Sweepstakes Rules

                      

Riversweeps Rules

VERSION: 1.0

DATE OF LAST UPDATE: May 23, 2024

  1. ELIGIBILITY TO PLAY RIVERSWEEPS
    1. The following definitions apply to these Sweeps Rules:
      1. Eligible Participants means legal residents of the Permitted Territories;
      2. Permitted Territories means the United States (other than the states of Washington, California, South Dakota, and Virginia);
      3. Participant means a person who participates in Promotional Play;
    2. Promotional Play means Riversweeps’ sweepstakes promotions. Promotional Play is only open to Eligible Participants, who are at least twenty-one (21) years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction (whichever occurs later) at the time of entry. PARTICIPATION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
    3. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws and regulations. It is the sole responsibility of a Participant to determine whether the Sweepstakes is legal and compliant with all regulations in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides.
    4. Participation constitutes the Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Sweeps Rules and Sponsor’s/Promoter’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
    1. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set out in these Sweeps Rules.
    2. Employees of VGW Group, any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, holding companies, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Sweepstakes and their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children,

whether the relationship is by birth, marriage or adoption) and household members (people who share the same residence at least 3 months of the year) are not eligible to participate.

  1. SPONSOR/PROMOTER

The Sponsor/Promoter of the Sweepstakes is River – 950 East 5th street Brooklyn, NY 11230.

  1. HOW TO COLLECT ENTRIES
    1. Please refer to the individual vendor for instructions.
    2. Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected Entries requests or allocations.
    3. In the event of a dispute as to any registration of a Account, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register the Account will be deemed to be the Participant. The

“authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

    1. Use of any automated or other system(s) to Participate, to acquire Entries or play the games is prohibited and will result in disqualification and loss of eligibility to Participate in the games.
    2. Entries may also be forfeited if a Participant’s Account is closed for any reason, or at the Sponsor/Promoter’s discretion.
  2. USING ENTRIES TO PLAY GAMES
    1. Participants with Entries can use those Entries to play games within Riversweeps for a chance to win prizes. Winnings through game play can be redeemed for real prizes.
    2. Within Riversweeps there are different games. The amount of Entries required to play each game will be detailed next to the game. A Participant may be able to increase the amount of Entries they play the game with so they can increase their potential winning eligibility.
    3. Sponsor’s/Promoter’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes, the game and the amount of winnings are final and binding.
    1. Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to change the prize win rates and odds of any of the Sweepstakes at any time. A Participant can see the actual and any amended details by clicking on the “Win Table” or “Pay Table” button. It is a Participant’s responsibility to check the prize win rate on each occasion before they participate.
  1. FREE ENTRIES
    1.     Riversweeps shall provide a daily giveaway of $10 to ensure user eligibility for free participation.

             The rules of the sweepstakes cannot be changed once it has commenced, as outlined in section 4.4.

  1. VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS

6.1.POTENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR/PROMOTER (IN ANY MANNER IT MAY CHOOSE) AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR/PROMOTER ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES. A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE ONLINE SCREEN INDICATES THEY ARE, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PARTICIPANT’S ELIGIBILITY AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING PLAY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND THE PARTICIPANT HAS FULLY COMPLIED WITH THESE SWEEPS RULES AND BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR/PROMOTER WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER PURPORTED EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS.

  • Potential prize winners must comply with these Sweeps Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.
  • A potential prize winner may be required to sign and return to Sponsor/Promoter, an affidavit/declaration of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize (if applicable).
  • If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to properly execute and return the affidavit/declaration of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), fails to comply with these Sweeps Rules (including, but not limited to, the requirement to correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question if a resident of Canada), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential winner forfeits the prize.
    1. In the event that a potential winner of a Sweepstakes prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor/Promoter may, in its sole discretion, reseed the prize back into the Sweepstakes.
  1. WINNINGS
    1. A Participant’s Winnings balance is shown in the Participant’s Account.
    2. Winnings are not awarded until redeemed. A Participant has no rights to Winnings that have not been redeemed.
    3. Riversweeps uses third-party services to provide payments. Payments are issued via Bitcoin. Payment of prize winnings may be delayed if there are any issues with verifying your personal identification
    1. Sponsor/Promoter will only process a prize redemption if the redeemed value of the prize is US$10 or more (maximum US$300 daily). Consequently, a Participant’s Account must have a balance of at least $10 Winnings before requesting a prize redemption.
    2. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SWEEPS COINS PRIZE OR A SWEEPS COINS PRIZE REDEMPTION:
  1. A PARTICIPANT MUST BE AN ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT; AND
  2. THE PARTICIPANT’S DETAILS MUST MATCH THOSE OF THE PARTICIPANT’S ACCOUNT.

2.6.Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for any taxes or fees associated with a prize redemption. Participantsareresponsibleforallapplicabletaxesandfeesassociatedwithprizereceiptand/or redemption.

  • Sponsor/Promoter is not responsible for any foreign exchange transaction fees, charges or related costs that may be incurred as a result of, or in relation to, a prize redemption, including but not limited to any losses or additional costs arising from foreign exchange fluctuations.
  • Sweeps Coins are not transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s/Promoter’s sole discretion. Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to substitute the listed prize of equal or greater value for any reason owing to circumstances outside Sponsor’s/Promoter’s reasonable control.
  • Prize winners will be notified by private message or email.
  1. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE
    1. By Participating, each Participant agrees to:
  1. comply with and be bound by:
    1. the T&Cs;
    2. these Sweeps Rules; and
    3. the decisions of the Sponsor/Promoter which are binding and final;
  2. release and hold harmless the Sponsor/Promoter and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the Released Parties) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Sweepstakes, acceptance or use or misuse of prizes (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and
  3. indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor/Promoter from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys/legal fees) arising out of or relating to a Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes and/or Participant’s acceptance, use or misuse of prizes.
  1. PUBLICITY

Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each Participant’s consent to Sponsor’s/Promoter’s and its agents’ use of Participant’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state/province/territory for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment, notice or consideration.

  1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
    1. Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes or these Sweeps Rules, or any part of the Sweepstakes or these Sweeps Rules, with immediate effect owing to circumstances outside its reasonable control and only where circumstances make it unavoidable if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s/Promoter’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor/Promoter in its sole discretion.

10.2.Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tamperingwiththeentryprocessortheoperationoftheSweepstakesortobeactinginviolationofthese Sweeps 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, Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Sponsor’s/Promoter’s failure to enforce any term of these Sweeps Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

    1. In all other cases, the Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes. Any notice regarding cancellation, suspension and/or modification will be posted on Riversweeps at https://riverslot.net/about-us/.
    2. Whenever we amend these Sweeps Rules in a way that would limit your current rights or which may be to your detriment, we will notify you upon your next visit to the Platform and you will be required to re- confirm your acceptance prior to participating in any Promotional Play. If you do not agree to the amended Sweeps Rules, you may not participate in any Promotional Play.
  1. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
    1. Insofar as permitted by law in the respective territories, the Released Parties (as defined above) are not responsible for:
  1. any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by a Participant, printing error or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes;
  2. technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software;
  3. unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes;
  4. technical or human error which may occur in the administration or operation of the Sweepstakes; or
  5. any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
    1. If for any reason a Participant’s Sweeps Coins or winning play is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Participant’s sole remedy is replacement by Sponsor/Promotor of an equivalent amount of Sweeps Coins.
  1. DISPUTES

Please refer to the individual vendor for more information.

  1. OTHER
    1. Under no circumstances will any Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than Participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
    1. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Sweeps Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Participant and Sponsor/Promoter in connection with the Sweepstakes, are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware,

without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

    1. Any Participant posting or seen to be posting comments on Sponsor’s/Promoter’s Facebook page or elsewhere during the promotion that are considered bullying, spiteful or upsetting to other Participants, players and fans of Riversweeps or directly aimed at the Sponsor/Promoter, will have their comments removed and will be disqualified from the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor/Promoter reserves the right to alert Facebook to any such behavior and Participant may have his/her Facebook account frozen pending investigation.
  1. PARTICIPANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATION
    1. Information collected from Participants is subject to the Sponsor’s/Promoter’s Privacy Policy which is available at https://riverslot.net/privacy-policy/.