818 Tequila $8,180 Summer Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES (“U.S.”)
AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO
QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW). VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND
ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE
SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Sweepstakes Name: 818 Tequila $8,180
Summer Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at
12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 6/1/2026
and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 9/8/2026
(the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open
only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of
Columbia, who are age 21 or older as of date of entry, and have a valid
driver’s license or government issued photo ID, except the following persons
who are not eligible to enter, participate or win:
(a)
Employees,
officers, and directors of Sazerac
Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), and each of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated
companies, subsidiaries, contractors, distributors or wholesalers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated
with the design or execution of this promotion, or any employees, officers,
directors, members, shareholders or agents of any alcohol-beverage retailers,
distributors, wholesalers or manufacturers (collectively, “Released Parties”),
and the members of the immediate families or households, whether or not
related, of any of the above. “Immediate family members” includes, for purposes
of this promotion, parents (including in-laws), grandparents, siblings (including
step-siblings), children (including step-children),
grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and each of their respective
spouses, regardless of where they reside.
How to Enter – Online Registration: To enter, scan the QR Code on applicable point-of-sale (“POS”)
material using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.drink818.com/pages/818-summer during the
“Registration Period.” Each entrant must
fully complete the online registration page with all required information
including his/her name, state of residence, valid email address, phone number (including area code), date of birth, and
any other required information as requested in the online registration form. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry. All online entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59pm ET on 9/8/2026 to be
eligible.
Any available opt-in opportunities are
not required to enter the Sweepstakes, and opting-in will not improve your
chances of winning.
By participating and submitting an
entry, entrant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized to
contact entrant via email, text, mail, phone or any other form of media to make
entrants aware of information pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
future sweepstakes, contests, promotions or offers. Entrants may opt-out
of any further email communication at any time by simply replying
REMOVE to any email message, or following the provided
opt-out instructions.
Maximum
of one entry per person for the duration of the Sweepstakes Registration Period. Any incomplete or
illegible entries will be disqualified. Any entry submitted with an invalid email address or other
inaccurate, incomplete, false or incorrect information will be
disqualified. Released Parties
are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible, damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner
that is not expressly allowed under these rules, or
for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure,
unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required
information, or the failure to capture any such information for any reason
including programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of
any electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network
connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Each entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address, name or mobile number will
be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more
than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different
email addresses, mobile numbers, identities, or any other methods void that
entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or automated
entries permitted. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all
such entries will be deemed void. All
entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
In the event of a dispute as to any online registration, the
authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed
to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official
Rules. The “authorized email account
holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access
provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for
assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
By
registering to enter Sweepstakes, you affirm that you have read and accepted
these Official Sweepstakes Rules. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.
Winner
Selection and Notification (maximum of 4 grand prize winners): On or about 6/15/2026,
7/15/2026, 8/15/2026, and 9/9/2026, Sponsor shall conduct a random
prize drawing from among all eligible entries received as of the date and time
of each drawing to select a maximum of one (1) potential grand prize winner per
drawing date for a maximum total of four (4) potential grand prize winners from
all drawings combined.
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NOTE:
If eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of
available prizes available, then associated prize award(s) shall not be
awarded.
Potential winners will be notified initially by
phone and/or email following their selection.
If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak
directly with a selected potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours
of the initial notification attempt to the phone number and/or email address
associated with that entrant’s entry, then that entrant may be disqualified and
an alternate potential winner may be randomly selected from among the remaining
eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).
During winner notification, each selected
potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and
indicate their willingness and ability to accept the prize. Each potential winner will then receive
official notification via email delivery, including prize acceptance documents
which must be completed and returned per the provided instructions and as outlined below. If the selected potential winner does not
meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept the
prize, elects to decline the prize or fails to return the required prize
acceptance documents within the required time frame, s/he will be disqualified
and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be
randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per
the procedures outlined above. Any disqualified entrant will not
receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and
binding.
All of the following will apply to each winner:
1) Winner will be required to complete and return, within 48-hours of
date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility
and a liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted) and a W-9
form for prizes valued over $2,000; 2)
Winner may be required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a
valid driver’s license as a condition of receiving any prize; and 3) Winner is responsible for paying all
applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal
taxes) on all prizes awarded, and prize winner shall be issued a 1099 form
reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand
Prize Award (maximum 4 prize awards): Each eligible entrant
designated as a grand prize winner shall receive: $8,180.00 awarded in the form of a prize
check made payable to the winner in the amount of $8,180.00. Approximate
retail value (ARV) of each grand prize award: $8,180.00. Prize award will
be mailed/shipped to winner’s residential address, or as otherwise determined
and designated by Sponsor. Allow approximately 8 – 12 weeks for
processing and delivery.
Winner must accept delivery of prize in the
method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped only to the designated
winner residential address as submitted during initial online registration
and/or as provided during winner notification, via the carrier as determined
and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other
Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor.
Once shipped, prize shall be considered as
awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt
of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not
be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen
delivery; or any incorrect delivery address provided by winner during
registration or prize claim. In the
event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or
stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace the prize
award, and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate
prize award or compensation. Winner
shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier for
any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any
delivery issues.
General
Prize Conditions: NOTE: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award.
All
other costs and expenses related to prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or
use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of
winner. All income, federal, state and
local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility. All prize awards are non-transferable
and no cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable
or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prizes are awarded as is, without
any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor.
Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these
rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.
If forfeited for any reason, entrant will not receive any other prize
substitution or compensation, and the
prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as
provided herein. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Any unclaimed prizes will not be
awarded. Total approximate retail
value (“ARV”) of all available prizes is $32,720.
Additional
Rules & Restrictions:
By participating,
entrants agree to abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions
of the Sponsor and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating
to this Sweepstakes. In the event an entrant
wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of
these rules he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse
Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after
winner has used the prize. Participation in Sweepstakes constitutes permission
for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’
names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or
hereafter known worldwide on perpetuity without limitation or further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or
acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.
By participating, entrants agree to hold all
Released Parties harmless from any claims, losses, actions, or damages of any
kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, for injury (including but
not limited to death), damages, losses or expenses arising out of or relating
to entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession
or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in prize-related activities
(including but not limited to travel or activity related thereto), and to assume
all liability therefor.
Released Parties shall not be liable to winner
or any other person for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof by
reason of any acts of God, pandemics, any actions, regulations, orders, or
requests by any governmental entity, equipment failure, terrorist acts, war,
fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor dispute or strike, labor or
material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, or any other cause
beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
Entrants are restricted to use
of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone equipment,
Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all liability for the
inability of an entrant to complete or continue an entry due to equipment
malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Sponsor’s
control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability for entries not
received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors. The Sponsor
disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or failure in the
delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission,
or other delivery method. Released
Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic,
communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions
or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed
transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the
Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may
limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Sweepstakes, and any
injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone
related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information
necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes.
Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind,
whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise,
relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without
limitations, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or
advertising of this Sweepstakes, administration or execution of the
Sweepstakes, the cancellation of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries or
in the announcement of the prizes or prize winners. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the
right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Sweepstakes website.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify,
reschedule or terminate the Sweepstakes for any reason including, but not
limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure, government regulatory action
or ruling, fraud, misconduct, or if any
technical failures destroy or threaten the integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the
opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other
technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of
the Sweepstakes as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole
discretion. In the event of early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor
reserves the right to determine prize winners in a random drawing from among
all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN
CASE OF DISPUTES: By participating, each entrant agrees that (1)
any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in
connection with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial
proceeding shall take place in a federal or state court within the State of New
Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to
actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering
this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant be entitled to received
attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no circumstances will
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. All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of
these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsor in
connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State
of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey.
Odds: Odds of being selected as a grand prize winner are dependent
upon the total number of eligible entries received as of the date and time of
each prize drawing.
Official
Rules & Winners List: For a copy of these
Official Rules, or the name of prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped
envelope to be received by 10/31/2026 to: 818 Tequila
$8,180 Summer Sweepstakes, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge,
NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are
requesting, Official Rules or Winners List.
Sponsor:
This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Sazerac Company, Inc., 10101
Linn Station Rd, Suite 400, Louisville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes
Administrator: The Sweepstakes is
administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.