Official
Rules
Mount Gay
Rum RBC Heritage Sweepstakes
SPONSORED BY RÉMY COINTREAU USA, INC.
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: Mount Gay Rum RBC Heritage Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sponsor: The
Sweepstakes is sponsored by Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc., with an address of 3
Times Square, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10036 (hereinafter referred
to as the "Sponsor").
Administrator: Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095 (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Sweepstakes registration begins on March 11, 2024
at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on April 15, 2024 at 11:59:59pm ET (the “Registration Period”). The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state
and local laws and regulations, and is void outside of the fifty (50) U.S. and
D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Eligibility – Who May Enter:
Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the U.S. and D.C., who
are age 21 or older as of date of entry, and have a valid U.S. 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 Sponsor, Administrator,
and each of the foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees,
contractors, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors,
retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, 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 –
Internet Entry: To enter, scan the QR Code on applicable point of sale materials using
your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.MountGayRum.com/RBCHeritage during the Registration
Period. Follow the online entry instructions provided to complete the online registration page with all required
information including your name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), date of birth, and city and state of residence. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry. All entries must be fully complete with all
required information and must be received by 11:59:59 pm ET on April 15, 2024 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 entrant
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. The
information that you provide via interactive media in connection with the
Sweepstakes may be used by Sponsor, Marketing Affiliates, and Related Entities
in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at
www.remy-cointreau.com/en/privacy-policy and which may be updated from time to
time without notice.
Maximum of one entry per
person, regardless of entry method. Any
incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified. Any entry submitted
with an invalid email address or other inaccurate,
incomplete, invalid 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
participant 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 participant 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
participant's entries and that participant 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 4 grand prize winners): Sponsor shall conduct a series of random
prize drawings on or about 4/11/2024, 4/12/2024, 4/15/2024, and 4/16/2024
from among all eligible entries received as of the date and time of each
drawing to select a maximum total of four (4) grand prize winners (see prize
descriptions below).
NOTE: There is a maximum of one 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 prize drawing or total number of
prizes for the entire Sweepstakes, 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 3-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 associated
prize award, as designated by Administrator.
The potential winner will then receive official notification via mail or
email delivery, including prize acceptance documents which must be completed
and returned (see below). If the
selected winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, is unable or
unwilling to accept the prize, elects to decline the prize, or fails to return
the required prize acceptance documents as instructed 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 entrant will not
receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation.
All
of the following will apply to the winner: 1) Winner will be required to
complete and return, within 8-hours of date and time 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; 2)
Winner may be required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a
valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID 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.
Decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator in the selection and determination of prize winners and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
Grand Prize Award (maximum
4 winners): Each grand prize winner shall receive two (2)
tickets to the Calibogue Club at the RBC Heritage
golf event scheduled to take place from April18, 2024 – April 21, 2024 in Hilton Head, SC.
Each grand prize has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $1,050.
Match
tickets are subject to the terms and conditions of the tournament organizer and
golf course. Date of match tickets
awarded as solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject to
availability, and are as follows, based on the date of each prize drawing:
|
Drawing Date |
# of Grand Prizes Available |
Scheduled Match Date of Tickets |
|
4/11/2024 |
One (1) |
4/18/2024 |
|
4/12/2024 |
One (1) |
4/19/2024 |
|
4/15/2024 |
One (1) |
4/20/2024 |
|
4/16/2024 |
One (1) |
4/21/2024 |
Prize
winners 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 such as
e-ticket delivery to the email address provided during registration and/or as
provided during winner notification. Allow up to 7 days for prize delivery. Total ARV of all available prize
awards: $4,200.
Once emailed, delivered, transferred via mobile delivery or shipped, prize shall be considered as
awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt
of delivery by winner. Winner is solely responsible for any required
software application for access to mobile ticket delivery. Sponsor
shall not be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged
or stolen delivery; or any incorrect delivery address or information 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.
No other costs or expenses are included with prize award,
including any associated transportation, accommodations, parking costs, or
incidental expenses. Each ticket and admittance to event subject to
the terms and conditions and policy and procedures and rules of conduct of the
event and venue, including admittance policy (and any COVID-19 testing and/or
vaccination requirements). Winners and their guests agree to comply
with all applicable event and venue regulations in connection with the
prize. Sponsor and event or venue reserve the right to remove or
deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with
requirement polices, engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten, harass any other person at the event, or behave in an
unsportsmanlike manner.
The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a prize will
govern in the event of any cancellation, postponement, rescheduling or
attendance restriction due to any Force Majeure Event including weather,
pandemic, an Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage
or any other reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for event date delay,
rescheduling, postponement or cancellation
due to any Force Majeure Event or any other event that may cause the
cancellation, rescheduling or postponement of the event as
scheduled. No substitute prize award or compensation shall be
provided by Sponsor in the event of any event cancellation for any reason.
Each winner and guest shall be solely responsible for their
behavior while in attendance at the event, must follow the instructions of
Sponsor, policy of the venue/event and directions from any associated staff or
security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the
venue/event, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible, or offensive
manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any policy of the
venue or event, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and their guest
shall be ejected from the venue and event, and shall immediately forfeit the
prize award.
General
Prize Conditions: 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,
participant 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.
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, the Released Parties and their
designees to use entrants’ names, likenesses, images, biographical information,
and cities and states of residence 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 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.
Participants
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 a participant 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 game, 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, or human or programming errors, 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.
LIMIT OF
LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS: ALL ENTRANTS
AGREE THAT THE Sponsors, THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND
AGENCIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKE SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR CLAIMS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, EXPENSES OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND
RESULTING IN ANY WAY FROM ENTRANTS PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DRAWING, THE USE OF THE PRIZE, ANY DELAYED, LOST,
MISDIRECTED, OR DAMAGED ENTRIES, OR ANY COMPUTER, ONLINE SERVICE, COMMUNICATIONS
OR OTHER TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR.
ALL ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE Sponsors, THEIR
PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND AGENCIES AND/OR ANY OTHER
PERSON OR ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY
NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING THE PRIZES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO
FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, DESCRIPTION OR NATURE OF THE PRIZE
OR OTHERWISE. ALL ENTRANTS, BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THE ABOVE RULES.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: Except
where prohibited, each entrant agrees that 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. Sponsors
reserve the right to take such action as it deems necessary to enforce these
Official Rules and ensure the fair operation of this Sweepstakes, including
without limitation barring entrants who do not comply with these Official
Rules. By entering, entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the
appropriate federal, state and local courts located in
New York for any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of
or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a prize winner are dependent upon the total number of
eligible entries received as of the date and time of each prize drawing as
outlined above.
Official Rules &
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of prize winners (available after May 1, 2024), send a self-addressed stamped
envelope to be received by 6/15/2024 to: Mount Gay Rum Fortinet Championship Sweepstakes,
P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting,
official rules or winners list.
USE
OF INFORMATION: The
information that you provide via interactive media in connection with the
Sweepstakes may be used by Sponsor, Marketing Affiliate, and Related Entities
in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at
www.remy-cointreau.com/en/privacy-policy and which may be updated from time to
time without notice.
RBC and RBC Heritage are not Sponsors of the Sweepstakes
and are in no way responsible for the administration of the Sweepstakes, the
verification of winners or the fulfillment of prizing. All inquiries regarding the Sweepstakes
should be directed to Sponsor or Administrator and not to RBC or RBC Heritage.