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Giveaway Rules & Entry

All annual subscribers receive automatic entry into all of our Giveaways

Please read the below rules regarding our ongoing Spend Local Great Lakes™ Giveaways, our Pop-Up Giveaways, and our frequent Share the Love Social Media Giveaways. All annual subscribers receive automatic entry into all of our Spend Local Great Lakes™ and Pop-Up Giveaways. If you are a subscriber, do not enter your information here as you are already entered. Duplicate entries will be purged prior to each drawing. NON-SUBSCRIBERS: Read the rules below before you submit your entry below. Entries submitted outside of the rules will be purged and not included in any drawings. Our ongoing Share the Love Social Media Giveaways have their own rules. Please read below for entry details.

Want automatic entry into all of our Spend Local Great Lakes™ and Pop-Up Giveaways? All you have to do is click the Subscribe button above and subscribe to our annual print subscription. No further action is required once subscribed. You will receive automatic entry into these Giveaways for the duration of your subscription. Don't want to subscribe? Read the rules below then submit your free entry below. No purchase is necessary for you to enter, but rules must be followed to validate your entry.

  • You must be a legal resident of the United States and one of our Great Lakes Basin Region states to enter each Giveaway due to contest rules. If you enter to win and it is found that you are not a legal resident of one of our regional states, you forfeit your prize. If any one of the states within our content reach is void for one or more of our contests, no subscribers or entrants who are residents of specified states will be eligible for the price package. Contests are not open to residents of Canada, regardless of subscription status.
  • You must be a minimum of 18 years old to submit and participate in our drawings. If it is discovered that any winner is under the age of 18 after the drawing, you will forfeit the prize.
  • Non-Subscribers: Entry is required for each giveaway we hold. Your entry provides you with one entry for the current drawing only (if you submit within the times specified below). You are required to enter for each drawing you wish to participate in. Your entry does NOT automatically roll into the next drawing. Our annual subscribers receive automatic entry into all Giveaways for the duration of their subscription. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will be purged prior to drawing.
  • You must submit your entry based on the dates/timelines listed here in the rules for it to be eligible for the current drawing.
  • All prizes valued at $600 and above will be taxed, by law, at the rates listed here. 24% is required by the IRS. 4.5% is required by the State of Michigan. 7.25% is required by the state of Minnesota. 7.65% is required by the state of Wisconsin. 4.95% is required by the state of Illinois. 3.23% is required by the state of Indiana. 4% is required by the state of Ohio. 3.07% is required by the state of Pennsylvania. 8.82% is required by the state of New York. These rates are subject to change based on IRS and respective state rules.
  • There may be some drawings where PULSE of the Great Lakes™ and our parent company, Thrust Media, LLC, cover the taxes of the prize with a cash portion added to the Giveaway. This will be announced if it is part of the Giveway.
  • All winners with a prize valued over $600 will receive a 1099 at the end of the year from Thrust Media, LLC to submit with their tax documents.
  • Winners of each Giveaway will be notified via email and by phone. Winners have 60 days to claim their prize or will forfeit the prize.
  • Proof of age and residency will be required prior to the prize being distributed.
  • All entrants receive the same odds of winning with one entry accepted per person, including annual subscribers.
  • When we announce winners, we will announce first name and last initial and the city they live. We will not disclose the full name of any winner unless the winner grants us permission to do so. Sadly, we live in a day and age where safety needs to considered in these circumstances.
  • Spend Local Great Lakes™ Giveaways: Our Spend Local Great Lakes™ Giveaways will be announced in any given month and will be held on the 15th of the month. We draw winners live on social media. We will publicly announce the time of the drawing each month prior to the drawing. Non-purchase entries are accepted from 12:01am on the 10th of each month through 11:59pm on the 14th of each month for that month's drawing. Entries outside of this timeframe will be purged from the drawing. One entry per eligible person will be accepted. Annual subscribers receive automatic entry into all of our PULSE of the Great Lakes™ Giveaways for the duration of their subscription.
  • Pop-Up Giveaways: Pop-Up Giveaways provide little notice for entry and drawing; thus, the phrase Pop-Up Giveaway. On any random day, we may announce a Pop-Up Giveaway happening sometime during that week. Once announced, non-subscribers have the opportunity to enter the drawing until the moment we draw the winner live on social media. Note that we will give a minimum of 24-hours notice for non-subscriber entries, but do not guarantee and will not announce a time/date when the entry period will close. Entries close when we go live. Duplicate entries will be purged prior to the drawing. One entry per eligible person. Our monthly and annual subscribers receive automatic entry into every Pop-Up Giveaway for the duration of their subscription.
  • Share the Love Social Media Giveaways: Our Share the Love Social Media Giveaways are held randomly, yet frequently and are specifically designed for our social media followers who share our Made in Michigan love! We announce these Giveaways on social media and provide our followers with a timeframe to share our Giveaway post with their followers. Entry for the Share the Love Giveaway happens by tagging us in the post. The video announcement will be from our YouTube channel @greatlakespulse. We will post our giveaway on our Facebook page: @greatlakespulse and/or Tiktok @greatlakespulse, and @greatlakespulse on Instagram and/or Threads. Social media followers are NOT required to be residents of any of our respective states in order to enter the Giveaway and be eligible to win. Winners will be announced LIVE at a specified date and time and will be notified via a tag in our social media winner announcement and through private message. Winners have 30 days to claim their prize. The same rules apply regarding prizes valued over $600 as indicated above. For social media winners, state taxes may vary depending on the state of residency for the winner.

Complete the form below to enter our Spend Local Great Lakes™ and Pop-Up Giveaways. Be sure to read the rules above before entering to validate your entry.

Name
Address
I Confirm That I Am 18 Years of Age or Older

PULSE of the Great Lakes™ Spend Local Great Lakes™ Giveaways and Pop-Up Giveaways operate under MCL 750.372(2) Subsection 1.