GENERAL TEAM 990 CONTEST RULES
The following are basic contest rules applying to any and all contests run on THE TEAM 990. Each contest may have its own special qualifications and eligibility rules in which case a separate list of rules will be available for public inspection.
1. All TEAM 990 contests are open to persons 18+. Contest winners must also reside in the Montreal Metropolitan area. Employees of THE TEAM 990, its licensee, its corporate parents CHUM Ltd and Bell Globemedia, affiliated entities, affiliated advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, other radio station employees in the Montreal Metropolitan area and the members of their immediate families are ineligible to participate or win.
2. Listeners are eligible to win a TEAM 990 contest every 6 months. Unless stated otherwise, multiple entries by the same person or by a person in the same household or family members sharing the same last name, email address or telephone number will be discarded and be deemed by the station management as a cause for disqualification.
3. All prizes and prize certificates may be picked up at the office of TEAM 990 at 1310 Greene Avenue, Suite 300, Westmount, Quebec H3Z 2B5. The winner will forfeit any prize or prize certificate not claimed within 30 days of winning. The 30 day period includes weekends and holidays. THE TEAM 990 business hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. THE TEAM 990 will not notify winners of time remaining on prizes to be picked up. It is the winners responsibility to claim their prize within the time limit. Additionally, some prizes have specific expiration dates or are date sensitive (ie. Concert tickets), which may occur within the 30 days following the winning date. It is the responsibility of the winner to pick up their prize by the event or expiration date.
4. Prizes may not be mailed to winners. All prizes must be claimed by the winner only. If the winner is under 18 years of age they will need to bring a legal guardian with them to pick up their prize and fill out the necessary paperwork. Prizes are non-transferable.
5. THE TEAM 990 is not responsible for replacing any prizes after they have been picked up, whether the prize was lost, organization providing the prize has closed, or for any other reason. Prizes must be accepted as is , no monetary value.
6. In the event of a dropped call, telephone line or mobile phone malfunction or phone disconnection, the decision of management will be final. In the event that two (2) telephone lines are "tied together" during a phone-in contest, the entire call will be disqualified and the next caller in line will be taken and awarded the prize. THE TEAM 990 cannot award duplicate prizes to both parties in a "tied together" situation and both callers will be disqualified, this circumstance is beyond the radio stations control.
7. THE TEAM 990 listeners who win prizes on the radio station, may not substitute prizes with another prize or cash. However, in the event of an unavailable prize won by the listener, THE TEAM 990 may substitute the original prize with another prize for the approximate value (in dollars) of the original prize awarded.
8. Listeners may also register to occasionally win prizes on the TEAM 990 website. Winners of the various contests are chosen randomly from all eligible entries. THE TEAM 990 is not responsible for entries not received due to the difficulty accessing the internet, service outages or delays, computer difficulties or other technological glitches. All on-line entries must be filled out completely.
9. To enter on-line, you must enter your first name and last name, complete address, city, province, zip code, home telephone number and valid email address and any other requested information in the on-line entry form. One internet entry per person. Internet entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, on-line service provider or other organization that is responsible by assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.
10. THE TEAM 990, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person suspected of tampering or manipulating with the entry process or is otherwise in violation of the rules. It further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the contest if it is not capable of completion as planned due to reasons beyond it's control including tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any kind.
11. For contests that require qualification, listeners may qualify only once per household and once per family members sharing the same last name.
12. Winners will agree to hold THE TEAM 990, it corporate licensee, its parent corporation, CHUM, BellGlobemedia, affiliated companies and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or content.
13. All contestant entries become property of THE TEAM 990. THE TEAM 990 may retain any or all contest materials for any reason that the stations management deems crucial to the completion of the contest, or for reasons relating to the publicity or advertising.
14. Contests conducted at facilities with an age requirement of 18 years of age or older, shall exclude participants who cannot prove they meet the age requirement.
15. By participating in a contest, THE TEAM 990, the winner or winners agree to have their name, voice or likeness used in any and all advertising or broadcasting materials relating to this contest, without additional compensation. Additionally, winner agrees to sign a prize release form before the acceptance of their prize.
16. THE TEAM 990 reserves the right to make changes in the rules of the contest which will become effective upon announcement by THE TEAM 990.
17. No purchase necessary. Contests are void where prohibited.
18. Failure to comply with THE TEAM 990 contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification.
19. In the case of a grand prize drawing from qualifying winners, THE TEAM 990 will make every attempt to contact the grand prize winner, randomly selected, by phone to notify them of their prize. If the winner cannot be contacted in a timely manner (to be determined by management) another grand prize winner will be randomly selected. Duplicated prizes will not be awarded.
20. In the event that the winner of a TEAM 990 contest cannot take a trip on the specific dates that have been announced (ie. roadtrip) to them and on-air, they will forfeit their prize. A substitute trip will not be provided.
21. THE TEAM 990 reserves the right to disqualify and ban, without notice, participants who have not followed the above rules in the past.
