Light Up Your Christmas Contest – Rules

Light Up Your Christmas

SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD

The Variety Wholesalers (herein referred to as “Sweepstakes Sponsor” or “Sponsor”) “Light Up Your Christmas” (herein referred to as “Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:00:01 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on 12/2/2024 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 12/20/2024 (herein referred to as “Sweepstakes Period”). The Sweepstakes Period consists of four (4) weekly entry periods (herein referred to as “Period”) wherein multiple weekly prize winners will be selected at the end of each period from among all eligible entries received during the corresponding period.  

The Weekly Entry Periods will flow as follows:   

Non-winning entries WILL NOT roll over to subsequent entry period drawings.

ELIGIBILITY

The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States, including the District of Columbia, who are age 18 or older at the time of entry. Void in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, outside the U.S., and wherever else prohibited by law.  Employees of Variety Wholesalers, Inc. (the “Sponsor” and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) of, and/or those living in the same household of each)), are not eligible to enter. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

HOW TO ENTER  

Online Submission is the only eligible option. During the Sweepstakes Period, visit www.rosesdiscountstores.com/christmaslightshow and follow all entry instructions to complete the entry form and submit to scratch off the Roses Christmas Logo. Completed scratch offs will provide submissions with the number of entries into the sweepstakes as indicated on the scratch off (for example, scratching off the number “4” will provide submissions with four entries into the sweepstakes for that week). Online Submissions must be received weekly between Monday, December 2nd, 2024 at 12:00:01 AM ET and December 20th, 2024, at 11:59:59 PM ET. Online entrants are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://www.rosesdiscountstores.com/privacy-notice/.  

Limit: One (1) Online Submission per person during each Weekly Entry Period within the entire Sweepstakes Period regardless of whether the entrant has more than one email address. Individuals are allowed to enter once each week and non-winning submissions do not roll over to subsequent weeks. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”)/ODDS 

Grand Prize: There are three (3) Grand Prizes available to be won. Grand Prize is three (3) $100 gift cards that will be awarded in the name of the confirmed winners each week of the drawing. 

The gift card is not redeemable for cash and will not be replaced if lost or stolen. 

The ARV of the Grand Prize is: $100.00. 

(24) total prizes available to be won. Each Weekly Prize consists of one (1) Roses Discount Stores gift card. ARV of each prize: up to $100.

The ARV of Weekly Prizes is: $400. 

The total ARV of all prizes available to be won: $1200. 

There is a limit of one (1) prize per person. Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.

RANDOM DRAWING

The potential winners for each prize will be selected from among all eligible entries received in a random drawing to be held on each Drawing Date, which will take place at the offices of the Sweepstakes Sponsor, whose decisions are final.

WINNER NOTIFICATION & VERIFICATION

Potential Grand Prize and Weekly Prize winners will be notified via email, and will be required to reply via email, within five (5) days of notification. Noncompliance will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. The prize package will be awarded by mail within approximately 45 days after the winner is verified. If a winner is otherwise eligible under these Official Rules, but is nevertheless deemed a minor in his or her state of primary residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of the winner’s parent or legal guardian who will be required to execute and return the Releases on minor’s behalf, as applicable.

If a prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, or if the winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these rules that winner will be disqualified, and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate random drawing. Only two (2) alternate winners for each prize available to be won may be determined through this process, after which the prize may remain un-awarded.

PRIZE CONDITIONS

Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Prizes are not assignable or transferable. No cash in lieu of prizes and no exchange or substitution of prizes will be negotiated except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Any other incidental expenses on prizes not specified herein are the winner’s sole responsibility.

Winners are responsible for all federal, state, local and income taxes associated with winning prize. Except where prohibited by law, entry and acceptance of prize constitute permission to use winner’s name, prize won, hometown, likeness, video tape, photographs, and statements for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity (including online posting) in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission.

Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied by Sponsor. Winners acknowledge that the Sponsor and all other businesses affiliated with this Sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of the prize being offered, except that each merchandise prize shall be subject to its manufacturer’s standard warranty (if any). Once the prize has been delivered to the winner’s provided address, the prize is considered awarded.

GENERAL

Although subsequent attempts to enter on a given day may be received, only the first complete entry received from a particular entrant will be eligible; subsequent attempts by the same person to enter, including entries submitted with an alternate email address, will be disqualified.

Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, and release the Sponsor, Meta and their affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors, and agents of each (the “Released Parties”), from all claims and liability relating to their participation in the promotion, and the acceptance and use/misuse of the prize offered. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or use/misuse or redemption of the prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prize.  

In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the “Authorized Account Holder ” of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.  Sponsor may ask any entrant or potential winner to provide Sponsor with proof, to Sponsor’s satisfaction, that such party is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry.  Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged or illegible entries; or (ii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these official rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any Sweepstakes it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules; and (ii) withdraw a method of entry if it becomes technically corrupted (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Sweepstakes). If for any reason this Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to an infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, at which time, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received at the time of the Sweepstakes termination.

LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the state of North Carolina. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of North Carolina without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of North Carolina or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of North Carolina. 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. 

THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS AND ISSUES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AND INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT THEREOF.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Your entry into this Promotion constitutes Your agreement to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Facebook, X (f/k/a Twitter), and their subsidiaries, representatives, affiliates, partners, advertising and promotion agencies, agents, successors and assigns, directors, officers, and employees from any and all claims, liability, loss, or damages that may occur, directly or indirectly from: (a) participation in this Promotion; (b) a Winner accepting, possessing, using, or misusing of any awarded prize; (c) any type of technical failure; (d) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, phone, or Internet service; (e) unauthorized intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; or (f) electronic error or human error in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries.

RIGHTS GRANTED BY YOU: By submitting an entry into this Promotion, You understand and agree that the Sponsor, any individual acting on the Sponsor’s behalf, shall, where permitted by law, have the right to print, publish, broadcast, distribute and use in any media known now or hereafter developed, in perpetuity, worldwide, and without limitation, your submission, name, photo, portrait, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Promotion, and your biographical information for news, publicity, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, information, and public relations without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration.

PRIVACY

Personal information collected from entrants are subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://www.rosesdiscountstores.com/privacy-notice/ .  

WINNER LIST and OFFICIAL RULES

For Official Rules, see https://www.rosesdiscountstores.com/pages/ChristmasContest. For the winners list, visit  https://www.rosesdiscountstores.com/winners-list. 

The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.

You may obtain a copy of the Winners’ names or a copy of these Official Rules by sending your request via mail with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Variety Wholesalers, Inc. 218 S. Garnett St., Henderson, NC 27536. Requests must be postmarked no later than May 3rd, 2024.

SPONSOR: Variety Wholesalers, Inc., 218 S Garnett St, Henderson, NC 27536. 

Void outside the US, in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and wherever else prohibited by law.