NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF MONEY IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE CONTESTS. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF MONEY WILL NOT IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.
GATE Stores Contest Official Rules
GATE Stores Contests (the “Contests”) are intended for legal residents of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina only (collectively; “Participating States”) and shall only be construed and evaluated according to U.S. law and laws of the State of Florida. Do not enter these Contests if you are not a legal resident in one of the Participating States at the time of entry.
SPONSOR/Administrator: The Contests are sponsored and administered by GATE Petroleum Company, 9540 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32257 (the “Sponsor”).
Eligibility: The Contests are open and offered only to legal U.S. citizens that are residents of one of the Participating States who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry (the “Entrants”). Employees, officers, sponsors and any of their respective parent companies, affiliates, franchisees, licensees, distributors, suppliers, subsidiaries, retailers, advertising/promotion agencies and members of the immediate family (mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and spouse, regardless of where they reside) and household members of each such employee, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate. Void outside of the Participating States, and where prohibited or restricted by law. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements, in any manner it deems appropriate.
Promotion Period: Contests begin once posted on social media channels (which may include Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter) of GATE retail stores owned and operated by Sponsor (the “Contest Post”) and end exactly three (3) days after post time. Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Contest. Each Contest Post and corresponding Contest Period shall be considered a separate Contest under these rules and separate entries shall be required for each Contest. Limit one (1) entry per person per Contest throughout the Contest Period.
How to Participate: During the Contest Period, followers must meet all of the Eligibility Requirements of these Official Rules and any additional requirements as described in the Contest Post. (i.e., if the post says the eligible individual must comment, then solely a comment by eligible individuals will suffice to be considered an eligible Entrant in the Contest. If the post says a person must (1) follow the account, (2) like the post, and (3) comment, then an eligible individual must meet all three of those conditions to be considered an eligible Entrant in the Contest.)
The Contests will be entirely on social media. If participating via a mobile phone or other web-enabled device and using your wireless carrier’s network, standard data charges from your wireless carrier may apply. Contests are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Prize is nontransferable. No cash redemptions or substitutions permitted.
Prize Award Procedures: A winner will be selected at random from all eligible Entrants by the Sponsor at the end of the respective Contest Period. The sponsor has sole discretion of the randomization utilized to pick a winner. The prize winner will be notified by the Sponsor via social media that they have won and the prize winner will have exactly seven (7) calendar days to respond, with such notification period to expire at midnight on the seventh calendar day (the “Notification Period”). Should the notification fail and/or the prize winner not respond within the Notification Period, their prize winnings will be forfeited and the Sponsor may pick a new prize winner in his/her place at random from the remaining eligible Entrants. Sponsor is not responsible for failure for any reason whatsoever of a prize winner to receive notification or for Sponsor’s failure to receive the winner’s response.
General Conditions: By participating, Entrants agree (a) to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and each of the respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, Facebook, Inc., and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability, for any damages, injuries or losses of any kind to person(s), including death, or property, arising directly or indirectly from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize or his/her participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity, or from the Sponsor’s use of any entry submitted (including but not limited to claims that Sponsor’s use of the entry violates the rights of any person featured in the entry); and (b) to grant (and to confirm such grant in writing promptly upon request) to its affiliates and those acting under authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements and biographical information at any time or times for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification, approval or additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. All taxes on prizes, if any, are solely the responsibility of the winners.
All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. By participating, Entrants agree that 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 Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules that may cause the application of laws of another jurisdiction. By entering, Entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts in Jacksonville, Duval County, FL.
Limitations of Liability: Neither Sponsor nor their respective agencies are responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither the Sponsor nor their respective agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of website. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds may be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contests or website, may be acting in violation of the terms of the website or these Official Rules or may be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to Entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest or downloading or copying materials from or use of website. If, for any reason, the Contests are not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, or if due to any technical, production or other error, more prizes are claimed or awarded than are described in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and randomly select winner from entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. No more than the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules and Contest Post will be awarded. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents.
Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Sponsor reserves the right to correct an error in any promotional materials or these Official Rules.
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR EACH OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ENTRANTS ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST INTERNET SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
THE SPONSORS WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR ANY BENEFITS AWARDED.