Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Contest Official Rules

THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER CLAUSES IN SECTION 13 BELOW.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: The 2025 Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Contest (“Contest”) is a contest of skill. The Contest is open to individual players who, at the time of entry, are residents of, and physically located in, the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and who are 21 years or older. You must have a free Yahoo Fantasy ID and are either currently playing in or have previously played in a Yahoo Fantasy Football league as of July 6, 2025 in order to be eligible to participate. Employees, agents, successors, and assignees of Yahoo Inc. (“Yahoo” or "Sponsor"), The Venetian Resort Las Vegas (“Venetian” or “Prize Provider”), and their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, underwriters, and any other participating prize sponsor, and any entity involved with or otherwise providing services or prizes related to this Contest, (all of the foregoing, together with Sponsor, collectively referred to as "Contest Entities"), and the immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, domestic partner, or spouse of any of the foregoing) and persons living in the same household as such individuals, whether related or not, are not eligible to win. Void where prohibited by law. Void in Puerto Rico.

2. Sponsor: Yahoo Inc., 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.

3. Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4. Timing: The Contest begins on June 25, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on July 6, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET (“Contest Period”).

5. How to Enter the Contest: Prior to 11:59 p.m. ET on July 6, 2025, entrant must enter the Contest using this Entry Form and provide the following information. One winner will be chosen after the conclusion of the Contest Period, on or about July 22, 2025.

  • Name
  • Email address or phone number connected to your Yahoo Fantasy account
  • Name of your Yahoo Fantasy football league
  • In 500 words or less, please share what makes your Yahoo Fantasy football league special. Is it the people? A legendary commissioner? The way it helps you stay connected with friends, family, co-workers, etc.? An epic moment, wild tradition, or unique punishment for your league’s last-place team? Or something else?

There is a limit of one entry per person. Submission must abide by the Yahoo Community Guidelines, Yahoo Privacy Policy, and Yahoo Terms of Service.

6. Judging Criteria: A panel of Yahoo Sports judges will select the winning submission based on a predetermined set of criteria set out below:

  • How well does the contestant describe what makes his or her Yahoo Fantasy football league unique? For example: Does the contestant thoughtfully describe the person (or people), tradition, or moment(s) that makes their league unlike others?
  • How well does the contestant describe how fantasy football has helped them and/or their fellow league members stay connected with friends, family, co-workers, etc.?

7. Winner Requirements: Winner must be available for travel the weekend of August 22-24, 2025. Potential Grand Prize Winner will be notified by Sponsor by email on or about July 22, 2025. Potential Grand Prize Winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility ("Declaration"), Liability Waiver, W-9 Form, and except where prohibited, a Publicity Release, which must be received by Sponsor within a required time period, in order to claim their prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Declaration or provide other requested information within the required time period (as applicable), or does not comply with these Official Rules, the potential winner forfeits the prize and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner if time permits, or will remain unawarded.

8. Participation Requirements: Participation in the Contest and/or acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify each participant’s (including winner’s) agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the participant’s/winner’s first name and last initial, city, state, likeness, photograph, submissions, statements about the Contest and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law.

9. Grand Prize:

ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A Yahoo Fantasy Draft Weekend package (“package”) for the winner and up to 11 guests, who must be members of the winner’s Yahoo Fantasy football league, (21 years of age or older) (“Grand Prize”). Package includes:

  • Round-trip airfare to/from Las Vegas airport via Sponsor’s selected air carrier, from a major airport nearest the winner’s residence, for winner and up to 11 guests. Grand Prize does not include air or ground transportation to or from the airport. The winner and their guests must travel together on the same itinerary, including the same departure date, destination and return date. (Approximate retail value (“ARV”) $600 per person)
  • Up to six (6) hotel rooms for two nights, standard room, double occupancy. Hotel arrangements are determined by Prize Provider, in its sole discretion. Grand Prize does not include air or ground transportation to or from hotel (ARV $858 per room)
  • One (1) Hospitality Suite at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with a food and beverage package, at the sole discretion of Prize Provider, for one full day. (ARV $2,342.44) Any additional food and beverage purchases above what is provided in the suite are the responsibility of the winner.
  • One (1) Cabana at The Venetian Pool for one full day, with a food and beverage package, at the sole discretion of Prize Provider. (ARV $3,112.00) Any additional food and beverage purchases above what is provided in the cabana are the responsibility of the winner.
  • Dinner at Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, a restaurant at The Venetian. (ARV $500) Any amounts spent over the $500 credit are the responsibility of the winner.

Estimated Total ARV of Grand Prize is $18,302.44. The final value will depend on several factors including the number of travelers and the point of departure. The final total ARV will be reported to the appropriate taxing authorities as required by law. In addition, Sponsor will remit tax payment to the US Federal taxing authorities on behalf of the winner to help pay the winner’s applicable income taxes on the prize. Sponsor will determine the amount of the payment, in its sole discretion, after it determines the final value of the prize. The payment may not cover all tax obligations and Sponsor encourages entrants to consult a tax professional to understand his/her tax obligations.

Background Investigation: The Potential Winner agrees and understands that the Sponsor reserves the right to conduct a background investigation, which may include references, character, employment, education, social media, and without limitation civil and criminal court records or police records, including a review of social media, including those maintained by both public and private organizations and all public records, on the potential Grand Prize winner and their guests and reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any potential Grand Prize winner or guest(s) based on the results of such background investigation, if the Sponsor determines in their sole discretion that awarding a prize to such winner or guest(s) might reflect negatively on the Sponsor or the Released Parties. Potential Winner agrees and understand that they and their guest(s) must agree to authorize and cooperate with an independent background investigation and that based on such results, they or their guest(s) may be disqualified if the results are not acceptable to the Sponsor at the Sponsor’s sole discretion and that the specific reason(s) for any such disqualification will not be provided to any disqualified Potential Winner or guest(s). The results of such background investigation will NOT be shared with the potential Grand Prize winner or guest(s).

Stay must be completed on the weekend of August 22-24, 2025. The difference in value as stated herein and value at time of prize notification, if any, will not be awarded in cash or otherwise. Hotel arrangements are determined by Prize Provider, in its sole discretion, and must be made through Prize Provider. Grand Prize does not include gratuities, in-room charges, taxes, bag check fees, any and all transportation (including to/from hotel), any other item or expense not specifically described in these Official Rules, and all additional expenses (i.e., food and beverage, spa, performance entertainment, in-room amenities, nightlife), if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Grand Prize Winner and guests are also responsible for obtaining travel insurance (and all other forms of insurance) at their option and hereby acknowledge that Sponsor and Prize Provider have not and will not obtain or provide travel insurance or any other form of insurance. Neither Sponsor nor Prize Provider will replace any lost or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Contest Entities are not liable for any expenses as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay. The winner of the Grand Prize will be required to present a valid government-issued photo identification and provide a valid major credit card at the time of hotel check-in. Stay must be taken on dates and times approved by Sponsor and Prize Provider or prize will be forfeited in its entirety and may be awarded to a runner-up if time permits. Sponsor and Prize Provider reserve the right to change dates. Sponsor and Prize Provider reserve the right to limit and/or select hotels(s) available for Grand Prize Winner’s stay in their sole and absolute discretion. Grand Prize Winner’s guests must be members of winner’s Yahoo Fantasy football league and be 21 years of age or older and may be required to sign and return to Sponsor a Travel Release form prior to visiting Las Vegas, by a deadline to be determined by Sponsor. Grand Prize Winner and guests are responsible for obtaining all necessary travel documents prior to travel. Grand Prize Winner and their guests must comply with facilities’/venues’ rules and regulations. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of the applicable prize element. All prize details are at Sponsor's and Prize Provider’s sole discretion. Once Grand Prize Winner’s guests are selected, they may not be substituted, except in Sponsor's and Prize Provider’s sole and absolute discretion. Contest Entities shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays, diversions or substitution or any act or omissions whatsoever by the hotels, venue operators, transportation companies, Prize Providers or any other persons providing any trip prize-related services or accommodations. Contest Entities are not liable for any missed prize events, opportunities or expenses incurred as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay or ground transportation delay. In the event the prize winner (and/or their guests) engage in behavior that (as determined by Sponsor or any Prize Provider in its sole and absolute discretion) is obnoxious, inappropriate, or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor and Prize Provider reserve the right to terminate the stay or other applicable experience early.

Grand Prize is non-transferable, with no cash redemptions except in Sponsor or Prize Provider’s sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor and Prize Provider reserves the right to substitute a prize (or any portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater retail value in its sole and absolute discretion. Specifics of all prizes are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. The Grand Prize winner is fully responsible for any and all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes). The 1099 form(s) that the Grand Prize Winner will receive from Contest Entities will list the retail value of the prize. Sponsor makes no warranties, express or implied, relative to the use or enjoyment of a prize or portions thereof, including without limitation, its quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

10. Release: By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Entities from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Contest Entities’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the Contest Entities be liable for attorney’s fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.

11. General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; or (b) award the prize(s) from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

12. Limitations of Liability: Contest Entities are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, jumbled entries or communications, or for theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to, entries or communications. Contest Entities are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions, data entered by participants, or registration in the Contest. Contest Entities are not responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, effects of hackers, software, email, players, or browsers, whether on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing, that may occur (including but not limited to any such problems which may result in the ability to access the Contest Microsites or to process any transaction(s) in connection with the Contest). Contest Entities are not responsible for any injury or damage to participants or to any computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest.

13. Disputes: BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. YOU AND SPONSOR BOTH AGREE TO RESOLVE ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CONTROVERSIES OR CLAIMS THAT IN ANY WAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO THESE TERMS OR FROM ANY SERVICES YOU RECEIVE FROM US (OR FROM ANY ADVERTISING FOR ANY SUCH SERVICES), INCLUDING ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND OUR EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (“DISPUTE(S)”), ONLY BY ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS OR IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS, ARBITRATION OR A SMALL CLAIMS ACTION WILL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE MEANS OF RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN US. YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS, YOU AND SPONSOR ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO BRING A CLAIM IN COURT OR IN FRONT OF A JURY (EXCEPT FOR MATTERS THAT MAY BE BROUGHT IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT), AND THAT YOU AND SPONSOR ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO PROCEED WITH ANY CLASS ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. We also both agree that:

  1. Notice of Dispute. If either you or Sponsor intends to arbitrate under these Terms, the party seeking arbitration must first notify the other party of the Dispute in writing at least 30 days in advance of initiating the arbitration. Notice to Sponsor should be sent to Sponsor either by mail to Yahoo, Attn: Disputes, 1199 Coleman Ave, San Jose, CA 95110; or disputes@yahooinc.com. Notice to you will be to your email address(es) and street address(es), if any, that Sponsor has in its records at the time the notice is sent. The notice must describe the nature of the claim and the relief being sought. If we are unable to resolve the Dispute within 30 days, either party may then file a claim for arbitration.
  2. Arbitration Procedure. The Federal Arbitration Act applies to these Terms. Except for small claims court cases, any and all Disputes will be resolved by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), which will apply the AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules (excluding any rules or procedures governing or permitting class actions). You can get additional information from the AAA (www.adr.org). These Terms govern to the extent they conflict with the AAA’s Rules.
  3. Small Claims Court Option. As an alternative to arbitration, you may bring an individual action in small claims court in your county of residence or Santa Clara County, California provided that your Dispute meets the requirements of the small claims court.
  4. Arbitration Location. Unless you and Sponsor agree otherwise, the arbitration must take place, or the small claims action must be filed, in the county of your primary residence or Santa Clara County, California.
  5. Arbitration Fees and Expenses. We will reimburse any filing fee that the AAA charges you for arbitration of the Dispute. If you provide us with signed written notice that you cannot pay the filing fee, we will pay the fee directly to the AAA. If the arbitration proceeds, we will also pay any administrative and arbitrator fees charged later.
  6. Severability. If any part of this agreement to arbitrate is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the court will reform the agreement to the extent necessary to cure the unenforceable part(s), and the parties will arbitrate their Dispute(s) without reference to or reliance upon the unenforceable part(s). However, if for any reason the Class Action Waiver set forth below cannot be enforced as to some or all of the Dispute, then the agreement to arbitrate will not apply to that Dispute or portion thereof, but the remainder of the agreement to arbitrate will be binding and enforceable. The parties do not agree to class arbitration or to the arbitration of any claims brought on behalf of others.

CLASS ACTION WAIVER. THESE TERMS DO NOT ALLOW CLASS OR COLLECTIVE ARBITRATIONS, EVEN IF THE AAA PROCEDURES OR RULES WOULD. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS, THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD MONEY OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF WARRANTED BY THAT PARTY'S INDIVIDUAL CLAIM. ARBITRATION OR COURT PROCEEDINGS HELD UNDER THESE TERMS CANNOT BE BROUGHT, MAINTAINED OR RESOLVED ON BEHALF OF OR BY A CLASS, AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, OR IN ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY. IN ADDITION, INDIVIDUAL PROCEEDINGS CANNOT BE COMBINED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF ALL OF THE PARTIES. ANY QUESTION REGARDING THE ENFORCEABILITY OR INTERPRETATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE DECIDED BY A COURT AND NOT THE ARBITRATOR.

JURY TRIAL WAIVER. IF FOR ANY REASON A DISPUTE PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN THROUGH ARBITRATION, YOU AND SPONSOR AGREE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A JURY TRIAL. YOU AND SPONSOR UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE FILED TO SHOW A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

Choice of Law. These Terms and the relationship between the parties, including any claim or dispute that might arise between the parties, whether sounding in contract, tort, or otherwise, will be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of law provisions. In no event will the parties bring claims against one another under the laws of another jurisdiction.

Forum. If for any reason a Dispute proceeds in court rather than through arbitration, all such Disputes (regardless of theory) arising out of or relating to these Terms, or the relationship between you and Sponsor, will be brought exclusively in the courts located in the county of New York, New York or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In such cases, you and Sponsor agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of New York, New York or the Southern District of New York, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

14. Privacy: By entering the Contest, you agree to Sponsor's use of your personal information as described in the Yahoo Privacy Policy, located at https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html. By entering the Contest, you grant Sponsor permission to share your email address and any other personally identifiable information with other Contest Entities for the purpose of Contest administration and prize fulfillment.

15. Winner’s List: The first name and last name initial of the Grand Prize winner may be obtained following winner selection and confirmation by sending an email with the subject line “2025 Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Contest” to press@yahooinc.com. Requests must be received by August 30, 2025.

© 2025 Yahoo. All rights reserved.