Bottle Raiders Mexico Trip 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 AND
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO
ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE RULES BELOW. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND
ADMINISTRATOR. VOID ELSEWHERE AND
WHEREVER PROHIBITED. 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: Bottle Raiders Mexico Trip Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Sweepstakes is scheduled to begin at 12:00:01
am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 11/15/2024
and ends at 11:59:59 pm ET on 2/28/2025 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations and is void outside of the (50) United States and D.C., and
wherever prohibited or restricted 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 U.S. 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 Bottle Raiders, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), and each of their related companies, subsidiaries,
distributors, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, 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.
(b)
In order to be eligible to claim the grand prize award (see
below), the entrant and their guest must each possess or be able to obtain a
valid passport with an expiration date a minimum of 6-months from the scheduled
travel return date a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to travel, and produce
any required proof of vaccination and/or negative testing for COVID-19 prior to
travel.
How to Enter: There
are three (3) ways to enter the Sweepstakes: (1) download the Bottle Raiders app
and create your new account, (2) via online entry, or (3) entry via mail, as
outlined below.
There is a limit of one
(1) entry per person during the entire Sweepstakes registration period, regardless
of method of entry, except for bonus entries as noted above.
Any
duplicate entries received shall be disqualified. Any incomplete or illegible
entries will be disqualified. Any entry submitted with an invalid email address or other false, inaccurate, incomplete, illegible 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.
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, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact entrant via email, text, mail, phone or any other form of media to
make contestant aware of information pertinent to the Sweepstakes. Participants may also opt in to receive
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future
contests, promotions or offers 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, name or phone 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
email addresses, phone 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.
Each
entrant understands that they are providing their information to Sponsor, and
the information provided will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy
policy. By registering to enter the 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,
and decisions of Sponsor and Administrator.
Winner Selection and
Notification (1 winner): Sponsor shall
conduct a random prize drawing
to be held on or about 3/10/2025 from among all eligible entries received from all entry methods
combined, to select one (1) potential grand prize winner (see prize description
below). If eligible entries are less
than the scheduled number of prizes for the Sweepstakes, the associated prize
award shall not be awarded.
The
potential winner shall be notified initially via phone and/or email following
their selection and determination as the potential winner, to the phone number
or email address associated with their selected entry. Entrants are solely responsible for checking
their email for any notification including junk or spam folders. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
incorrect phone number, email addresses or other information provided at the
time of registration, failure in delivery of any notification email due to spam
filter, junk, quarantine or any other failure of delivery or receipt for any
reason.
If
the potential winner fails to respond, or the Administrator is unsuccessful in
its attempt to reach and speak directly with the selected potential winner for
any reason, within forty-eight (48)-hours of the initial notification attempt, 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). Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification
process.
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. 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. Any
disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or
compensation.
All
of the following will apply to the prize winner: 1) Winner will be required to
complete and return, within 3-days of receipt, a prize acceptance form,
including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release signed
by the winner and their travel guest (publicity release where permitted),
and a W-9 form from the winner; 2)
Winner may be required to present a valid social security card and a valid
driver’s license or government issued photo ID as a condition of participating
or 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.
Decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator in the selection and determination of prize winner and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 1 winner): The grand prize winner shall receive a trip
for two (2) (winner and one (1) guest age 21 or older) to Oaxaca, Mexico. Travel dates shall be as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor, and all travel must be completed by 12/15/2025, and
subject to change based upon availability. The grand prize trip for two has a
maximum retail value not to exceed $4,500, and includes:
·
Round
trip coach class airfare for two (winner
and one guest age 21 or older) from the nearest
major airport to the winner’s home as designated by Sponsor to the Sponsor
designated airport servicing Oaxaca, Mexico.
o Actual departure date, times and airline
based upon availability and will be solely determined by Sponsor;
·
Three
(3)-nights standard hotel accommodation (one room, double occupancy) at a
standard hotel as solely designated by Sponsor in the
Oaxaca, Mexico metro area and/or other Sponsor designated metro area (based upon availability);
o Arrival and departure dates as solely
specified by Sponsor, based upon availability;
·
$500
travel stipend towards ground transportation and/or meals;
·
Opportunity
to participate in a non-exclusive tour of a Sponsor designated Mezcal
distillery during trip, based upon availability.
Winner and guest must have
valid Passports in order to travel, with expiration
dates a minimum of 6-months following scheduled return date. If winner or guest fail to produce valid
Passports at time of departure, they shall forfeit the prize award,
and shall not receive any alternate prize award or compensation.
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, and must be completed by December 15, 2025 or
prize award may be forfeit. 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. Winner
must be present at the date, time and location as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor to participate in the Mezcal distillery tour. Failure to be present at the designated date,
time and location shall result in forfeiture of this portion of the prize award.
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 companion.
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 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 guest 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 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 12/15/2025 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.
General Prize
Conditions: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. All other costs and expenses
related to prize acceptance, redemption and use not specified herein as being
provided are the sole responsibility of winner, including but not limited to
delivery charges, or any incidental expenses.
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 prize 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 Contest. 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 Contest 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 Contest,
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 Contest, 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 Contest.
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 Contest, including, without limitations,
errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest,
administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the Contest,
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 Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest 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 Contest, 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 Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator,
in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest,
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 addition, by submitting any entry, each entrant
transfers any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such entry, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights", and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist throughout the world to Sponsor,
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or entry. Each
entrant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such entry and/or submission, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry
and associated submission and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with other
materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for any
reason whatsoever, without
compensation to entrant.
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 the grand prize 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 winner, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 4/30/2025 to: Bottle Raiders
Mexico Trip 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 Bottle Raiders, Inc., 1261 Broadway, 6th
Floor, New York, NY 10001.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.