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Spot Hero Offers To Pay Your Parking Ticket

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Getting a parking ticket in the City Of Chicago.

That's depressing.

Getting a $100 Visa gift card?

That's exciting!

Spot Hero, an online parking spot reservation service, is offering the following deal: The company, in effect, will pay for any city parking ticket issued on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The payment will come in the form of a gift card to cover the cost of the fine, up to $100.

Drivers can fill out a form online or mail an application to SpotHero Parking Ticket Giveaway, 325 West Huron Street, Suite 806, Chicago, Illinois 60654.

Entries are due by Dec. 31.

Drivers, only those in Indiana and Illinois are eligible, must provide: Name, phone, email, license plate number, a photo of the ticket and ticket number, and amount of the fine.

The company is capping the offer at 1,000 eligible applicants and will award the gift cards based on when the applications are received, according to the contest's terms and conditions.

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