BASED ON A TRUE STORY KILLER MYSTERY PRIZE CONTEST RULES
THE BASED ON A TRUE STORY KILLER MYSTERY PRIZE CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANADA (EXCLUDING QUÉBEC) AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).
1.1 To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:
(a) be a legal resident of Canada (excluding the province of Québec);
(b) be of the age of majority in their province or territory of residence or older at the time of entry; and
(c) submit the correct Code Word (as defined in 3.1(a) below) on their entry form on the Contest Microsite (as defined in 3.1 below).
1.2 The following people are not eligible to enter the Contest:
(a) Employees of Corus Sales Inc., its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns (collectively “Corus”);
(b) Any person who has been confirmed as a winner of two (2) Corus administered contests within six (6) months preceding the Contest start date indicated below; and
(c) The household members of any of the parties listed in Section (a) to (b) above.
1.3 Corus shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Corus for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Corus reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply information that does not meet these requirements.
3.1 There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. Enter using any of the methods of entry outlined below. No entries will be accepted by any other means.
(a) To enter, tune into W Network on Sunday beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET during new episodes of Based On a True Story and watch for the code word required for that week’s entry (the “Code Word”); or
(b) E-mail comments@wnetwork.com to obtain the Code Word.
Then go online to complete and submit the entry form located at https://www.wnetwork.com/based-on-a-true-story-watch-win-contest/ (the “Contest Microsite”) and include the correct weekly Code Word in your entry form.
3.2 Limit of one (1) entry per person, per week during the Contest Period.In the case of multiple entries, only the first eligible entry will be considered.
3.3 All entries become the sole property of Corus and will not be returned for any reason. Entries must be received no later than the end of the Contest Period. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced. Unless otherwise set out herein, no communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected as a potential winner.
3.4 Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the entry. For the purpose of the Contest Rules, “authorized account holder" of an e-mail address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Any entrant may be required to provide Corus with proof that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with their entry.
4.1 There are eight (8) prizes (each, a “Prize”, collectively the Prizes”) available to be won by the Prize winners (each a “Winner”, collectively the “Winners”)each consisting of a mystery prize bundle which shall include:
(a) One (1) branded tote bag;
(b) One (1) pair of Bluetooth earbuds;
(c) One (1) true crime mystery game;
(d) One (1) branded beanie; and
(e) Two (2) non-alcoholic branded bloody caesars.
4.2 EachPrize has an approximate value of one hundred sixty Canadian dollars (CDN $160.00).
4.3 Winners are not entitled to monetary difference between actual Prize value and stated approximate Prize value, if any.
4.4 Prizes will be distributed within thirty (30) days after each Winner has been successfully contacted and notified of their Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.
5.1 Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of Corus. Any unused, unclaimed or declined portion of a Prize will be forfeited, have no cash value and Corus shall have no obligation to provide either an alternative or value-in-kind. Corus reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the Prize(or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.
5.2 Shipped Prizes shall not be insured and Corus shall not assume any liability for lost, damaged or misdirected Prizes.
6.1 Eight (8)Winnersshall be selected as follows:
(a) On or about November 14, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, eight (8)entrants will be selected by a random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Each entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1) Prize. The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by Corus. Before being declared aWinner, each selected entrant shall be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail to comply with the Contest Rules and to sign and return the Release (described below).
(b) EACH SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAILNO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 17, 2023 AT 12:00 P.M. ET AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the selected entrant must respond by telephone or e-mail (as specified in the notification) to the contact number or e-mail address provided no later than the indicated deadline set out in the Contest Rules and/or the notification. If the selected entrant does not respond accordingly, they will be disqualified and will not receive a Prize and another entrant may be selected in Corus’ sole discretion until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein. Corus is not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification or for Corus to receive a selected entrant’s response.
(c) If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of the Contest, there are more selected entrants than contemplated in these Contest Rules, there will be a random draw amongst all eligible Prize claimants after the Contest’s closing date to award the correct number of Prizes.
11.1 By entering the Contest, each entrant expressly consents to Corus and its third-party agents and service providers, to collect, use, store, and share any personal information submitted by entrant to enter the Contest, such as name, age of majority confirmation, and contact information, as applicable, only for the purpose of implementing, administering, and fulfilling the Contest as described in these Contest Rules, and in accordance with Corus’ Privacy Policy, available at www.corusent.com/privacy-policy.
11.2 Each Winner further consents that: (a) any personal information they have provided in connection with this Contest may be shared with prize providersfor the purpose of facilitating the delivery or fulfillment of a Prize; and (b) Corus may broadcast, publish, disseminate and otherwise use a Winner’s name, city/town/village and province/territory of residence, image and/or voice in connection with any promotion and/or publicity purposes without further compensation to Winner.
11.3 No communication unrelated to the Contest, commercial or otherwise, will be sent to the entrant unless the entrant otherwise expressly agrees to receive further communications from Sponsors.
11.4 By opting-in onlineyou consent to Corususing your Personal Information tocontact you to promote draws and contests similar to the Contest, promote opportunities to subscribe to newsletters or promotional clubs, and notify you about related products or services. Corus will use the entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes, and protect the entrant’s Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with Corus’ Privacy Policy at: http://www.corusent.com/privacy-policy/.
