Published 23/07/2024

 A. Schedule – MAIN COMPETITION

Item 1. Competition: Casio Timepiece Casio 50th Anniversary #MyCasioMyStory
Item 2.  Competition Type: Game of Skill
Item 3. Permit: Authorised under NSW Authority No. TP/03706, ACT Authority No. TP 24/01700, SA Licence No. T24/1301
Item 4. Promoter: Shriro Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 28 002 386 129)
Level 7, 67 Albert Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067]

Item 5. Website

https://casioau.com/mycasiomystory

Item 6. Entry Limitations

      i.  Age – Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry.
     ii.  Locality – The Competition is open Australia wide and is void where prohibited by law. 

Item 7. Method of Entry

MAIN COMPETITION

The Competition can be entered online at the Website.
Entrants must:

a)      Submit a story of them and their favourite CASIO watch.
b)      Complete the entry form available above.

Entrants may be required to provide the following information for a valid entry:
i.   First Name
ii.  Last Name
iii. Suburb
iv. Post Code
v.  State
vi. Country
vii. Phone
viii.   Email
ix. Social media handle 

From all submissions received online over the 31-day competition period, a panel of judges will select the top 10 finalists.

a.  Top 10 selection based on:

• Creativity
• Passion
• Story impact, and
• Uniqueness

The top 10 finalist entries will feature on the CASIO website https://casioau.com/mycasiomystory, where they are open for public voting. 

The participant with the highest number of votes will win the grand prize of 2 x $5,000 EFTPOS vouchers + CASIO Exclusive merchandise and CASIO Watches. 

Item 8. Competition Entry Opens

12.00am AEST Thursday 1st August 2024

Item 9. Competition Entry Closes 

11.59pm AEST Saturday 31st August 2024

Item 10. Competition Judged

Panel and peer judging runs from 12.00am AEST Sunday 1st September 2024 - 11.59pm AEST Sunday 15th September 2024.

Final competition judgement to take place at 12.00pm AEST on Sunday 15th September 2024

Item 11. Judging Details

Promoter’s physical address

Item 12. Notification Date

Monday, 16 September 2024

Item 13

Notification Method

Winners will be notified by email and or a phone call.

It is the responsibility of each Entrant to ensure that the details in their entry are correct, including without limitation  telephone contact number, email and postal address details, and no responsibility will be taken by the Promoter   for any incorrect or out of date information.

Item 14

Publication Details

https://casioau.com/mycasiomystory

Item 15

Prize

The panel of judges will select the top 10 story submissions. The top 10 finalist entries will be featured on the CASIO website, where they are open for public voting. The participant with the highest number of votes will win the grand prize of 2 x $5,000 EFTPOS vouchers, CASIO exclusive merchandise and CASIO watches. The prize is valued at $10,969.

Item 16

Unclaimed Prize

10am AEST on Monday, 30 September 2024

Item 17

Special Conditions

1. By entering into the Competition, entrants agree to comply with the Competition Terms and Conditions.

2. The Promoter will not be responsible for replacing or retrieving any prize sent to an incorrect address based on incorrect details provided by any winner.

3. This Competition is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

4. The Promoter reserves the right (with approval of the regulator where applicable) to reasonably vary and/or modify this Schedule for the duration of the Competition, and any such variations will be communicated by a re- published and uploaded version of the Competition Terms and Conditions on the distributed platform, including any website.

B. Schedule – DAILY PRIZE DRAW

Item 1

Competition

Casio Timepiece Casio 50th Anniversary #MyCasioMyStory: Daily Prize Draw

Item 2

Competition Type

Game of Chance

Item 3

Permit

Authorised under NSW Authority No. TP/03706, ACT Authority No. TP 24/01700, SA Licence No. T24/1301

Item 4

Promoter

Shriro Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 28 002 386 129)

Level 7, 67 Albert Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067]

Item 5

Website

Casio website (https://casioau.com/mycasiomystory)

Item 6

Entry Limitations

    iii.     Age – Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry.

    iv.       
Locality – The Competition is open Australia wide and is void where prohibited by law.

Item 7

Method of Entry

Each day of the Main Competition, a random voter from the Main Competition entries received on that day, will be selected as the day’s winner of $50 EFTPOS voucher + CASIO Exclusive merchandise and a CASIO Watch.

Voters have the opportunity to increase their number of daily “entries” by sharing their competition submission/ CASIO story by sharing their unique “Friends and Family link”. Any entries received directly from this link will be worth one additional vote.

Item 8

Competition Entry Opens

12:00AM AEST of each day of the competition.

Item 9

Competition Entry Closes

11:59PM AEST of each day of the competition.

Item 10

Competition Drawn

12.00PM AEST on the day after the Daily Prize Draw Competition Entry Closes.

Item 11

Drawing Details

Promoter’s physical address

Item 12 A

Notification Date

The day after the Daily Prize Draw Competition Entry Closes.

Item 13

Notification Method

Winners will be notified by email.

It is the responsibility of each Entrant to ensure that the details in their entry are correct, including without limitation  telephone contact number, email and postal address details, and no responsibility will be taken by the Promoter   for any incorrect or out of date information.

Item 14

Draw Publication Details

(https://casioau.com/mycasiomystory)

Item 15

Prize

Each day a random participant from that days entries will win $50 + CASIO exclusive merchandise and a CASIO watch. The prize is valued at $249.

Item 16

Unclaimed Prize Draw

Any unclaimed prizes will be awarded to winner(s) drawn at random from the combined pool of Main Competition voters.  Unclaimed Prize Draw to take place at 10am AEST on Monday, 16 September 2024.

Item 17

Special Conditions

1. By entering into the Competition, entrants agree to comply with the Competition Terms and Conditions.

2. The Promoter will not be responsible for replacing or retrieving any prize sent to an incorrect address based on incorrect details provided by any winner.

3. This Competition is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

4. The Promoter reserves the right (with approval of the regulator where applicable) to reasonably vary and/or modify this Schedule for the duration of the Competition, and any such variations will be communicated by a re- published and uploaded version of the Competition Terms and Conditions on the distributed platform, including any website

B. General Terms and Conditions

1.   Background and introduction

(a)  These are the General Competition Terms that govern the relationship between you and the Promoter when you enter this Competition and should be read in conjunction with the Schedules in the above table to form the complete terms and conditions for this Competition (Terms and Conditions).

(b) By submitting an entry into this Competition, entrants warrant that they have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions

(c)  To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the Schedules and the General Terms, the Schedules will prevail.

2.   Length

(a)   This Competition will commence at the time set out in Item 8 of the Schedules and will conclude at the time set out in Item 9 of the Schedules. Entries received outside of these times will not be eligible.

(b)  The Promoter will not accept any responsibility for lost or late entries.

3.   Conditions of Entry

(a)   Entrants restricted from entry in Item 6 of the Schedule will not be eligible to enter the Competition and will be disqualified.

(b)  The employees, independent contractors, interns, officers and directors of the Promoter, any of its affiliate, parent or subsidiary companies, or any promotional and advertising agencies/agency, suppliers and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible  to enter the Competition.

(c)   Entrants cannot be a spouse, defacto spouse, parent, child or sibling (whether full, half, step or by adoption) of any person included in 3(b).

(d)  Unless specifically set out in the Schedules, no person may enter this Competition more than once and persons may not enter or participate in it on behalf of any third party.

4.   Entry Mechanisms

(a)   The Competition can be entered by the method set out in Item 7 of the Schedules.

(b)  To enter, entrants must follow any requirements including submitting entries or responses set out in Item 7 of the Schedules.

(c)   Unless otherwise set out, all entries must include full contact details, including name, phone number, email address and postcode.

(d)  Any person who fails to provide the full information in the manner requested as part of the entry process will not be eligible for any Competition prize. Specifically, incomplete, incomprehensible or late entries (whichever is applicable) will not be eligible and will be disqualified, including entries attempted to submit prior to the Competition start date.

(e)   The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entry which in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter includes any content which may be unlawful, profane, inflammatory, defamatory to any person and/or damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Promoter.

(f)    Unless otherwise agreed, any personal or confidential information submitted to the Promoter by any person in the course of entering or being otherwise involved in this Competition such as name, address, telephone number will be treated in accordance with Clause 14(c).

(g)  Any person who fails to provide the full information in the manner requested as part of the entry process will not be eligible for any Competition prize.

(h)  The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, or who submits an entry/claim which is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

5.   Competition – Judging

(a)   The Competition will be judged by the date listed in Item 10 of the Schedule at the location     specified in Item 11 of the Schedule.

(b)  Winning entries will be selected by appropriately qualified judges on the quality and creativity of their entry submitted in accordance with Item 7 of the Schedule. Where more than one judging criterion is set out in the Schedule, equal weighting will be given to each of the criteria unless otherwise specified in the Schedule.

5.   Competition - Drawing

a.  The draw is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence or communication regarding the drawing of the Competition.

b. The Competition will be drawn at the time and on the date listed in Item 10 of the Schedule at the location specified in Item 11 of the Schedule.

c.  Winning entries will be drawn at random.

d. Details of prize winners will be published in accordance with Item 14 of the Schedule.

6.   Notification to Prize Winner

a.  Prize winner will be notified by the date listed in Item 12 of the Schedules.

b. Prize winner will be notified by the method listed in Item 13 of the Schedules based on the details provided in the entry. All reasonable efforts will be made to contact prize winner.

c.  Details of prize winners will be published in accordance with Item 14 of the Schedules.

d. Where the Competition is a game of skill, and the Promoter is unable to contact a prize winner after reasonable efforts, the Promoter may award the prize to the entry judged to be the next best entry according to the judging criteria as judged by the original competition judges.

e.  Where the Competition is a game of chance, and the Promoter is unable to contact a prize winner after reasonable efforts or if a prize winner fails to claim a prize, the Promoter may conduct a redraw for the unclaimed or undistributed prize in accordance with Item 16 of the Schedule.

7.   Prizes

a.  The prize for the Competition is as set out in Item 15 of the Schedules.

b. Subject to Clause 7(f), no prize in this Competition will be transferable or redeemable for any other prize, including but not limited to cash, and an entrant will not be given cash in lieu of any prize.

c.  A winner will automatically forfeit their prize and another winner will be selected in their place if the winner is found or is reasonably suspected to be on-selling the prize to any other third party in exchange for payment (monetary or otherwise) or other goods or services, regardless of whether or not such payment, goods or services are equal to or greater than the value of the prize.

d. If a prize referred to in this Competition becomes unavailable for any reason the Promoter reserves the right to substitute a similar item of similar value, including in its sole discretion, providing the prize winner with cash to the value of any prize, subject to regulatory authority approval for games of chance.

e.  Any tax payable as a result of a prize being awarded or received will be the responsibility of the winner. Winners should seek independent financial advice prior to accepting a prize if this is a concern.

8.   Awarding Prizes

a.  The Promoter will arrange all prize delivery.

b. The Promoter may at its own discretion require any prize winner to verify their identity and/or submit a police check to verify  the prize winner’s identification details.

c.  Once a prize has been collected or delivered the Promoter is not responsible for the use or distribution of any prize.

d. If a prize winner does not take any element of a prize at the time the prize is awarded, then that  element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that prize or any part of it.

e.  The Promoter will not be responsible for replacing or retrieving any prize sent to an incorrect address based on incorrect details included in an entrant’s entry, or details that have not been updated by an entrant associated with the entrant’s entry.

f.  The Promoter will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to direct or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained, as a result of taking any prize under this Competition, except to the extent that such liability cannot be excluded by law.

g. The Promoter reserves the right to exclude any persons from the Competition for the safety of the Promoter’s staff members or others or for any other   reasonable reason, for example bringing the Promoter’s brand into disrepute. The Promoter also reserves the right to disqualify contestants if:

                             i.     a contestant at any stage engages in, causes or incites physical violence (e.g. punching, slapping), inappropriate, illegal, unsociable or unsafe behaviour; and/or

                           ii.      a prize winner is abusive, aggressive, confrontational or acts unreasonably in the Promoter’s sole discretion; and/or

                        iii.       the safety of any of the Promoter’s staff member is compromised.

h. Prize winners agree to participate in any promotional activity promoting the Promoter, prize sponsors and/or the Competition at the reasonable request of the Promoter.

9.    Intellectual Property

a.  The Promoter may publish, communicate, or otherwise use the entrants’ and/or prize winners’ name and story submission for advertising and publicity purposes in any media in perpetuity without needing to provide additional compensation.

b. Each Competition entrant grants the Promoter a non-exclusive, irrevocable license for use throughout the world in any and all media in perpetuity in relation to any material, including without limitation Competition entries and images and/or audio-visual material included in Competition entries, submitted or provided by a Competition entrant, and/or prize winner in association with any Competition. The Promoter may reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate, cause to be seen and/or heard in public, license to third parties involved in the Competition or otherwise exploit use of any such material throughout the world in perpetuity and without needing to provide additional compensation to the Competition entrant.

c.  To the extent that any entrant or prize winner holds any moral rights in the materials provided as part  of the entry or created as a result of this Competition, the entrant or prize winner hereby consents to  any act that, but for this consent, would be considered to breach those moral rights.

10.   Warranties

a.  Each entrant warrants and represents to the Promoter that nothing in his/her entry / entries to this Competition infringes the rights, including copyright, of any third party and is not defamatory or obscene and does not breach any State or Commonwealth law.

b. Each entrant indemnifies and holds harmless the Promoter, its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors against any claim, loss or damage suffered by the Promoter as a direct or indirect consequence of a breach by the entrant of any warranty or representation contained in these Terms and Conditions, for misuse of any Prize, unauthorized activity in connection with the Competition, technical errors or any kind, printing errors, lost, late, postage due, misdirected posted items or undelivered mail.

c.  If the Promoter becomes aware that a prize winner is in breach of any warranty contained in these Terms and Conditions or made subsequently to the Promoter, the Promoter may deem that prize winner ineligible.

11.   Privacy

a.  The Promoter’s Privacy Policy is located https://www.shriro.com.au/privacy.

b. We respect your rights to privacy under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Act), as amended, and we comply with all of the Act’s requirements in respect of the collection, management and disclosure of your personal information, along with notification requirements regarding an eligible data breach.

c.  In order to conduct the Competition, the Promoter may collect personal information, being any information that can be used to personally identify entrants, or information that entrants are reasonably identifiable from, including without limitation, each entrant’s name, age, residential and/or mailing address (including postcode), telephone number, email address, profession, occupation or job title, IP address, nationality and/or passport and/or personal identification information (“Personal       Data”).

d. The provision of such Personal Data may be a condition of entering any competition run by the Promoter. For competitions, the Promoter is required to collect some Personal Data under the state gaming legislation applicable to the state in which the competition is being held, for example, the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 (NSW) for competitions held in New South Wales.

e.  The Promoter may disclose such Personal Data to third parties, including without limitation, the Promoter’s parents, related and subsidiary companies, past present and future officers, agents, representatives, employees, contractors and assigns, judges, service providers, prize suppliers in connection with the Competition. For the avoidance of doubt, such third parties may be located outside of Australia in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

f.  The Promoter may use such Personal Data:

i. in connection with the Competition which the entrant entered, including without limitation for the purposes of sending electronic messages, social media communications, VOIP communications and/or telephoning entrants;

ii. for any purpose to which an entrant gave his/her express consent on entry;

iii. as set out in these terms and conditions; and

iv. in  accordance   with  the  Promoter’s  Privacy  Policy.

Such Personal Data will be entered into a database and will be stored at the office of the Promoter.

g. Entrants may request to access, edit, correct and/or opt-out their Personal Data in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy by contacting the Promoter.

h.  Entrants may direct any complaint related to treatment or use of their Personal Data to the Promoter that will be dealt with in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policy.

i.   By entering the Competition and agreeing to these terms and conditions, each entrant consents to the Promoter’s use of their Personal Data as set out in this clause 10 of these terms and conditions and in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policy.

12.   Miscellaneous

a.  All amounts are in AUD.

b. If for any reason this Competition is not capable of running as planned as a result of any (including but not limited to) technical failures, unauthorised intervention, use of bots, macros, scripts, computer virus, mobile phone failure, tampering, fraud or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Competition, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to State/ Territory regulations) to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition and/or any draw/s or judging related to the Competition and/or to disqualify any individual who (whether directly or indirectly) causes the same.

c.  The Promoter shall not be liable for any delay in performing or partial or total failure to perform any of its obligations to the winner(s) under these Terms and Conditions if such delay or failure is caused by circumstances beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control including without limitation delays, changes, disruptions, cancellations, diversions or substitutions howsoever caused including without limitation as a result of  war, pandemic including COVID-19 strains and variants, terrorist action or threatened terrorist action, strikes, hostilities, civil commotions, accidents, fire,  flood or natural catastrophes.

d. These Terms and Conditions are to be construed according to the laws of New South Wales, Australia and are subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State.Z