March Sauceness Contest Rules & Regulations
MARCH SAUCENESS CONTEST (the “Contest”)
Official Rules and Regulations (the “Official Rules”)
This Contest is for participation only by residents of Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and shall be construed according to the laws of Ontario. Your entry will be immediately disqualified if you are not at least eighteen (18) years or older and a legal resident of any of the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.
1. CONTEST PERIOD: Starting on or about March 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) and ending April 7th, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET (the “Contest Period”).
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Persons in any of the following categories are NOT eligible to participate or win prizes in the Contest: (a) any person who, at any time on or after the commencement of the Contest Period, was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of St. Louis Franchise Limited, including all subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “St. Louis”); (b) individuals engaged in the development, production, sponsorship or distribution of materials for the promotion or engaged in the administration or execution of this Contest (collectively the “Contest Entities”), and (c) any person living in the same residence as any of the above.
3. HOW TO ENTER & PLAY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. In order to participate in the Contest, entrants will vote on their favourite sauce by commenting the name of one of the competing sauces on the associated Facebook or Instagram post. There will be 5 rounds of voting or “Games” in total. By participating, each entrant agrees (a) to be bound by these Official Rules and any interpretation thereof by St. Louis; and (b) to release and hold harmless St. Louis and its Contest Entities.
4. PRIZE DRAW: The prizes will be randomly selected on April 9th from all valid, eligible entries (the “Entries”) received during the Contest Period. One (1) winner will be selected for each prize. See Section 7 below for how to claim your prize.
5. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Purchase is not required and does not enhance an entrant’s chance of winning.
6. PRIZE: There will be five (5) prizes available which consist of one (1) $25 gift cards each to St. Louis Bar & Grill.
The odds of winning the grand prize will be dependent on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded, with no substitutions of any kind, except by St. Louis, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the winner’s responsibility. All prize details are at St. Louis’ sole discretion.
7. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: St. Louis will attempt to contact the potential prize winner via Facebook Messenger or Instagram direct messages between 9:00 AM ET and 5:00 PM ET on April 9th, 2024. The prizes will be delivered to the winner as coordinated with St. Louis at the time of contact. If St. Louis does not receive a response from the potential winner 24 hours after initial contact, then at the sole and absolute discretion of St. Louis, that entrant may be disqualified, and his/her entitlement to receive a prize may be forfeited or the prize may be awarded to an alternate randomly-selected winner, in St. Louis’ sole discretion.
St. Louis and its Contest Entities shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding prizes for any reason outside of their control. Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded. No interest will be paid on any prize. Any unclaimed or expired amount of a prize will not be awarded. If a potential winner is found to be ineligible, declines to accept a prize, or in the event that a prize confirmation or prize is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited.
By participating in the Contest, winners consent to the use of their Facebook and statements relating to the Contest or St. Louis, without further compensation, notification or permission in any publicity or advertising carried out by St. Louis or any related entities in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed without territorial or time limitation, except where prohibited by applicable law. By entering the Contest, you consent to St. Louis’ use of your Facebook identifiers for any publicity purposes.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
8. By entering, entrants (i) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements, (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of St. Louis, made in its sole discretion, which shall be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest, (iii) release Facebook from any and all liability arising from the entrance into this Contest, and (iv) acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification.
All Contest Entries obtained through unauthorized sources which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forgeries, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are automatically void, as determined by St. Louis in its sole discretion.
9. St. Louis is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, stolen, misdirected, mutilated, garbled, illegible or incomplete entries. All entries/submissions become the property of St. Louis and in no case shall be returned to the entrant. St. Louis assumes no responsibility for computer system, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors/failures of any kind, delayed computer transmissions, network connections, or damages to participants’ computers arising out of participation in this Contest.
10. St. Louis reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or entitlement to a prize, if, in the sole discretion of St. Louis, it determines or suspects that the entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other fraudulent, deceptive or unfair playing practices.
11. By entering the Contest, entrants agree: (a) to release St. Louis and Contest Entities, and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents, from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to participating in the Contest or the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize; (b) that under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding legal fees and court costs.
12. St. Louis and the Contest Entities do not warrant that access to the Contest will be uninterrupted. St. Louis and the Contest Entities are not responsible for any problems that may arise, including but not limited to (a) any errors of any kind relating to or in connection with the Contest, whether human, mechanical, clerical, electronic, or technical in nature; or (b) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information in connection with the Contest.
St. Louis reserves the right to cancel, terminate or suspend the Contest, at its sole discretion, in the event of any occurrence beyond the reasonable control of St. Louis that adversely affects the administration, security or other operation of the Contest.
DISCLOSURES:
13. Any attempt by an entrant or other individual, to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, St. Louis reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. An entrant engaging in any of the foregoing activities may be disqualified and will forfeit any prize(s) won.
14. In the event of any conflict with any Contest details contained in these Official Rules and Contest details contained in promotion materials (including but not limited to point of sale, radio, and print advertising, promotional packaging, and other promotion media), the details of the Contest as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.
15. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and St. Louis in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the Province of Ontario without regard to Ontario conflicts of law principles. All entrants irrevocably consent and attorn to the jurisdiction and venue of the Province of Ontario.
16. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. In particular, St. Louis’ employees are not authorized to waive, modify or amend any provision or provisions of these Official Rules in any manner whatsoever.
17. Personal information collected from entrants will be used by St. Louis for the purpose of administering this Contest and in accordance with St. Louis’ privacy policy which can be found at http://stlouiswings.com/privacy-policy. Personal information may be collected, used or disclosed in jurisdictions other than Canada. Personal information that resides in jurisdictions other than Canada will be subject to the general laws of application in those jurisdictions. St. Louis will not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal information of entrants with third parties or agents, other than to third parties or agents engaged by St. Louis to fulfill the above purposes or as permitted or required by the applicable laws.