Sweepstakes Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
These Sweepstakes Rules, including addendums, (collectively referred to as the “Agreement”) are between you (“Participant”) and acQyr eXchange (“QX”, “Targeted Shopping Solutions, Inc.”, “TSS”, “us”, “we” or “Company”). QX is the sole sponsor/promoter of the Offered Sweepstakes (drawings, tournaments, and offers) provided within this and all related games. As a Participant in the Offered Sweepstakes, you continue to be bound to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of any games which you are playing and which issue you Reward Tickets (“Tickets”) for entry into the Offered Sweepstakes.
BY CLICKING THE “I AGREE” BUTTON OR ACCESSING, USING OR INSTALLING ANY PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES SOFTWARE, MEMBER EXPRESSLY AGREES TO AND UNCONDITIONALLY CONSENTS TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this Agreement, you will not be allowed to participate in the Offered Sweepstakes or access the Sweepstakes Software provided by QX.
1.0 ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE
1.1 Offered Sweepstakes are open only to legal residents located in the states of the United States, who are at least eighteen (18) years old or the age of majority in their legal jurisdiction (whichever occurs later) at the time of entry. PARTICIPATION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
1.2 The Offered Sweepstakes are subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local laws and regulations. It is the sole responsibility of the Participant to determine whether the Offered Sweepstakes are legal and compliant with all regulations in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides.
1.3 Winning a prize through the Offered Sweepstakes is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set out in these Sweepstakes Rules. Certain prizes may be subject to a small Redemption Fee. In addition, the Participant is responsible for all applicable local, state, and federal taxes.
1.4 Employees and former employees (less than 2 years since cessation of employment) of QX, any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, holding companies, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the Offered Sweepstakes and their immediate family and household members are NOT eligible to participate in the Offered Sweepstakes.
1.5 The Offered Sweepstakes are available to only non-professional Participants. No participation via a bot, artificial intelligence, or other machine-aided software or hardware is permitted. If a Participant is determined by QX, using our best judgment, to be a professional or to be aided by software or hardware devices or methods to obtain Offered Sweepstakes’ prizes, then we reserve the right to limit entries or to exclude the Participant from the Offered Sweepstakes.
1.6 Offered Sweepstakes, as set forth in these Sweepstakes Rules, begin on the first day of the current month at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Zone Time and end on the last day of the current month at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Zone Time.
2.0 METHODS OF ENTRY FOR OFFERED SWEEPSTAKES
2.1 To participate in the Offered Sweepstakes, a Participant must join and create an account through a game that issues Reward Tickets for the Offered Sweepstakes,. A Participants account must be active and in good standing at the time of participating in one or more of the Offered Sweepstakes.
2.2 Participants receive free Reward Tickets for participating in the Offered Sweepstakes. Reward Tickets are issued through one of the following methods: (a) our game partners issue free Reward Tickets during certain periods of game play (Campaigns) for defined achievements and/or offers within the game; (b) additional Reward Tickets may be won as part of Offered Sweepstakes (drawings, tournaments, offers); (c) receive free Reward Tickets through entry in QX-sponsored giveaway contests on social media, at our Participant website (“the app”), or other media contest promotions; or (d) our Alternative Method of Entry (AMOE) – contact us via email at tickets@acqyrexchange.com with the following information: (a) in the subject line state “Reward Tickets”; (b) in the body of the email provide, in order (1) your Offered Sweepstakes account username, (2) your first and last name, (3) your full mailing address, and (4) the type and quantity of Reward Tickets you are requesting (see 2.3 below). You may send one AMOE Rewards Ticket request per account per month.
2.3 Reward Ticket Types – There are two primary types of Reward Tickets. (1) Reward Tickets with a monetary value of $.01 USD/point are called VQ Points. VQ Points may be used to enter Offered Sweepstakes or may be redeemed for cash and prizes via the Participant website (“the app”). The issuance of free VQ Points occurs through any of the methods stated in 2.2 above as defined by QX and our game partners. For AMOE, up to 10 VQ Points may be requested each month. Issued VQ Points are always available for a Participant until (a) used as an entry to an Offered Sweepstakes, (b) redeemed for cash or prizes, or (c) the Participant’s account is closed. (2) Reward Tickets with no monetary value and which are specific to Offered Sweepstakes and game partners may be specified within a Sweepstakes Campaign (“Campaign”). These non-monetary tickets are used as entries to a Campaign’s Offered Sweepstakes. These Campaign-specific tickets are no longer available once they are used for the Campaign’s Offered Sweepstakes or the Campaign is ended. For AMOE, up to 10 Reward Tickets may be requested for each Campaign.
3.0 USING REWARD TICKETS FOR OFFERED SWEEPSTAKES
3.1 Reward Tickets that are issued to you, as a Participant, via one of the methods stated in Section 2.2 can be used for entering Offered Sweepstakes and/or as methods to earn or win prizes within the Offered Sweepstakes. Each Campaign’s use of Reward Tickets will vary as to their use as entries to Offered Sweepstakes or as methods to earn or win prizes within the Offered Sweepstakes.
3.2 VQ Points that are rewarded to you, as a Participant, can also be redeemed for prizes, including cash rewards, with a value per VQ Point of $.01/point. Redemption of VQ Points for prizes, including cash rewards, is available within “the app” or through links provided to you within each Campaign.
4.0 WINNING OFFERED SWEEPSTAKES
4.1 Winners of Offered Sweepstakes are determined by the additional rules specified for each Offered Sweepstakes. For Sweepstakes drawings, Winners are randomly chosen from all Participant entries by an independent method used by QX for all drawings. For Sweepstakes tournaments, Winners are determined by the additional tournament rules and stated prizes to be issued to the winning Participants. For Sweepstakes offers, Winners are determined by the additional stated achievements that, when achieved by a Participant, result in the issuance of the stated prize(s).
4.2 The odds of winning each Offered Sweepstakes are dependent on the total number of entries and varies for each Offered Sweepstake and within each Campaign. Offered Sweepstakes will vary as to the number of entries allowed for each Participant.
4.3 The time period (start and stop time) of each Offered Sweepstakes will vary and will be specified within each Campaign. Prizes will be rewarded and issued after the end of the stated time period for each Offered Sweepstakes. Potential Sweepstakes Winners are subject to verification by the sponsor/promoter, in any manner that it may choose, and the decisions of the sponsor/promoter are final and binding in all matters related to each Offered Sweepstakes. A Participant is not a Winner of any prize, even if such Winner has been so identified within the game or “the app”, until the Participant’s eligibility and win have been verified and until the Participant has fully complied with these Sweepstakes Rules and has been notified by us that the Participant is a Winner.
4.4 A potential prize Winner may be required to sign and return to the sponsor/promoter an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited by law) in order to claim their prize. If a potential prize Winner cannot be contacted, fails to properly retain the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period, fails to complete with these Sweepstakes Rules, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential Winner forfeits the prize.
5.0 YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
You hereby represent and warrant to us as follows:
You have read and you understand this Agreement.
The execution, delivery and performance by you of this Agreement and the consummation by you of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, conflict with or violate: (i) any provision of law, rule or regulation to which you are subject; (ii) any order, judgment or decree applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties; or (iii) any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties.
You are a citizen or legal resident of the United States of America and will only access and operate the Software within the United States of America.
6.0 SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability will not invalidate or render unenforceable any other part of this Agreement, but the Agreement will be construed as not containing the particular provision or provisions held to be invalid or unenforceable.
7.0 RIGHT TO CANCEL OR MODIFY OFFERED SWEEPSTAKES
No warranty or representation is made that the Offered Sweepstakes will be run to completion. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify the Offered Sweepstakes, their schedules, and their prizes. If we, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION determine that operating the Offered Sweepstakes IN WHOLE OR IN PART is not feasible for any reason, including, but not limited to, a change in the risk of operating the Offered Sweepstakes, or insufficient participation in one or more of the Offered Sweepstakes, then we may CANCEL OR MODIFY all or any of the OFFERED SWEEPSTAKES and we shall owe you nothing.
8.0 PRIZE SUBSTITUTION
We reserve the right to provide substitute prizes or cash value in the event that we or the vendor are unable to meet reasonable delivery requirements or in the event that an Offered Sweepstakes Winner is located outside the continental United States.
9.0 TAXES
United States Federal Tax Regulations requires that you complete and return form W9 and that we issue you a form 1099 at the end of each calendar year if you have won prizes of $600.00 or more in the calendar year. However, you remain solely responsible for paying all federal and other taxes in accordance with the laws that apply in your state, province, and/or country of residence. The Company will retain a copy of your W9 after submittal for 3 years. You will be required to submit a new W9 form the next time your annual winnings are $600 or more.
As with our cash prizes, members are responsible for applicable income taxes for merchandise prizes. Either the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price, or Site acquisition price, at our discretion, will be used as the cash value of the merchandise prize.
Non-US residents will be subject to back-up withholding for federal income tax purposes at 30%. Members will be required to provide such documentation as the Federal Income Tax Regulations require.
10.0 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
By registering for an account, you agree that we may display, publish, print, broadcast and use, worldwide, in any media at any time, now or hereafter created, in any and all languages, your name, username, prize winnings, Sweepstakes records, picture, voice, likeness, and/or biographical information for promotional purposes without additional compensation. You agree to execute such releases as we may require for this purpose.