NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years and older. Begins: 12:01 a.m. CT on 11/14/22. Ends: 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/11/22. Subject to Official Rules. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Dotdash Media Inc. Sweepstakes is offered by Dotdash Media Inc. and may be promoted by any of Dotdash Meredith’s publications in various creative executions online and in print and at additional URLs at any time during the sweepstakes.
OFFICIAL RULES
Holiday Gift Giveaway SpinnerSweepstakes
Void outside the 50 United States, District of Columbia and where prohibited. Do not proceed to enter if you are not at least 18 years of age and a legal resident of, and located within, one of the 50 United States, or the District of Columbia, at the time of entry. By participating, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is offered by Dotdash Media Inc. and may be promoted by any of Dotdash Meredith’s publications in various creative executions online and in print at any time during the sweepstakes. Note that the Websites referenced within these Official Rules may not be the full list of websites (i.e., specific URLs) used to promote this Sweepstakes. If the promotional ad you see in a magazine, or website or hyperlink that you follow online to enter this Sweepstakes refers to these Official Rules, such website is considered a “Website” under this promotion.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Holiday Gift Giveaway Spinner Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on 11/14/22 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/11/22 (“Sweepstakes Period”). The Sweepstakes Period will be divided into four (4) entry periods (each, a “Entry Period”), as detailed below plus one (1) Grand Prize drawing from among all eligible entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period:
Entry Period 1: Begins 12:01 a.m. CT on 11/14/22 and ends 11:59 p.m. CT on 11/20/22.
Entry Period 2: Begins 12:01 a.m. CT on 11/21/22 and ends 11:59 p.m. CT on 11/27/22.
Entry Period 3: Begins 12:01 a.m. CT on 11/28/22 and ends 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/5/22.
Entry Period 4: Begins 12:01 a.m. CT on 12/6/22 and ends 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/11/22.
All entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/11/22 to be eligible for the Grand Prize. All eligible entries from the four (4) entry periods will be eligible for the Grand Prize random drawing.
HOW TO ENTER: During an Entry Period, visit https://www.bhg.com/holiday-gift-giveaway-spinner-sweepstakes-6827940 (the “Website”) and Spin the Prize Spinner, which will randomly land on one (1) of eight (8) available prizes. Then, follow the instructions provided to complete and submit the online entry form specified to receive one (1) entry in the random drawing for the prize the spinner landed on and one (1) entry for the Grand Prize random drawing. There is no cost to register or enter. Entering the Sweepstakes will automatically register entrant at www.allrecipes.com. www.thespruce.com, www.bhg.com, www.realsimple.com, www.thespruceeats.com, www.foodandwine.com, www.marthastewart.com, www.simplyrecipes.com, www.southernliving.com, www.eatingwell.com, www.myrecipes.com and www.thespruceeats.com if entrant has not already registered. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. All entries must be received by the end dates and times above to be eligible for the applicable Entry Period, and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. CT on 12/11/22 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
LIMIT: One (1) Entry Period prize entry and one (1) Grand Prize drawing entry per person and per email address, per day throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Entries received from any person or email address in excess of the stated daily limitation will be void. You may only use one (1) email address to enter this Sweepstakes.
By entering the Sweepstakes, you are indicating that you have read, understood and fully agree to these Official Rules. Any person found to be using multiple identities to enter the Sweepstakes will be declared ineligible to win. Multiple entries from any person using different phone numbers, email addresses or through the use of any other robotic device or artifice to enter multiple times for an individual will be deemed invalid. Entrants subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to privacy policy. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means or means which subvert the entry process will be void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and 18 years of age or older. Employees of Sponsor and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (regardless of where they reside) or household members, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. “Immediate family members” shall mean spouses, parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, and their respective spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.
SPONSOR: Dotdash Media Inc. 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 (“Sponsor”).
WINNER SELECTION/DRAWINGS: Approximately one (1) business day following the conclusion of each Entry Period, Sponsor will conduct eight (8) separate random drawings, one (1) per available Entry Period prize, from all eligible entries for each prize pool throughout each Entry Period, respectively, to select one (1) potential winner per available prize (for a total of thirty-two (32) potential winners throughout all four (4) Entry Periods). Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for each available prize drawing throughout each Entry Period. Non-winning entries from one random drawing will not carry over to any subsequent random drawings. On or about 12/16/22, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible Grand Prize drawing entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period to select one (1) potential winner for the Grand Prize. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Grand Prize drawing entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period.
ENTRY PERIOD WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified by individual e-mail and may be required to complete and return Affidavit of Eligibility, IRS W9 form, and Release of Liability/Publicity within five (5) days of date of notification or an alternate winner may be selected in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries received for the applicable Entry Period. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact a potential winner or a potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner may be selected at random from all remaining eligible entries received for the applicable Entry Period. Attempts will be made to contact and/or verify up to two alternate winners. After three attempts to verify a winner for the unfulfilled prize fails, the prize will not be awarded. No substitutions are permitted except if a prize or any portion of prize is unavailable, in which case a prize or portion of prize of comparable or greater value will be awarded. Prize is not redeemable for cash. Prize is non-assignable or transferable except to a surviving spouse.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be notified by individual e-mail and will be required to complete and return Affidavit of Eligibility, IRS W9 form, and Release of Liability/Publicity within five (5) days of date of notification or an alternate winner may be selected in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible Grand Prize drawing entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact a potential winner or a potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner may be selected at random from all remaining eligible Grand Prize drawing entries received for the Sweepstakes Period. Attempts will be made to contact and/or verify up to two alternate winners. After three attempts to verify a winner for the unfulfilled prize fails, the prize will not be awarded. No substitutions are permitted except if a prize or any portion of prize is unavailable, in which case a prize or portion of prize of comparable or greater value will be awarded. Prize is not redeemable for cash. Prize is non-assignable or transferable except to a surviving spouse.
ENTRY PERIOD PRIZES (32):
GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: Winners will not receive any difference between actual and approximate retail values of prizes. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of comparable or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Total ARV of all prizes: $3,446.61.
GRAND PRIZE (1): One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a $10,000 check made out to the winner; ARV: $10,000. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prize, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
PRIVACY: Registration at www.allrecipes.com. www.thespruce.com, www.bhg.com, www.realsimple.com, www.thespruceeats.com, www.foodandwine.com, www.marthastewart.com, www.simplyrecipes.com, www.southernliving.com, and www.eatingwell.com and auto-subscribe to the BHG Holiday and Celebrations free newsletter is required to enter the Sweepstakes. When you register, we collect personally identifying information about you, including your name and email address. The information that you provide will be added to a centralized Sponsor database and you will simultaneously be registered for Sponsor’s other websites as well. Your email address will not be sold or rented to third parties. For more information about how Sponsor uses the information you provide, see Sponsor’s privacy policy at http://www.meredith.com/legal/privacy.
ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or the prize (or portion thereof) awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at a AAA regional office in New York, NY; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages including attorney’s fees or any other damages, other than for entrant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
RELEASES: By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release Sponsor and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims, injury, death, loss or damage arising in any manner, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance, use or misuse of the prize.
OTHER: Any attempted form of entry into the Sweepstakes, other than the entry methods stated, is prohibited. Promotion Entities are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, or electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an participant’s ability to enter the Sweepstakes, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s phone, or other matter relating to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes; and award the prize via random drawing(s) for the prize(s) at issue from among all eligible non-suspect entries received for the applicable drawing(s) up to the action taken by the Sponsor provided a sufficient number of eligible entries have been received.
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, inaccurate, stolen, undelivered, garbled, misdirected entries or electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an participant’s ability to enter the Sweepstakes, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s phone, or other matter relating to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes, or text notification sign-ups; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize, or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes is compromised by virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention, epidemic, pandemic, or any other causes which, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, proper play or integrity of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation or termination, Sponsor reserves the right to select the potential winner in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to date of cancellation or termination. In the event of a dispute regarding text entry, entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the phone number associated with the entry and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the phone number by the Cell Phone Provider, Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use each entrant's name, hometown (city and state), voice, biographical information, likeness, photograph and any statements regarding this Sweepstakes in all media now known or hereafter discovered, for any purpose, including without limitation, in connection with, and to promote, market or advertise, the Sweepstakes, in whole or in part, without review, approval, credit or attribution, notification or payment from or to entrant or any person or entity, worldwide, in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations. Winner will be issued an IRS 1099 tax form in the amount of the prize retail value as stated herein.
WINNER’S NAMES: For the names of the winners, available after 1/15/23, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Winner’s Name, Holiday Gift Giveaway Spinner Sweepstakes, 1716 Locust St, LN-428, Des Moines, IA 50309.
Or check back after 1/1/23, winner information will be posted on https://www.bhg.com/holiday-gift-giveaway-spinner-sweepstakes-6827940.