BuzzBallz Vegas Flyaway 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 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: BuzzBallz Vegas Flyaway Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 5/1/2025 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 7/31/2025 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the (50) U.S. and D.C., who are age 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 Sazerac
Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), 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 –
Online Registration: To enter, visit www.BuzzBallz.com/summertrip 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 7/31/2025 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 during the Registration Period. 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 and
Notification (1 grand prize winner and 50 first prize winners): On or about 8/1/2025, a maximum
of one (1) potential grand prize winner and fifty (50) potential first prize
winners will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries received.
·
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, 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 24-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 any 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 each potential 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 (where permitted) and a W-9 form
in order to be eligible to claim the prize (if prize value is $600 or greater);
2) winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or
government issued photo ID with valid residential address and a copy of a valid
social security card as a condition of receiving the prize, and (3) winner
shall be solely responsible for paying 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, and winner shall be issued a 1099
form reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 1 prize award):
The
eligible entrant designated as the grand prize winner shall be awarded a 3-day,
2-night trip for the winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older) to Las
Vegas, NV. Travel dates shall be as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (subject
to change based on availability), and all travel must be booked a minimum
of 30-days prior to first
date of travel and conclude by 1/31/2026. The grand prize trip has a maximum
retail value not to exceed $3,392, and includes:
· Roundtrip coach-class airfare
for the winner and one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) from the
nearest major metro airport to the winner’s home (as designated by Sponsor)
to Las Vegas, NV (“LAS” airport, or as designated by Sponsor);
o
If
the winner resides within 250-miles of the greater Las Vegas, NV metro area, Sponsor
shall award the winner one (1) $500 gift card toward ground transportation in
lieu of airfare.
· Two (2) nights in a standard
double-occupancy hotel (one room) in the greater Las Vegas, NV metro area;
o
Hotel,
room type, and dates of stay as solely determined and designated by Sponsor
based upon availability.
· One (1) BuzzBallz pool kit;
o
Merchandise
kit items are as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor, subject to availability.
·
One
(1) $500 gift card toward ground transportation and incidentals.
o
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the
issuing gift card provider policy.
The
grand prize award has a maximum retail value of $3,392. Actual retail value (“ARV”) based upon final
travel accommodations, dependent on dates of travel and winner’s home location.
All ground transportation, airport/hotel
transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat
assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel or departure taxes, incidental
expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and
federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in
the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner.
Winner and
guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during travel
including any local government regulations in the departure or destination
location, airline and/or hotel requirements, or any regulation related to
COVID-19 testing requirements, vaccination status or policy. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest.
Travel
dates are based upon availability, and as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. If winner
cannot travel on the Sponsor designated dates of travel, prize
award may be forfeit. Travel must be
confirmed a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to scheduled travel dates. Sponsor is not responsible for any travel
delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize
award, redemption or use. If travel
delays or difficulty prevent arrival in time for any and all
elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not responsible for awarding any
compensation in lieu thereof. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged or stolen
luggage.
The
winner and his/her guest must travel together on the same itinerary. Any changes to completed
travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole responsibility of the winner,
and are solely at the winner’s expense. Actual value of the trip will depend on point
of departure, and any airfare fluctuations.
If actual value of prize
is lower than the stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and
fulfilled, then the difference will NOT be awarded to the winner. The winner and travel companion are solely
responsible for all costs incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the
winner’s home as designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates
at such departure point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
Grand
prize winner and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of
residence (and at least 21) and will be required to execute and return a
liability/publicity release prior to prize award. It is recommended that winner and travel
companion obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to departure. Winner and travel companion hereby release
Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or verify any and
all necessary ID’s, passports, visas and tourist cards, birth
certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other travel requirements
(“Personal Documents”). Sponsor shall
not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or stolen Personal
Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other documents pertaining
to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel Documents have been provided
to winner and travel companions.
Sponsor
will not be responsible for any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement or
cancellation for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restriction, an act of
terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason. No
substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the
event of any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any
reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline
ticket and hotel policy, and shall solely look to the airline ticket and hotel provider.
Winner
and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline and hotel provider rules,
requirements and regulations in connection with the prize award, redemption and
use. Sponsor and travel provider reserve the right to remove or deny entry
to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with any rule,
requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive manner, or with
intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Winner and guests shall be solely responsible
for their behavior while traveling, must follow the instructions and direction
from any travel provider or associated staff or security. If winner or
any guest violates the standards of the travel provider, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of the travel
provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall
be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall immediately forfeit the remaining
prize award.
In
the event travel arrangements are unable to be booked due to a Force Majeure
Event, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to extend the
deadline for travel beyond 1/31/2026 or to award the winner an alternate prize
award of approximate equal value, in lieu of the trip and such alternate prize
shall be the full and final Grand Prize award.
First Prize Awards
(maximum 50 prize awards):
Each
eligible entrant designated as a first prize winner shall be awarded one (1) BuzzBallz pool kit. Merchandise
kit items are as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor, subject to availability. Each
first prize has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $92.
Prize
winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor and are responsible for any application or software
required to participate in the virtual experience. 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 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
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.
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, 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: $7,992.
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 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 winner are
dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.
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
9/15/2025 to: BuzzBallz Vegas Flyaway 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., Sazerac Inc, 10401 Linn Station Rd, Louisville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The
Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge,
NJ 07095.