Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association “Toyota Skills Challenge and Ticket Sweepstakes” Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OR PAYMENT REQUIREMENT TO ENTER OR WIN SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING.
OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL U.S. RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN THE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES OF LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO, KERN, ORANGE OR RIVERSIDE, HAVE A VALID CALIFORNIA STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE, AND ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY.
The Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association “Toyota Skills Challenge and Ticket Sweepstakes” (“Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association (“Sponsor”) 865 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017-2543, and is administered by Davis Elen Advertising, an independent judging organization (“Administrator”) on behalf of the Sponsor.
- SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Sweepstakes will run as ten (10) separate sweepstakes. Each separate sweepstakes shall begin and end at the approximate dates outlined below (each a “Sweepstakes Period” and collectively the “Sweepstakes Periods”). Valid entries received during any Sweepstakes Period are only eligible for that separate sweepstakes and will not be carried over to any subsequent sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Periods Approximate Drawing Date Start Date/Times (all times are Pacific Time “PT”) End Date/Times (all times are Pacific Time “PT”) October 9, 2024 – 10:00am PT October 15, 2024 – 12:00pm PT October 15, 2024 October 22, 2024 – 10:00am PT October 29, 2024 – 12:00pm PT October 29, 2024 November 05, 2024 – 10:00am PT November 12, 2024 – 12:00pm PT November 12, 2024 November 19, 2024 – 10:00am PT November 28, 2024 – 12:00pm PT November 28, 2024 December 10, 2024 – 10:00am PT December 17, 2024 – 12:00pm PT December 17, 2024 December 18, 2024 – 10:00am PT December 24, 2024 – 12:00pm PT December 24, 2024 December 26, 2024 – 10:00am PT January 2, 2025 – 12:00pm PT January 2, 2025 January 3, 2025 – 10:00am PT January 10, 2025 – 12:00pm PT January 10, 2025 February 18, 2025 – 10:00am PT February 25, 2025 – 12:00pm PT February 25, 2025 March 4, 2025 – 10:00am PT March 11, 2025 – 12:00pm PT March 11, 2025
- ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of entry to participate, must possess a valid driver’s license, must not have previously been awarded a prize in connection with the Sweepstakes, and must provide proof that he/she is a legal resident of one of the following California counties only: Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside or Orange Counties. Residents of the rest of California, the United States and elsewhere are ineligible. Void where prohibited. Each Entrant must also meet the eligibility criteria of the Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association “2025 Toyota Tacoma Skills Challenge” contest (the “Contest”) as set forth in the official rules of the Contest found at the following URL (the “Contest Rules”), including without limitation, having the physical ability to participate in the basketball skills competition that is part of the Contest: ttoyotasocalcreator.com/2025SkillsChallengeSweepstakes. No individual is eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes or in the Contest who, himself or herself, or who has an immediate family members and/or those persons living in the same household who, from and after October 1, 1992 were or currently are employees, agents, representatives, officers, directors, or shareholders of Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., Los Angeles Region, Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association, or any Toyota dealer in Southern California, Administrator, Crypto.com Arena, The Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. (“Lakers”), the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and its Member Teams, NBA Properties, Inc., or any of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, or any entity involved in the development, production, implementation, administration, judging or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes or the Contest (collectively the “Promotion Entities”). To participate in the Sweepstakes, an eligible entrant (“Entrant”) must already have or create an account on Instagram. Entrants may create a free Instagram account at no cost by downloading it through the application store on your device. No purchase or fee is necessary to obtain an Instagram account. Use of Instagram will be subject to that service provider’s privacy policy and terms of use, which can be found at help.instagram.com. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram, and Instagram has no responsibility or liability regarding the conduct or administration of the Sweepstakes. Entrants agree to release Instagram from any and all liability associated with this Sweepstakes. Participation constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor and Administrator’s determining factors for winner selection, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Any attempt to tamper, block, hack or intimidate registrations by others will be grounds for immediate disqualification from the Sweepstakes. If an Entrant enters the Sweepstakes from a mobile device, the Entrant’s wireless service provider may charge the Entrant for applicable data charges. Entrants should consult their wireless service provider regarding its pricing plans. Message and data rates may apply. Entrants should review their mobile device’s capabilities for specific app instructions. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
- HOW TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES: During the applicable Sweepstakes, an Entrant must (a) log on to his/her Instagram account, (b) follow @ToyotaSoCal (if he/she does not already) on Instagram, (c) comment on the post by @ToyotaSoCal on Instagram announcing the Sweepstakes for that Sweepstakes Period (each a “Sweepstakes Post” and collectively the “Sweepstakes Posts”) with the username of a friend the Entrant would take with the Entrant as a guest if the Entrant is selected as a winner of the Sweepstakes and a contestant in the Contest and, if applicable, include in such comment the date of the Los Angeles Lakers game Entrant would like to attend chosen from the dates specified in the applicable Sweepstakes Post, and (d) like the Sweepstakes Post (each an “Entry” and collectively the “Entries”). Entry Limit: Entrants are limited to one (1) Entry per Sweepstakes Period per person. If more than one (1) Entry is received from the same Entrant during any Sweepstakes Period, only the first Entry received during such Sweepstakes Period may, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, be considered valid. Valid entries received during any Sweepstakes Period are only eligible for that separate sweepstakes and will not be carried over to any subsequent sweepstakes. Winners of any Sweepstakes Period may not enter the Sweepstakes during any subsequent Sweepstakes Period. An Entrant may use only one (1) Instagram account to enter. Entrants attempting to use multiple Instagram accounts or multiple identities may be disqualified, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Note that an Entrant may only post a comment as part of the Entry. Posting any photographs or other items as part of the Entry may result in the Entry being disqualified. Further, each Entrant agrees that his or her Entry conforms to the Entry guidelines and restrictions set forth in Section 4 of these Official Rules (“Entry Requirements”). Each Entrant hereby understands and agrees that, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, his/her Entry may be posted to Sponsor’s website, X (formerly known as Twitter) feed, any of Sponsor’s other social media properties and/or websites, and/or other websites or social media accounts associated with the Sweepstakes. Posting an Entry on Instagram constitutes Entrant’s grant to Sponsor, its parents and affiliates, and the employees, officers, directors, licensees, designees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “Grantees”), of a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, post, distribute, publish or create derivative works from and display the Entry in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional, advertising, public relations, trade show and/or marketing purposes, without further compensation, notification or permissions of any kind except where prohibited by law. If requested, Entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the nonexclusive rights Entrant is granting to use the Entry. This license expressly includes a right (but not the obligation) for Sponsor to modify Entries to remove any third-party intellectual property. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, or alter the Entry for any purpose which Sponsor deems necessary or desirable, and each Entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein. Each Entrant hereby acknowledges that such Entrant does not reserve any rights in or to the Entry. The displaying of an Entry on any website/social media platform does not constitute verification of eligibility or compliance with these Official Rules and all Entries and Entrants remain subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor at its sole discretion. Entrants agree that Sponsor has the right, but not the obligation, to use and/or otherwise display the Entries as set forth above, and that if such Entries are, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, displayed on any website/social media platform, such Entries may be subject to third party comments that will be publicly viewable, and further, such Entries may also be saved, shared, and/or further e-mailed by such third parties on the internet or otherwise.
- ENTRY GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS: Each Entry must:
- be submitted during the applicable Sweepstakes Period;
- not include any embedded code or images;
- be made to the Sweepstakes Post for the applicable Sweepstakes Period (comments posted elsewhere are invalid);
- follow the instructions and comply with these Official Rules;
- comply with the Instagram Terms of Service;
- not disparage Sponsor, Administrator, any Promotion Entities, or any other person or party affiliated with the promotion and administration of this Sweepstakes or the Contest;
- not prominently feature any third party logos or marks;
- not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including, but not limited to, privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, including copyright infringement (including, but not limited to logos (manufacturer or carrier), trade names, or patented features). Sponsor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, blur any item that violates the foregoing and enter the Entry;
- not include any third party logos or marks;
- not include personally identifiable information, including but not limited to phone numbers or e-mail addresses;
- not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, lewd, pornographic, obscene, hateful, violent, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous (as determined by Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion);
- not contain, facilitate, reference, or use material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, political orientation, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, or age (as determined by Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion);
- not contain any express or implied commercial endorsement;
- not contain, facilitate, reference, or use material that promotes illegal drug use, alcohol abuse, or other illegal activity;
- not contain material or statements that promote use of alcohol by minors, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
- not contain any viruses, spyware, malware, or other malicious components that are designed to harm the functionality of a computer in any way; and
- not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where Entry is created.
- COMPLIANCE WITH SWEEPSTAKES RULES: By participating in the Sweepstakes, each Entrant hereby agrees to these Official Rules and to the Sponsor’s terms of service/privacy policy on the official website for the Sponsor located at: www.toyota.com/support/privacy-notice/. An Entrant is only eligible to win a prize if they are in compliance with these Official Rules. Failure to comply with the terms set forth herein will be grounds for immediate disqualification. Under no circumstances shall an Entrant allow or permit any other person or third party or parties, including, without limitation, any person under the legal age to participate in the Sweepstakes on the Entrant’s behalf. Any form of Entry other than what is described in Section 3 of these Official Rules is herein void. All Entries become the Sponsor’s property and will not be returned.
- PRIZES: Subject to compliance with all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and the Contest Rules, each winner for each applicable Sweepstakes Period will receive the following prize:
- two (2) tickets and one (1) parking pass to a future 2024–2025 NBA regular season home game of the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California (the “Game”), with the Game and location of the tickets to be determined by Lakers, in its sole discretion; and
- the opportunity to participate in the Contest at the Game. In order to participate in the Contest, the winner must agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in the Contest Rules.
- RANDOM DRAWING: Following the end of each Sweepstakes Period, the Administrator will randomly draw the applicable number of winners determined by Sponsor and Administrator, in their sole discretion, from among all eligible Entries received. Each potential winner will be subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules as stated herein before being named an official winner of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s decision is final and binding in all respects to this Sweepstakes. No Entrant or winner shall have the right to contest any decision by the Sponsor or Administrator concerning any aspect of the Sweepstakes or the interpretation of the Official Rules or determination as to the qualification of Entries into the Sweepstakes.
- ODDS OF WINNING: The actual odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the applicable Sweepstakes Period.
- PRIZE FULFILLMENT, AFFIDAVITS AND RELEASES: Each potential winner will be notified at his/her Instagram account via an Instagram Direct message from @ToyotaSoCal and must respond with his/her complete first and last name and e-mail address within 24 hours. Failure to respond within the time permitted in these Official Rules will be viewed by the Sponsor as declining the prize and relinquishing all rights and involvement in the Sweepstakes and the prize. After responding to the initial winner notification, the Administrator will send an e-mail to the provided e-mail address, including instructions on how to verify eligibility, and how to receive his/her prize. If a potential winner or any alternate winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with the Official Rules, declines to accept a prize, or Sponsor is unable to contact a potential winner or potential alternate winner within the required time period, or in the event that a prize notification is returned undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited and, it is the Sponsors’ sole discretion that such prize may be awarded to a new alternate potential winner. If a potential winner has declined a prize they may not be re-entered into the Sweepstakes or re-named as the Sweepstakes winner (or any variation) under any circumstances as Entrant’s rejection officially removes said Entrant from the Sweepstakes and relinquishes all rights to anything related to the Sweepstakes. No exceptions for reinstatement will be made. The right to receive a prize is non-assignable, non-transferable and no prize substitution, exchange or any other type of equivalent will be allowed, except by Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in case of unavailability of prize or force majeure. Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding prizes for any reason. Each prize will only be awarded to a verified winner. Contact with a winner will only be made by an authorized agent of Sponsor after the end of the applicable Sweepstakes Period as set forth above. No other contact is valid.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Sponsor and the Promotion Entities are not responsible for illegible, lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, or undeliverable mail, e-mail or errors in submission into the Sweepstakes. This includes failures of connections, delivery, or availability, or corrupt or jumbled submissions or communications. This also includes transmissions blocked by an internet service provider, Internet access or restriction or accessibility, availability, or traffic congestion, or any technical, mechanical, or typographical or any other type of error, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of registration information, or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any website, Internet users, tampering, hacking, or by blocking access to the Sweepstakes by any measures. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities assume no responsibility for any errors, omissions, disruption or interruption of access or service pertaining to the Sweepstakes, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction, postage due or unauthorized access to any website. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to Entrants related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes and/or accepting the prize. If for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and/or proceed with the Sweepstakes, including the selection of a winner, in a manner it deems fair and reasonable including the selection of winners from among eligible Entries received prior to such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities make no warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. Void where prohibited, as some jurisdictions may not allow limitations of exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities are not responsible for, and shall be indemnified by the winner against any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, use, misuse, possession, or loss of the prize. Sponsor and the Promotion Entities shall not be liable to any winner or any other person for any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God; any action(s), regulations, orders or requests by any governmental or quasi-governmental entities (whether or not they prove to be valid). This includes any equipment failure, terrorist acts, earthquakes, fires, floods, wars, explosions, epidemics, pandemics, unusually severe weather, hurricanes, embargos, labor dispute or strikes (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrections, riot, or any other causes beyond Sponsor’s control. As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, each Entrant agrees to indemnify, release and hold harmless Sponsor and the Promotion Entities from any injuries, losses, damages, theft, claims, actions and any liability of any kind resulting from or arising from participation in the Sweepstakes, including acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse of the prize awarded. EACH WINNER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EACH PRIZE IS AWARDED AS-IS. SPONSOR AND THE PROMOTION ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO APPLICABLE LAWS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION LAWS) OR NONINFRINGEMENT AS REGARDS TO THE PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENTS OF THE PRIZE.
- DISPUTES: All disputes, claims or other matters regarding the Sweepstakes and/or the Official Rules will be handled in accordance with the Sponsor’s dispute resolution policy set forth at www.toyota.com/support/privacy-notice/.
- PRIVACY POLICY AND OPT OUT: Any personally uniquely identifiable information collected during participation in this Sweepstakes will be collected by Sponsor and used by Sponsor, Administrator, Lakers or the NBA, on their behalf, (for communication and verification of potential winner or potential alternate winner communication), their affiliates, agents and marketers for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes as described in the Official Rules and in accordance with the respective privacy policies of Sponsor, Administrator, Lakers or the NBA, as applicable. Sponsor’s Privacy Policy is stated at www.toyota.com/support/privacy-notice/. If an Entrant does not wish to receive any further communication from the Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association’s regarding this Sweepstakes or future promotions or offerings, the Entrant may choose to opt-out of future communication by sending Entrant’s email address and his or her name and address to: Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association
Attn: Communication Opt-Out
865 S. Figueroa Street, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017. - PUBLICITY RIGHTS: By participating in the Sweepstakes and or accepting a prize, each Entrant agrees to allow the Promotion Entities and/or their respective designees and licensees, the perpetual right, where lawful, to use their name, biographical information, photos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to on the Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation except where prohibited by law. If an Entrant is chosen as a winner, Entrant’s personal identifiable information may be disclosed to third parties such as placing Entrant’s name on an official winners list.
- ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS:
- In entering the Sweepstakes, the Entrant agrees to abide by and accept these Official Rules throughout the applicable Sweepstakes Period and the decisions of Sponsor and Administrator as final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.
- Entrant waives all rights to claim any ambiguity in these Official Rules.
- In no event will additional prizes be awarded other than as stated in these Official Rules.
- In the event that due to technical, typographical, mechanical or other errors, there will only be one winner as stated in these Official Rules.
- Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, to disqualify any individual found, in their sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Sweepstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to annoy, harass, abuse or disrupt any person or the normal operation of this Sweepstakes.
- Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like methods to participate in the Sweepstakes will void any attempted participation effected by such methods and any individual suspected of utilizing such methods will be disqualified, in Sponsor’s or Administrator’s sole discretion.
- Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages or other remedies from any such person(s) responsible for the attempt to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- All entries and/or materials submitted become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned and no communication will be entered into.
- In any event of a conflict or challenge to these Official Rules the details of these Official Rules shall prevail.
- WINNERS LIST: Any person wishing to receive a list of the verified winners must, where permitted by law, send a self-address stamped envelope no later than 30 days from end of the Sweepstakes to: Southern California Toyota Dealers Advertising Association
Attn: Winners List
865 S. Figueroa Street, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017 - OFFICIAL NOTICES: These Official Rules may not be reprinted or republished in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Sponsor. The information each Entrant provides will only be used for this Sweepstakes.