Play Like the Pros SWEEPSTAKESIn return for the opportunity to participate in the Play Like the Pros Sweepstakes described herein (the “Sweepstakes”), Rocket Ball, Ltd. (the “Houston Rockets”) and Gulf States Toyota, Inc. (“GST” and together with the Houston Rockets, "Sponsors") require your agreement to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below (the “Official Rules”): OFFICIAL RULES1. PERIOD. The Sweepstakes will begin at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on March 25, 2025 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).
2. ELIGIBILITY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Only legal residents of the United States who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of March 25, 2025, are eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes, provided they live within the state of Texas or one hundred fifty (150) miles of the Houston, TX city limits, excluding residents within seventy-five (75) miles of either the Dallas, TX or San Antonio, TX city limits; provided that employees and immediate family members (spouses, parents, siblings and children) of employees of the Sponsors, The National Basketball Association (the “NBA”) and its member teams, NBA Properties, Inc., and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees, and agents are not eligible to enter. Officers, directors and employees of Sponsors, or any of their parent, subsidiary and affiliate companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of all such persons are ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Participation constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsors, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Sponsors reserve the right, at any time and in their sole discretion, to verify eligibility requirements, residency and age in any manner they deem appropriate. 3. ENTRIES. Limit of One (1) entry per person and per email address. There are three (3) ways to submit an entry form to enter the Sweepstakes (each, an "Entry Form"). In order to enter the Sweepstakes, the Entrant must either: a) Properly fill out and submit an official online registration Entry Form, available at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas (“Toyota Center”) at select Houston Rockets home games during the Sweepstakes Period, b) Complete an online registration form at https://cloud.mail.gulfstatestoyota.com/houston-rockets, c) Fill out a standard three-inch by five-inch (3”x5”) card with the date, his/her name, address, phone number, date of birth, e-mail address, and mobile or home telephone number, and mail the completed card to: “Gulf States Toyota, Attn: Play Like the Pros, P.O. Box 442168, Houston Texas 77244-2168.” All mailed-in Entry Forms must be received by March 25, 2025. Mailed-in Entry Forms must be handwritten and cannot be photocopied, printed by machine, computer printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced. Proof of mailing does not constitute proof of delivery. Lost, late, illegible, mutilated, misdirected, postage due entries or entries otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules and entries not received during the Sweepstakes Period will not be accepted and will be discarded. Any Entry Form received after the Sweepstakes Period has concluded or not properly filled out will not be accepted. A person who timely submits a properly completed Entry Form in accordance with the procedures herein is considered an “Entrant.” Eligibility determinations will be made by Sponsors in their sole discretion. By submitting a properly completed Entry Form, Entrant acknowledges that he or she has read, understands and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules. 4. SELECTION OF WINNER. Fifteen (15) winners (“Winners”) will be chosen randomly at the conclusion of the Sweepstakes Period from all Entrants who return a properly completed Entry Form during the Sweepstakes Period. The Winners will be notified on or about April 1, 2025 via email or phone. If the Winners cannot be contacted within twenty-four hours (24) or declines the Prize, then such Winners will forfeit the right to be a Winner, and Sponsor may select a replacement Winner. Sponsors reserve the right to conduct a background check of each potential Winner and to disqualify such potential Winner, effective upon written notice, if such Winner commits, or has at any time committed, any act or becomes involved in, or has at any time been involved in, any situation or occurrence, which act, situation or occurrence tends in the sole opinion of Sponsors to subject Winner or Sponsors to any ridicule, contempt or scandal or which, in the sole opinion of Sponsors reflects unfavorably upon Sponsors. Entries become property of Sponsors and will not be returned or acknowledged. Additional ways to register may be offered during the Sweepstakes Period at Sponsors’ discretion. 5. PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS; ODDS. Each Winner will receive the following experience for themselves plus one (1) guest: behind the scenes tour of Toyota Center, on-court basketball drills with a Rockets player or Legend, dinner in the Lexus Lounge, and Rockets swag bag (approximate retail value (“ARV”): $500; collectively together, the “Prize”). Every aspect of the Prize shall be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion and shall be subject to all Toyota Center and NBA rules, regulations, guidelines, policies and restrictions and to the same rules and regulations. The Prize, in whole or in part, is non-transferable, non-refundable for cash and non-changeable once issued. No portion of the Prize may be sold or transferred for monetary consideration, and any attempt by a Winner to sell any portion of the Prize shall immediately forfeit that portion of the Prize or the entire Prize, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, and such Winner may not be eligible to win any future prizes from Sponsors, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. If any portion of the Prize is lost, it will not be replaced, in whole or in part. If a Winner does not claim or use any portion of the Prize, no other compensation for the unused portion of the Prize, in whole or in part, will be provided. No substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsors’ sole discretion. Sponsors shall not be responsible for any expenses associated with any Prize, including, without limitation, travel accommodations or transportation expenses. All federal, state or other tax liability (including without limitation income tax liability) arising from Prize receipt and/or use shall be solely the responsibility of Winner. Odds of winning the Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Depiction of the Prize, or any portion thereof, in any advertising, promotional materials, commercial spots, or on Sponsors’ website(s) or on the Sweepstakes webpage may not reflect the actual prize delivered to Winner. Winner may be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the approximate retail value of their awarded prize. Prize is subject to availability. Each Winner may be required to sign a Release, an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Prize Acceptance Form in order to receive the Prize. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute the Prize or any portion of the Prize with any prize of greater or equal value. 6. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY. The Sponsors shall not be responsible for Entry Forms that are incomplete, illegible, improperly submitted, stolen, misdirected, lost, late or damaged. All Entry Forms become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsors are not responsible for any failure of any electronic equipment, computer transmission and/or network connections, nor are they responsible for any inaccuracies in information that may be used in the Sweepstakes, or for any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of attempts, including data entered by Entrant. By entering, each Entrant agrees to HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY the Houston Rockets, GST, the NBA and its member teams, NBA Properties, Inc., and each of their respective partners, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, governors, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability, damages, claims and causes of action (however named or described) with respect to or arising out of (a) Entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes, (b) Entrant’s Entry Form or any registration material on any related website, (c) any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or (d) the receipt, use of and/or participation in the Prize or any replacement prize that may be awarded herein, including any travel associated with the Prize. 7. CONSENT OF USE. Each Entrant hereby agrees and consents, without further authorization, compensation or remuneration of any kind, to the editing, modification, replication, publication and/or other use of the names, likenesses, photographs, voices, Entry Forms and the like of the Entrant in any medium, whether now known or hereafter developed, including without limitation, the Houston Rockets website and in any and all advertising, promotions, and other publicity conducted by GST, the Houston Rockets, and/or the NBA and its member teams, NBA Properties, Inc., and each of their respective partners, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, owners, governors, employees, and agents, except where prohibited by law. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, each Entrant further assigns any and all rights he or she may have over his or her Entry Form to Sponsors without further authorization, compensation or remuneration of any kind. 8. RULES. All decisions as to these Official Rules and interpretations thereof are exclusively within the sole discretion of Sponsors and may be changed from time to time without notice. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsors’ reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual for any reason or no reason, including if it reasonably believes the individual to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors’ failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. 9. DISPUTES. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. EACH ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. Each Entrant agrees that any controversy, dispute, or claim arising out of, relating to or connected with the Sweepstakes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration, which will be conducted in Houston, Texas, in accordance with the then-current JAMS (“JAMS”) Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties, if possible. If the parties fail to reach agreement upon the appointment of an arbitrator within thirty (30) days following receipt by one party of the other party’s notice of desire to arbitrate, the arbitrator shall be selected from a list or lists of persons submitted by JAMS. The selection process shall be that which is set for in the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures then prevailing. Under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain any punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages, including without limitation lost profits (collectively, “Special Damages”) to an Entrant, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. 10. FORCE MAJEURE. Sponsors shall not be responsible for the failure or interruption of any website, webpage, or social media platform mentioned herein (including those of the Released Parties), www.rockets.com, www.nba.com, www.buyatoyota.com, any email server, or the cancellation or postponement of any drawing for any reason including, but not limited to, equipment failure or malfunction, electrical service interruption, or any act of God. In addition, in the event that the Houston Rockets and/or Sponsor are prevented from continuing with the Sweepstakes by any event beyond its control, including, but not limited to, fire, epidemic, pandemic, virus, disease, bacteria, flood, hurricane, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, communications or equipment failure, utility or service interruptions, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared), interference with the Sweepstakes by any party, or any federal, state, or local government law, order, or regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within the control of the Houston Rockets and/or Sponsor, the Houston Rockets and Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes. 11. PRIVACY AND MARKETING DISCLAIMER. By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to be bound by the NBA's privacy policy located here: https://www.nba.com/privacy-policy/; the NBA’s Terms of Use located here: https://www.nba.com/termsofuse; and GST's privacy policy located here: gst.buyatoyota.com/en/legal. Entrant agrees to receive communications from the Houston Rockets and/or Sponsor, subject to opting out when Entrant so desires. If Entrant provides a cell phone number, then Entrant consents to be contacted using an auto-dialer for marketing purposes. All content submitted for the Sweepstakes becomes the property of the Houston Rockets and/or Sponsor and is eligible to be used for further marketing purposes outside of the Sweepstakes. 12. WINNERS LIST. For Sweepstakes results and/or a copy of these Official Rules, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “Gulf States Toyota, Attn: Rockets Play Like the Pros, P.O. Box 442168, Houston Texas 77244-2168.” Requests for a winners list must be received by May 31, 2025. |