NFM "Big Game Guess" Official Promotional Rules (the "Promotion")
No Purchase Necessary. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void where prohibited. In order to participate in the Promotion, you may make a "Qualifying Purchase" (as defined below) or submit a mail-in entry (through the process described below) between January 29, 2024, and 3:00 PM CST on February 11, 2024 ("Entry Period"). A "Qualifying Purchase" is any purchase of in-stock merchandise, made either at a participating Nebraska Furniture Mart ("NFM") retail location or online at www.NFM.com of $399 or more, and of which you take possession by 3:00 PM CT on February 11, 2024.
In order to enter, (1) visit promo.NFM.com/nfm/biggameguess/ and provide the requested information, along with your prediction for the final score of the Big Game currently scheduled to take place at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada on February 11, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. CST (the "Big Game"); (2) visit any NFM retail location and request an entry code; or (3) submit a properly completed mail-in entry including your score prediction as described below. The score prediction must include the final score for each team participating in the Big Game (for example, National Team 35 and American Team 31).
The maximum Prize value is $1,500.00 for each winner, if any (the "Maximum Prize Value"). If you predict the exact final score that each team has at the end of the Big Game, then NFM will (a) reimburse you for your Qualifying Purchase(s) in the form of a check in an amount up to the Maximum Prize Value for Qualifying Purchase/s, plus, if required, an NFM Gift Card for any amount remaining less than the Maximum Prize Value; or (b) give you the Maximum Prize Value in the form of a gift card ("NFM Gift Card"), as further described below. Possession must be taken of "Qualifying Purchase" by 3:00 PM CST on February 11, 2024 to be eligible for reimbursement. Federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Mail-In Alternate Means of Entry: A person satisfying eligibility requirements detailed in these official rules may receive one (1) free mail-in entry without purchase. In order to obtain a free mail-in entry, send a 3 x 5 postcard with your first name, last name, mailing address, phone number, date of birth, last four digits of your social security number, e-mail address, and score prediction in a properly stamped #10 envelope to: "Nebraska Furniture Mart Big Game Guess Promotion Entry," c/o SCA Promotions, 3030 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75234. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by February 7, 2024, and received by February 9, 2024, to be eligible.
Limit one (1) entry per household address. Open only to legal United States residents who reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas who are eighteen (18) years of age or older (nineteen (19) or older in Nebraska). Officers, directors, and employees of Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc. ("Sponsor") its subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, retailers, sales representatives, and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, the "Promotion Entities") and the immediate family members, and/or those living in the same household of each, are ineligible to participate in the Promotion. The term "immediate family members" shall include spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren. The term "household" refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. Multiple entry predictions from the same household will result in automatic disqualification of subsequent entries following the first dated and time stamped prediction. All prediction entries will be secured by a third-party promotional administrator and verified by no less than two staff members of Sponsor. Winner(s), if any, will be notified by email within five (5) business days following the Big Game. Winners will have seven (7) business days to reply to this notification. In the event any Winner does not reply to this notification within seven (7) business days, their prize will be forfeited. Sponsor will issue the Prize within thirty (30) days after winner notification and verification.
After the Big Game, representatives of the Sponsor will review all submitted predictions against the actual score of the Big Game. Should any participant's prediction exactly match the final score of each team in the Big Game, that person or persons will receive either (a) reimbursement for the total amount of any Qualifying Purchase/s up to the Maximum Prize Value, plus, if required, an NFM Gift Card for any amount remaining less than the Maximum Prize Value; or (b) the Maximum Prize Value in an NFM Gift Card (as applicable, the "Prize"). Any winner who participated through the Mail-In Alternate Means of Entry will receive an NFM Gift Card. All winners will be notified via email and will be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability release, and (unless prohibited by law) a publicity release ("Release") at the time of the award claim. All notified winners will have seven (7) business days to sign the Release in order to claim the Prize. In the event any Winner does not reply to this notification within seven (7) business days, their prize will be forfeited. Completing the required documentation sent by NFM constitutes acceptance of an award. Awards will be sent via U.S. mail within thirty (30) days of date of award claim. Winner(s), if any, are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes. Winner(s), if any, will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the total amount of the award received. If any participant is found to be ineligible, or if they have not complied with these "Official Rules" or decline the award for any reason prior to award, such participant will be disqualified. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of the individual who actually submitted an entry cannot be resolved to Sponsor's satisfaction, the affected entry will be deemed ineligible.
If the Big Game does not take place on February 11, 2024, or is canceled or forfeited for any reason, before, during or after the scheduled date, this offer is void.
Persons with a criminal activity history involving Sponsor or who have otherwise been barred from doing business with Sponsor are not eligible to enter the Promotion or to claim an award.
Participants agree that the Promotion Entities shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Promotion or any Promotion-related activity, or from participants' acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any award. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any damage to a participant's or any other person's computer system or wireless phone which is occasioned by accessing the website or otherwise participating in the Promotion, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due submissions or award notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet service providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or the website, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Promotion if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Promotion is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions or other causes beyond Sponsor's control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Promotion as contemplated herein. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
A person selected as a winner must execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Claims, and Publicity Release prepared and sent electronically by Sponsor ("Affidavit of Eligibility"). A person who refuses to execute the Affidavit of Eligibility supplied by Sponsor as a condition to the claiming of an award is not eligible to claim the award they were awarded. Once a winner has been reimbursed for a Qualifying Purchase/s, any product included in a Qualifying Purchase will then be considered an award and will no longer be eligible for cash returns or refunds, but instead subject to in-store credit.
The decisions of Sponsor in all matters relating to the rules and administration of the Promotion shall be final.
Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this promotion, participant agrees that any and all disputes arising from or related to these rules, including whether the dispute is arbitrable and the scope of this arbitration agreement, shall be finally resolved by arbitration administered by a single arbitrator in accordance with the federal arbitration act. The arbitration shall be governed by and construed by federal law to the fullest extent possible. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall take place in the largest U.S. city within 100 miles of participant's permanent residence. Judgment on the arbitral award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Except where prohibited by law, participants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the competition or any award provided shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of sponsor in connection with the competition, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of nebraska without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law official rules (whether of the state of nebraska or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of nebraska. Solely to the extent that this arbitration and dispute provision is deemed inapplicable, exclusive choice of law jurisdiction for any dispute shall be the laws of the state of nebraska before the courts located in douglas county, nebraska.
Under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, any indirect, exemplary, special, punitive, consequential, or incidental damages or loss of goodwill. The total liability of sponsor for any reason under the competition an/or these official rules shall be limited to one hundred ($100) dollars.
Any legally required winner's list may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: NFM Big Game Guess Winner, 700 S 72nd Street, Omaha, NE 68114. All such requests must be received within six (6) weeks after the end of the Promotion Entry Period.