The Lazer 99.3 Cardboard Carnival is a contest in which contestants must create a sled solely out of cardboard, duct tape and paint, to race at Bousquet Mountain on Saturday, February 29^th, 2020 to win one of two grand prizes. Grand Prize for Best in Show is a $500 Visa Gift Card. Grand Prize for Fastest Sled is a $500 Visa Gift Card. Contestants can log on to lazer993.com from February 10^th, 2020 to February 28^th, 2020 to get information on how to construct their sled. The rules must be adhered to in order to qualify for the contest. All sleds will need to be constructed of only cardboard, paint, and duct tape. Any sleds that don’t follow this guideline will be disqualified. Qualifying sleds are up to the sole discretion of Lazer 99.3 staff. Contestants can pre-register for the event online at lazer993.com from Monday, February 10^th at 12PM through Friday, February 28^th at 12PM. Contestants can also register for the event on-site at Bousquet Mountain in Pittsfield, MA starting at 10am on Saturday February 29^th through 12PM that day.  All participants must be checked in with Lazer 99.3 staff by 12PM on February 29^th, 2020 to qualify. Judging of the most creative sled will begin at approximately 12:05PM and will continue until all sleds have been seen by our panel of judges, or until such time the Judges and/or Lazer 99.3 deems the judging period to be over. Pre-race, sleds will be lined up in the order that they check in and will be assigned a number. Judges from Bousquet Mountain will judge each sled on a scale of 1-5 based on difficulty of design, originality of design, and team/racer participation with theme of entry. 1 being poor up to 5 being excellent. After all sleds have been judged, a Lazer 99.3 representative will total all scores to determine the most creative entry. The sled with the highest total of points will be deemed the Best in Show winner. In the event of a tie, the judges will vote for their favorite. The winner is up to the sole discretion of the Judges and is final. The racing portion will begin at approximately 12:30PM and will proceed until all participants have finished, approximately by 2PM, or until Lazer 99.3 staff deems the race to have concluded. Lazer 99.3 has full discretion to determine who may participate in the race. Each patron will go one time down the sledding hill based on the number they are assigned during registration. The run will be timed by a Lazer 99.3 representative utilizing a stopwatch. Time will be started when the racer is given a cue to start and will stop once they cross the finish line. Timing will be conducted by Lazer 99.3 and all times will be final. Contestants may not get a running start but instead start off from a seated position. Contestants may not go a 2nd time down the sledding hill. In the event of a tie, we will ask the tied participants to do a 2nd run to determine the ultimate winner. This will go on until all sleds have gone down the hill and we have a winner. All participants are responsible for disposing of their sleds at the end of the race. By participating, all contestants assume any and all risk in sledding, and agree to hold Lazer 99.3 and its affiliated companies harmless from any injury or the like sustained. The contestant with the fastest sled from the time they are instructed to go to the time they pass the finish line will be the winner. Any entrant may be eligible to win both categories of the contest, subject to the discretion of Lazer 99.3. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event or may be picked up within 30 business days at 45 Fisher Ave, East Longmeadow, MA. This contest is weather dependent and may be cancelled at any time, for any reason, at the sole discretion of Lazer 99.3. One entry per person. Submitting more than one entry per person will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void. No purchase necessary. Prize is not transferrable or redeemable for cash. This contest is open to any listener of Lazer 99.3 who is 18 years of age or older who has not won any other prize(s) from the radio station in the last thirty days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named. Contest participants should not rely on streamed broadcasts as they may be delayed from the on-air broadcasts. Employees of Lazer 99.3, the Springfield Rocks Radio Group, Saga Communications of New England, LLC, and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications, Inc., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one-hundred-mile radius of the Lazer 99.3 main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian. No purchase necessary. Lazer 99.3’s sole responsibility is to award the prize. Lazer 99.3 will have no further responsibility in connection with the prize if the prize winner, for any reason, cannot or decides not to use any of the prizes. Winners will be responsible for any applicable federal and state taxes. Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. Full rules are available at the Lazer 99.3 studios, 45 Fisher Avenue in East Longmeadow, MA or Lazer993.com.

These are the rules governing all contests aired on Lazer 99.3 radio and on the lazer993.com website or Lazer 99.3 mobile app, unless otherwise specified. In the following rules, “Lazer 99.3” means Saga Communications of New England, LLC, dba Springfield Rocks Radio Group and its parent corporation, Saga Communications, Inc., which owns Lazer 99.3 radio:

1. No purchase is necessary to enter any Lazer 99.3 contest.
2. To be eligible to win any prize on Lazer 99.3 you must not have won anything on Lazer 99.3 in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
3. Anytime you call the Lazer 99.3 studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record it for later broadcast.
4. As a winner of a Lazer 99.3 contest your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes without any compensation to you.
5. Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. Lazer 99.3 reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
6. All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the Lazer 99.3 studios prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
7. In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), Lazer 99.3’s delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as (Lazer 99.3) awarding the prize to the winner. Lazer 99.3 shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. Lazer 99.3 shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
8. All Lazer 99.3 contests are open to all eligible residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified) living within 75 miles of station transmitter(s). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to Lazer 99.3 that will be presented to Lazer 99.3 and accepted before the prize is awarded. Employees of Lazer 99.3, it's advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the Lazer 99.3 main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and their spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.
9. Winners will be expected to claim prize at the Lazer 99.3 studios, 45 Fisher Avenue, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts 01028 , between 12:00pm – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.
10. Where the prize(s) consists of paper tickets (“will-call tickets”) the winner will be directed to go to a specified address and retrieve the will-call tickets, and, by entering the contest, the contestant agrees to pick up will-call tickets and sign and deliver to Lazer 99.3 a waiver form as directed. Where the prize(s) consists of electronic (digital) concert or event tickets (“e-tickets”), the winner will receive an email from Lazer 99.3 with a hyperlink to an electronic waiver form that the winner must sign and return to the Lazer 99.3 before the prize will be transferred to the winner. The e-tickets will be transferred to the winner by Lazer 99.3 or, in some cases, by a third party (for example, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.) and the winner must check his or her email account for an email or cellular mobile number for a text message from the ticket provider in order to download the e-tickets. Where e-tickets are a prize, as a condition of entering the contest, redeeming and using e-tickets requires the winner (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to log into an existing user account or sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including, at a minimum, the winner's first name, last name, valid email address and telephone number. E-tickets awarded as a prize in such contests cannot be redeemed or used by any means other than the designated third-party mobile ticketing app for the e-tickets. Individuals who do not have a valid email address, access to an app-enabled mobile device and/or do not comply with these requirements will not be able to redeem or use e-tickets should they be selected and verified as a winner, will not receive a substitute prize, and should not enter contests where e-tickets are the prize.
11. Lazer 99.3 reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if any contest rules are violated in any way.
12. Lazer 99.3 assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. Lazer 99.3, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each are absolved and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
13. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, Lazer 99.3 reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of Lazer 99.3 management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
14. Lazer 99.3 reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. Lazer 99.3's decision is always final. In the event any one of the general contest rules which govern all Lazer 99.3 contests contradict with any specific contest term, the specific contest term will control.
15. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: 413-526-9932. For texting it is 413-526-9932. The person processing inbound calls and/or texts at Lazer 99.3 has the final decision as to who is the winning entrant.
16. Lazer 99.3 shall have no responsibility for contestant’s inability or failure to participate, failure to win or claim any prize based on malfunction or difficulties with telephone, cell phone, texting, email, mobile applications, internet access, or any other circumstances in any contest beyond Lazer 99.3’s control.
17. For any contest involving on-line voting: If an entrant receives irregular votes, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated means, Lazer 99.3 reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion and/or use another means to determine the winner(s), ex. – random selection or appointing a panel of judges.
18. For any contests involving tickets to live performances or events, winners will need to follow all health and public safety guidelines and protocols put in place by the concert organizer.
19. Lazer 99.3 is not responsible for any event cancellations or reschedules.
20. Lazer 99.3 is not responsible for:
    • internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network congestion
    • viruses
    • sabotage
    • satellite failures
    • phone line failures
    • electrical outages
    • natural or man-made disasters
    • lost, late, misdirected, postage-due, unintelligible, returned, or undelivered entries or email
    • lost, interrupted, or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other internet connections, providers, or platforms
    • failed telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions
    • computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, or difficulties
    • other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or network

    Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this contest or website, or act in violation of the official service, as solely determined by the station, will be disqualified. Neither sponsor nor promotion parties are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this contest, and assume no responsibility for any errors, omissions, deletions, interruptions or delays in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access.

    Lazer 99.3 is not responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this contest. Should any portion of contest be, in Lazer 99.3’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention (i.e., hackers) or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the station, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this contest, or contest plays, Lazer 99.3 reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the contest.

21. Lazer 99.3 has not made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on prize (if any) are provided only by the manufacturer, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty and/or guarantee.
22. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on lazer993.com:
    1. All appropriate information in required fields must be entered correctly and completely or you will be disqualified.
    2. To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of Lazer 99.3 as defined at the exclusive discretion of Lazer 99.3 management.
    3. Any problems with the internet or email are not Lazer 99.3’s responsibility.
    4. Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
    5. Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests may not be heard at all on Lazer 99.3. Contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream may be slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station, and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard on the internet are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more. This means that when Lazer 99.3 contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.
23. A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the Lazer 99.3 studios 45 Fisher Avenue, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts 01028

Updated March 6, 2023