Absolut® Summer GA Scratch Card 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 STATE OF GEORGIA,
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: Absolut® Summer GA Scratch Card Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes
Dates: Registration begins
at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 7/17/20,
and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 9/30/20
(the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of Georgia, and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Eligibility – Who May
Enter: Each individual entering the Sweepstakes
(each, an “Entrant”), at the time of entry: (a) must be a legal U.S. resident
of GA; (b) must be 21 years or older; (c) must have a valid U.S. driver’s
license or government issued photo identification; (d) must have access to the
internet in order to enter; (e) may not be, or at any time since June 1, 2020,
have been, an employee, officer, director, member, shareholder, or agent of Million Dollar Media, LLC (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), Pernod Ricard USA, LLC
(the “Sponsor”), or any of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated
companies, suppliers, distributors and retailers of alcohol-beverage products, subsidiaries,
printers, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies
associated with the design or execution of this Sweepstakes (collectively,
“Released Parties”); (f) may not be an immediate family member or household
member of any individual identified in item (e) above. “Immediate family members” includes, for
purposes of this Sweepstakes, parents (including in-laws), step-parents, grandparents,
siblings (including step-siblings), half-siblings, children (including
step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and each of their
respective spouses and/or domestic partners, regardless of where they
reside. “Household members” means people
who share the same residence at least three (3) months per year.
How to Enter: There are two (2) methods of entry.
1. Scratch
Card Game Piece: Absolut Summer scratch card game pieces, will
be available no purchase necessary, while supplies last at participating Absolut
sampling events in GA between the Registration Period. If you are in attendance at an eligible
sampling event, visit the Absolut display area to obtain a scratch card game piece
and carefully remove the scratch off surface on your game piece to reveal an
instant win merchandise prize (see prize details below). Maximum of one scratch card game piece per
person or household during entire Registration Period. After removing the scratch off surface,
complete the back of the card with all required information, then submit the
card to an Absolut ambassador at event where received, prior to the conclusion
of the event, to claim your instant win merchandise prize and be included in
the weekly grand prize Sweepstakes drawings (see below). Or to enter the weekly grand prize Sweepstakes
drawings directly online, scan the QR Code on the back of the card or directly
visit www.AbsolutSummerGA.com, and
follow the online registration instructions outlined below.
2. Online
Registration: To enter online (without obtaining a scratch card game
piece), scan the QR code on associated print materials or directly visit www.AbsolutSummerGA.com during the “Registration Period”. Entrants must fully complete the online
registration page with all required information including his/her name, valid
email address, phone number (including
area code), state of residence and date of birth. After having read and agreed to these Official
Rules, and agreeing to receive offers and updates via email from Sponsor, click
the submit button to submit your online entry and be entered into the weekly grand
prize Sweepstakes drawings (see below).
Note: online entrants are not eligible for the instant win bonus
prizes. All
online entries must be fully complete for all required information, and must be
received by 11:59pm ET on 9/30/2020
to be eligible.
All entries must be fully
complete for all required information, and must be received by 11:59pm ET on 9/30/20
to be eligible. Maximum of one entry per
person and per valid email address during the entire Registration Period,
regardless of method of entry. Any incomplete or
ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with an invalid or false email
address, phone number or other incorrect information will be disqualified. Released
Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible, damaged, 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.
Entrants may
opt out of Email notifications at any time, without affecting their entry, by
following provided opt-out instructions.
By participating and submitting an
entry, contestant agrees that sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact entrant via email, mail, phone or any other form of media to make
contestant aware of information pertinent to the Promotion, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
promotional offers, or coupons. Contestants 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.
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 or name, or providing any
false email addresses or information, 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 emails, 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.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, 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 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 registering
to enter Sweepstakes, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official
Sweepstakes Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and
will not be returned. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.
Weekly Grand Prize Winner
Selection and Notification (maximum of 15 grand prize winners): Random
prize drawings will be held from
among eligible entries received from all entry methods combined as of the date
and time of each drawing to select potential grand prize winner(s) (see weekly
grand prize description below) on each drawing date as follows:
·
One (1) winner selected per drawing date on 7/30/20,
8/6/20, 8/13/20, 8/20/20 and 8/27/20;
·
Two (2) winners selected per drawing date on 9/3/20,
9/10/20, 9/17/20, 9/24/20 and 10/1/20.
Note: There is a maximum of one (1) grand prize
award per person or household during the entire Registration 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.
Each
potential grand prize 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 grand prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial
notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated with that
contestant’s entry, then that contestant 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). Note: phone messages will not be left
during the grand prize winner notification process.
During
the grand prize 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 mail or email delivery. If the selected winner does not meet the
eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept the prize or
elects to decline the prize, 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. 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 grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release (publicity
release where permitted); 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.
Scratch Card Game Piece
Instant Win merchandise prizes: Each scratch
card game piece is a winner of one (1) of the following merchandise bonus prize
awards, as listed on the under beneath the scratch off surface:
Limit
one instant win prize per person or household.
Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any
instant win merchandise item with an
alternate merchandise item of approximate equal value, based upon availability. Original
game piece must be submitted and surrendered at time of prize redemption to an
authorized Absolut ambassador at event, and prior to the conclusion of sampling
event where game piece was received, or game piece is void and instant win bonus
prize is forfeit. All game pieces are subject to verification and
approval by Sponsor. Any game piece
damaged, destroyed, lost, duplicated, forged, altered, copied, hand printed,
tampered with in any manner, or that contains any printing or programming error
in production will be void. Game piece has no cash value.
Eligible instant prize
winners will receive designated merchandise item at time of presenting eligible
game piece, while supplies last. All prizes are non-transferable and no
cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein. Prizes
are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by
Sponsor.
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 15 winners): Each grand prize winner shall receive an Absolut
Summer Beach Bag merchandise pack, consisting of the merchandise items as
solely determined and designated by Sponsor.
Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of each grand prize award: $150.
Total ARV of all available prize awards:
$2,250.
NOTE: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. All merchandise 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. Grand prize awards
shall be shipped only to the designated winner residential address as submitted
on back of game piece, during 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 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
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: 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 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.
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 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 Promotion, 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 Promotion, 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 Promotion, 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 weekly grand 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 & Winner List:
For a copy of these Official Rules, or the name of grand prize winners,
send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 10/31/2020 to: Absolut
Summer GA Scratch Card Sweepstakes, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY
which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.
Privacy Policy: Sponsor shares your concerns about the
privacy of your personal information. By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants
agree to receive marketing materials, communications and other materials from
the Sponsor and/or any promotional partners whose products and services Sponsor
feels might interest entrants at a future date. An entrant not interested in
receiving future promotional offers should write to: [email protected] to notify the Sponsor that he or she
does not desire to receive such materials.
Sponsor:
This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Pernod Ricard, 250 Park Avenue, New
York, NY 10177.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, LLC, P.O. Box
278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
ABSOLUT®. ENJOY RESPONSIBLY.
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