Official Rules
 
“PRIZE & Shine Closet”

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT 

INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

KMVT is solely responsible for awarding the assorted network promotional items, event 

tickets and miscellaneous promotional items.

1. Contest beginning and ending.

a. PRIZE & Shine Closet is an ongoing, on-air promotional feature on the Rise & 

Shine morning news program on KMVT and KSVT.

b. There is no entry deadline.

2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS

a. The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States and the District 

of Columbia (except NY and FL) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry 

and who live in the Idaho counties of Twin Falls, Jerome, Cassia, Minidoka, Lincoln, 

Gooding, Camas, Blaine and the Nevada county of Elko.  Employees of KMVT (the 

“Station”), its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, 

participating sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in Southern 

Idaho or Northern Nevada and the members of their immediate families (spouse, 

parents, siblings or children) or households (whether related or not) are ineligible to 

participate or win.  This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local 

laws and regulations.  Void outside the United States, in NY and FL, as applicable, and 

b.  Only one winner per household is permitted. Individuals may only win a Station-

conducted contest/sweepstakes once every sixty (60) days.

c. Winners must bring a valid ID for proof of identity and sign a winners form 

acknowledging receipt of the prize awarded.

d. Entrants are required to provide truthful information and the Station will reject and 

delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent.  The Station will disqualify 

any entry from any individual who does not meet the eligibility requirements, and will 

also delete any entry as required by law.

a. To participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following method:

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VIA INTERNET (KMVT.com). Follow the links and instructions to enter and submit your 

first name and last name, complete address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, 

date of birth, and a valid email address in the online entry form. 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, online service provider or other 

organization that is responsible for assigning the email address or the domain 

associated with the submitted email address.  Multiple entrants are not permitted to 

share the same email address.  Entries submitted will not be acknowledged or returned.  

Use of any device to automate entry is prohibited.  Proof of submission of an entry shall 

not be deemed proof of receipt by Station. The contest/sweepstakes administrator’s 

computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion.  

c. Only one internet entry per person and one entry per email address are 

a. Contest promotional items vary.

b. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED, 

c. There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the 

Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of 

comparable value or cash.  The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above 

and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Any tickets awarded as part 

of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid 

only on the date(s) printed on the tickets.  Other restrictions may apply.

5. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION

a. Decisions of Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.

b. Winners are chosen at random from the entry pool.

c. Winner(s) (or their parents or legal guardians if under the age of majority) must 

execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and release, publicity release, 

and/or guest/traveling companion release within ten (10) days of notification attempt or 

winner will be disqualified and the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner(s) may 

be chosen at random.  If a potential winner(s) cannot be contacted, fails to complete, 

sign and return any required affidavit of eligibility and release, publicity release, and/or 

guest/traveling companion release within the required time period, or if a prize or prize 

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notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner(s) will be disqualified and 

d. Unless otherwise specified in the prize notification, all prizes or prize certificates 

may be picked up at the office of the Station at the address below.  The winner(s) will 

forfeit any prize or prize certificate not claimed within thirty (30) days of winning.  Prize 

or prize certificates will not be mailed to the winner(s) without the winner’s or winners’ 

prior written consent in which the winner(s) shall agree to assume its risk of loss.  The 

Station, its sponsor(s), or promotional partner(s) are not responsible for the safe arrival 

a. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the 

winner(s).  Winner(s) will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the 

equivalent including a winner’s full Social Security Number for receipt of any prize 

valued at $600 or more or for any prizes awarded by the Station (in combination with 

any prizes won in Promotions run by any other Gray television station) in a calendar 

year with an aggregate value of $600 or more.  Failure to submit a complete W-9 or 

equivalent will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.     

b. Participating in the Promotion and acceptance of a prize constitutes a winner’s 

and guest’s (where applicable) permission for the Station or its agents to photograph, 

film and record each winner, and to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness, 

photograph, voice, biographical information and/or any statements made by him/her 

regarding the Promotion or its sponsors for  purposes of trade, publicity or promotion 

without additional financial or other compensation, and, the Station may, where legal, 

require a winner (and guest or travel companion, where applicable) to sign a publicity 

release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize.  It is the responsibility 

of the winner(s) to ensure that their guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return to 

the Station any required release.  

c. By participating in the Promotion, you: 

i. Agree to grant the Station a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to 

edit, telecast, exhibit, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, distribute and 

otherwise exploit the items (including any photos, videos, audio, or written material) 

submitted as part of your contest entry (the “Materials”), or any portion thereof, in any 

manner and in any and all formats and media now known or hereafter devised, without 

payment to you or any third party; 

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iii. Represent and warrant that: you are 18 years of age or older; you have 

the full legal right, power and authority to grant to the Station the license provided for 

herein; you own or control the complete exhibition and other rights to the Materials you 

submitted for the purposes contemplated in this license; you are either the parent (or 

legal guardian) of any minor featured in the Materials or have received the express 

consent of the parent (or legal guardian) for any such minor to appear in the Materials 

and to enter the minor’s likeness in the Materials in the contest; and neither the 

Materials nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall infringe upon or violate the 

right of privacy or right of publicity of, or constitute a libel or slander against, or violate 

any common law or any other right of, any person or entity.

d. Prior to awarding any prize or prize certificate, and depending on the nature of 

the prize and eligibility requirements of the Promotion, the Station in its sole discretion 

may require verification of Promotion winner’s or winners’ identification by a showing of 

valid government-issued photo identification.  By participating and/or accepting a prize, 

entrants, winner(s) and guests (if applicable) agree to release and hold harmless the 

Station, its sponsor(s) and promotional partner(s), its advertising and promotion 

agencies, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, and the 

officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and 

assigns of each of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) against any and all claims 

or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the Promotion.  

The Station may also require eligible Promotion winner(s) and their guests or travel 

companions, if any (as well as each of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if winner(s), 

guest(s) or travel companion(s) are under the age of majority in their state of residence), 

to sign a liability release confirming such consent.  It is the responsibility of the winner(s) 

to ensure that their guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return to the Station any 

e. The Station, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person (and 

all of their entries) from this Promotion if he or she tampers with the entry process, the 

operation of the Promotion, or the operation of the Station’s web channel, Facebook 

Page, and/or any other social networking site used in the Promotion, or is otherwise in 

violation of the rules.  The Station further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to 

modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Promotion, or any part of it, if it is not capable 

of completion as planned or if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond the 

Station’s control, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized 

intervention or technical failures of any sort, corrupt or affect the administration, 

security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion as determined by the 

Station in is sole discretion.  Any attempt by an entrant or any person to deliberately 

damage any station web channel, Facebook Page, and/or any other social networking 

site used in the Promotion or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion 

may be a violation of criminal and civil laws.  Should such an attempt be made, the 

Station reserves the right to seek full prosecution and/or damages from any such 

individual to the fullest extent permitted by law.  The Station’s failure to enforce any term 

of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of this provision.  If due to 

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circumstances beyond the control of the Station, any competition or prize-related event 

or travel is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Station reserves the right, 

but not the obligation, to modify, terminate, suspend or cancel the Promotion and shall 

not be required to award a substitute prize.

f. The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors in 

the printing, the offering or the administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement 

of a prize; (ii) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage 

or delays, computer difficulties, malfunctions, disconnections, other technological 

failures, telephone service outages, delays, dropped calls, or busy signals, or any other 

difficulties that may prevent an individual from sending or receiving a text message; or 

(iii) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete, incorrect, or 

late entries.  Due to online streaming delays, online viewers of station programming 

may have difficulty participating in on-air contests.  Further, the Released Parties are 

not responsible if any part of a Promotion prize that cannot be awarded due to acts of 

god, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond 

g. To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the Promotion, you 

i. any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in 

connection with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, 

without resort to any form of class action; 

ii. if the parties are unable to resolve their dispute amicably, it shall be 

resolved by means of binding arbitration (not in a court of law); 

iii. any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-

pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no 

event and under no circumstances will entrants or winners be permitted to obtain 

awards for attorneys’ fees, and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental, 

or consequential damages, or any other form of damages, other than actual out-of-

pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise 

iv. any claim or dispute regarding the Promotion or these Official Rules will 

be resolved pursuant to the laws of the State or Commonwealth in which the Station is 

located, without regard to conflict of law principles, and you submit to the jurisdiction of 

the courts within the same State or Commonwealth and waive all objections to the 

jurisdiction or venue of such courts. 

h. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not 

affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  If any such provision is 

determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in 

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accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not 

i. To obtain a copy of the Official Rules or a list of winner(s) following completion of 

the Promotion (please specify which), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope 

specifying “Official Rules” or “Winner List” to PRIZE & Shine Closet Winner List or 

Official Rules Request, KMVT, 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.  A 

copy of the Official Rules and a list of winner(s) (when complete) are also available 

during regular business hours at the main studio of KMVT, 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., 

Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.  All such requests must be received within thirty (30) days 

following completion of the Promotion.

7. OFFICIAL RULES, TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT & PRIVACY POLICY

By entering this Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the 

Station’s Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of your personal information as 

described in the Privacy Policy located at:  

http://www.kmvt.com/content/news/?article=158511785  (Terms of Use) and 

http://www.kmvt.com/content/news/?article=158509635  (Privacy Policy) or at the main 

studio of KMVT, 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.  

Sponsor(s):  KMVT, 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.