NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING.
The Germania Insurance “Dallas Stars All Inclusive Giveaway” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Germania Insurance (“Sponsor” or “Germania Insurance”). The Sweepstakes are governed by these official rules (“Official Rules”). By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and understands that the results of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor and its agents, are final in all respects. The Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by laws.
- ENTRY PERIOD/ELIGIBILITY. The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 AM Central Standard
Time (“CST”) on February 14, 2020 and ends at 11:59:59 PM CST on February 28, 2020 (the
“Sweepstakes Period”). Only persons who satisfy all of the following requirements are eligible to
participate in the Sweepstakes: (i) are legal residents of the United States; (ii) who reside in the
State of Texas, and (iii) who are at least 21 years of age as of the date of participation. Employees,
officers and directors of the Dallas Stars, the DSE Hockey Club, L.P, and each of their parents,
subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, advertising/promotion agencies, and promotional suppliers,
and the immediate family members (spouse, siblings, parents and children, regardless of where
they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers
and directors of the Sweepstakes Parties are not eligible, as well as agents, employees and
immediate family members of employees or agents of Germania Insurance, its promotional and/or
advertising agencies, or any other party involved in this event (aforementioned individuals and
organizations are collectively referred to herein as the “Sweepstakes Parties”). The Sweepstakes
is also void where prohibited by applicable law and no person may register for the Sweepstakes in
those locations.
- TO ENTER. To enter, visit germaniainsurance.com/stars and complete all required fields on
the online entry form, submit as requested and receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Only
fully completed and submitted entry forms are eligible. There is a limit of one (1) Entry per
household. Entries and related information become the exclusive property of the Sweepstakes
Parties upon submission. Entries will be disqualified if they are late, incomplete, and/or in excess
of the stated entry limits. Any entries attempted through the use of agencies or robotic, repetitive,
automatic, programmed or similar methods will be void. The decision to void an entry pursuant
to the above restrictions shall be made in the sole discretion of Sponsor. All entries submitted in
compliance with these Official Rules and not disqualified are considered “Eligible Entries.”
- RANDOM DRAWING/WINNER NOTIFICATION/ODDS OF WINNING. One (1) drawing
will take place (the “Drawing”) on or about March 2, 2020. One (1) entrant will be randomly
selected during the Drawing from all Eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
Potential winners will be notified by email and/or phone at the email address/phone number
provided with entry. Actual means of notification will be determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion. Odds of winning depend on the number of Eligible Entries received and the date of
entry.
- PRIZES. One (1) winner will be selected. The prize is comprised of four (4) Loge Box tickets
located in the Germania Insurance Club for one (1) Dallas Stars regular season home game at the
American Airlines Center (the “Prize”). Winner must attend the game on the date specified by
Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion. In order to claim the prize, a completed W-9 may be required
prior to the event for tax reporting purposes. The approximate value of each prize is $589, limit
one prize per household per calendar year. See Section 5 below for additional details and Prize
restrictions.
- ADDITIONAL PRIZE DETAILS AND RESTRICTIONS. All taxes on Prizes (including
without limitation federal, state and local taxes), and all expenses related to acceptance and use of
Prizes and not expressly specified herein as included as a Prize, are the sole responsibility of the
Prize recipients. Tickets are revocable licenses subject to applicable terms and conditions. Prizes
are non-transferable. No Prize substitution, in whole or in part, will be made except as determined
by Sponsor due to Prize unavailability, safety or security considerations, or any other reason as
solely determined by Sponsor. In the event of any such substitution, a prize of comparable or
greater value will be awarded. Prize is not redeemable by winner for cash value. Any Prize details
not specified above will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prize recipients may be
required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release, and (where permitted by law) a
publicity release, which must be returned by the date specified in the accompanying notification
letter, or an alternate Prize winner may be selected. Any entrant in the Sweepstakes may be
disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion if: (a) any required documents are not completed and
returned within the required time period; (b) he/she fails to comply with any of the terms of these
Official Rules, or (c) if any Prize or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable. In the event of
disqualification of a winner, assuming there is sufficient time available for winner notification and
verification, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, the applicable Prize may be awarded to an alternate
winner selected from among the remaining Eligible Entries, pending verification of eligibility. No
responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for any incorrect email address or phone number associated
with an entry, or any change email address or phone number of entrant after entry/Prize claim
submission.
- GENERAL CONDITIONS. Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant’s full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor,
which are final and binding. If any potential winner is 21 years old or older, as is required for
entry, the potential winner must ratify and sign any and all documents required of potential winner,
at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor is under no obligation to correspond about entries nor will
entries be acknowledged or returned. Proof of delivery of an entry will not be deemed to be proof
of actual receipt by Sponsor. The Sweepstakes Parties are not responsible for and shall not be
liable for: (a) electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer
malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction
or for any human, typographical, printing or other error relating to or in connection with the
Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in the administration of the
Sweepstakes, processing of entries; the announcement of the Prizes or in any Sweepstakes-related
materials, (b) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (c) late, lost, garbled,
misdirected, incomplete, stolen, delayed, misdirected or postage-due entries or mail; (d)
inaccessibility of any website in whole or in part for any reason; (e) damage to entrants' or any
person's computer or other equipment or the contents thereof; or (f) any condition caused by events
that may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted. In the event of any conflict between
any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules and Sweepstakes details contained in
any Sweepstakes advertising materials, the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official
Rules shall prevail. In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Sweepstakes
is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical
problem, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Sweepstakes to address the
impairment and then resume the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these
Official Rules; (b) award the Prizes from among the applicable Eligible Entries and/or Prize claims
received up to the time of the impairment; or (c) proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair
and equitable by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Although Sponsor attempts to ensure the integrity
of the Sweepstakes, Sweepstakes Parties are not responsible for the actions of participants or other
individuals in connection with the Sweepstakes, including participants' or other individuals'
attempts to circumvent the Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security,
fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time
and at its sole discretion, to disqualify and/or deem ineligible to participate in this Sweepstakes or
any future Sponsor promotion, any individual it suspects: (a) to be tampering with the entry process
or the operation of the Sweepstakes; (b) to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; (c) to be
acting in bad faith or in a disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass
any other person; (d) to have failed to agree to these Official Rules; or (e) to be in violation of
these Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER
INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SWEEPSTAKES SITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE
MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH
PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Sponsor’s failure to enforce
any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Screen shots or
any other purported evidence of winning will not be accepted in place of Sponsor's own methods
of winner verification. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account
holder of the email address used to participate will be deemed to be the participant. The
“authorized account holder” is the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Internet entry must be made
by the entrant only at the authorized web site address(es) listed in these Official Rules. Entries
may not be made by any other individual or any entity, and/or originating at any other Internet
website or email address, including but not limited to commercial sweepstakes subscription
notification and/or entering service sites.
- RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. By participating in the Sweepstakes and
submitting any entries, you agree to forever and irrevocably release, discharge and hold harmless
Germania Insurance, the Sweepstakes Parties, Dallas Sports & Entertainment, L.P., DSE GP, Inc.,
DSE Hockey Club GP, Inc., together with the respective parents, affiliated companies,
subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, shareholders, successors and
assigns of each (aforementioned individuals and organizations collectively, the “Released Parties”)
from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or
receipt or use/misuse of any Prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human
intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, software, or
telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors or any errors made in the advertisement of the
Sweepstakes; (d) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the
administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries or Prize claims, or the announcement
of Prizes; (f) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly,
in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt of any Prize; or (g)
any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sweepstakes Parties that may cause the
Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted. You further agree that in any cause of action, the
Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the
Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees. You hereby
waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive,
consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Released Parties expressly disclaim any responsibility
or liability for injury or loss to any person or property resulting from the Sweepstakes or relating
to the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of any Prizes awarded. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Sweepstakes, all Prizes, and all materials are provided "as is" without warranty of
any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Released Parties are not
responsible if any Prize cannot be awarded due to travel cancellations, delays, or interruptions due
to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, or acts of terrorism.
- PUBLICITY. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you grant to Sponsor, Sweepstakes Parties
and their affiliated companies the right and express permission, except where prohibited by law,
to use your name, likeness, picture, address (city and state), voice, biographical information, entry
and written or oral statements, for advertising, or for any other purpose in any media or format
without limitation and without payment of additional consideration. You shall have no right of
approval, no claim to compensation, and no claim (including, without limitation, claims based on
invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration,
or use in composite form of your name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), biographical
information, or entry.
- PRIVACY. Information submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes will be treated in
accordance with these Official Rules and the Germania Insurance Privacy Policy (as may be
amended from time to time), available via www.GermaniaInsurance.com /privacy-security-legal/,
provided, that in the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and such Privacy Policy,
the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail. By participating in the Sweepstakes,
you agree that the Sweepstakes Parties may share your personal information with the Released
Parties for the purpose of verification and Prize fulfillment in the event that you are a potential
winner. Information submitted in the Sweepstakes entries, including but not limited to the entrant’s
name, address, email address, and phone number shall become the property of the Sweepstakes
Parties, and may be used by the Sweepstakes Parties for marketing or promotional purposes.
Unless the opt-out is selected, completion of the entry form constitutes the entrant’s acceptance of
receiving a sales solicitation from Germania Insurance and/or an authorized Germania Insurance
agent/representative. The completion of an entry in no way obligates the respondent to purchase
insurance.
- DISPUTES. Except where prohibited by law, by participating in the Sweepstakes you agree
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 Washington County, Texas. 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 Sponsor in
connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules
(whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Texas.
- SEVERABILITY/HEADINGS. If any provision of these Official Rules is found to be
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable
from these Official Rules and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
provisions. Headings and captions are used in these Official Rules solely for convenience of
reference, and shall not be deemed to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of these Official
Rules or any provision hereof.
- SPONSOR. Germania Insurance. Sales and Marketing Department, PO Box 645, Brenham, TX 77833
- TRADEMARKS. Any Sweepstakes Parties’ trademarks or third party trademarks mentioned
herein are the sole and exclusive property of their respective trademark owners and no Sweepstakes
participant or Prize winner shall have any rights in and to such trademarks for any purpose. The
use or mention of such third party trademarks in these Official Rules or in the Sweepstakes is
solely for descriptive purposes and shall in no way imply an endorsement or sponsorship of the
Sweepstakes.