Member Information Drive Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASES DO NOT INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING. ODDS DEPEND ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
PROMOTION SPONSOR & ADMINISTRATOR: Participation in the Illinois Agricultural Association Promotion (the “Promotion”) constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to be bound by these Official Rules. The sponsor is Illinois Agricultural Association (“Sponsor”), 1701 Towanda Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701. All decisions related to, as well as all interpretation of, these Official Rules by Sponsor shall be final and binding. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
PROMOTION PERIOD: The Illinois Agricultural Association Member Information Survey Sweepstakes Promotion begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Daylight Time (“CDT”) on [January 29, 2024] and ends at 11:45:00 p.m. CDT on [February 16, 2024] (the “Promotion Period”).
ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to entrants who, as of the date of entry, are both at least eighteen (18) years old and legal residents of Illinois. Employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents of Sponsor and its parent and affiliate companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse or spouse equivalent, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee, officer, director, representative and agent, are not eligible. Eligibility is also contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules and fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASES DO NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Entrants may enter the Promotion by completing the information requested in the entry form and submitting it prior to the end of the Promotion Period. Individuals may also enter by hand printing their (i) first and last name, (ii) email address, (iii) mailing address, and (iv) daytime phone number on a postcard approximately three and a half by five inches (3.5" x 5") in size and mail it to: Illinois Agricultural Association, Attn: Information Research Center, PO Box 2901, Bloomington, Illinois 61702-2901. All postcard entries must be postmarked by February 17, 2024, to be eligible for the Promotion. Only one entry allowed per person per Promotion Period, any additional entries received shall be void.
PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): Entrants have a chance to win one of ten $200 VISA gift cards, with an approximate retail value of $200 each. Any taxes related to the prizes are the sole responsibility of the individual winners.
PRIZE AWARD, NOTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION: Drawings and award of prizes will be conducted by the Sponsor. Winners will be selected by random drawing from among all eligible entries received prior to the end of the Promotion Period. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different identities, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified.
Potential winners may receive a prize winner notification confirmation (“Confirmation Notice”) at the phone number, email address, or mailing address provided to enter the Promotion. The Confirmation Notice will provide a prize acceptance deadline and instructions on how to redeem the prize, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. All Confirmation Notices are deemed delivered at the time transmitted by Sponsor or its designees. Entrants must provide Sponsor and its designees with the ability to provide a Confirmation Notice in the aforementioned manner, as applicable.
The Confirmation Notice may direct potential winners to take certain steps to claim the prize, which must be followed in accordance with the directions stated in the Confirmation Notice, or the prize may become forfeit. Potential winners must claim the prize within seven (7) calendar days from the date the Confirmation Notice was provided or the prize will be forfeited and an alternate prize winner will be determined.
Winners may be required to redeem the prize at a location (“Prize Redemption Site”) requiring travel or other incidental costs that shall be at the winners’ own expense.
Additional restrictions may apply.
Prize award is subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules.
ODDS: Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes each winner's consent to Sponsor’s and its designees’ use of such winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional or advertising purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment, consideration, notice, consent, attribution, or review.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Decisions of the Sponsor are final with respect to all matters relating to this Promotion. By participating in the Promotion, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to these Official Rules and agree that Sponsor’s decisions in connection with the Promotion, including without limitation, determination of winners and award of prizes, are valid, final, and binding in all respects. Potential winners may be required to sign and return an assignment of rights, and liability and publicity release, except where prohibited, within seven (7) days of receiving a Confirmation Notice before any prize is awarded. If a potential winner is not reachable by email, phone, or mail, as applicable, or if a Confirmation Notice is returned as undeliverable, then the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be determined. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual that tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion, the Promotion Website; violates the Official Rules; or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the Promotion in its entirety, modify the Promotion, or change these Official Rules at any time and without notice.
RELEASE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering this Promotion each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors, advertising or promotional agencies, distributors, or any telephone network or service providers including each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of such entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) technical failures of any kind, (b) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing or computing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (d) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Promotion. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that technical or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims. Prizes are awarded “AS IS” with no warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, made by the Released Parties.
GOVERNING LAW: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively in the United States federal court sitting in the Central District of Illinois or the Illinois State Court located in Bloomington, IL; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) any objection to jurisdiction or venue, and any claim that the forum is inconvenient, is waived. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction) which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois.
PRIVACY: Entrant acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided herein, any information provided in connection with the Promotion or collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, located at https://www.ilfb.org/legal/privacy-policy/.
Entrant, by submitting an entry to this Promotions, hereby represents and warrants that entrant has read these Official Rules and is fully familiar with its contents.