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The Challenge 2023 Promotion
Official Rules
September 10, 2023 – January 7, 2024
1. Preliminary Information: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void outside the KNBC Geographic Viewing Area (defined below) and where prohibited. The Challenge 2023 Promotion (“Promotion") begins on September 10, 2023 at 8:30 P.M. PT, at the start of The Challenge (the “Show”), and ends on January 7, 2024 at 9:30 P.M. PT ("Promotion Period"). All times in the Promotion refer to Pacific Time (“PT”). Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries (as defined below) received. Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
2. Eligibility: Open only to permanent, legal United States residents who are physically residing in the KNBC terrestrial geographic viewing area in the counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, or Kern in the state of California (collectively, the “KNBC Geographic Viewing Area”), and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the start of the Promotion Period. Officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, representatives and agents of Promotion Entities (as defined below), members of these persons’ immediate families (spouses and/or parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, and their spouses, regardless of where they reside), and/or persons living in the same households as such persons (whether or not related thereto) are ineligible to enter or win the Promotion. Promotion Entities, as referenced herein, shall include KNBC, 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 2120, Universal City, CA 91608, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 (collectively, "Sponsors"), Universal City Studios, LLC d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood (“Universal Studios Hollywood” or “Prize Provider”), and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies, their administrative, advertising and promotion agencies, and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Promotion. PRIZE (AS DEFINED BELOW) DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION.
3. How to Participate: Registration is a pre-requisite to entering the Promotion. Entrants may register at any time before the end of the Promotion Period. Entrants need only register once throughout the entire Promotion Period. To register, visit www.nbcla.com/challenge (the “Website”), or download the free NBCLA App (“Mobile Application”) as further described below, and complete and thereafter submit the registration form, which includes your full name, email address, cell phone number, username, and password selection (“Registration”). Registration alone does not enter you into the Promotion.
To download the Mobile Application, visit www.nbclosangeles.com/mobile or the application store on your mobile device and follow the provided instructions to download the free NBCLA App. Then, open the Mobile Application, click on the tile labeled “The Challenge”, and follow the provided instructions to complete and thereafter submit the entry form. The game has been optimized for several mobile, desktop and tablet devices. If you are using an older version of an android browser or a phone, tablet or desktop browser that is not supported, you can also play the game by going directly to www.nbcla.com/challenge from your desktop using Google Chrome version 45 or newer. For any technical issues please contact support@digitaljoy.media. If you choose to submit your Entry via your web-enabled mobile device, data rates may apply. See your wireless service provider for details on rates and capabilities. All Entries become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged.
After completing Registration as described above, you may enter the Promotion during any and all episodes of the Show throughout the Promotion Period (see Weekly Show Dates below), either by visiting the Website or Mobile Application, logging in with your selected username and password, and submitting answers to multiple-choice questions (“Entry”). There will be a different set of three (3) multiple choice questions per Show.
The Promotion will consist of a total of fifty-four (54) individual random drawings (each an “Individual Sweepstakes Drawing”). Each Show runs approximately thirty (30) minutes.
Individual Sweepstakes Drawing:
There will be three (3) Individual Sweepstakes Drawings during each episode of the Show throughout the Promotion Period (see Weekly Show Dates below). During each Show, three (3) questions will appear in the Show (exact timing to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion). During each Show, the first question will be revealed at the end of segment one (1) of the Show. Entrants must answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s first commercial break to become eligible for the first Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. The first Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the first commercial break.
The second question will be revealed at the end of segment four (4) of the Show. Those who answer the second question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s fourth commercial break will be eligible for the second Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. The second Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the fourth commercial break.
The third question will be revealed at the end of segment six (6) of the Show. Those who answer the third question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s sixth commercial break will be eligible for the third Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. The third Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the sixth commercial break. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. Answers to questions received after the end of the first commercial in the Show’s sixth commercial break will be ineligible.
Answers to a question must be received before the end of the first commercial of each corresponding commercial break to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing.
There will be three (3) Winners (defined below) selected during each Show; one (1) Winner will be selected in each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing.
WEEKLY SHOW DATES:
September 10, 2023
September 17, 2023
September 24, 2023
October 1, 2023
October 8, 2023
October 15, 2023
October 22, 2023
October 29, 2023
November 5, 2023
November 12, 2023
November 19, 2023
November 26, 2023
December 3, 2023
December 10, 2023
December 17, 2023
December 23, 2023
December 31, 2023
January 7, 2024
Limit one (1) Entry per person per Individual Sweepstakes Drawing, for a maximum of fifty-four (54) Entries per person throughout the Promotion Period, regardless of method of Entry. Multiple entries received from any person or email address beyond this limit will void all such additional entries. Entries must be received before completion of the January 7, 2024 Show to be eligible for the Individual Sweepstakes Drawings regardless of method of Entry. Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, or unintelligible for any reason including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at Sponsors and other entities), are void and will not be accepted. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use entrant's name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media, now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation, notification or approval.
4. Privacy: During Registration and/or participation in Promotion, you may be asked research questions and/or asked to consent to receive promotional information from KNBC and selected partners. Answering research questions and/or consenting to receive promotional information is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Promotion, nor will answering research questions and/or consenting to receive promotional information affect entrants' odds of winning. Entrants will have the opportunity to receive information from Sponsors and selected partners by checking the appropriate box(es). If, at any time, you no longer wish to receive materials from Sponsors or our partners, please go to our privacy policy, located at https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy, or the applicable partner’s privacy policy and follow the procedures indicated
5. How to Enter: You can enter the Promotion through either: (1) via the Mobile Application, or (2) via the Website, as referenced above in Section 3.
Television Transmission Delays: Depending on the entrant's television service (i.e., cable, digital cable, over-the-air via antenna, streaming service, or satellite), the reception of the transmission of the Show may reach particular households at different times. If entrants have a digital video recorder (DVR) hooked up to their televisions, they may experience a delay in receiving the transmission as well. Sponsors disclaim any liability and will make no allowance for delays in receiving the transmission of the Show.
A. Playing
Using a Mobile Communications Enabled Device
How to Play Using a Mobile Communications Enabled Device: three (3) multiple-choice questions will appear during each Show, as specified in Section 3 above. Entrants should submit their answer for each individual question using the question number and the letter of their answer (a, b, or c) on the NBCLA Mobile Application. Point accumulation will not be a factor in each Individual Sweepstake Drawing but participation and the questions answered will reflect which prizes the Entrant is eligible to win (see “Prize” section below for more information).
You must have a mobile communications subscription with a participating carrier or otherwise have access to a mobile communications network. In addition, you must provide all equipment and software necessary to connect to the communication network, including, but not limited to, a mobile handset or other mobile access device that is in working order. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a mobile application entrant, the authorized account holder of the mobile telephone number used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "Authorized Account Holder" of a mobile telephone number is defined as the natural person who is assigned the mobile telephone number by the wireless carrier as shown on the carrier's records. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.
Mobile Device Delays: Entries via Mobile Application may be subject to delays resulting from carrier congestion or network dropouts. Due to differences in times between servers, all mobile Entries will be time-stamped according to the timestamp on Sponsors' server. Sponsors disclaim any liability and will make no allowance for delays in a message arriving at Sponsors' server.
B. Playing Online
How to Play Online: three (3) multiple-choice questions will appear during each Show, as specified in Section 3 above. Entrants may answer the questions online at http://www.nbcla.com/challenge. Entrants should "click" on the appropriate answer letter, represented by large boxes with A, B, or C on them. After every question, the page will refresh with the next set of selections. Point accumulation will not be a factor in each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing but participation and number of questions answered may reflect which prizes the Entrant is eligible to win (see “Prize” section below for more information).
In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any online entrant, Sponsors reserve the right to deem the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter as the entrant. The "Authorized Account Holder" of an email address is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address or the natural person assigned as the account holder. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.
6. Winner Selection and Notification:
Sweepstakes Winners: Starting with the Show on September 10, 2023, representatives of Sponsors will randomly select a total of three (3) winners (“Winners”, each a “Winner”) during each Show. Winner announcements will correspond to each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. There will be a total of fifty-four (54) potential Winners selected throughout the Promotion Period. Winners will be randomly selected and announced as follows:
Dodgers Tickets Winner: There will be one (1) potential Dodgers Tickets winner (“Dodgers Tickets Winner”, collectively, the “Dodgers Tickets Winners”) at the end of each Show on September 10, 2023, September 17, 2023, and September 24, 2023. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Dodgers Tickets Winners. Potential Dodgers Tickets Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Breeders’ Cup Winner: There will be one (1) potential Breeders’ Cup winner (“Breeders’ Cup Winner”, collectively, the “Breeders’ Cup Winners”) at the end of each Show on October 1, 2023, October 8, 2023, October 15, 2023, October 22, 2023, and October 29, 2023. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Breeders’ Cup Winners. Potential Breeders’ Cup Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Dodgers 2024 Winner: There will be one (1) potential Dodgers 2024 winner (“Dodgers 2024 Winner”, collectively, the “Dodgers 2024 Winners”) at the end of each Show on November 5, 2023, November 12, 2023, November 19, 2023, November 26, 2023, December 3, 2023, December 10, 2023, December 17, 2023, December 24, 2023, December 31, 2023, and January 7, 2024. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Dodgers 2024 Winners. Potential Dodgers 2024 Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Universal Studios Hollywood Winner: There will be one (1) potential Universal Studios Hollywood winner (“Universal Winner”, collectively, the “Universal Winners”) at the end of each Show. Entrants who answer the second question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Universal Winners. Potential Universal Winners will be announced during the fifth (5) segment of each week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Barry’s Tickets Winner: There will be one (1) potential Barry’s Tickets winner (“Barry’s Tickets Winner”, collectively, the “Barry’s Tickets Winners”) at the end of each Show. Entrants who answer the third (3) question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Barry’s Tickets Winners. Potential Barry’s Tickets Winners will be announced during the seventh (7) segment of each week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Dodgers Tickets Winner, Breeders’ Cup Winner, Dodgers 2024 Winner, Universal Studios Hollywood Winner, and Barry’s Tickets Winner may be referred to herein as “Winner” or collectively, “Winners”.
Sponsors will make two (2) attempts to notify potential Winners via phone and/or email address submitted at the time of Entry. Sponsors may share potential Winners’ names and contact information with Promotion Entities and/or Prize Provider, as applicable, if necessary. Data compilation may be subject to carrier delays and other technical issues beyond Sponsors' control. Potential Winners may each be required to sign and return to Sponsors within ten (10) days of the date of attempted notice, an affidavit of eligibility, release of liability, and, except where prohibited, publicity release (collectively, "Promotion Documents"). Noncompliance within this time period will result in disqualification, and, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, an alternate potential Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries. If any potential Winner cannot be reached, is found to be ineligible, cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules, or if Prize (as defined below) or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential Winner will be disqualified and time permitting, at Sponsors' sole discretion, an alternate potential Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries.
In the event this Promotion is terminated before all Prizes are awarded, all remaining Prizes will be forfeited. In the event that a Prize element is not available for any reason, the remaining elements of Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors' Prize obligation to Winner and no additional compensation will be awarded. All elements of Prizes must be redeemed at the same time.
7. Prizes: There will be fifty-four (54) prizes (collectively, “Prizes”, each a “Prize”) awarded to the Winners; each Prize Winner will be awarded one (1) of the Prizes listed below:
A. Dodgers Tickets Winners: There will be one (1) Dodgers Tickets Package (“Dodgers Tickets Package”) awarded to each Dodgers Tickets Winner. Each Dodgers Tickets Package consists of: (a) two (2) tickets for Dodgers Tickets Winner and one (1) guest (“Guest”, collectively “Guests”) to a Dodgers baseball game (exact game to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion) (“Dodgers Tickets Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s located at 4349 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604 (“Vitello’s”). Dodgers Tickets Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Dodgers Tickets Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. Estimated Retail Value (“ERV”) of each Dodgers Tickets Package is four hundred dollars ($400). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
B. Breeders’ Cup Winner: There will be one (1) Breeders’ Cup Package (“Breeders’ Cup Package”) awarded to each Breeders’ Cup Winner. Each Breeders Cup Package consists of: (a) four (4) tickets for Breeders’ Cup Winner and up to three (3) Guests to the Breeders’ Cup currently scheduled to take place on November 3 and 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park located at 285 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007 (“Breeders’ Cup Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s. Breeders’ Cup Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Breeders’ Cup Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV each Breeders’ Cup Package is four hundred ninety dollars ($490). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
C. Dodgers 2024 Winner: There will be one (1) Dodgers 2024 Package (“Dodgers 2024 Package”) awarded to each Dodgers 2024 Winner. Each Dodgers 2024 Package consists of: (a) two (2) tickets for Dodgers 2024 Winner and one (1) Guest to a Dodgers baseball game in 2024 (exact game to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion) (“Dodgers 2024 Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s. Dodgers 2024 Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Dodgers 2024 Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV of each Dodgers 2024 Package is four hundred dollars ($400). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
D. Universal Studios Hollywood Winners: There will be one (1) Universal Studios Hollywood Tickets Package (“USH Tickets Package”) awarded to each Universal Studios Hollywood Winner. Each USH Tickets Package consists of two (2) 1-Day General Admission tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood located in Los Angeles, California. USH Tickets Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. USH Tickets Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. Each USH Tickets Package must be redeemed by a mutually agreed upon date between Winner and Universal Studios Hollywood. ERV of each USH Tickets Package is two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258). Actual retail value of USH Tickets Package may vary. PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
If Winner chooses to partake in any portion of the Dodgers Tickets Package, Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package with no Guest, the remaining elements of the respective Dodgers Tickets Package Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors’ Prize obligation to Winner and no additional compensation will be awarded. Guest, if any, may be required to execute and return releases of liability and, where legal, publicity releases (collectively, “Guest Documents”), which must be returned with the Promotion Documents, or Guest portion of the Prize will be forfeited. If any Guest is a minor, Winner must be such minor’s parent or legal guardian and must execute and return the Guest Documents on such minor’s behalf.
E. Barry’s Tickets Winners: There will be one (1) Barry’s Tickets voucher (“Barry’s Tickets Voucher”) awarded to each Barry’s Tickets Winner. Each Barry’s Tickets Voucher consists of a five hundred dollar ($500) voucher for event tickets from Barry’s Tickets. Barry’s Tickets Voucher may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Barry’s Tickets Voucher will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV of each Barry’s Tickets Voucher is five hundred dollars ($500).
Limit one (1) Prize per person, family, or household. Prizes are subject to change from week to week and without prior notice, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Dodgers Tickets Package, Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package may be referred to herein as “Prize” or collectively “Prizes”.
Dodgers Tickets Event, Breeders’ Cup Event, and Dodgers 2024 Event may be referred to herein as “Event” or “Events”.
Sponsors will determine all details of Prizes in their sole discretion. Total ERV of all Dodgers Tickets Packages is one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200); total ERV of all Breeders’ Cup Packages is two thousand four hundred fifty dollars ($2,450); total ERV of all Dodgers 2024 Packages is four thousand dollars ($4,000); total ERV of all USH Tickets Packages is four thousand six hundred forty-four dollars ($4,644); and total ERV of all Barry’s Tickets Vouchers is nine thousand dollars ($9,000). Total ERV of all Prizes is twenty-one thousand two hundred ninety-four dollars ($21,294). Actual Retail Value (“ARV”) of Prizes may vary. Any difference between ERV and ARV will not be awarded. Sponsors will determine all details of Prizes in their sole discretion. For any Prize with a fair market value (“FMV”) of six hundred dollars ($600) or greater, Sponsors will furnish an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 to Winner for the FMV of Prize for the year in which Prize was made available to Winner. All details of Prize will be determined in Sponsors' sole discretion.
Sponsors reserve the right to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with a similar prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other expenses, costs, or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of Prize are the sole responsibility of Winner. Prize cannot be transferred by Winner or redeemed for cash and is valid only for the items detailed above, with substitution of Prize by Winner. If Prize is unclaimed within a reasonable time after notification from Sponsors, as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion, it will be forfeited, and time permitting, an alternate Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries at Sponsors' sole discretion.
Each Winner must be able to attend Event that corresponds to his/her Prize, or Prize will be forfeited. Sponsors shall have no responsibility or liability for cancellations, delays, or any other change by any company or person providing any element of Prize due to reasons beyond Sponsors’ control and are not responsible or liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence thereof. Date and/or time of Event is subject to change. Event is subject to cancellation. Winner and/or Guest, if any, must comply with all applicable venue rules and regulations in connection with Prize.
All parts of the Prize are subject to availability, and subject to change or cancellation without written notice or warning. Should an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities, epidemics, pandemics and the spread of infectious diseases, including without limitation COVID-19 (as defined by the World Health Organization and any of the strains, variants or mutations thereof), and any related governmental or judicial actions, including but not limited to travel restrictions, taken in connection with, or as a response to, any such event, or any other event beyond the reasonable control of a party, whether or not existing, known, foreseen or foreseeable at the time this Promotion occurs, render the redemption or fulfillment of all or a portion of the Prize delayed, hindered, adversely affected, impracticable, or impossible, Sponsors and Prize Provider in their sole and absolute discretion, reserve the right to evaluate, make modifications to, and restructure the redemption and fulfillment processes and timelines for the Prize, or portion thereof, that Sponsors and Prize Provider are responsible for, which may include, but is not limited to, providing additional time for redemption and/or fulfillment. Sponsors and Prize Providers may modify and/or restructure the Prize or portions thereof to comply with government orders or guidelines and Sponsors' and/or Prize Provider's health and safety requirements. In addition, Winner and Guest should be aware of and comply with government guidelines regarding travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines before traveling. Should the Prize, or a portion thereof, become unavailable Sponsors and Prize Provider shall make reasonable efforts to provide Winner with substitute experiences and/or items of a similar nature and value for that portion of the Prize that is unavailable. If no substitute prizing is reasonably available then the remaining components, if any, of the Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors' and Prize Provider’s Prize obligation to Winner, and no other or additional compensation will be awarded.
Prize fulfillment and related activities will take place on a date and time designated by Sponsors and only when and in a manner that it is safe to do so, as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion in consultation with appropriate health and safety experts. Winner and Guest, if any must follow all instructions given by representatives of Sponsors and/or Prize Provider at all times.
If required, Winner and Guest, if any must cooperate with Sponsors' inquiries related to public health matters and follow Sponsors' related rules and processes, including, but not limited to, disclosures or processes recommended or required by public health authorities to protect the health and safety of Winner, Guest, and others. Winner and Guest may be subject to health screenings (which may include, but are not limited to, temperature checks, symptom screening, lab testing, and/or other medical exams) to be conducted by Sponsors, Prize Provider, or their designee(s) prior to or during the fulfillment of the Prize and related activities. Failure to fully comply with Sponsors' requests or requirements may result in forfeiture of the Prize or portions thereof, as determined in Sponsors' discretion.
During a period starting approximately four (4) weeks before participation in activities related to the Prize and ending approximately four (4) weeks after participation in the last of such activities (such period(s) subject to change based on medical guidance, and/or policy guidance), Winner and Guest may be required to inform Sponsors, upon Sponsors' request, about matters relating to communicable illnesses and safe fulfillment of the Prize and related activities, including, without limitation: (a) medical symptoms; (b) travel history; (c) recent contact with others who have displayed symptoms of or have otherwise been confirmed to have a communicable illness; and (d) active public health orders issued by a civil authority or any similar public health mandate (e.g., order to quarantine, order to stay at home, order to disclose communicable illness) to which Winner and/or Guest are subject.
8. Conditions: By entering the Promotion, each entrant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors, and administrators (a) to release and hold harmless Promotion Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation in the Promotion and/or entrant’s acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of Prize or any portion thereof (including any travel related thereto); (b) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Promotion and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to Prize, including express warranties provided exclusively by prize supplier that are sent along with Prize; (c) if selected as a Winner, to the posting of such entrant’s name on the Website or on the NBCLA Mobile Application and the use by Released Parties of such name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be bound by these Official Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the Promotion itself, and to be bound by all decisions of the Sponsors, which are binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the Promotion at Sponsors' sole discretion.
9. Additional Terms: Sponsors reserve the right to terminate this Promotion or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person they believe has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Promotion or operation thereof is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsors who may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The failure of Sponsors to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsors (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations), or other “force majeure” event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer or mobile communications device relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with the Promotion. Released Parties are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical, or computer failures of any kind; for inaccurate transcription of Entry information; for errors in any promotional or marketing materials or in these Official Rules; for any human or electronic error; or for Entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed, lost, late, damaged, or returned. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the Promotion or any element thereof (including, without limitation, these Official Rules) without notice in any manner and for any reason (including, without limitation, in the event of any unanticipated occurrence that is not fully addressed in these Official Rules). In the event of cancellation, modification, or suspension, Sponsors reserve the right to select Winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to the time of the event warranting such cancellation, modification, or suspension. Notice of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will be posted on the Website. Sponsors may prohibit any Entrant or potential entrant from participating in the Promotion, if such Entrant or potential entrant shows a disregard for these Official Rules; acts with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other Entrant, Sponsors, or Sponsors' agents or representatives; or behaves in any other disruptive manner (as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion). Sponsors reserve the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Promotion.
10. Disputes: The PROMOTION IS GOVERNED by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of NEW YORK, and the forum and venue for any dispute shall be in NEW YORK, NEW YORK. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY PERSON’S USE OF, OR PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD PRIZE INVOLVING UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD (“UNIVERSAL PRIZE CLAIMS”) SHALL BE FULLY AND FINALLY ADJUDICATED BY BINDING ARBITRATION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW (AN “ARBITRATION”) IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY JAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STREAMLINED ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURE OF JAMS (AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.JAMSADR.COM/RULES-STREAMLINED-ARBITRATION/) OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL APPEAL PROCEDURE.
EXCLUDING UNIVERSAL PRIZE CLAIMS, If THE controversy or claim is not otherwise resolved through direct discussions or mediation, it shall THEN be resolved by FINAL AND binding arbitration administered by JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC., in accordance with its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures or subsequent versions thereof (“JAMS Rules”). The JAMS Rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be experienced and licensed to practice law in NEW YORK. All proceedings brought pursuant to this paragraph will be conducted in the County of NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
11. Winner Announcement: For the names of Winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules, available after January 14, 2024, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by March 15, 2024, to: "The Challenge 2023 Promotion", KNBC, 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 2120, Universal City, CA 91608, Attn: Marketing.
The Challenge 2023 Promotion
Official Rules
September 10, 2023 – January 7, 2024
1. Preliminary Information: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void outside the KNBC Geographic Viewing Area (defined below) and where prohibited. The Challenge 2023 Promotion (“Promotion") begins on September 10, 2023 at 8:30 P.M. PT, at the start of The Challenge (the “Show”), and ends on January 7, 2024 at 9:30 P.M. PT ("Promotion Period"). All times in the Promotion refer to Pacific Time (“PT”). Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries (as defined below) received. Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
2. Eligibility: Open only to permanent, legal United States residents who are physically residing in the KNBC terrestrial geographic viewing area in the counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, or Kern in the state of California (collectively, the “KNBC Geographic Viewing Area”), and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the start of the Promotion Period. Officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, representatives and agents of Promotion Entities (as defined below), members of these persons’ immediate families (spouses and/or parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, and their spouses, regardless of where they reside), and/or persons living in the same households as such persons (whether or not related thereto) are ineligible to enter or win the Promotion. Promotion Entities, as referenced herein, shall include KNBC, 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 2120, Universal City, CA 91608, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 (collectively, "Sponsors"), Universal City Studios, LLC d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood (“Universal Studios Hollywood” or “Prize Provider”), and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies, their administrative, advertising and promotion agencies, and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Promotion. PRIZE (AS DEFINED BELOW) DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION.
3. How to Participate: Registration is a pre-requisite to entering the Promotion. Entrants may register at any time before the end of the Promotion Period. Entrants need only register once throughout the entire Promotion Period. To register, visit www.nbcla.com/challenge (the “Website”), or download the free NBCLA App (“Mobile Application”) as further described below, and complete and thereafter submit the registration form, which includes your full name, email address, cell phone number, username, and password selection (“Registration”). Registration alone does not enter you into the Promotion.
To download the Mobile Application, visit www.nbclosangeles.com/mobile or the application store on your mobile device and follow the provided instructions to download the free NBCLA App. Then, open the Mobile Application, click on the tile labeled “The Challenge”, and follow the provided instructions to complete and thereafter submit the entry form. The game has been optimized for several mobile, desktop and tablet devices. If you are using an older version of an android browser or a phone, tablet or desktop browser that is not supported, you can also play the game by going directly to www.nbcla.com/challenge from your desktop using Google Chrome version 45 or newer. For any technical issues please contact support@digitaljoy.media. If you choose to submit your Entry via your web-enabled mobile device, data rates may apply. See your wireless service provider for details on rates and capabilities. All Entries become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged.
After completing Registration as described above, you may enter the Promotion during any and all episodes of the Show throughout the Promotion Period (see Weekly Show Dates below), either by visiting the Website or Mobile Application, logging in with your selected username and password, and submitting answers to multiple-choice questions (“Entry”). There will be a different set of three (3) multiple choice questions per Show.
The Promotion will consist of a total of fifty-four (54) individual random drawings (each an “Individual Sweepstakes Drawing”). Each Show runs approximately thirty (30) minutes.
Individual Sweepstakes Drawing:
There will be three (3) Individual Sweepstakes Drawings during each episode of the Show throughout the Promotion Period (see Weekly Show Dates below). During each Show, three (3) questions will appear in the Show (exact timing to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion). During each Show, the first question will be revealed at the end of segment one (1) of the Show. Entrants must answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s first commercial break to become eligible for the first Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. The first Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the first commercial break.
The second question will be revealed at the end of segment four (4) of the Show. Those who answer the second question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s fourth commercial break will be eligible for the second Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. The second Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the fourth commercial break.
The third question will be revealed at the end of segment six (6) of the Show. Those who answer the third question (correctly or incorrectly) before the end of the first commercial in the Show’s sixth commercial break will be eligible for the third Individual Sweepstakes Drawing of the corresponding Show. The third Individual Sweepstakes Drawing will take place during the sixth commercial break. You do not have to answer the question correctly to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing and your answer to the question will not affect your chances of winning an Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. Answers to questions received after the end of the first commercial in the Show’s sixth commercial break will be ineligible.
Answers to a question must be received before the end of the first commercial of each corresponding commercial break to be eligible for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Drawing.
There will be three (3) Winners (defined below) selected during each Show; one (1) Winner will be selected in each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing.
WEEKLY SHOW DATES:
September 10, 2023
September 17, 2023
September 24, 2023
October 1, 2023
October 8, 2023
October 15, 2023
October 22, 2023
October 29, 2023
November 5, 2023
November 12, 2023
November 19, 2023
November 26, 2023
December 3, 2023
December 10, 2023
December 17, 2023
December 23, 2023
December 31, 2023
January 7, 2024
Limit one (1) Entry per person per Individual Sweepstakes Drawing, for a maximum of fifty-four (54) Entries per person throughout the Promotion Period, regardless of method of Entry. Multiple entries received from any person or email address beyond this limit will void all such additional entries. Entries must be received before completion of the January 7, 2024 Show to be eligible for the Individual Sweepstakes Drawings regardless of method of Entry. Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, or unintelligible for any reason including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at Sponsors and other entities), are void and will not be accepted. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use entrant's name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media, now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation, notification or approval.
4. Privacy: During Registration and/or participation in Promotion, you may be asked research questions and/or asked to consent to receive promotional information from KNBC and selected partners. Answering research questions and/or consenting to receive promotional information is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Promotion, nor will answering research questions and/or consenting to receive promotional information affect entrants' odds of winning. Entrants will have the opportunity to receive information from Sponsors and selected partners by checking the appropriate box(es). If, at any time, you no longer wish to receive materials from Sponsors or our partners, please go to our privacy policy, located at https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy, or the applicable partner’s privacy policy and follow the procedures indicated
5. How to Enter: You can enter the Promotion through either: (1) via the Mobile Application, or (2) via the Website, as referenced above in Section 3.
Television Transmission Delays: Depending on the entrant's television service (i.e., cable, digital cable, over-the-air via antenna, streaming service, or satellite), the reception of the transmission of the Show may reach particular households at different times. If entrants have a digital video recorder (DVR) hooked up to their televisions, they may experience a delay in receiving the transmission as well. Sponsors disclaim any liability and will make no allowance for delays in receiving the transmission of the Show.
A. Playing
Using a Mobile Communications Enabled Device
How to Play Using a Mobile Communications Enabled Device: three (3) multiple-choice questions will appear during each Show, as specified in Section 3 above. Entrants should submit their answer for each individual question using the question number and the letter of their answer (a, b, or c) on the NBCLA Mobile Application. Point accumulation will not be a factor in each Individual Sweepstake Drawing but participation and the questions answered will reflect which prizes the Entrant is eligible to win (see “Prize” section below for more information).
You must have a mobile communications subscription with a participating carrier or otherwise have access to a mobile communications network. In addition, you must provide all equipment and software necessary to connect to the communication network, including, but not limited to, a mobile handset or other mobile access device that is in working order. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a mobile application entrant, the authorized account holder of the mobile telephone number used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "Authorized Account Holder" of a mobile telephone number is defined as the natural person who is assigned the mobile telephone number by the wireless carrier as shown on the carrier's records. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.
Mobile Device Delays: Entries via Mobile Application may be subject to delays resulting from carrier congestion or network dropouts. Due to differences in times between servers, all mobile Entries will be time-stamped according to the timestamp on Sponsors' server. Sponsors disclaim any liability and will make no allowance for delays in a message arriving at Sponsors' server.
B. Playing Online
How to Play Online: three (3) multiple-choice questions will appear during each Show, as specified in Section 3 above. Entrants may answer the questions online at http://www.nbcla.com/challenge. Entrants should "click" on the appropriate answer letter, represented by large boxes with A, B, or C on them. After every question, the page will refresh with the next set of selections. Point accumulation will not be a factor in each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing but participation and number of questions answered may reflect which prizes the Entrant is eligible to win (see “Prize” section below for more information).
In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any online entrant, Sponsors reserve the right to deem the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter as the entrant. The "Authorized Account Holder" of an email address is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address or the natural person assigned as the account holder. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.
6. Winner Selection and Notification:
Sweepstakes Winners: Starting with the Show on September 10, 2023, representatives of Sponsors will randomly select a total of three (3) winners (“Winners”, each a “Winner”) during each Show. Winner announcements will correspond to each Individual Sweepstakes Drawing. There will be a total of fifty-four (54) potential Winners selected throughout the Promotion Period. Winners will be randomly selected and announced as follows:
Dodgers Tickets Winner: There will be one (1) potential Dodgers Tickets winner (“Dodgers Tickets Winner”, collectively, the “Dodgers Tickets Winners”) at the end of each Show on September 10, 2023, September 17, 2023, and September 24, 2023. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Dodgers Tickets Winners. Potential Dodgers Tickets Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Breeders’ Cup Winner: There will be one (1) potential Breeders’ Cup winner (“Breeders’ Cup Winner”, collectively, the “Breeders’ Cup Winners”) at the end of each Show on October 1, 2023, October 8, 2023, October 15, 2023, October 22, 2023, and October 29, 2023. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Breeders’ Cup Winners. Potential Breeders’ Cup Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Dodgers 2024 Winner: There will be one (1) potential Dodgers 2024 winner (“Dodgers 2024 Winner”, collectively, the “Dodgers 2024 Winners”) at the end of each Show on November 5, 2023, November 12, 2023, November 19, 2023, November 26, 2023, December 3, 2023, December 10, 2023, December 17, 2023, December 24, 2023, December 31, 2023, and January 7, 2024. Entrants who answer the first question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Dodgers 2024 Winners. Potential Dodgers 2024 Winners will be announced during the second (2) segment of the respective week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Universal Studios Hollywood Winner: There will be one (1) potential Universal Studios Hollywood winner (“Universal Winner”, collectively, the “Universal Winners”) at the end of each Show. Entrants who answer the second question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Universal Winners. Potential Universal Winners will be announced during the fifth (5) segment of each week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Barry’s Tickets Winner: There will be one (1) potential Barry’s Tickets winner (“Barry’s Tickets Winner”, collectively, the “Barry’s Tickets Winners”) at the end of each Show. Entrants who answer the third (3) question (correctly or incorrectly) during the corresponding Show, as further provided in Section 3 above, are eligible to become potential Barry’s Tickets Winners. Potential Barry’s Tickets Winners will be announced during the seventh (7) segment of each week’s Show and will be notified via phone and/or email the following business day. Sponsors reserve the right to change the corresponding prize at their discretion without prior notice.
Dodgers Tickets Winner, Breeders’ Cup Winner, Dodgers 2024 Winner, Universal Studios Hollywood Winner, and Barry’s Tickets Winner may be referred to herein as “Winner” or collectively, “Winners”.
Sponsors will make two (2) attempts to notify potential Winners via phone and/or email address submitted at the time of Entry. Sponsors may share potential Winners’ names and contact information with Promotion Entities and/or Prize Provider, as applicable, if necessary. Data compilation may be subject to carrier delays and other technical issues beyond Sponsors' control. Potential Winners may each be required to sign and return to Sponsors within ten (10) days of the date of attempted notice, an affidavit of eligibility, release of liability, and, except where prohibited, publicity release (collectively, "Promotion Documents"). Noncompliance within this time period will result in disqualification, and, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, an alternate potential Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries. If any potential Winner cannot be reached, is found to be ineligible, cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules, or if Prize (as defined below) or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential Winner will be disqualified and time permitting, at Sponsors' sole discretion, an alternate potential Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries.
In the event this Promotion is terminated before all Prizes are awarded, all remaining Prizes will be forfeited. In the event that a Prize element is not available for any reason, the remaining elements of Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors' Prize obligation to Winner and no additional compensation will be awarded. All elements of Prizes must be redeemed at the same time.
7. Prizes: There will be fifty-four (54) prizes (collectively, “Prizes”, each a “Prize”) awarded to the Winners; each Prize Winner will be awarded one (1) of the Prizes listed below:
A. Dodgers Tickets Winners: There will be one (1) Dodgers Tickets Package (“Dodgers Tickets Package”) awarded to each Dodgers Tickets Winner. Each Dodgers Tickets Package consists of: (a) two (2) tickets for Dodgers Tickets Winner and one (1) guest (“Guest”, collectively “Guests”) to a Dodgers baseball game (exact game to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion) (“Dodgers Tickets Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s located at 4349 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604 (“Vitello’s”). Dodgers Tickets Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Dodgers Tickets Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. Estimated Retail Value (“ERV”) of each Dodgers Tickets Package is four hundred dollars ($400). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
B. Breeders’ Cup Winner: There will be one (1) Breeders’ Cup Package (“Breeders’ Cup Package”) awarded to each Breeders’ Cup Winner. Each Breeders Cup Package consists of: (a) four (4) tickets for Breeders’ Cup Winner and up to three (3) Guests to the Breeders’ Cup currently scheduled to take place on November 3 and 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park located at 285 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007 (“Breeders’ Cup Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s. Breeders’ Cup Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Breeders’ Cup Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV each Breeders’ Cup Package is four hundred ninety dollars ($490). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
C. Dodgers 2024 Winner: There will be one (1) Dodgers 2024 Package (“Dodgers 2024 Package”) awarded to each Dodgers 2024 Winner. Each Dodgers 2024 Package consists of: (a) two (2) tickets for Dodgers 2024 Winner and one (1) Guest to a Dodgers baseball game in 2024 (exact game to be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion) (“Dodgers 2024 Event”); and (b) a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) dining credit to Vitello’s. Dodgers 2024 Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Dodgers 2024 Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV of each Dodgers 2024 Package is four hundred dollars ($400). PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
D. Universal Studios Hollywood Winners: There will be one (1) Universal Studios Hollywood Tickets Package (“USH Tickets Package”) awarded to each Universal Studios Hollywood Winner. Each USH Tickets Package consists of two (2) 1-Day General Admission tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood located in Los Angeles, California. USH Tickets Package may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. USH Tickets Package will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. Each USH Tickets Package must be redeemed by a mutually agreed upon date between Winner and Universal Studios Hollywood. ERV of each USH Tickets Package is two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258). Actual retail value of USH Tickets Package may vary. PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.
If Winner chooses to partake in any portion of the Dodgers Tickets Package, Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package with no Guest, the remaining elements of the respective Dodgers Tickets Package Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors’ Prize obligation to Winner and no additional compensation will be awarded. Guest, if any, may be required to execute and return releases of liability and, where legal, publicity releases (collectively, “Guest Documents”), which must be returned with the Promotion Documents, or Guest portion of the Prize will be forfeited. If any Guest is a minor, Winner must be such minor’s parent or legal guardian and must execute and return the Guest Documents on such minor’s behalf.
E. Barry’s Tickets Winners: There will be one (1) Barry’s Tickets voucher (“Barry’s Tickets Voucher”) awarded to each Barry’s Tickets Winner. Each Barry’s Tickets Voucher consists of a five hundred dollar ($500) voucher for event tickets from Barry’s Tickets. Barry’s Tickets Voucher may be subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. Restrictions may apply. Barry’s Tickets Voucher will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsors. ERV of each Barry’s Tickets Voucher is five hundred dollars ($500).
Limit one (1) Prize per person, family, or household. Prizes are subject to change from week to week and without prior notice, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Dodgers Tickets Package, Breeders’ Cup Package, Dodgers 2024 Package, or USH Tickets Package may be referred to herein as “Prize” or collectively “Prizes”.
Dodgers Tickets Event, Breeders’ Cup Event, and Dodgers 2024 Event may be referred to herein as “Event” or “Events”.
Sponsors will determine all details of Prizes in their sole discretion. Total ERV of all Dodgers Tickets Packages is one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200); total ERV of all Breeders’ Cup Packages is two thousand four hundred fifty dollars ($2,450); total ERV of all Dodgers 2024 Packages is four thousand dollars ($4,000); total ERV of all USH Tickets Packages is four thousand six hundred forty-four dollars ($4,644); and total ERV of all Barry’s Tickets Vouchers is nine thousand dollars ($9,000). Total ERV of all Prizes is twenty-one thousand two hundred ninety-four dollars ($21,294). Actual Retail Value (“ARV”) of Prizes may vary. Any difference between ERV and ARV will not be awarded. Sponsors will determine all details of Prizes in their sole discretion. For any Prize with a fair market value (“FMV”) of six hundred dollars ($600) or greater, Sponsors will furnish an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 to Winner for the FMV of Prize for the year in which Prize was made available to Winner. All details of Prize will be determined in Sponsors' sole discretion.
Sponsors reserve the right to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with a similar prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other expenses, costs, or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of Prize are the sole responsibility of Winner. Prize cannot be transferred by Winner or redeemed for cash and is valid only for the items detailed above, with substitution of Prize by Winner. If Prize is unclaimed within a reasonable time after notification from Sponsors, as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion, it will be forfeited, and time permitting, an alternate Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries at Sponsors' sole discretion.
Each Winner must be able to attend Event that corresponds to his/her Prize, or Prize will be forfeited. Sponsors shall have no responsibility or liability for cancellations, delays, or any other change by any company or person providing any element of Prize due to reasons beyond Sponsors’ control and are not responsible or liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence thereof. Date and/or time of Event is subject to change. Event is subject to cancellation. Winner and/or Guest, if any, must comply with all applicable venue rules and regulations in connection with Prize.
All parts of the Prize are subject to availability, and subject to change or cancellation without written notice or warning. Should an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities, epidemics, pandemics and the spread of infectious diseases, including without limitation COVID-19 (as defined by the World Health Organization and any of the strains, variants or mutations thereof), and any related governmental or judicial actions, including but not limited to travel restrictions, taken in connection with, or as a response to, any such event, or any other event beyond the reasonable control of a party, whether or not existing, known, foreseen or foreseeable at the time this Promotion occurs, render the redemption or fulfillment of all or a portion of the Prize delayed, hindered, adversely affected, impracticable, or impossible, Sponsors and Prize Provider in their sole and absolute discretion, reserve the right to evaluate, make modifications to, and restructure the redemption and fulfillment processes and timelines for the Prize, or portion thereof, that Sponsors and Prize Provider are responsible for, which may include, but is not limited to, providing additional time for redemption and/or fulfillment. Sponsors and Prize Providers may modify and/or restructure the Prize or portions thereof to comply with government orders or guidelines and Sponsors' and/or Prize Provider's health and safety requirements. In addition, Winner and Guest should be aware of and comply with government guidelines regarding travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines before traveling. Should the Prize, or a portion thereof, become unavailable Sponsors and Prize Provider shall make reasonable efforts to provide Winner with substitute experiences and/or items of a similar nature and value for that portion of the Prize that is unavailable. If no substitute prizing is reasonably available then the remaining components, if any, of the Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors' and Prize Provider’s Prize obligation to Winner, and no other or additional compensation will be awarded.
Prize fulfillment and related activities will take place on a date and time designated by Sponsors and only when and in a manner that it is safe to do so, as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion in consultation with appropriate health and safety experts. Winner and Guest, if any must follow all instructions given by representatives of Sponsors and/or Prize Provider at all times.
If required, Winner and Guest, if any must cooperate with Sponsors' inquiries related to public health matters and follow Sponsors' related rules and processes, including, but not limited to, disclosures or processes recommended or required by public health authorities to protect the health and safety of Winner, Guest, and others. Winner and Guest may be subject to health screenings (which may include, but are not limited to, temperature checks, symptom screening, lab testing, and/or other medical exams) to be conducted by Sponsors, Prize Provider, or their designee(s) prior to or during the fulfillment of the Prize and related activities. Failure to fully comply with Sponsors' requests or requirements may result in forfeiture of the Prize or portions thereof, as determined in Sponsors' discretion.
During a period starting approximately four (4) weeks before participation in activities related to the Prize and ending approximately four (4) weeks after participation in the last of such activities (such period(s) subject to change based on medical guidance, and/or policy guidance), Winner and Guest may be required to inform Sponsors, upon Sponsors' request, about matters relating to communicable illnesses and safe fulfillment of the Prize and related activities, including, without limitation: (a) medical symptoms; (b) travel history; (c) recent contact with others who have displayed symptoms of or have otherwise been confirmed to have a communicable illness; and (d) active public health orders issued by a civil authority or any similar public health mandate (e.g., order to quarantine, order to stay at home, order to disclose communicable illness) to which Winner and/or Guest are subject.
8. Conditions: By entering the Promotion, each entrant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors, and administrators (a) to release and hold harmless Promotion Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation in the Promotion and/or entrant’s acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of Prize or any portion thereof (including any travel related thereto); (b) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Promotion and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to Prize, including express warranties provided exclusively by prize supplier that are sent along with Prize; (c) if selected as a Winner, to the posting of such entrant’s name on the Website or on the NBCLA Mobile Application and the use by Released Parties of such name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be bound by these Official Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the Promotion itself, and to be bound by all decisions of the Sponsors, which are binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the Promotion at Sponsors' sole discretion.
9. Additional Terms: Sponsors reserve the right to terminate this Promotion or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person they believe has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Promotion or operation thereof is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsors who may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The failure of Sponsors to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsors (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations), or other “force majeure” event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer or mobile communications device relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with the Promotion. Released Parties are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical, or computer failures of any kind; for inaccurate transcription of Entry information; for errors in any promotional or marketing materials or in these Official Rules; for any human or electronic error; or for Entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed, lost, late, damaged, or returned. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the Promotion or any element thereof (including, without limitation, these Official Rules) without notice in any manner and for any reason (including, without limitation, in the event of any unanticipated occurrence that is not fully addressed in these Official Rules). In the event of cancellation, modification, or suspension, Sponsors reserve the right to select Winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to the time of the event warranting such cancellation, modification, or suspension. Notice of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will be posted on the Website. Sponsors may prohibit any Entrant or potential entrant from participating in the Promotion, if such Entrant or potential entrant shows a disregard for these Official Rules; acts with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other Entrant, Sponsors, or Sponsors' agents or representatives; or behaves in any other disruptive manner (as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion). Sponsors reserve the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Promotion.
10. Disputes: The PROMOTION IS GOVERNED by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of NEW YORK, and the forum and venue for any dispute shall be in NEW YORK, NEW YORK. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY PERSON’S USE OF, OR PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD PRIZE INVOLVING UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD (“UNIVERSAL PRIZE CLAIMS”) SHALL BE FULLY AND FINALLY ADJUDICATED BY BINDING ARBITRATION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW (AN “ARBITRATION”) IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY JAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STREAMLINED ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURE OF JAMS (AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.JAMSADR.COM/RULES-STREAMLINED-ARBITRATION/) OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL APPEAL PROCEDURE.
EXCLUDING UNIVERSAL PRIZE CLAIMS, If THE controversy or claim is not otherwise resolved through direct discussions or mediation, it shall THEN be resolved by FINAL AND binding arbitration administered by JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC., in accordance with its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures or subsequent versions thereof (“JAMS Rules”). The JAMS Rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be experienced and licensed to practice law in NEW YORK. All proceedings brought pursuant to this paragraph will be conducted in the County of NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
11. Winner Announcement: For the names of Winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules, available after January 14, 2024, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by March 15, 2024, to: "The Challenge 2023 Promotion", KNBC, 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 2120, Universal City, CA 91608, Attn: Marketing.