Elmer T. Lee Charity Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE OR DONATION
NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE
OR DONATION DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY WITHIN
THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”), EXCLUDING NEW
YORK, 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: Elmer T. Lee Charity Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Sweepstakes registration is scheduled to
begin at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 6/16/2025
and end at 11:59:59pm ET on 6/30/2025
(the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside the fifty (50) United States and D.C., in New York, and
wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C. (excluding residents of New York), who are age 21
or older as of date of entry, and have a valid U.S. driver’s license or
government issued ID, except the following persons who are not eligible to
enter or win:
(a)
Employees,
officers, and directors of Sazerac
Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, Inc. (“ALSAC”),
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (“St. Jude”), 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 –
Two Ways:
Any
incomplete or illegible entries, or any entries submitted
with an invalid or false information, email address or
phone number will be disqualified.
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected,
illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, damaged, or postage-due mail-in
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.
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 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.
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 &
Notification (maximum 1 winner): On or about 7/8/2025, a prize drawing will be held from among all eligible
entries received from all entry methods combined to randomly select one (1)
potential grand prize winner. If
eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of prizes available, then
associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded.
The
potential winner 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 2-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, the selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to
accept the prize. The 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 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 winner and all matters relating to this
Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to the prize winner: 1) Winner will be required to
complete and return, within 1-day of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including
an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release signed by the
winner, 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 as a condition of
participating or receiving any prize; 3)
Winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the actual value of all
prizes won; and 4) Winner will be responsible for paying all applicable taxes
(including, but not limited to all local, state and federal taxes) on all
prizes awarded. Failure to collect or
properly claim any prize in accordance with these rules will result in
forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited
for any reason, finalist 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.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the grand
prize winner shall be awarded a Sazerac Barrel Select experience at the Buffalo
Trace Distillery for the winner and up to seven (7) guests, age 21 or older,
with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) not to exceed $18,000 and shall
include:
·
A
VIP distillery tour, lunch, private Elmer T. Lee barrel selection, custom
medallion experience at the distillery, and one (1) overnight stay at the Stagg
Lodge for the winner and up to seven (7) guests, age 21 or older;
o
Date
of distillery tour as solely determined and designated by Sponsor and must
occur before 1/31/2026.
o
Travel
costs associated with the tour are NOT included.
o
Following
the barrel selection experience, winner may opt to
purchase the yielded bottles of the selected barrel following the experience
from a licensed retailer in the winner’s state of residence as solely
determined and designated by Sponsor.
Delivery of yielded bottles to the designated retailer may take 8 – 12
weeks for delivery. Winner is NOT
required to make a purchase.
·
$18,000.00
awarded in the form of a prize check made payable to the winner in the amount
of $18,000.00. Prize check shall be
awarded to the winner at the Buffalo Trace Distillery during the Sazerac Barrel
Select experience, or as otherwise designated by Sponsor.
NOTE:
No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award.
All prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without
warranty, express or implied. Prize
winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor. If any prize
component is mailed or shipped to winner, 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.
Allow up to 40 weeks for prize delivery,
based on when the grand prize Sazerac Barrel Select experience occurs.
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.
Distillery tour date and time are determined in the sole
discretion of Sponsor, as applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms
and conditions of the Sponsor and distillery will govern in the event of
postponement, rescheduling, cancellation, or attendance is restricted or
prohibited due to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil
disturbance, work stoppage or any other reason. Sponsor and distillery will not
be responsible for any date delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation
due to weather, pandemic, Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances,
work stoppage or any other event that may cause the cancellation or
postponement of the tour. No substitute prize award or
compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event
of any date delay, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation for any reason. Should the
tour be cancelled or access to the distillery be restricted, you will be
notified as soon as reasonably possible. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion to select and designate an alternate
date and time for the tour to be rescheduled.
Winner and guests shall be solely responsible for
their behavior while in attendance at the distillery, and
must follow the instructions of Sponsor or distillery staff, policy of the distillery
and directions from any associated staff or security. If winner or any guest violates the standards
of the Sponsor or distillery, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or
offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any policy
of the Sponsor or distillery including any related to COVID-19, or to be a
security threat in any manner, the winner and guests shall be ejected from the tour
and venue, and shall immediately forfeit the remainder of the prize award and
ability to participate in the tour.
General
Prize Conditions: 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 ARV of all available prizes: $18,000.
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 a
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 a prize winner 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 the winner are
dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received from all entry
methods combined.
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
9/30/2025 to: Elmer T. Lee Charity 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.
American
Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, Inc. (“ALSAC”) and St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital (“St. Jude”) are not sponsors of this 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 ALSAC or St. Jude.