Official Rules
NBC
Red on the Run Scavenger Hunt Contest
Official Rules
February 2, 2015 – February 5, 2015
To enter this Contest, you must agree to and abide by these Official Rules.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF
ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED BY LAW.
PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT EXPOSE THEMSELVES OR OTHERS TO ANY
DANGEROUS OR HARMFUL BEHAVIOR OR ACTIVITY AT ANY TIME DURING THIS
CONTEST. PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO ABIDE BY ALL TRAFFIC, SAFETY, AND
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
1. Sponsor: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.
2. Administrator: LeadDog Marketing Group, 440 9th Avenue, 17th Floor, New York,
NY 10001.
3. Eligibility: The “Red on the Run Scavenger Hunt Contest” ("Contest") is open only
to permanent legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington D.C., who are
at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in jurisdiction of residence (whichever
is older) as of the date of Entry, and are physically in a Territory (defined below).
Employees, and immediate family members and household member of employees,
of NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“Sponsor”), LeadDog Marketing Group, Inc.
(“Administrator”), Sony Pictures Television, Participating Venues (“Location(s)”) the
cast and crew of The Blacklist, any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling
or administering the Contest or which are otherwise in any way involved in the
offering of the Contest in one or more cities comprising the Territory (as defined
below) and/or each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies,
are not eligible to enter or win, collectively the (“Contest Entities”). “Immediate family
members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live. "Household members" shall
mean people who share the same residence at least three (3) months a year,
whether related or not. Contest is offered only in: Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD,
Boston, MA, Charlotte, SC, Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO,
Detroit, MI, Hartford, CT, Indianapolis, IN, Los Angeles, CA, Minneapolis, MN, New
York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, Raleigh, NC, Sacramento,
CA, San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, St. Louis, MO, Tampa, FL and
Washington D.C. as per Rule 4 below (“Territory”). For purposes of these Rules, a
city refers to all locations within the legally defined city limits. For example, New
York, NY consists of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens; but
does not include Nassau County, Suffolk County or Westchester County in New York
State, northern New Jersey or southern Connecticut. Void outside Territory and
where prohibited or restricted by law.
4. How to Participate: The “Red on the Run Scavenger Hunt Contest” will take place
between 1:00pm-3:30pm local time at select locations in the noted cities on the
following days (each, a “City”) as follows: Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Hartford, CT, Los
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Angeles, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Washington, D.C. on Monday, February 2, 2015;
Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, Pittsburgh, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Sacramento, CA, St.
Louis, MO on Tuesday, February 3, 2015; Baltimore, MD, Cleveland, OH, Dallas, TX,
Indianapolis, IN, San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA, Tampa, FL on Wednesday,
February 4. 2015; and Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, New York, NY, Phoenix, AZ,
Raleigh, NC, Seattle, WA on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Sometime between 1:00
p.m. and 3:30 p.m. local time on the corresponding day for a given City, two (2) clues
(“Clues”) will be Tweeted from The Blacklist Twitter account (@NBCBlacklist),
posted to the NBC Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nbcblacklist, and posted at
the following website www.NBC.com/RedOnTheRun with respect to a private venue
(each, a “Location”) in that City where Raymond “Red” Reddington ” (i.e., a decoy
dressed like Raymond “Red” Reddington from The Blacklist) (“Red”) presently can
be found and to learn the secret catchphrase (“Catchphrase”) which is required to
win. Red will be at the Location wearing his signature flair trench coat, sunglasses,
and fedora hat. Contestants must (a) decipher the Clues to determine Red’s current
Location, (b) go to that Location, and (c) whisper the Catchphrase to Red.
For the avoidance of doubt, each City will have its own Contest in which the objective
is to find Red at a given location within the City and whisper the Catchphrase to Red.
BY ACCESSING, READING AND USING CLUES, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE
TERMS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
PERSONS MUST ACT IN A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, APPROPRIATE AND
RESPECTFUL MANNER AT ALL TIMES IN PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST.
THIS INCLUDES REFRAINING FROM HARRASSING, BADGERING OR
ANTAGONIZING RED, OTHER CONTESTANTS IN THE CONTEST OR
SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR REPRESENTATIVES (INCLUDING LOCATION
EMPLOYEES AND THE NBC BRAND AMBASSADOR.) WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING IN ANY WAY, TAUNTING, THREATENING, TOUCHING OR
ACTING IN AN AGGRESSIVE OR INAPPROPRIATE MANNER TOWARD RED
(ALL
AS
DETERMINED
BY
RED/SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR
REPRESENTATIVES IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION) IS PROHIBITED AND WILL
RESULT IN AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE CONTEST AND
POSSIBLE LEGAL SANCTIONS. IN ADDITION, PERSONS MUST OBEY ALL
APPLICABLE
FEDERAL,
STATE,
LOCAL
AND
MUNICIPAL
LAWS/REGULATIONS AT ALL TIMES AS WELL AS ANY POSTED
RESTRICTIONS REGARDING ADMISSION TO A GIVEN LOCATION/VENUE.
THIS
INCLUDES
TRAFFIC
LAWS/REGULATIONS
AS
WELL
AS
LAWS/REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SAFE ASSEMBLY IN A PHYSICAL SPACE
(E.G., FIRE CODES). THE CONTESTANT MUST ALSO FOLLOW ALL
INSTRUCTIONS OF RED, SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR REPRESENTATIVE,
LOCATION EMPLOYEES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AT ALL
TIMES.
ENGAGING IN UNRULY OR INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR* (AS
DETERMINED BY SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION)
OR OTHERWISE ACTING IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PRECEDING
GUIDELINES WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION AND/OR
OTHER LEGAL SANCTIONS.
PARTICIPATION CONDUCT: A participant may be removed from the Location
and/or disqualified from participating in the Contest, at the sole discretion of Sponsor,
for any reason at any time, including but not limited to the advice of Sponsor’s
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representatives at Location (“Event Staff”), by creating an unauthorized disturbance,
interruption, or unnecessarily rough physical or mental threat to the well-being of any
other participant or Event Staff, he/she may be removed from the Location. Any act
performed by participant defined by Federal, State of Local statute or ordinance as
constituting a criminal act may result in removal from the Location and/or
disqualification from Contest. At the sole discretion of Sponsor, if a participant uses
profanity, or demonstrates any lewd or sexually suggestive gestures or full or partial
nudity, the Sponsor shall have the right to remove the individual from the Location
and/or disqualify participant from Contest. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor and
Event Staff, if a participant creates a potential for death, disability, injury, property
damage or any other negative incident during Contest or during his/her participation
in Contest, the Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify participant from Contest and
to remove that individual from the Location. Disqualification and/or removal from the
Location will result in forfeiture of any Prize that may have been awarded.
By participating, each participant (i) understands the Sponsor has not arranged for
and do not carry any insurance of any kind for participant’s benefit and that
participant will be solely responsible for obtaining and paying for any medical, life,
accident, automobile, property or other insurance relative to his/her participation in
Contest; (ii) agrees that he/she will obey all traffic, safety and other applicable laws
and will not speed or otherwise expose himself/herself or any other individual,
whether participating in the Contest or not, to harm or danger of any kind; (iii) agrees
to release and hold harmless the Released Entities (defined in Section 7) from any
injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death, to
persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from
participating on Contest; and (iv) agrees to indemnify the Released Entities (defined
below) from any losses, liabilities or expenses, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any claims, proceedings or investigations
arising from or in connection with participant’s participation in Contest or compliance
or non-compliance with these Official Rules.
*Unruly/inappropriate behavior includes but is not limited to interfering with the
participation of other contestants in any manner or any form of cheating.
Contestants must participate in the Contest individually and not as part of groups or
teams.
If for any reason the Contest (in whole or in part) is not capable of running as
planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical failures, fire, flood, storm or other natural cataclysm,
riot, strike, civil commotion, governmental regulation or any other causes beyond
Sponsor’s control that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity
or proper conduct of the Contest (for example: changes by Twitter Inc. to its policies
and terms), Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process, and to terminate, modify or suspend
offering the Contest in one or more of the cities comprising the Territory. In such
event, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct the Contest in such affected city/cities
and award the prizes for such affected city/cities in a manner which is fair,
appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion. Notice of termination/suspension of the Contest will be posted on
@NBCBlacklist's Twitter page and on www.NBC.com/RedOnTheRun. No
responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay
in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or loss, destruction or
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unauthorized access to, or alteration of, clues or the Catchphrase, or any problems
or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online
systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any clue or
the Catchphrase to be posted, disseminated or accessed in a legible/comprehensible
manner on account of technical problems, failure, malfunction or traffic congestion on
the Internet, any website or any broadcast medium, or any combination thereof,
including any injury or damage to contestant's or any other person's computer or
wireless device related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any
materials from this Contest. Even if the Contest has been advertised, Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion not to proceed with/terminate the Contest.
Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest and
amend the rules accordingly once the Contest begins.
Contestants further agree not to knowingly damage or cause interruption of the
Contest and/or prevent others from participating in the Contest. CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE ANY ONLINE SERVICE OR WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE
THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST VIOLATES CRIMINAL OR
CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY
ANY CONTESTANT MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
5. Winner Announcement: At each Location the first contestant to whisper the correct,
complete Catchphrase to Red, as determined by Red and/or the NBC Brand
Ambassador in their sole discretion, will be the potential grand prize winner each a
“Grand Prize Winner”) in that City. The second contestant to whisper the correct,
complete Catchphrase to Red, as determined by Red and/or the NBC Brand
Ambassador in their sole discretion, will be the potential first prize winner (each a
“First Prize Winner”) in that City. The third contestant to whisper the correct,
complete Catchphrase to Red, as determined by Red and/or the NBC Brand
Ambassador in their sole discretion, will be the potential third prize winner (each a
“Third Prize Winner”) in that City. Winners will be announced immediately onsite after
their secret Catchphrase has been verified by Red and/or the NBC Brand
Ambassador). Should multiple contestants determine Red’s current location, go to
that location and whisper the correct, complete Catchphrase to Red
contemporaneously or simultaneously, Red/onsite NBC Brand Ambassador will
determine the order of contestants who accomplished the task or otherwise
determine the winners for a given City in their sole discretion. IN NO EVENT WILL
MORE THAN (3) PRIZES (I.E., ONE GRAND PRIZE, ONE FIRST PRIZE AND ONE
SECOND PRIZE) BE AWARDED FOR EACH CITY. ALL WINNERS ARE
SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION. REACHING RED AND WHISPERING THE
CATCHPHRASE (EVEN IF IT IS CORRECT AND COMPLETE) ARE NOT
DETERMINATIVE OF BEING A WINNER; YOU ARE NOT A WINNER, EVEN IF
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST THREE (3) CONTESTANTS TO ACCOMPLISH
THE TASK IN A GIVEN CITY, UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR ELIGIBILITY, AND
THE ACCURACY OF THE PROVIDED CATCHPHRASE HAVE BEEN VERIFIED
BY AN NBC BRAND AMBASSADOR, AND YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT
VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. Potential winners must provide Red/NBC Brand
Ambassador with valid government–issued photo id and may be required to sign an
Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification and a Publicity Release where
allowed by law, to determine their eligibility to win a prize (“Prize Claim Documents”).
6. Prizes, Prize Values and Odds of Winning:
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GRAND PRIZE (1 Grand Prize Winner per City – 25 Grand Prize Winners total):
There will be twenty five (25) grand prizes (“Grand Prizes”, each a Grand Prize”)
awarded; one (1) to each Grand Prize Winner. Each Grand Prize will consist of fivehundred dollars ($500). Estimated retail value (“ERV”) of each Grand Prize:
$500.00.
FIRST PRIZE (1 First Prize Winner per City – 25 First Prize Winners total): There
will be twenty five (25) first prizes (“First Prizes”, each a “First Prize”) awarded; one
(1) to each First Prize Winner. Each First Prize will consist of three-hundred dollars
($300). ERV of each First Prize: $300.00.
SECOND PRIZE (1 Second Prize Winner per City – 25 Second Prize Winners
total): There will be twenty five (25) second prizes (“Second Prizes”, each a “Second
Prize”) awarded; one (1) to each Second Prize Winner. Each Second Prize will
consist of two-hundred dollars ($200). ERV of each Second Prize: $200.00.
TOTAL ERV OF PRIZES PER CITY is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Total
ERV of all Prizes throughout the Contest is twenty five thousand dollars
($25,000).
Winner is solely responsible for any and all unspecified expenses in conjunction with
acceptance and use of prize(s). Prize(s) is/are not transferable without the express
written consent of Sponsor which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion
and without liability of any kind. No prize substitution of any kind is allowed. Federal,
state and local taxes (if any) are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Limit of one (1) Prize per person.
Odds of winning depend on your ability to decipher the clues and find Red in a given
City as compared to that of other contestants attempting to find Red in that City.
7. Conditions and Limitations of Liability: By participating, contestants agree to be
bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and Administrator
(including Red/NBC Brand Ambassador), which shall be final and binding in all
respects and not subject to appeal. Such decisions include but are not limited to the
identities of the first three contestants to find Red and whisper the correct
Catchphrase to Red in a given City. By participating in this Contest, contestants
agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Entities, as well as each of their
respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as
each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns, as well as Twitter
Inc., Facebook, Inc. and Instagram, LLC (collectively, the "Released Parties") from
any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or
indirectly, from participation in this Contest and/or acceptance, receipt, possession or
use/misuse of prize(s). By entering, contestants also authorize the Sponsor and its
designees to use their name, voice, likeness, photograph, prize information (if
applicable), biographical data and city and state of residence in programming,
advertising and/or promotional material or on a winner's list (if applicable) without
compensation to the extent permitted by law. This may include audio, video and/or
electronic recordation of a contestant’s attempts to determine the location of Red and
whisper the Catchphrase to Red in a given City and/or other aspects of his/her
participation in the Contest. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above
mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or
materials, at Sponsor's sole discretion, without obligation or compensation. Contest
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subject to the laws of the United States only. All federal, state and local laws and
regulations apply.
8. Disputes: To the fullest extent permitted by law, contestant agrees that: (1) any and
all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest
or the awarding of prizes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York or an appropriate New York State Court; (2) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with participating in this Contest, but in no event
attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will contestant be permitted to obtain
awards for, and contestant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive,
incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual
out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or
otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations
of the contestant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York
or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
9. Winners' List: For the names of Winners, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to: “Red on the Run Scavenger Hunt Contest Winners”, c/o LeadDog Marketing
Group, 440 Ninth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001, to be received no later
than 2/27/15.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with,
Twitter Inc., Facebook, Inc. or Instagram, LLC.
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