OFFICIAL RULES
Words With Friends Letter Lock Giveaway
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
ELIGIBILITY: OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ANY OF THE TERRITORIES IN WHICH WORDS WITH FRIENDS (“THE GAME”) IS MADE AVAILABLE (EXCLUDING MAINLAND CHINA) (“ELIGIBLE TERRITORIES”), WHO HAVE A VALID ACCOUNT FOR THE GAME, AND ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE (OR THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN THE ENTRANT’S COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, IF HIGHER). VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Establishing a Words With Friends account is free. All Words With Friends terms apply. Employees (and their immediate families (spouse, and parents, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and living in their same households, whether or not related) of Zynga Inc. (“Sponsor”), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this Giveaway. Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, national and local laws.
GIVEAWAY PERIOD: The Words With Friends Letter Lock Giveaway (“Giveaway”) starts on May 26, 2025 beginning at or around 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) / 03:00 PM Central European Summer Time (“CEST”), and ends at 11:59 PM EDT on May 28, 2025 / 5:59 AM CEST on May 29, 2025 (the “Giveaway Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Giveaway.
HOW TO ENTER: You can enter the Giveaway by taking the following steps:
- Play Letter Lock in-game during the Giveaway Period.
- Log into your Facebook account and visit the Words With Friends Player Lounge Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordswithfriendsplayerslounge .
- You must be a member of the Words With Friends Player Lounge Facebook Group to participate.
- Locate the Giveaway post posted by the group moderator, and share in the comments your Letter Lock results.
In order to enter the Giveaway, you must be a member of the Words With Friends Player Lounge Facebook Group. If you do not have a Facebook account, establishing an account is free. All Facebook terms apply (as applicable).
If you choose to enter using your mobile device, standard data fees may apply. You should consult your wireless service provider's pricing plan for details. You agree to incur any and all charges demanded by your wireless carrier. You should also check your device's features for capabilities and check the device manual for specific use instructions.
All entry information and other content submitted by an entrant as part of these Giveaway shall be referred to herein as an “Entry”, and collectively as the “Entries”. All Entries must comply with Entry Requirements (as defined below), as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Giveaway in the event an insufficient number of Entries are received during each Giveaway.
Limit one (1) Entry per person per day (Maximum of three (3) Entries per person). Entries made in excess of the maximum allowed from any person will be void.
Entries become the sole property of Sponsor. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Facebook account. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different Facebook accounts, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any Facebook account, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register on the platform will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an 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. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. No automated entry devices and/or programs permitted.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Entry must be in keeping with Sponsor’s image and not be offensive or inappropriate, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Entry must not defame or violate or infringe upon the rights of any person or entity. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and remove any Entry that it determines, in its sole discretion, is not in compliance with these Official Rules or is otherwise not fit for a general audience or in good taste.
DRAWING: One (1) winner (“Winner”) will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period to take place on or about May 29, 2025. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received. The random drawing will be conducted by Sponsor. By entering the Giveaway, participants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by the governing rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Giveaway.
Prize: Winner shall receive fifteen (15) Coins and one (1) Letter Lock Hint Power-Up (collectively referred to as the “Prize”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Prize is an in-game virtual good which: (i) has no monetary value; (ii) cannot be used outside of Words With Friends; and (iii) must only be used in accordance with Sponsor’s Terms of Service, located at https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US. Prize will be electronically delivered to winner in-game.
Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. All federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winners. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Limit one (1) prize per person.
NOTIFICATION: Winner will be notified via a tagged comment reply on their Entry in the Words With Friends Player Lounge Facebook Group within three (3) days of the drawing. The Winner will be directed to email Sponsor their Player ID within three (3) calendar days of notification.
The potential winner may be required to execute and return a declaration of eligibility, a liability release and, where lawful, a publicity release within seven (7) days of date of issuance. If potential winner does not respond to the initial notification within the time period stated, all required documents are not returned within the specified time period, a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected for the drawing at issue. Only three (3) alternate potential winners will be selected for any prize, after which, such prize will not be awarded. If a potential winner is a resident of Canada, they must answer a time-limited, skill-based question in order to claim the Prize.
GRANT OF RIGHTS: By submitting an Entry, to the extent permitted by law, each entrant hereby: (i) irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees never to assert, any and all moral rights such entrant may have in and to their Entry; and (ii) grants to Sponsor and its licensees, successors and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual, unlimited, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit, exploit, perform, edit, create derivatives of, and otherwise use the Entry and all elements of such Entry, together with any other material, and the name, user name, city and state of residence, voice, image and/or likeness of entrant (including, but not limited to, applicable profile photo), in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in any manner, in whole or in part, worldwide, without compensation or notification to, or permission from, entrant or any third party, for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation, for purposes of advertising or trade, except where prohibited by law.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: To the extent permitted by law, entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Meta Platforms (dba Facebook), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including personal injury and/or death (other than in respect of any personal injury and/or death that is caused by Sponsor’s negligence), fraud, or any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a Prize or participation in this Giveaway. To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will the Released Parties be responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entries, email, comments, @replies, messages, mail, or other communications of any kind; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Giveaway, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Giveaway, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Giveaway-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in this Giveaway or downloading materials from or use of the platform. Some jurisdictions may not allow limitations or exclusions of liability for certain categories of loss or damage, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to all entrants or shall only apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. In the event that any of the above limitations or exclusions of liability are not enforceable under applicable law, the affected limitation or exclusion of liability shall be deemed omitted from these Official Rules and shall in no way affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Official Rules.
Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Giveaway or platform or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Should any portion of the Giveaway be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Giveaway and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
The above provisions apply to the fullest extent permissible by law, save that, to the extent an Eligible Country’s law applies, nothing in these Official Rules shall exclude or limit the Sponsor’s or Released Parties’ liability for: (i) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (ii) death or personal injury caused by such party’s negligence; or (iii) any other type of liability which may not be lawfully excluded or limited.
DISPUTES; GOVERNING LAW: THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES. Entrants resident in the United States of America hereby waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Giveaway. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Giveaway shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association and hereby agree that any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, City of New York.
For entrants who are not resident in the United States of America and/or for any matters which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in connection with the entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these Official Rules and/or the Giveaway, the parties irrevocably submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in or closest to the County of New York in the State of New York. The parties agree not to raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
USE OF DATA: Any personal data submitted to, or collected by, Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway, will be processed by Sponsor and/or its data processors in accordance with its privacy policy or the sole purposes of conducting, administering and marketing the Giveaway. Any personal data submitted to, or collected by, Sponsor or its data processors in connection with the Giveaway will be processed by Sponsor and/or its data processors in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy for the purposes of conducting, administering, and marketing the Giveaway. By participating in the giveaway, entrants hereby acknowledge that: (i) they have read and understood Sponsor’s privacy policy; (ii) Sponsor has a valid legitimate interest in processing their personal data for these purposes; and (iii) Sponsor’s legitimate interests are not outweighed by their own interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
Please review the Sponsor’s privacy policy at https://www.take2games.com/privacy. If you are a resident of France, please see our privacy policy at https://www.take2games.com/privacy/fr. If you are a resident of Germany, please see our privacy policy at https://www.take2games.com/privacy/de
WINNERS LIST: To receive the name (Last name or surname, country of residence) of the winner, send a request to Words With Friends Customer Support at https://zyngasupport.helpshift.com/hc/en/63-words-with-friends-2/ for receipt no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the Giveaway. Any United Kingdom entrant may request that the amount of information about them published in the way described above be reduced, by contacting the Sponsor using the contact details identified above. In these circumstances, the entrant acknowledges that the Sponsor may nevertheless disclose the relevant information, and the entrant’s Entries, to the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (and/or any other competent authority) if required to do so. By way of example, this may happen if the Sponsor is required to demonstrate that it has awarded any advertised prizes.
SPONSOR: ZYNGA INC. 1200 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO, CA 94403.
This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook.