| Beginning 09/04/25 and going through 15 minutes prior to the start of the final regular season game on 1/7/25, patrons may enter the contest online at Livefreecountry.com by completely filling out the entry form on the contest page to create a contest user profile if entrant doesn’t already have a user profile. To enter, fill in the entry form by selecting the outcome of each game. Each correct pick will be worth 1 point. The player that earns the most points each week will be the local weekly winner. The player that earns the most points during the season will be the local season winner. Any incorrect entries will receive 0 points. The maximum point total for correctly determining the winning team in every game played during the designated season is 272. The maximum point total for each week is 16. In case of a tie refer to the tiebreaker rules. Tiebreakers: Season tiebreaker #1 – Higher number of wins for Week 17 Season tiebreaker #2 – Higher number of wins for Week 16 Season tiebreaker #3 – Higher number of wins for Week 15 Season tiebreaker #4 – A random draw between all remaining players. Weekly Tiebreakers: Weekly tiebreaker #1 – The player that correctly predicted the winning pick of the Tiebreaker Game is considered the winner. Weekly tiebreaker #2 – A Player’s predicted Tiebreaker Game score is compared to the actual Tiebreaker Game. The differences between the predicted scores and actual scores for each team are added. The entry with the smallest total difference is considered the winning entry. Weekly tiebreaker #3 – A random draw between all remaining Entrants to determine the winner. In all cases, an entry that does not win a tiebreaker is eliminated from consideration. All games will use a rolling lock system which will allow players to make picks up to approximately 15 minutes prior to the official kickoff time of each game. Any selections submitted after the deadlines are considered invalid, and no points will be awarded. All times displayed on the schedule are Eastern. You may change your pick for any game up until the time that game is locked. Entries must be completed on time. Once a game is locked, you may not change your pick for it. If you did not make a pick for a particular game, it is counted as a loss. If you submit a partial entry and either forget or are unable to complete it, the games you did not pick will count as losses. Entrants must include all required registration information to register and agree to terms for Audience and the national Audience Pro Football Challenge rules. Attached is a copy of the Audience National Rules. The local weekly prize is a $50 Gift Certificate to Dave & Buster’s New Hampshire. The Local Season prize: Coors Light tailgate kit with two Coors light speaker chairs, an umbrella and a cooler valued at $500 and a Dave & Buster’s VIP Party Package, including $500 in food, non-alcoholic drinks and games, plus table reservations for 10.
The National Season prize will be awarded by Audience, in the event a participant gets every pick correct for the entire season. They will be awarded the grand prize of $50,000 by Audience. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. All local prize winners will be contacted the business day after the NFL week concludes by a email and announced on air. The local Season prize winner will be contacted on the business day after the season ends by email and announced on air. If there is a National Season Prize winner, they will be contacted by Audience after the season ends. 96.5 Live Free Country contests are open to all eligible New England residents who live or work within 75 miles of our transmitter 21 or older have not won any prize on 96.5 Live Free Country 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. 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. Employees of 96.5 Live Free Country, Manchester Media Group, 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 96.5 The Live Free Country main studio are not eligible to win any contest. The 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. 96.5 Live Free Country’s Sole responsibility will be to award the local weekly and end of season prizes. 96.5 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 all federal and state taxes, and any fees and incidentals. Prizes are not transferrable or redeemable for cash. Entrants and winners are to be chosen at the sole discretion of 96.5 Live Free Country. Full contest rules available at the Manchester Media Group studios located at 500 N. Commercial Street, Manchester, NH, between the hours of 9am and 5pm; or by logging onto Livefreecountry.com |
