Martell Cognac Belly Laughs Festival 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 CALIFORNIA,
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: Martell Cognac Belly Laughs Festival Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes
Dates: Registration begins
at 12:00:01am Pacific Time (“PT”) on 5/10/2025
and ends at 11:59:59pm PT on 6/22/2025
(the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside California, 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 California; (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 April 1, 2025, have been, an employee,
officer, director, member, shareholder, or agent of Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”),
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC (the “Sponsor”), Nederlander Concerts, Belly Laughs
Festival, L.A. Live, or any of their respective franchisees, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliated companies, suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, or any and all other companies associated
with the design or execution of this Sweepstakes; or an employee, officer,
director, member, shareholder, or agent of any licensed alcohol wholesaler,
manufacturer, distributor or retailer of alcohol-beverage products
(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 – 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.Martell.com/en-us/bellylaughs
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, zip code 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.
All entries must be fully
complete for all required information and must be received by 11:59pm PT on 6/22/2025
to be eligible. Maximum of one entry per person and per valid email address during
the entire Registration Period.
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.
Winner Selection and Notification
(maximum 3 grand prize and 7 first prize winners):
a random prize drawing will be held on or about 6/23/2025 from among
eligible entries received to randomly select a total of three (3) potential
grand prize winners and seven (7) potential first prize winners (see prize
description below).
Each
potential winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email following the
date and time of their selection as outlined above. 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 contestant’s entry, then that contestant may
be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be randomly selected from
among the remaining eligible entries received and notified as per the
procedures outlined above (time
permitting). Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification
process.
During
winner notification, each 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. If any 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 (time
permitting). 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 potential 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 (where permitted); 2) winner may
be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued
photo ID with valid residential address as a condition of participating or
receiving any prize; and (3) winners shall be solely responding 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.
First Prize Award (Maximum 7 winners): each first prize includes: one (1)
Martell merchandise item. Exact merchandise
item as solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability. Size where applicable is based upon
availability and as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute an alternate merchandise item of approximate
equal or greater value at its sole discretion, based upon availability. Approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of each first prize award:
$30. Total ARV of all available
prize awards: $210.
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. Prize shall be shipped to the
designated winner residential address as provided at the time of entry and/or
winner notification via USPS or other Sponsor designated shipping/mail carrier,
or as otherwise designated by Sponsor. Allow
approximately 8 – 12 weeks for delivery.
Once
shipped, prize shall be considered awarded, delivered and fulfilled, and
Sponsor shall not be responsible for any prize shipment that is lost, late,
delayed, undelivered, misdirected, misdelivered, damaged
or stolen, or any incorrect shipping address provided by winner. In the event of any delivery issues, prize award shall not be replaced or substituted with any
alternate prize award or compensation.
Winner shall look solely to the designated shipper/carrier and not to
Sponsor for any delivery issues.
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 3 winners):
each grand prize includes: two (2) VIP Admission 1-day tickets to Belly Laughs
Festival at L.A. Live, for either Saturday, 7/12/2025 or Sunday, 7/13/2025, as
solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability. ARV of each grand prize: $398 ($199 per
ticket). Total ARV of all available
prize awards: $1,194.
Note: no alcoholic beverage is part of any
prize award. No other costs or
expenses are included with prize award, including any
associated air or ground transportation requirements, accommodations,
airport/hotel transfers, parking costs, meals, gratuities or incidental
expenses.
The
terms and conditions of each ticket awarded as a prize will govern in the event
of any Festival delay, cancellation, postponed, rescheduling or attendance
restriction for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restrictions, an act of
terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason. Sponsor will
not be responsible for any performance or Festival delay, rescheduling,
postponement or cancellation for any reason.
No substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor
in the event of Festival or performance delay, postponement, rescheduling or
cancellation, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
ticket.
Resale
of tickets is prohibited. Each ticket and admittance to Festival are
subject to the terms and conditions, policy and procedures and rules of conduct
of the Festival and hosting venue, including
admittance policy related to any COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination
requirements. Winner and guest are
solely responsible for completing any necessary COVID-19 testing or vaccination
requirements and are solely responsible for any associated costs. Ticket delivery method is at sole discretion
of Sponsor which will be either sent to winner by mail, email, mobile ticketing
or placed at venue Will Call the day of Festival under the winner’s name. Winner must be present to pick up tickets and a valid photo
ID will be required if tickets are placed at Will Call. Winner and guest must
abide by all Festival/venue policies: www.nederlanderconcerts.com/bellylaughsfestival.
Winner understands that there are inherent risks involved in being in public
spaces and that these risks may be present before, during and after the Festival. By claiming tickets, you agree to Nederlander
Concerts Terms
of Use and to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time
of the Festival, which may include, but not be limited to, wearing masks,
providing proof of vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative
COVID-19 status.
Winners
and guest agree to comply with all applicable Festival
and venue regulations in connection with the prize. Sponsor, Festival,
Promoter and/or hosting 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, or harass any
other person at the Festival, appear to be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have
violated any venue/Festival policy or law, and/or may bring Sponsor, Festival,
Promoter or venue into disrepute. Each winner and guest shall be solely
responsible for their behavior while in attendance at the Festival,
must follow the instructions of Sponsor, policy of the Festival/venue
and directions from any associated staff or security. If winner or any
guest violates the standards of the Festival/venue, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to have violated any policy of the venue or Festival, or to be a
security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected from the
venue and Festival, and shall immediately forfeit the remaining prize award.
Prize
winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor via email or digital/mobile delivery, or via physical
tickets via shipment delivery. Winner is solely responsible for any
required software application for access to mobile or digital ticket delivery. Prize shall be emailed, delivered and/or
shipped only to the designated winner email, mobile number or residential
address as submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided
during winner notification, via the method as designated by Sponsor. In
the event of shipment delivery, carrier will be as
determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other
Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor.
Once
emailed, delivered/transferred via email, mobile delivery and/or 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 email, mobile number or 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: 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.
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, 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 prize winner
are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.
Official Rules & Winner List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or
the name of prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be
received by 8/30/2025 to: Martell Cognac Belly Laughs Festival 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: Sweepstakes is sponsored by Pernod
Ricard USA LLC, 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10177.
Sweepstakes Administrator: Sweepstakes is administered by Million
Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
Nederlander
Concerts, Belly Laughs Festival and L.A. Live are not Sponsors
of the Sweepstakes, and 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 direct to Sponsor or Sweepstakes
administrator, Million Dollar Media.
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Responsibly.
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