Bushmills Irish Whiskey Golf 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 OFFICIAL RULES BELOW) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS
OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY.
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: Bushmills Irish Whiskey Golf Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”).
Sponsor:
Proximo Spirits, Inc., 3 Second Street, Suite 1101, Jersey City, NJ
07302 (“Sponsor”).
Administrator:
Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
(“Administrator”).
Sweepstakes Dates: The Sweepstakes registration begins at
12:00:01 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on April
1, 2022 and ends at 11:59:59 pm ET on September 30, 2022 (the “Sweepstakes
Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state
and local laws and regulations. Void
outside the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
The
Sweepstakes consists of three (3) parts: (a) a random chance instant win
program (“Instant Win Program”), (b) a random chance first prize drawing (“First
Prize Drawing”);and (c) a random chance grand prize drawing
(“Grand Prize Drawing”). Collectively,
the Instant Win Program, the First Prize Drawing and the Grand Prize Drawing are
referred to as the “Sweepstakes Prize Drawings”.
Who may Enter:
The Sweepstakes is open only to
documented U.S. residents, who are age twenty-one (21) or older as of the date
of entry and have a valid U.S. driver’s license or government issued photo
I.D., except the following persons who are not eligible to enter, participate
or win: employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, Administrator, and each
of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries,
wholesalers, distributors, alcoholic beverage retailers, printers, advertising
and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the
design or execution of this Sweepstakes, and the immediate family members or
households, whether or not related, of any of the above. “Immediate family
members” includes, for purposes of this Sweepstakes, parents (including in-laws
and step-parents), grandparents, siblings (including
step-siblings and half-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 participating QR code on
applicable point-of-sale materials to link to the Sweepstakes Website, or visit
the Sweepstakes Website directly (without scanning the QR code) during the
Sweepstakes Period. Follow the online
entry instructions to complete your online entry, participate in the online
game and be included in the Sweepstakes (see below). Each entrant must fully complete the online
registration page with all required information, including his/her name, valid
email address, phone number (including
area code), address (including city, state and
zip), date of birth and any other information requested on the Sweepstakes
Website. After having read and agreed to
these Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry.
By your entry into the
Sweepstakes, you are providing express written consent to Sponsor, Administrator and their respective designees to contact you
with promotional messages using automated technology, including by email, phone
calls and text messages.
All entries must be
submitted by 11:59:59 pm ET on September 30, 2022 to
be eligible. Limit
one (1) entry per person and per valid email address during the entire Sweepstakes
Period. Once registered, your registered email address may be used to login for
return visits to participate in the online game up to one (1) time per day (see below).
Each entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual
or using another person’s name, email, or providing any false information, fake
accounts or duplicate accounts 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 the same or
multiple/different accounts, emails, identities or any other methods void that
entrant's entries and that entrant may be
disqualified. No
mechanically produced or automated entries permitted. Use of
any automated system to participate in the Sweepstakes is prohibited, will
result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void. False and/or deceptive entries or acts,
including misrepresentation of age, shall render such entries ineligible.
All
entries in the Sweepstakes will become the sole property of Sponsor and will
not be returned. Sponsor reserves the
right to disqualify and remove any entry at any time that is not in compliance
with these Official Rules. All entries
must conform to the entry requirements as outlined above and below, or it may
be disqualified and not considered for the Sweepstakes.
All entries must include all required information. Any entry with incorrect, incomplete
or illegible information or other inaccurate information will be disqualified. Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective
equity holders, owners, partners, members, directors, managers, officers,
employees, consultants, contractors, lenders, advisors, sponsors, volunteers,
insurers, agents, attorneys, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively,
“Released Parties”) are not
responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, illegible, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible or damaged entries, or for any entry submitted in a
manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules, or for any
entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, human
error, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any
required information, failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions, or defects
of any phone or cellular phone provider, network computer online systems,
computer equipment, servers or software, including any injury or damage to
entrant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from
participation in this Sweepstakes; or the failure to capture any such information
or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer, phone
line or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of such entries
will be disqualified.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email
address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he 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. Proof of being the authorized account holder
may be required.
By participating and
submitting an entry, entrants agree that Sponsor and participating parties are
authorized to contact them via email, 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 promotional 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. Any available opt-in
opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes, and
checking the opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of winning.
By registering and
submitting an entry, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official
Rules. The laws of the U.S. apply to and govern
this Sweepstakes and any claims must be raised and resolved in the U.S. Any information collected by registering and
entering the Sweepstakes shall be used only in a manner consistent with these
Official Rules and with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. By entering the Sweepstakes,
each entrant agrees that s/he may be contacted, recorded and/or broadcasted by
Sponsor, and that his/her comment, may be used, promoted, released, broadcasted or published by Sponsor in any manner related to
the promotion or advertising of the Sweepstakes. Collection and use of information collected
in connection with the Sweepstakes will be in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy
Policy as posted at proximospirits.com/privacy/.
How to Play – Online
Game: After completing the online registration page (first
time visitors) or logging in with your registered email address (for
return visitors), visit the game play page on the Sweepstakes Website. The game play page will display an image of a
golf ball and green. To determine if you
are an Instant Win Program (as defined below) winner (see Instant Win Program
prize description as set forth below), click the golf ball image to see if
you ‘hit a virtual hole in one’.
After
clicking the image of the golf ball on the screen, the Sweepstakes Website will
determine if the participant is a potential instant win program (“Instant Win
Program”) winner (hit a virtual hole in one), and the participant shall receive
an online message verifying if they are a potential Instant Win Program winner. If they are not an Instant Win Program winner,
they will receive a non-winning message.
If the participant is determined as a potential Instant Win Program winner,
they will receive a winner confirmation message, AND an
associated unique prize claim code on their results page. If the participant does not receive the winner
confirmation message and a valid unique prize claim code for any reason, or
receives the non-winning results message, then that participant will not be an Instant
Win Program winner for that game play attempt.
Eligible
participants may return to the Sweepstakes Website to play the online Instant
Win Program up to one (1) time per day each day during the Sweepstakes Period. Each ‘day’ shall be defined as occurring
between 12:00:00 am ET to 11:59:59 pm ET, and the Administrator’s time clock
shall be the sole determinant of the eligible time period.
Instant Win Program winners will be
randomly determined throughout the Sweepstakes Period. A maximum total of thirteen (13) Instant
Win Program winners will be randomly determined during the entrie
Sweepstakes Period, based upon randomly selected and predetermined winning
dates and times. The first eligible
participant who participates at or following a scheduled winning date and time,
shall receive a winning prize message and unique prize claim code, and shall be
eligible to claim the prize award for that attempt (see below).
Maximum of one (1) prize award
per person, email address or household during the Sweepstakes Period. After receiving a winning Instant Win Program
message or being determined as an eligible Instant Win Program winner, participants
may not be re-awarded another Instant Win prize during the Sweepstakes Period
to the same individual, email or household.
Claiming a prize
award: Eligible participants receiving an online
winner confirmation message must print or record their unique prize claim code, and must follow the online instructions provided. Eligible prize winners may be required to
complete and return a prize claim form within two to four (2-4) weeks from
their online notification of being randomly determinated
as a potential prize winner.
Prize
Awards: The maximum number of prize awards available during
the Sweepstakes Period are as listed above.
No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded for any
reason. Each prize winner will receive
online instructions for prize redemption, and/or may be contacted by the
Administrator to confirm or coordinate prize delivery. In the
event any scheduled prize is unavailable at time of prize award, Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute an alternate prize of equal or greater value
at its sole discretion.
IMPORTANT: In the event of any technical or programming
errors, tampering, or any error or malfunction of any kind that results in more
than the scheduled number of participants being notified they are a potential prize
winner – then all such claimants shall be placed into a random drawing, and the
actual scheduled number of prize winners as listed above will be randomly
selected from all participants receiving a prize notification or submitting a
prize claim. The maximum number of prize
awards are as listed above, regardless of the number of participants who claim
to have received, or who have actually received an
online prize winner notification.
Instant Win Program Prize
Award and Delivery: The available Instant Win Program award
description, number of Instant Win Program prizes available and approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of each prize are as follows:
|
Instant Win Program Prize Award Description |
Max.
# Available |
ARV |
|
Bushmills
Irish Whiskey Golf pack including:
|
13 |
$38.00 |
Total aggregate
ARV of all available Instant Win Program awards combined: $494.
Grand and First Prize
Drawings – Winner Selection and Notification (maximum of one
(1) Grand Prize Drawing winner and ten (10) First Prize Drawing winners): Eligible participants will receive
one (1) automatic entry into the Sweepstakes Prize Drawings for completing an
entry via the Online registration method of entry and participating in the
online game available on the Sweepstakes Website during the Sweepstakes Period.
Sponsor
shall conduct the Grand and First Drawings respectively on or about October
4, 2022, from among all eligible entries received to select a total of:
NOTE: There
is a maximum of one (1) Sweepstakes Drawing prize award per person or household
during the entire Sweepstakes Period. If
eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of prizes available for any
drawing or total number of prizes for the entire Sweepstakes Period, then
associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded.
Each
potential winner will be notified initially by phone following his/her
selection. If Administrator is
unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with any selected
potential winner by phone within forty-eight (48) hours of the initial attempt
to the phone number associated with his/her entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential prize winner may be
randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries and notified as per
the procedures outlined above (time permitting).
During
winner notification, the selected potential prize winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness to accept the associated prize
award, as designated by Administrator (see below). The potential prize winner will then receive
official notification via email and will be required to complete and return
within two (2) days of receipt of prize acceptance document including affidavit
of eligibility and liability/publicity release form.
If
a selected potential prize winner does not meet the eligibility requirements or
elects to decline the prize, or does not return the
required prize claim form within the required deadline, 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 contestant will not receive any alternate prize
substitution or compensation.
Each
of the prize winners: (1) shall be required to complete and submit, within two
(2) days of notification, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of
eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted); (2) may be
required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued
photo ID with valid residential address as a condition of participating or
receiving any prize; and (3) shall be required to pay all applicable taxes
(including, but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that may be
or become due in connection with their respective prize award.
Decisions of Sponsor and
Administrator in the selection and determination of prize winners, and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
Grand Prize Drawing Award
(maximum one (1) winner): The Grand Prize Drawing winner shall receive: One (1) Titleist TSi4 Driver, with an approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of $550.
First Prize Drawing Award
(maximum ten (10) winners): The First Prize Drawing winners shall
receive: One (1) Bushmills branded
Titleist Golf Gab, with an ARV of $225. Total
ARV of all available first prize awards: $2,250.
Exact
make, model, color, sizes and options of each
merchandise prize award as solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based
upon availability. Sponsor reserves the
right to award alternate merchandise item(s) of approximate equal or greater
value in its sole discretion, based upon availability.
General Prize
Conditions: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize
award. Prize awards shall be shipped
to winner’s residential address as provided at the time of entry and/or winner
notification via USPS or other Sponsor designated shipping/mail carrier. Allow eight to twelve (8-12) weeks for prize
delivery. Once shipped, the prize shall
be considered awarded, delivered and fulfilled, and
Sponsor shall have no responsibility for any shipment that is delayed, damaged,
lost, misdelivered, undelivered or stolen, or or any
incorrect shipping address provided by winner.
In the event of any delivery issues, prize award shall not be replaced
or substituted with any alternate prize award or compensation. Winner shall look solely to shipping carrier
for any lost, damaged, misdelivered, undelivered, stolen
or delayed shipment.
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 prizes are awarded
as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor. 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 (1) of comparable or greater value, at
its sole discretion.
Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with
these Official 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 ARV of all available
prize awards: $3,294.
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 Official Rules, he/she will be required to forfeit
the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated ARV of the prize if such
violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in the 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
in 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, personal injury or death),
damages, losses, loss of personal property, 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 Force Majeure Event. The term “Force Majeure Event” as used herein
shall mean, without limitation, the following:
acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other labor or industrial
disturbances; acts of public enemies; war; cyber-attack; orders or restraints
of any kind from any governmental, civil or military authority or from any of
its departments, agencies or officials (except when such governmental action
results from a party’s failure or refusal to comply with any applicable law,
rule, or regulation); insurrections; riots; power failure or surges;
landslides; earthquakes; fires; storms; lightning; droughts; floods;
explosions; pest damage; viruses; plagues; diseases; epidemics; pandemics; acts
or omissions of communications or other carriers; and any other cause or event
not reasonably within the control of the Released Parties.
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
(including, without limitation, a Force Majeure Event), 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 limitation,
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, or terminate the Sweepstakes for any
reason, including, but not limited to, fraud, misconduct, regulatory
requirement, Force Majeure Event or as required by applicable law, or if any
technical failures, internet difficulty or programming error 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 any
prize winners from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the
time/date of such termination.
Except where
prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each winner’s consent
to Sponsor’s, Administrator’s, and their agents’ use of each winner’s name,
likeness, photograph, voice, quotes, statements, opinions, biographical
information and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media now
known or hereinafter invented, worldwide, without further payment or
consideration.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating in this Sweepstakes, 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 York in the County of
New York; (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 shall entrant be entitled to receive
attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and, (3) under no circumstances, shall
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 York, without giving effect to any
choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of
New York or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:
SPONSOR IS PROVIDING THE SWEEPSTAKES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”
BASIS. SPONSOR DOES NOT REPRESENT OR
WARRANT THAT THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THE TECHNOLOGY USED TO PROVIDE IT: (1) WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (2) WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS;
OR (3) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR ENABLE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. THE RELEASED PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES OTHER
THAN THOSE MADE EXPRESSLY IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Odds: Odds
of winning a prize award are dependent upon the total number of eligible
entries received (for each prize drawing), and the number of times an entrant
participates in the instant win game.
Official Rules &
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by November 15, 2022 to: Bushmills Irish Whiskey Golf Sweepstakes, c/o
Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
Bushmills®
Blended Irish Whiskey. 40% Alc./Vol. (80 proof). Trademarks owned by The “Old Bushmills” Distillery Company Limited.
©2022
Proximo, Jersey City, NJ. Please drink responsibly.