Uptown Waterloo Giveaway

Promotional graphic for the "Uptown Waterloo Giveaway." It features a lively Uptown Waterloo street scene with lights and buildings. Text announces one lucky winner will receive a night on the town courtesy of WUSA, and four additional winners will each get a $25 Visa gift card.

WUSA wants to treat YOU and a friend to a night out in Uptown Waterloo! 4 lucky winners will win a $25 Visa Gift Card each, and one lucky winner will win Princess Cinema movie tickets and concessions for you and a friend, dinner for 2 at Jane Bond, Ice cream at Four All Ice Cream Scoop Shop, and $25 Visa Gift Card.

More tags = more entries. The contest runs until This giveaway closes March 29th, 2023, at 11:59pm. Terms & Conditions and more details below:

1. HOW TO ENTER

No purchase required.

  1. Follow @yourWUSA on Instagram
  2. Like the designated contest post
  3. Tag your friends in the comment section of the post. More tags = more entries, just don’t tag the same person twice.
  4. Repost the post on your story and tag @yourwusa for an extra entry

If entrants attempt or are suspected of attempting to enter using robotic, automatic, programmed or any entry methods not authorized by these rules, it shall be deemed as tampering and will void said entries. Hate or hurtful speech, bullying, and/or harassment will result in a ban from the contest and potentially future contests held by the @yourWUSA, or any affiliated WUSA, social accounts.

2. ELIGIBILITY

The contest is open to all current University of Waterloo undergraduates.

3. PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING PRIZE

On Thursday, March 30th, 2023, a random draw will be conducted by the WUSA Communications Team from among all eligible entries.

The winners will be notified that their name was selected only by the @yourwusa account through the direct messaging functionality on Instagram no later than Friday, March 31st, 2023, at 5pm.

A WUSA team member will ask if you are a current University of Waterloo undergraduate student and to correctly answer the mandatory mathematical skill-testing question.

Once the questions are answered and the entrants are confirmed to be current undergrads, they shall be declared the winners, subject to meeting all the conditions described in these rules.

If the winner cannot be reached within 3 business days following the first attempt of contact, incorrectly answers the mathematical skill-testing question, or declines the prize, the prize shall be forfeited and WUSA has the right, at its sole discretion, to select another winner by following the procedure as outlined above.

4. DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE(S)

Total contest retail value: $25, or $200

For this contest, there will be 5 contest winners.

4 winners will receive a $25 Visa Gift Card – Retail value of $25

1 winner will receive:

  • Princess Cinema movie tickets and concessions for you and a friend – Up to $50
  • Dinner for 2 at Jane Bond – Up to $100
  • Ice cream at Four All Ice Cream Scoop Shop – Up to $25
  • $25 Visa Gift Card – Retail value of $25

5. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

5.1 Entries must be entered via the official contest post on the @yourWUSA Instagram account or reposting and tagging @yourwusa. Entries sent in other ways will not be accepted.

5.2. To be declared a winner, the selected contestant must first correctly answer a mathematical skill testing question.

5.3. This Contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, any social media platform or business.

5.4. The prize shall be accepted as is and may not be exchanged or refunded for an amount of money, sold or transferred. No substitutions will be allowed. Any unused portion of a prize will be forfeited.

5.5. Refusal to accept the prize releases the Contest Parties from any obligation toward the winner.

5.6. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, using any robotic, automatic programmed method that artificially increases the odds of winning or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified.

5.7. Hate speech, bullying, and/or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification from the contest and potentially all other contests associated with the @yourWUSA social accounts.

5.8. If a contestant makes any false statement, they/she/he will be automatically disqualified from the contest.

5.9. All personal information, such as name and contact information, is collected by WUSA solely for the purposes of administering this Contest and shall not be used for any other purpose without your express consent. By providing this information, you consent to it being used for the stated purposes.

5.10. WUSA reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest.

5.11. WUSA reserves the right to amend the Contest rules or to terminate the Contest at any time without any liability to any contestant. Any amendments to these Contest rules will be posted on the website.

5.12. Contest winners must be WUSA members (I.e., current University of Waterloo undergraduate students).

5.13. By entering, you agree to abide by the Contest rules.

Published: Sunday, March 26, 2023

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