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First rider draw terms and conditions


  1. The prize draw is open to applicants aged 18 years or over, who have a household address within Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
  2. Elected members and chief officers of Blackpool Council (“the council”) are exempt from this draw 
  3. The prize draw is free to enter, and no purchase is necessary 
  4. All entries must be submitted via www.blackpool.gov.uk/firstrider and only one entry per household is allowed, entries will be verified at the time of application. Any multiple entries will be deleted  The opening date for entries is 9.00am Wednesday 24 April 2024. The closing date of the prize draw is 5.00 pm Wednesday 15 May 2024. Entries received after this date will not be counted
  5. Winners will be selected by random draw and notified by email using the details provided at entry on or before Friday 17 May 2024 
  6. Winners will receive one of ten pairs of tickets to the official launch event of the Blackpool Tramway extension to North Station and to travel on the first tram
  7. The prize does not include any travel to Blackpool or accommodation
  8. Tickets will be allocated as above and cannot be altered
  9. Tickets are for the use of the applying household and is non-exchangeable, non- transferable and and cannot be sold or traded in anyway. No cash alternative is offered
  10. Details of how you redeem your tickets will be confirmed when we notify you of your allocation. Lost/stolen/damaged tickets will not be replaced
  11. The council reserves the right to:
    1. Amend these terms and conditions 
    2. Disqualify any entrant who breaches the rules, including but not limited to being ineligible to enter, or has acted fraudulently in any way and
    3. Cancel the competition, at any stage, if in the opinion of the council it is deemed necessary or if circumstances arise outside its control
  12. The council, their sub-contractors, companies and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any server, system, network service provider or otherwise which may result in any entry not being properly received or not recorded
  13. The decision of the council regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it 
  14. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when posting an application online
  15. The council must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the council will send the surname of prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to anyone who emails website.page@blackpool.gov.uk or writes to First Rider, Blackpool Council, Communictaions and Regeneration Department, Corporate communications PO Box 4, Blackpool FY1 1NA  (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the closing date stated in condition 5. If you object to any or all of your surname, and winning entry being published or made available, please contact the council website.page@blackpool.gov.uk]. In such circumstances, the council must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
  16. Insofar as is permitted by law, the council or its distributors, will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winners or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the council or its distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  17. Personal data supplied during the course of this promotion will only be processed as set out in the council’s privacy policy . See also the condition with regard to the announcement of winners
  18. These terms and conditions and this promotion are governed by English law. If any entrants to this promotion wish to take court proceedings, then they must do this within the courts in the United Kingdom.
  19. The promoter of this prize draw is Blackpool Council of PO Box 4, Blackpool FY1 1NA