ESPN Pensacola 1330 Perfect Bracket Challenge Rules

March 11, 2025 Bobby Uncategorized 0

“ESPN-Pensacola 1330 Perfect Bracket Challenge”

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

ADX Communications of Milton, LLC

ADX Communications of Escambia, LLC

 

The specific rules for this Contest written below are in addition to ADX Communications General Contest Rules dated 9/15/18 as published at ESPNpensaocla.com. If there is a conflict in language, these specific rules will govern.

 

Contest Name: “ESPN-Pensacola Perfect Bracket Challenge” (hereafter “Contest”’)

Station(s):  ESPN-Pensacola 1330 AM, PENSACOLA/MILTON (hereafter “Promoter”, “Station” or “Released Party”)

Participant(s): Anyone who lives in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa Counties in Florida or Baldwin County in Alabama and who submits a bracket within the ESPN Pensacola Group on ESPN.com website (hereafter “Entrants” or “Participants”)

Prize(s): $100,000 for a perfect March Madness Bracket (hereafter “Grand Prize”), Dinner for 2 with ESPN Pensacola’s Jordan & Austin at Jackson’s Steakhouse for Pensacola’s Best Bracket (hereafter “Prize”).

Station Business Address:  7251 Plantation Road, Pensacola, Florida 32504

Station Business Telephone:  850-262-6000

 

  1. Description of Contest/Promotion.

 

  1. DATE OF CONTEST:  3/16/25 – 4/7/25
  2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING.  Void where prohibited.  Odds of winning depend upon the skill in predicting the outcome of college basketball games.

 

  1. HOW TO ENTER

 

To enter the ESPN PENSACOLA 1330 PERFECT BRACKET CHALLENGE, Entrants must visit the ESPN-Pensacola website (www.ESPNpensacola.com), click on the Contest link to the ESPN Pensacola Bracket Challenge website and register to participate in the Contest.  After the men’s brackets are released to the public, ESPN Pensacola will send pre-registered Participants an invitation to complete a bracket in the “ESPN Pensacola” Group on ESPN.com which will consist of all the games in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (hereafter “Tournament”).  After the brackets are publicly released, the Contest link on the ESPN Pensacola website will link to ESPN.com entry place for the ESPN Pensacola Group so that Participants can “Join Group”.  All Entries must be submitted manually; Entries that appear to have been sent in via automation will be disqualified. The only means of entry will be this online method stated above. 

 

  1. HOW TO PLAY

 

  1. ESPN Pensacola has created a “ESPN Pensacola Group” on the ESPN.com website called ESPN Pensacola where Participants can enter their bracket predictions.  Entries must be submitted before tip-off of the first game of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament or before the closing of the online entry process or when ESPN.com closes entries, whichever is sooner.  Participants will submit their predictions for the Tournament online by entering name, address, e-mail, phone, and other personal information.  The online bracket form must be completed in its entirety.

 

  1. Limit one entry per person.  Multiple entries will void ALL entries by that person.  Entry may not be modified or replaced after initial submission. 

 

  1. Generally accepted odds of winning a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion based upon entirely random selection.  But true odds can be better based upon the Participant’s knowledge of college basketball and the likelihood of one great team beating a lesser team.  Odds of a Participant winning the Prize for the Best Pensacola Bracket depends on the number of Participants who submit entries and Participant’s skill. 

 

  1. Entrants must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity prior to claiming any Prize(s).  Failure to do so before 5:30 pm CT on Thursday, May 8, 2025, will disqualify the Participant and result in forfeiture of all Prize(s). If a Participant does not claim the Prize(s) by 5:30 pm CT on May 8, 2025, and/or is not in compliance with these Official Rules (including eligibility requirements), Participant will be disqualified and will forfeit all Prize(s), and Prize(s) will not be awarded at all.

 

  1. Unless otherwise specified in the Prize notification, the Prizes(s) must be claimed  in person during regular business hours but no later than 5:30 pm CT on May 8, 2025, at the Station at 7251 Plantation Road, Pensacola, FL 32504.  The Contest winner is responsible for any transportation costs related to claiming the Prize(s).  The apparent Contest winner will forfeit any Prize or Prize certificate not claimed before 5:30 pm CT on May 8, 2025.

 

  1. The ESPN Pensacola 1330 Perfect Bracket Challenge will use the 2025 Tournament Bracket Challenge that is hosted by espn.com, and all ESPN.com rules will apply.  See

https://fantasy.espn.com/games/tournament-challenge-bracket-2025/howtoplay#CompleteRules. 

Any violation of these rule voids submissions and disqualifies the entry from the Contest. 

 

  1. All decisions of station management with respect to the Contest are final.

 

  1. ELIGIBILITY 

This is a local Contest sponsored by ESPN-Pensacola, and this local Contest has no connection to any other organization.  The Contest is open to all legal residents of the United States aged 21 or older who can prove they reside in Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL and Baldwin County, AL.  Winner(s) are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with all the rules.   Entrants may only qualify for the Prize and win for the duration of this contest. 

 

Any Prizes not awarded due to ineligibility of contestants are withheld by the Station.   

 

  1. PRIZES

 

  1. The Grand Prize is $100,000 for submitting a 100% perfect bracket. $100,000 will be paid out after Participant’s eligibility is confirmed in equal installments of $10,000 per year beginning in 2025 for 10 years.  If more than one qualified Participant predicts a perfect bracket in the Contest, the Grand Prize will be awarded equally to all winners (i.e. if two people tie for the perfect bracket, they each receive $50,000) paid out over 10 years.

    2. The Pensacola Best Bracket Prize is dinner for two with ESPN Pensacola’s Jordan & Austin at Jackson’s Steakhouse during 2025 and will be awarded to the Best Pensacola Bracket winner based upon the score assigned by the ESPN Tournament Challenge. If there is a tie for best bracket, the tie-breaker will be the prediction of the final score of the tournament’s championship game as determined by the ESPN Bracket Challenge.  If a tie still remains after that tie-breaker, the winner will be determined by a single roll of two dice (per tied entry) with the highest number on the dice face prevailing.  In the event of tied rolls, subsequent rolls will be done until there is not a tie.  Only one Prize package will be awarded for the best bracket.

 

  1. All Prizes are awarded as-is.  There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for Prizes, except that Promoter may, at its sole discretion, substitute Prizes of comparable value or cash.  The Prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Promoter is not responsible for winners’ limitations that prevent acceptance, use, or nonuse of Prize.  Entrants acknowledge that the Released Parties, as defined herein, have not made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranties, representations or guarantees, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties expressed or implied, in fact or in law, whether now or hereafter enacted concerning any Prize, including without limitation, implied warranties of quality, merchantability, mechanical condition, or fitness for a particular purpose, except for any express manufacturer’s warranty as may be included with the Prize or as may be separately provided to entrants by law.  Other restrictions may apply.
  2. The apparent Grand Prize winner(s) will be required to complete and submit an accurate IRS Form W-9 before the Prize(s) can be claimed.  Federal income taxes of 25% will be withheld by Station and be remitted to the IRS annually.

 

  1. CONDITIONS
  2. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are the responsibility of the winners.  Winners will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent including the winner’s full Social Security Number for receipt of any Prize valued at $600 or more or for any Prizes awarded by Promoter in a calendar year with an aggregate value of $600 or more. Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the Prize.

 

  1. Prior to awarding any Prize or Prize certificate, and depending on the nature of the Prize and eligibility requirements of the Contest, the Station in its sole discretion will require verification of Contest winner’s identification by providing valid government-issued photo identification that Station will photocopy.  By entering, participating and/or accepting a Prize in the Contest, each Contest Participant, winner, and guest if applicable, agrees arbitration and to release, discharge, indemnify,  hold harmless, and absolve the Station, the Promoter, Prize providers, the Station’s sponsors and promotional partners, the Station’s advertising and promotion agencies and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents, and representatives and the successors and assigns of each of them (the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, losses, expenses, costs, damages, and liabilities including, without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Prize or participation in the Contest, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in Contest, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of Prize or participation in any Contest-related activity, including but not limited to any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery.  

 

  1. Station, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person (and any of their entries) from this Contest if he or she tampers with the entry process, the operation of the Contest, or the operation of Promoter’s web channel or is otherwise in violation of the Official Rules or direction of Promoter.  If a dispute arises regarding compliance with these Rules, Promoter may consider, in its sole discretion, data reasonably available to Promoter through information technology systems in Promoter’s control, but Promoter will not be obligated to consider any data or other information collected from any other source. Promoter further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the entry portion of the Contest, or any part of it, if it is not capable of completion as planned or if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond the Promoter’s control, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by Promoter in is sole discretion. If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Promoter, any competition or Prize-related event or travel is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, Promoter reserves the right, but not the obligation, to modify, suspend, or cancel the Contest and shall not be required to award a substitute Prize.

 

  1. The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors on any website or in any printing, the offering or the administration of the Contest, or in the announcement of a Prize; (ii) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the Internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties, malfunctions, disconnections, other technological failures, telephone service outages, delays, dropped calls, or busy signals or 3rd Party Applications or vendors; or any other difficulties that may prevent an individual from entering or participating, or (iii) lost, stolen, mangled, misdelivered, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete, incorrect, or late entries.  Further, the Released Parties are not responsible if any part of a Contest Prize cannot be awarded due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disaster, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond the Station’s control.

 

  1. All Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are non-transferable.  To claim Prize, winner must come to the Station during the hours of 8:30 am to 5:30 pm  Monday through Friday, and before 5:30 pm CT on May 8, 2025, and provide government-issued photo ID which Station will copy for its files. After identification procedures and forms are satisfactorily completed, Winner may claim their Prize. If Prize is cash Prize, the first installment will be sent to Winner’s mailing address via Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested) no later than 30 days after Prize is awarded. The Station’s business office is at 7251 Plantation Road, Pensacola, Florida. Winner is responsible to inform the Promoter in writing of any change in their address until the entire Grand Prize is delivered.

 

  1. Force Majeure.  If the performance of this Contest or any obligations hereunder is prevented, restricted or interfered with by reason of hurricane, earthquake, fire, flood, or other casualty, strikes, riot, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, hacking, malware, corruption of code, corruption of data, destruction of data, or any similar occurrence or condition beyond the reasonable control of the Station, the Station shall be excused from all obligations related to Contest, and the awarding of Prizes will not occur.   

 

  1. All Participants grant the Station the right to use their name and likeness in News Releases or other promotion about this Contest.

 

See ADX Communications General Contest Rules dated 9/15/18 for important additional Prize information.