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Terms and Conditions of Participation for the Bundesliga Beyond Sweepstakes in the Season 2024/2025

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No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve the chances of winning. Void where prohibited.

1. Competition

1.1 DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, Guiollettstrasse 44-46, D-60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ("DFL" or "We") conducts an online competition on DFL’s English-language official account at the social media platform Instagram (@bundesliga) ("Competition"). Participation in the Competition and how it is conducted are governed by these Terms and Conditions ("Ts&Cs"), which the participant ("Participant") recognizes as binding by participating in the Competition.

1.2 The number and description of the prizes as well as the closing date for the Competition will be listed in detail in the Competition post. Any entries received after the closing date will not be considered.

1.3 All Participants who follow DFL’s English-language official account at the social media platform Instagram (@bundesliga) and the one of the Bundesliga club participating in the episode, tag two others users in the comment section of the Competition post and are eligible to participate and win in accordance with Clause 2 will go into the draw to win one of the prizes listed in detail in the Competition post.

1.4 An alternate winner will be determined by conducting a new draw excluding the original winner in the following cases: (i) the respective winner has not reached the age of 16 (ii) We reclaim any prize already distributed in accordance with Clause 2.4, (iii) the respective winner fails to contact Us within the period specified in Clause 3.2 or (iv) the respective winner provides false or fake personal information.

2. Authorization to participate and win

2.1 Only individuals who have reached the age of 16 years are entitled to participate in the Competition.

2.2 Participation in the Competition is free of charge.

2.3 The Participant is responsible for the observation of Instagram’s guidelines and rules which are applicable on the Participant.

2.4 Any false or fake personal information provided by the Participant authorizes Us to exclude him or her from the Competition.

Participants who secure an illegal advantage over other Participants, or whose entries contain immoral, slanderous, discriminatory, disgusting or other illegal material, or which show or call for illegal activities or appear to conflict with Instagram's applicable guidelines and rules will also be excluded from the Competition. Automatic computer-generated entries, or entries with more than one Instagram account are not permissible and will not be considered in the draw. Multiple entries by tagging two different users in the comment section of the Competition post are permitted but will not increase the chance of winning.

Our Employees, the employees of companies affiliated with Us within the meaning of §§ 15 et seq. German Stock Corporations Act (Aktiengesetz, "AktG") and DFL Foundation, employees of Our licensees, partners and sponsors, contractual partners (in particular, but not limited to Electronic Arts Inc. and 433 B.V.) and of those of companies affiliated with Us within the meaning of §§ 15 et seq. German Stock Corporations Act (Aktiengesetz, "AktG") and DFL Foundation are excluded from participation. The respective relatives of all these employees are also excluded from participation.

We can demand return of a prize that has already been granted in all the above-mentioned situations.

3. Prize notification

3.1 Unless otherwise specified, prizes are limited to one prize per winner.

3.2 The winners will be drawn and notified within two weeks after the closing date by direct message on Instagram. The respective winner is obliged to contact us within one week after sending this notification. If a winner fails to do so, the respective prize will be forfeited. In this case, We will either select an alternate winner by conducting another draw excluding the respective original winner, or let the prize lapse, at Our own discretion.

3.3 There shall be no claim that the prize that is shown and the prize that is distributed be identical. We reserve the right to replace the respective prize by an equivalent or a superior prize.

3.4 The claim for the respective prize is not transferrable. A cash payout or payout with physical items is excluded.

3.5 We will not bear any further costs, in particular due to the non-delivery of a prize to the address named by the respective winner.

4. Data privacy

4.1 In the event that it is necessary to redeem a prize, We will ask the respective winner for additional contact information (e.g. phone number, postal address). If a prize is redeemed through retailers or other providers, We are entitled to share the contact data of the respective winner with the respective retailer or provider so that they can contact the respective winner. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 b) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

4.2 We will observe all legal provisions on data protection and data safety. All personal data of the Participant in connection with the Competition will be solely collected, processed and stored for its conduction and deleted afterwards, unless We are legally required or entitled to further store the respective personal data.

4.3 The controller of personal data processed according to these Ts&Cs is the DFL. The further data protection provisions including the rights of the Participant under the GDPR and the contact data of Our data privacy officer can be found in the Privacy Statement under the following link.

5. Other provisions

5.1 We reserve the right to interrupt or shut down the Competition at any time without stating reasons. Especially reasons involving technology and/or legal matters, as a result of which the Competition can no longer be properly conducted, can be the basis for the end of the Competition.

5.2 The Competition is not connected to Instagram and is not sponsored, supported or organized in any way Instagram. Instagram is not the contact person for the Competition. Questions regarding the Competition have only be addressed to Us.

5.2 Legal recourse is excluded. Only the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.

5.3 Place of performance for the Competition is Frankfurt am Main.