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DEER GROVE VET CLINIC’S HALLOWEEN CUTEST PET PICTURE CONTEST

Who Can Enter

1.  To be eligible to participate in this contest, entrants must be Wisconsin residents who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the WMSN viewing area.

2.  Employees of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Sinclair Communications, LLC, and any other company which owns, programs or provides other services to television broadcast station WMSN (collectively the “Station”), Camp K-9, Deer Grove Vet Clinic Spa (collectively, the “Sponsors”), The Douglas Group, Inc. dba Upickem, their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, any and all local television broadcast and cable stations, local radio and other media companies, and the immediate family members of each are ineligible to win any prizes, but may enter the contest.  The term “immediate families” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children and grandchildren.  Only one winner per household.

How to Enter

1. No purchase is necessary to enter.  Only one entry per household.  
Only one picture per household.  

2.     To enter, go to www.facebook.com/foxmadison or www.fox47.com and complete the Upickem online entry form by providing your full name, address, city, state, zip, phone number, e-mail address and upload a picture of your pet, you and your pet and/or your child with your pet with a costume or clothes or posed in a Halloween or seasonal setting. Picture must be in jpg format and up to 500x500 in size.  No mechanically reproduced or completed entries will be accepted. No incomplete entries will be accepted. No mechanically reproduced or completed entries will be accepted

3.  By entering, entrant represents and warrants that (i) the picture is of you or pet, (ii) the picture is original, (iii) he/she owns the picture,  (iv) the picture has not been altered or enhanced with any software (excluding redeye), and (v) they agree  to the Station’s terms and conditions located at http://fox47.com/sections/station/legal/terms.shtml.

4.  No lewd, nude, or offensive photographs (as determined by the Station in its sole and absolute discretion) will be accepted.  The Station reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to disqualify any entry.

5. The contest starts on October 1, 2013 and all entries must be received by the Station by 11:59 p.m. CDT on October 20, 2013.  Stations are not responsible for late, lost or misdirected entries, server unavailability, computer or any other electronic malfunction.

6. The contest starts on October 1, 2013 and will end on October 29, 2013 (the “Contest Period”).  Entries must be received by Station by 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 20, 2013 to qualify for the voting period from October 21, 2013 and October 29, 2013.  Station is not responsible for lost, late, or misdirected entries, or for printing errors, server unavailability, computer or any other electronic malfunction.  

6.  Between 5:00 a.m. CDT on October 21, 2013 and 11:59 p.m. CDT on October 29, 2013, viewers will be asked to vote for their favorite picture by submitting their vote through the Madison WI WMSN UPICKEM voting application hosted on fox47.com and facebook.com/foxmadison page.  One vote per account holder per day.  Facebook likes are not considered votes.  The Station reserves the right to determine in its sole and absolute discretion whether the online votes are valid, and may disqualify any duplicate votes.  Entrants are prohibited from obtaining votes by offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, vote farming, or any other activity that artificially inflates such entrant’s votes as determined by Station in its sole discretion.  Multiple and/or irregular votes or multiple votes from the same user or users, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, other automated means or other source will be considered invalid.

7.    On October 30, 2013,  the entrant’s picture with the most votes, as determined by the Station, will be deemed the first place prize winner. The entrant’s picture with the second most votes will be deemed the 2nd place winner, the entrant picture with the third most votes will be deemed the 3rd place winner. In the event of a tie, one (1) winner will be randomly selected from among the tied entrants.

8. All entries (including pictures) received that are duplicate,  mutilated, tampered with, illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void.  All entries (including pictures) become the property of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., and the Station and will not be acknowledged or returned.

The Prize(s)

1.    Three (3) winners will each receive one (1) gift card towards either Day Camp or Overnight Camp (boarding) at Camp K-9 valued at $100, one (1) gift bag with a Large Size Camp K9 Tee-shirt, Dog Toy Bin, Set of 4 Camp K9 glasses, Dog Frisbee or ball, Pet Odor Candle, Plush Squeak Dog, Portable Pooch water bottle and bowl, Ceramic bone shaped small bowl, Wooden plaque w/pet saying, Compressed rawhide bone– valued at $100,  one (1) gift card for services from Deer Grove Pet Clinic valued at $100, one (1) gift basket with dog and cat products from Deer Grove Pet Clinic valued at $50, and one (1) gift card from Mounds valued at $50. Total prize of each prize is valued at $400. All gift cards expire October 31, 2014.

All pictures that place will be broadcast on Fox 47 on October 31, 2013 during times determined by the Station.

2.  The winner will be notified by phone. Winners must sign and return a release and affidavit of eligibility, which must be received within 10 days of notification, at the time winner claims his/her prize in person at the Station. Winner must show picture identification to claim prize. Station reserves the right to examine additional identification and may choose to accept or deny awarding the prize based on the identification presented.

3.  If a winner cannot be notified within three (3) days, or does not timely sign and return the release and affidavit of eligibility, then the prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner will be determined by the Station as the entrant’s picture with the next highest number of valid votes.  

4.  There will be no substitutions or cash alternatives for prizes except at the sole discretion of Station. The Station has the right to substitute a prize of similar value.  No transfer or assignment of prizes is allowed.

5.  Each winner is responsible for paying all local, county, state and federal taxes on the prize based on the estimated retail value of the prize as set forth in these rules from the station.

6.  Contestants are eligible to win only one prize within any 30 day period, regardless of the number of contests entered.

7.  Sinclair Communications, LLC, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are not liable if the provider of any part of the prize fails to satisfy its obligations to furnish its portion of the prize.  

8.  Sinclair Communications, LLC, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are not responsible for any liabilities arising directly or indirectly from the award or use of the prize.  

9.  In claiming your prize, you acknowledge that Sinclair Communications, LLC, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc.  have the right to publicize your name, character, likeness, photograph, voice and the fact that you are the winner for promotional purposes without financial remuneration.

Miscellaneous

1.  Odds of winning depend on the number of votes received.

2.  Complete contest rules are available Monday through Friday during normal business hours at WMSN 7847 Big Sky Drive Madison WI 53719 and on the station website at www.fox47.com.

3.  For the name of prize winner, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to WMSN 7847 Big Sky Drive Madison WI 53719 and on the station website at www.fox47.com  November 30, 2013.   
4.  This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Sinclair Communications, LLC, The Douglas Group, Inc. dba Upickem, Camp K-9, and Deer Grove Vet Clinic Spa accept no responsibility or liability in connection with any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by or resulting from the acceptance, possession or use of the prize awarded hereunder.

5.  Station cannot be held liable for any lost or stolen entries, prize or contest information.

6. Station reserves the right to make rules and contest changes and change the aforementioned contest dates.  

7   Facebook, Inc. and www.facebook.com (collectively, “Facebook”) are not affiliated with the Station nor this contest.  This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by or associated with Facebook.
 
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