Watch to win 4 all-inclusive tickets to Discovery Cove! Every night, March 28-April 10, watch News Channel 8 at 8pm for the “Word of the Night”. Then visit the Great 38 Facebook page and comment on the daily contest post to be automatically entered. Good luck!

Great 38 2016 Discovery Cove ContestOFFICIAL RULES

  1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The Great 38 2016 Discovery Cove Contest (the “Promotion“) is sponsored by LIN Television Corporation d/b/a WTTA-TV The Great 38 (“Great 38“). Promotion is only offered in the Great 38 viewing area in Florida counties of Hillsborough, Highlands, Hernando, Pinellas, Pasco, Citrus, Sarasota, Manatee, Polk and Hardee (the “Promotion Area“). Void outside the Promotion Area and where prohibited.
  2. Promotion is subject to all federal, state and local laws. Great 38 shall be entitled to interpret these Official Rules as needed – including but not limited to rules regarding entries, deadlines, winner selection, prize restrictions, and eligibility – and all of its decisions are final. By participating, you irrevocably, fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in these Official Rules and or any other Promotion-related advertising or materials.
  3. Promotion begins on March 28, 2016. Final entry deadline is April 11, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET“). Drawing to determine potential winner will be held April 11, 2016. Great 38’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this Promotion.
  4. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing information to Great 38 and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for administration of the Promotion and as otherwise set forth in these Official Rules. Any questions that you have about this Promotion must be directed to Great 38 and not to Facebook.
  5. Winner will be issued an IRS 1099 MISC tax form (or its equivalent) for the ARV of the prize awarded if required and is solely and exclusively responsible for any and all state, federal or local income taxes that may result from his or her acceptance of prize.

ELIGIBILITY

  1. To be eligible, each entrant must be at least eighteen (18) years old and a legal United States resident who resides for at least three (3) months per year in the Promotion Area (above). You must have an active Facebook account prior to the start of this Promotion to be eligible.
  2. Employees of Great 38, Media General, Inc. (“Media General“), Media General Operations, Inc. d/b/a WFLA-TV (“WFLA“), SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. (“SeaWorld“), Sea World of Florida LLC /b/a Discovery Cove (“Discovery Cove“), any other entity directly involved in the development or administration of this Promotion, and the members of their immediate families (defined as spouses, parents, siblings and children) and households, are not eligible to enter or win. The term “household” includes all persons residing together (part-time or full-time) in a single residence, whether or not related.

Prize & ODDS

  1. Grand Prize (1): Four (4) single-day admission tickets to Discovery Cove, 6000 Discovery Cove Way, Orlando, Florida valid through December 31, 2016, seven (7) single-day admission tickets to SeaWorld® Orlando, 7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, and seven (7) single-day admission tickets to Aquatica, SeaWorld’s Waterpark™ in Orlando, 5800 Water Play Way, Orlando, valid only on operating days within fourteen (14) days of the Discovery Cove reservation date on the same trip, and four (4) gift bags. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV“): $2,892.41.
  2. The odds of winning depend on the number of correct entries received.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS

  1. Actual value of prize may vary depending on date selected and/or seasonal or industry fluctuations. If actual value of prize awarded is less than the ARV stated above, winner will not be entitled to any compensation or reimbursement for difference in value.
  2. Discovery Cove tickets are valid through December 31, 2016. SeaWorld and Aquatic tickets must be used within fourteen (14) days of Discovery Cove reservations as part of Grand Prize. Prize tickets or passes must be used during the date and time periods set forth above in the prize description or on the tickets or passes. Use of tickets or passes is subject to all theme park rules, regulations, policies and restrictions. Proof of Florida residency required for redemption of any Florida resident passes or tickets. For more information about each theme park, please refer to the contact information below:
  1. Discovery Cove: visit https://discoverycove.com or call (877) 557-7404;
  2. SeaWorld: visit https://seaworldparks.com/en/seaworld-orlando or call (888) 800-5447; and
  3. Aquatica: visit https://aquaticabyseaworld.com or call (888) 800-5447.
  4. Guests must be at least eighteen (18) years old or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and may be required (or their respective parents or legal guardians may be required) to sign liability waivers and/or publicity releases prior to receipt of prize passes or tickets. Great 38 will not be responsible for weather, acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, labor or other strike or work stoppage, or any other natural disaster outside its control that may cause the closure of any theme park or any other inability to use prize tickets or passes and the terms and conditions on, or applicable to, the tickets or passes will govern in such event. Great 38 will not replace any lost, stolen or damaged prize tickets, passes, vouchers or similar items once they are in possession of winner or any guest.
  5. Winner and his or her guests agree to comply with all applicable all theme park regulations and policies in connection with the prize and/or any prize component and acknowledge that theme parks may remove or deny entry to any person, including winner or any guest, who engages in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other theme park visitor, guest, employee or other person, or in any other way that violates any theme park policies.
  6. All prize details shall be at Great 38’s sole discretion. Winner assumes sole responsibility for all expenses and incidental costs associated with the prize not explicitly outlined above, including without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes (if any), surcharges, fees, tips, gratuities, parking, concessions, souvenirs, merchandise, all transportation, travel or lodging, food, beverages, snacks, and personal items. Any person who wins prizes through any Great 38-sponsored promotions with cumulative value equal to or greater than $600 in a calendar year will receive an IRS 1099 Form.
  7. Prize is not redeemable for cash and may not be sold, bartered or auctioned. The right to receive prize is not transferrable. Prize or any portion thereof not used or accepted by winner is forfeited and no cash or substitute will be offered or permitted. Prize may not be substituted except that Great 38 in its discretion may substitute a prize, or portion thereof, with a prize or portion of equal or greater value if it deems necessary. Any such changes will be announced.
  8. Prize offered is provided “as is” with no warranty or guarantee either express or implied by Great 38. Great 38 has neither made nor is responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to Other restrictions apply.

TO enter

  1. Entries will be accepted beginning March 28, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET and ending April 11, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. ET. You must have an active Facebook account prior to the start of this Promotion to be eligible.
  2. Entries require two (2) steps:
  3. Step 1: Watch: First, watch News Channel 8 at 8pm on Great 38 (the “Show“) each day at 8:00 p.m. ET from March 28, 2016 until April 10, 2016. During the Show, a Word of the Night (each, a “WOTN“) will be announced. The WOTN will change each day.
  4. Step 2: Enter: Once you have the WOTN, visit

https://www.facebook.com/great38tv (the “Promotion Page“) and watch for posts by Great 38 inviting comments for a chance to win (each, an “Invite“). Great 38 will post Invites each day that the Show is broadcast. When such an Invite is posted, simply add your comment to that post with the correct WOTN no later than 8:00 a.m. ET the day after the WOTN was broadcast and you will receive one (1) entry. Only entries with the correct WOTN that are received or completed by 8:00 a.m. ET on the day following the broadcast of that WOTN will be valid. Entries will not be accepted via any other method.

  1. All entries must be received by Great 38 no later than April 11, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. ET. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt by Great 38. Great 38 will not accept screen shots as proof of entry.
  2. Limit one (1) entry per person per WOTN. Additional entries received from any such person thereafter will be subject to disqualification. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed, mechanical, script, macro, or any other automated means or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, contest-entry services or multiple or different e-mail addresses, or the submission of false contact information under multiple or different e-mail addresses, identities, registrations, Facebook accounts or logins) or any other devices or artifices to enter or encourage, directly or indirectly, multiple or false entries are prohibited and suspected or detected entry method violations may void some or all entries submitted by that entrant, in Great 38’s sole discretion. No group submissions will be accepted.
  3. Entries must be associated with a valid Facebook account and e-mail address for the entrant. Great 38 is not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of passive or active filtering of any kind. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of a winner based on a Facebook account, the entry will be deemed made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the Facebook account used for entry. The Authorized Account Holder is the natural person who is assigned to the Facebook account by Facebook. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any entrant, the potential winner may need to present a bill or other documentation to confirm his/her status as the authorized account holder of the account used to submit the winning entry.
  4. Entrants who fail to provide any required information may be disqualified without further notification by Great 38. Great 38 is not responsible for entries that are lost, misdirected, garbled, distorted, truncated, incomplete, illegible, incorrect or late for any reason, and all such entries are void. Great 38 reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time that in its opinion does not comply with these Official Rules. Entries become the property of Great 38 and will not be returned or acknowledged.
  5. The information that you provide in connection with the Promotion may be used by Great 38 in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at http://wfla.com/privacy-policy and which may be updated from time to time.

 

  1. All dates and times are subject to change in the event of technical issues or human error affecting the broadcast of any scheduled Show and/or WOTN or the entry process, or in the event of breaking news or national or local emergency or condition that is of greater public importance, in Great 38’s sole discretion, than the timely execution of any scheduled Show and/or WOTN. If any of the foregoing result in the non-broadcast of any scheduled Show and/or WOTN during the particular broadcast time, no entries will be accepted on the corresponding day. Great 38 will not be responsible for breaking news preemption, weather, acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, strike, work stoppage, natural disaster, technical malfunctions, scheduling conflicts, non-broadcast, out-of-normal-timeslot telecast, or any other events or occurrences that may result in the modification or cancellation of any scheduled Show and/or WOTN by Great 38 in its discretion.

WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION

  1. Each day, beginning on March 29, 2016 and ending on April 11, 2016, or within a reasonable time thereafter, Great 38 or its designee will randomly choose one (1) name from all timely entries received, for a total of fourteen (14) names. Subject to verification of eligibility, the persons whose names are so drawn will be declared the Semifinalists. Only the Semifinalists will be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.
  2. On April 11, 2016, or within a reasonable time thereafter, Great 38 or its designee will randomly choose one (1) name from all of the Semifinalists. Subject to verification of eligibility, the Semifinalist whose name is so drawn will be declared the winner.
  3. Great 38 will contact the potential winner in accordance with the information supplied to Great 38 on his or her entry form. Winner must respond to initial notification within forty-eight (48) hours and may be required to present valid photo identification and/or to sign an affidavit or declaration of eligibility, liability waiver, publicity release (where legal), tax forms and/or other legal documents to Great 38 no later than seven (7) business days after initial notification and as a condition of receiving prize. Great 38 in its sole discretion may allow for transmission of verification documents via fax or e-mail. Verified winner will be provided instructions on claiming or coordinating prize. Great 38, in its sole discretion, may permit a verified winner to authorize, in writing, another adult to pick up his or her prize; provided that winner must agree to release and hold Great 38 harmless from all liability for any prize claimed by his or her authorized designee and winner’s designee will be required present photo ID.
  4. In the event that potential winner (a) cannot be contacted directly by, or does not respond to, Great 38 within forty-eight (48) hours of initial attempted notification, (b) fails to satisfy any eligibility or verification requirement herein, (c) declines to accept the prize, or (d) is otherwise determined to be ineligible, Great 38 in its discretion may disqualify that individual and an alternate winner will be chosen by random drawing as soon as reasonably practicable after such disqualification. Any alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Great 38 will conduct up to three (3) alternate winner drawings. If Great 38 cannot verify a winner after three (3) alternate winner drawings, no further drawings will be held and the prize will not be awarded.
  5. Great 38 and WFLA may, in their sole discretion, post the verified winner’s name on the Promotion Page and/or any of Great 38’s and WFLA’s respective websites, including http://www.Great38.com and http://digital-stage.wfla.com, and on or in any of Great 38’s and WFLA’s respective social media pages or channels, and broadcast it on any of Great 38’s and WFLA’s respective stations.

PUBLICITY RELEASE

  1. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to award Great 38 and WFLA the right to publicize his or her name, photographs (including the use and appearance of his or her photograph on Great 38’s and WFLA’s respective websites), likeness, biographical information, e-mail address, voice and details of winning for purposes of this and future promotions without further compensation, except where prohibited.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY & DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

  1. By entering the Promotion, you agree that Great 38, SeaWorld, Discovery Cove, Media General, WFLA, Facebook, any other company involved in the development or administration of this Promotion, and a range of subsidiaries, agencies, affiliates, franchisees, promoters, prize suppliers, directors, officers, employees, agents and related persons (collectively, the “Released Parties“): (a) are not responsible for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to lost, disconnected, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail, or for any failed telephone or computer hardware or software, or for any failed, delayed, misdirected, corrupted, or garbled transmissions or errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic, or for entries that for any reason are not properly submitted or received by Great 38 by any deadline stated above; (b) are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion or in the printing of this offer, administration of this Promotion, or in the announcement of the Semifinalists, winner or prize; (c) are not responsible for any injury or damage to any computer, modem or other electrical device as a result of participation in this Promotion or downloading of any software or materials; (d) are not responsible for unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Promotion; (e) are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any entry; (f) are not responsible for the inability to select Semifinalists or winner because of postal failure, equipment failure, or data storage failure; and (g) are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error that may occur in the administration of the Promotion, the acceptance of entries, the selection of Semifinalists and winner, the prize or otherwise in any Promotion-related materials.
  2. RELEASED PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. RELEASED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES MADE OR OFFERED BY ADVERTISERS, PARTNERS, MANUFACTURERS OR SUPPLIERS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO prize. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL RELEASED PARTIES BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION AND/OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED AND/OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE Promotion OR FOR ERRORS OR ANOMALIES RESULTING IN THE UNINTENDED OR ERRONEOUS PARTICIPATION, AWARD OF prize OR OTHER BENEFITS UNDER THESE OFFICIAL RULES. RELEASED PARTIES OFFER NO ASSURANCES, GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES THAT THE Promotion OR RELATED WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE Promotion.
  3. By entering the Promotion, you agree to release and hold Released Parties harmless from any and all alleged, existing, or future actions, claims, and/or liabilities of whatever nature including, but not limited to, personal injury, bodily injury (including, without limitation, wrongful death and disability), property damage, and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and loss or damage of any other kind, relating to or arising from, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, (a) your participation, inability to participate, in the Promotion or any Promotion-related or prize-related activity, (b) the use by Released Parties (including modification, adaptation, and reproduction) of entry materials during or after the Promotion, (c) the delivery, acceptance, possession, redemption, use, misuse, loss, or misdirection of prize, and (d) any other claim or cause of action you may have against any Released Party.
  4. BY entering THE Promotion, you FURTHER AGREE THAT (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE Promotion, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE Promotion, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS’ FEES; AND (C) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND you HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED AND ANY OTHER DAMAGES OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES.
  5. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON THE ABILITY TO PURSUE CLASS ACTION REMEDIES, OR ON CERTAIN KINDS OF DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN WHOLE OR IN PART.

MISCELLANEOUS

  1. Great 38 reserves the right to cancel, suspend or terminate this Promotion, or any part thereof, in the event that Great 38 determines, in its sole discretion, that the security, administration, fairness and/or operation of the Promotion has been corrupted or impaired by any non-authorized intervention, network failure, information storage failure, telecommunications failure, malfunction, or any other cause beyond Great 38’s control. In such an event, Great 38 will post notice of same at the Promotion Page and select the winner by conducting a random drawing from among all non-suspect entries received prior to the suspension, cancellation or termination of the Promotion or in such other manner as Great 38, in its sole discretion, deems fair and appropriate under the circumstances.
  2. Great 38 reserves the right to disqualify any individual from further participation in the Promotion if Great 38 concludes, in its sole discretion, that such person (a) has attempted to tamper with the entry process or other any operation of the Promotion, (b) has repeatedly disregarded or has attempted to circumvent these Official Rules, or (c) has acted towards Great 38 or any other entrant or other participant in an unfair, inequitable, deliberately annoying, threatening, disrupting or harassing manner. Tampering includes attempting to enter more than the number of times permitted herein, including through the use of any prohibited device or method. Any failure by Great 38 to enforce any of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules.
  3. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DEFRAUD, TAMPER WITH, OR DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE, THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE Promotion MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND Great 38 RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY AVAILABLE DAMAGES OR REMEDIES AGAINST SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND/OR REFER SUCH MATTERS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR PROSECUTION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  4. All activity arising out of and relating to the Promotion, including any reference to the status of any person as a “Semifinalist” or “winner,” is subject to verification and/or auditing for compliance with the Official Rules. If Great 38 determines, in its sole discretion, that verification or auditing activity evidences non-compliance of an entry and/or entrant with the Official Rules, Great 38 reserves the right to disqualify such entry and/or entrant from the Promotion and prize at any time. Great 38 reserves the right to conduct a background check on any or all potential winners and to disqualify any individual based on such background check if Great 38 determines in its sole discretion that awarding a prize to any such individual might reflect negatively on Great 38. Each entrant agrees to cooperate with Great 38 and its representatives in connection with any and all verification, auditing and/or background check activities.
  5. Great 38 reserves the right to correct typographical, printing or clerical errors in any Promotion-related materials. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Great 38 reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing from among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

DISPUTES

  1. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrants or Released Parties in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by Florida law, without giving effect to any choice of law rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Florida. By entering the Promotion, you expressly (a) agree that any legal proceedings arising out of or relating in any way to this Promotion or these Official Rules shall be brought only in the federal or state courts located in Hillsborough County, Florida, and (b) consent to the mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction in such courts with respect to any such legal proceedings.
  2. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between any terms or conditions of these Official Rules and any disclosures or other statements contained in any other Promotion-related materials, including but not limited to the Promotion entry forms, or point of sale, television, print, mobile or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control. In the event that any provision of these Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

TRADEMARKS

  1. Facebook is not a sponsor of this Promotion. Any third party trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective trademark owners. The use or mention of such third party trademarks in these Official Rules or in the Promotion is solely for descriptive purposes and shall in no way imply an endorsement or sponsorship of the

Winner’s Name/OFFICIAL RULES

  1. For a copy of the Official Rules or the final Winner’s Name, visit the Promotion Page or http://www.Great38.com or mail a SASE to: Great 38 2016 Discovery Cove Contest c/o Great 38, 200 S. Parker Street, Tampa, FL 33606, specifying either “Winner’s Name” or “Official Rules.” Winner’s Name will be available after May 11, 2016.