. Limit one entry per person. 4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. By submitting an Entry in the Sweepstakes, you hereby warrant and represent that your Entry conforms to the requirements set forth herein. Entries must meet the following requirements: Entry cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; Entry cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; Entry cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; Entry cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies; Entry cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; Entry cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media or musical "samples" other than the musical tracks provided) without permission; Entry cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than Entrant, without permission; Entry cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and Entry cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law. SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSORS WEBSITE, IN SPONSORS DISCRETION. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen entries prior to posting them to the Website. By entering, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, use, publicly perform the Entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant. ENTRIES ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to Entrants. 5. PRIZE DETAILS, APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (ARV) AND ODDS OF WINNING A PRIZE: Prize: Chocolate Shamrock Shake STRAW ARV Prize: $10. Winner must accept prize as specified by Sponsor and on dates designated by Sponsor, or prize will be forfeited. Prize cannot be assigned, transferred, or substituted except by Sponsor who may, at its sole discretion, substitute any prize with one of comparable value if the advertised prize becomes unavailable for any reason. Odds of winning a prize are based on the total number of eligible entries received. 6. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Participants agree (a) to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which are final and binding, (b) that Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, are released and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Sweepstakes or Sweepstakes-related activities or use of the Video and (c) except where legally prohibited, winner grants (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsors authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image and biographical information and statements and the Entry for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval. 7. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: All Winners will be required to complete, sign, and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and, where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days after notification. If documents are not returned on a timely basis, or if any prize notification or prize is returned as nondeliverable, or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited. Should a prize be won by a minor, all affidavits, releases and other documents must be executed by the parent or legal guardian of the minor, on behalf of himself and the minor, or prize may be forfeited. Prize may be awarded in the name of, or to, minor winners parent or legal guardian. Taxes on a prize are solely the responsibility of the winner. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS: Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for not receiving Entries, no matter what the reason even if known in advance, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of Entry or the failure to capture any such information. Persons who tamper with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, as solely determined by the Sponsor, or who attempt to participate with multiple email addresses or under multiple identities will be disqualified. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries and disqualify any entrant using such methods. Should any portion of the Sweepstakes be, in Sponsors sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, technical failures or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of Entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes. In case of dispute, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant, and must comply with these Official Rules. 9. ARBITRATION: By participating in this Program, each Participant agrees that: (1) any claim, dispute, or controversy (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) Participant may have against any of the Program Entities arising out of, relating to, or connected in any way with the Program, the awarding or redemption of prizes, or the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS and conducted before a sole arbitrator pursuant to JAMSs Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (Rules and Procedures); (2) this arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. 1-16; (3) the arbitration shall be held at a location determined by JAMS pursuant to the Rules and Procedures (provided such location is reasonably convenient for Participant), or at such other location as may be mutually agreed by the Participant and Sponsor; (4) the arbitrators decision shall be controlled by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and any of the other agreements referenced herein that the Participant may have entered into in connection with the Program; (5) the arbitrator shall apply Illinois law consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; (6) there shall be no authority for any claims to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis as Participant and Sponsor hereby waive the right to assert claims in any class or representative action; arbitration can thus decide only the Participants and/or Sponsors individual claims; the arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated; (7) in the event that the administrative fees, arbitrator fees and filing fees associated with the arbitration exceed $250, Sponsor agrees to pay any such administrative, arbitrator and filing fees exceeding $250 on the Participants behalf, subject to ultimate allocation by the arbitrator. In addition, if the Participant is able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Sponsor will pay as much of the Participants fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive; and (8) with the exception of subpart (6) above, if any part of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, or otherwise conflicts with the Rules and Procedures established by JAMS, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid, unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein. If, however, subpart (6) is found to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, then the entirety of this Arbitration Provision shall be null and void, and neither Sponsor nor Participant shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute. Finally, this arbitration provision is reciprocally binding on all parties, such that both Participant and Sponsor are required to arbitrate their claims against one another. For more information on JAMS and/or JAMS Rules and Procedures, Participants may visit the JAMS Website at http://www.jamsadr.com . 10. WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, direct message your name and mailing address to @McD_BayArea. 12. SPONSOR: McDonald's of the Greater Bay Area.