Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
CONTEST TERMS
The Twitter Us 4 a Nexus Tablet Giveaway Contest (the .Contest.) begins at 6:00 a.m. Central Time on Monday, September 10, 2012 and ends at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, September 30, 2012.
ELIGIBILITY
The Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States who reside in Green or Rock counties in the State of Wisconsin or Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Whiteside, LaSalle or Lee counties in the state of Illinois and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of January 1, 2012. Employees of GateHouse Media, Inc., GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings, Inc. (collectively, .GateHouse Media.), the Rockford Register Star and each of their respective divisions, affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies (including immediate family members or those living in the same household) are not eligible to enter the Contest.
HOW TO ENTER & CONTEST RULES
No Purchase Necessary
- Entrants must follow go to twitter.com/rrstar and click .follow.. You can go to: @rrstar; @rrstar_go; or @rrstar_sports
- Join the conversation by tweeting your opinion on any issue discussed at the moment.
- Include @rrstar within the body of your tweet.
- You will be entered into the random drawing for a Nexus 7 tablet.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF THE WINNER
One (1) winner will be chosen by random drawing and notified by twitter on or around October 1, 2012. If winner fails to respond to the notification tweet after one (1) week, GateHouse Media will select an alternate winner.
Odds of winning depend on the total eligible tweets received. Decisions of GateHouse Media regarding the Contest are final.
PRIZE
One (1) prize will be awarded in this Contest. The Winner will receive a Nexus 7 tablet (approximate retail value is $199.00).
The potential prize winner must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release in order to be eligible to accept the prize. No substitution or transfer of the prize will be allowed, except at the sole discretion of GateHouse Media. GateHouse Media reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. All local, state and federal taxes incurred by accepting a prize will be the sole responsibility of the prize winner. The prize has no cash value and may not be redeemed for cash at any time.
CONDITIONS
By entering, entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of GateHouse Media, which are binding and final, and release GateHouse Media, and each of its divisions, affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone associated with the production of this Contest, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any claims, injuries, losses or damages (including attorneys fees) of any kind arising out of their participation in this Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. The potential prize winner waives the right to assert as a cost of winning the prize any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to redeem said prize and waives any liability or claims (including attorneys fees) which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said prize. In the event of non-compliance with these Official Rules, or if prize notification is returned to GateHouse Media as undeliverable, if prize is refused or cannot be accepted for any reason, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected in a random drawing. Upon forfeiture or refusal, no compensation will be given. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use the winner's name, photograph, likeness and/or statements attributed to winner regarding the Contest, for advertising and publicity purposes without further compensation or consent. All entries become the property of GateHouse Media. This Contest shall only be construed and evaluated according to the laws of the states of Illinois and Wisconsin, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws and submission of any entry constitutes acceptance of such laws. This Contest is void where prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
NAME OF WINNER
To obtain the names of the winner, email bricotta@rrstar.com by December 31, 2012
SPONSORS
GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Rockford Register Star, 350 WillowBrook Office Park, Fairport, NY 14450.