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1st Choice Bumper Sticker

Pick up your free bumper sticker (or window decal) at any 1st National Bank of South Florida branch location. Go to the lobby and see a teller or customer service representative. Rules and regulations are also available there.

Bumper Stickers are available in two types- There is the sticker on your bumper or the E-Z peel sticker for your back window.

Day and night, spotters will be out looking for 1st National Bank bumper stickers. If your vehicle is spotted with a bumper sticker, you may win $100 or more. But you have to keep checking this site each week to see if your license number is a winner. Good Luck!


2009 Grand Prize Winner

1st National Bank of South Florida would like to congratulate Ms. Claribel De-Jesus Torres for being the grand-prize winner of the 2009 “My 1st Choice” bumper sticker promotion.  It was a great way to end the year for Ms. Torres who was thrilled to win $500 as the grand-prize winner, and was excited about an additional $500 that was to be donated by 1st National Bank of South Florida to the charity of her choice.  1st National Bank was proud to present a check to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital on her behalf.

We’ve made it easy to play and win so don’t miss out on your chance to win $100 up to $500 in 2010! Stop by any branch location and pick-up your free “My 1st Choice” bumper sticker or window decal.  There are no entry forms to fill out and no purchase is necessary. You don’t even have to be a bank customer to win. Visit our website at www.1stbanking.com for more information.


How To Play Cómo jugar
From January 8, 2010, until December 10, 2010, 1st National Bank of South Florida will be running its “My 1st Choice” Bumper Sticker Promotion. Come into any branch now until December 10th to get your bumper sticker. The sooner you put on your bumper sticker, the more chances you have to win! Every Friday, our secret spotter will pick one vehicle at random bearing a 1st National Bank My 1st Choice Bumper Sticker. The weekly winning license plate number will be posted in all branch offices of 1st National Bank of South Florida and on the 1st National Bank website at www.1stbumper.com or www.firstbumper.com for one (1) week beginning that Friday. The winner must claim his or her prize by 4:00 pm Friday of the following week by bringing his or her driver’s license and the registration for the vehicle with the winning license plate to one of the following branches.

   13550 SW 120th Street #402 Miami
   1550 North Krome Avenue Homestead
   1750 NE 8th Street Homestead
   12520 SW 288th Street East Biscayne
   25151 South Dixie Highway Princeton
   9730 East Fern St. Palmetto Bay
   7330 SW 152nd Avenue Kendale Lakes

If you are a winner and are not able to come into any of the branch offices to claim your prize you must call 305.242.8615 to make arrangements within your allotted time.

Prizes
The minimum weekly prize is $100. Unclaimed prizes will be carried over and added to the following week’s prize money increasing by $100 each week, if unclaimed, up to a maximum of $500. In December 2010, all previous winners will be eligible for a final drawing to win a Grand Prize of $500. 1st National Bank of South Florida will also donate a matching amount to the Grand Prize winner’s favorite charity. Drawing for the $500 cash prize and charitable donation will be held December 17, 2010 at 4:00 pm at the main branch on Krome Avenue. The Grand Prize winner will be selected at random by a representative of 1st National Bank of South Florida. You do not have to be present to win. The Grand Prize winner will be contacted by telephone, and the Grand Prize winning license plate number will be posted in all branch offices of 1st National Bank of South Florida and on the 1st National Bank website at www.1stbumper.com or www.firstbumper.com for two (2) weeks. The Grand Prize winner must claim his or her prize by 4:00 pm Friday, December 31, 2010. In the event that the Grand Prize winner does not claim his or her winnings within the allotted time, then an alternate license plate number will be drawn at random from among all other previous winners on Friday, December 31, 2010.


  APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE OF ALL PRIZES:
Appropriate retail value of each prize: Weekly winners - $100 per week for 49 weeks (maximum, assuming all prizes are claimed): $4,900;
Grand Prize - $500 (plus matching $500 donation to the charity of the Grand Prize winner’s choice)
TOTAL MAXIMUM ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $5,900.
ODDS OF WINNING:
Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entrants.

Who Is Eligible?
No purchase is necessary to enter this promotion. You do not have to be a customer of 1st National Bank of South Florida to win. There is no purchase required to win. You must be a legal U.S. resident, at least 18 years of age and a licensed driver with proof of ownership (i.e., registration) of the vehicle with the winning license plate number. Employees of 1st National Bank of South Florida and members of their immediate family, including household members, agents of the Bank, associated marketing firms and affiliated entities are not eligible to participate in this promotion.

Winner Eligibility
The same registered vehicle owner can only win a weekly prize, one (1) time within any consecutive three-month period, even if for different vehicles. Each weekly winner must be a licensed driver and must bring in proof of ownership for the vehicle with the winning license plate number when collecting the weekly prize. In the event of parental, guardian, or business ownership of the vehicle, that vehicle owner must be present. Each winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability. All winners are responsible for any federal, state and local taxes and must supply social security or tax ID number when picking up their prize.

Consent to Publicity and Release
By accepting a prize, winner consents to the use of his or her likeness and voice for publicity purposes without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. All entrants agree to release and hold harmless 1st National Bank of South Florida, employees, agents, associated marketing firms and affiliated entities from any claims arising directly or indirectly from the promotion or any publicity regarding the promotion and from any receipt, use, or misuse of any prize.

Winners List/Official Rules
To receive a list of previous winners, or a copy of these Official Rules, please mail your request, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope, (residents of VT need not include return postage) to S. Lange, c/o 1st National Bank of South Florida, 1550 North Krome Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33030. The Official Rules are also available at www.1stbumper.com or www.firstbumper.com. This promotion will begin January 8, 2010, at 10:00 am and continue until December 10 2010, at 4:00 pm.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: United States law governs this promotion. Void where prohibited. 1st National Bank of South Florida reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond 1st National Bank’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of this promotion, as determined by 1st National Bank of South Florida in its sole discretion. In such event, 1st National Bank of South Florida reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among any eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment or in any other method selected by 1st National Bank of South Florida in its sole discretion. 1st National Bank of South Florida reserves the right in its sole discretion to (1) change the dates of the entrance period of this promotion, with or without notice, in the event of inclement weather, technical failure, or for any other reason and (2) disqualify any individual that tampers with the entry process or the operation of this promotion, violates these Official Rules, or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Persons suspected of tampering with this promotion or entering this promotion via an ineligible method will be disqualified. If disqualified, 1st National Bank of South Florida reserves the right to suspend and terminate such person’s eligibility to participate during the remainder of the entrance period for any of the above abuses. 1st National Bank of South Florida’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. All prizes are non-transferable except in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution and may not be substituted, bartered, transferred or otherwise assigned, except by 1st National Bank of South Florida in its sole discretion. 1st National Bank of South Florida will not enter into correspondence, including e-mail, regarding this promotion.

DISPUTES: Each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this promotion or the prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the courts of record in the State of Florida in Miami-Dade County or the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this promotion but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will an entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and 1st National Bank of South Florida in connection with this promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: 1st National Bank of South Florida is not responsible for: (1) incorrect, inaccurate, late, lost, stolen, illegible, incomplete or misdirected bumper stickers or other entries, or any bumper stickers or other entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to, the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer, network, hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or this promotion; (4) electronic or human error (including any 1st National Bank of South Florida telephone operator error) which may occur in the administration of this promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in this promotion or from downloading any material from the 1st National Bank of South Florida web site, regardless of whether the material was prepared by 1st National Bank of South Florida or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to the 1st National Bank of South Florida web site by a hypertext link.

 
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