Founders Tailgate Upgrade 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 STATES OF IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, AND WV, 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: Founders Tailgate Upgrade Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins
at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 10/1/2025
and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 11/30/2025
(the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the states of IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, and
WV, and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter:
Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents of the states of IN,
KY, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, or WV, who are age twenty-one (21) or older
as of date of entry, and have a valid driver’s license or government issued
photo ID, except the following persons who are not eligible to enter,
participate or win:
(a) Employees,
officers, and directors of Founders Brewing Co. (“Sponsor”), Million
Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), and each of the
foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers,
advertising and sweepstakes agencies, and any and all other companies
associated with the design or execution of this sweepstakes (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 sweepstakes, parents (including in-laws),
grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings),
children (including step-children), grand children
(including step grandchildren) and each of their respective spouses, regardless
of where they reside.
How to Enter – Online Registration: To
enter, scan the QR Code on the applicable point of sale material using your
mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.AllDayTailgate.com during the “Registration Period”. 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), state of residence, and date of birth. After having
read and agreed to these Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your
online entry. All online entries must be fully complete for all
required information and must be received by 11:59pm ET on 11/30/2025 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 contests, promotions
or offers. Entrants may opt-out of any
further email communication at any time by simply replying
REMOVE to any email message or following the provided opt-out
instructions.
Maximum of one entry per person per day, regardless of
entry method. 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 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 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 6 winners): A prize
drawing will be held on or about 12/1/2025 to randomly select a maximum
of six (6) potential winners according to the available prizes by prize pool as
defined in the table below from among all eligible entries received in each
prize pool.
|
Prize Pool Eligibility |
Number of Prizes Available |
|
Residents of IN |
One (1) |
|
Residents of KY |
One (1) |
|
Residents of OH |
One (1) |
|
Residents of MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, PA, TN, or WV |
Three (3) – Maximum of one winner in any one state. |
Each 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 the selected
potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification
attempt to the phone number 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 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 entrant will not
receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All of the following will apply to each winner: 1) Winner
will be required to complete and return, within 1-day of date of receipt, a
prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and
liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted),
and a W-9 form for prizes valued over $600; 2) Winner may be
required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a valid driver’s
license as a condition of receiving any prize; and 3) Winner is
responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all
local, state and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded, and prize winner shall
be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize
award.
Grand Prize Award (maximum 6 winners): Each grand
prize winner will receive one (1) $500 Sponsor designated gift card toward a
tailgate upgrade. Each gift card is subject
to the terms and conditions of the issuing gift card provider policy, including
any expiration. Each grand prize has an
actual retail value (“ARV”) of $500.
NOTE: No alcoholic beverage
is part of any prize award. All merchandise
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. Prize shall be shipped only to the
designated winner residential address or emailed to the designated email
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 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once shipped or emailed, 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 or email 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. Total ARV of all available prize
awards: $3,000.
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, 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
acts of God, 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 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 destroy or
threaten the integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the opinion of the
Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem
corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes as
determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of
early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to determine
prize winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries
received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant
be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
Jersey.
Odds: Odds of being selected as a grand prize
winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received per
prize pool.
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 1/15/2026 to: Founders
Tailgate Upgrade Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge,
NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting,
official rules or winners list.
Sponsor: This Sweepstakes
is sponsored by Founders Brewing Co., 235 Grandville Avenue SW, Grand Rapids,
MI 49503.
Sweepstakes Administrator: The
Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, LLC, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.