BuzzBallz Gameday Football 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 U.S. STATES OF IA, IN, KY, MN, ND,
OH, AND SD, 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 Gameday
Football Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 9/1/2025 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 12/15/2025 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the states of IA, IN, KY, MN, ND, OH, and SD, and
wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of the states of IA, IN, KY, MN, ND, OH, or SD., 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”), NFL Enterprises LLC, NFL Properties LLC,
NFL Ventures, Inc., NFL Ventures, L.P., NFL International LLC, NFL
International Licensing, Inc., NFL Productions LLC, and each of the thirty-two (32) member clubs of the NFL (collectively,
the “NFL Entities”), and Million
Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), and each of their
respective franchisees, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, contractors,
sponsors, licensees, retailers, suppliers, 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 –
Two Ways:
1.)
Online Entry – Purchase Required: To receive up to one (1) entry per day via
the online website entry option, scan the QR code on applicable point-of-sale
using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.BuzzBallzGameday.com during the
Registration Period and upload your photo of your unique receipt showing a
minimum purchase of 374ml (equivalent of two (2) regular sized 187ml BuzzBallz) of any BuzzBallz
flavor made during the Registration Period from an off-premise retailer (i.e.
Convenience, Liquor, or Grocery Store).
Each receipt must clearly show the name and address of the retailer
where the purchase was made, eligible item purchase(s) made, and amount of
purchase. If you are not a returning
user, you must fully complete the online registration page with all required
information including your name, valid email address, mobile phone number
(including area code), date of birth, address of residence, and all other
required information. NOTE: no
travel is included in the prize award.
After having read and agreed to these Official Rules, click the submit
button to submit your online registration form and valid receipt. For returning users, follow the prompts to
upload and submit a unique and valid receipt, up to one time per day. Each receipt is subject to verification and
approval. Illegible, duplicate or
invalid receipts, or receipts that do not properly display required information
(date of purchase, eligible purchase, etc.), will not be eligible, honored,
recognized, responded to or processed.
Sponsor is not responsible for any difficulty in submission or failed or
delayed transmission of receipt for any reason, and reserves the right to
reject any receipt submission that it determines in its sole discretion is not
in compliance with these Official Rules.
All receipt submissions must be received by 11:59:59pm ET on 12/15/2025.
2.)
Mail-In Entry – No Purchase Required: To enter by mail (no purchase or
receipt submission required), you must legibly hand-print on a 3” x 5” card
or piece of paper your first and last name, complete address (including
city, state and zip code), valid email address, age, and mobile phone
number (including area code).
Each mail-in entry must also include a hand-written answer to the
question “Which city would you prefer to win tickets to a game in: Cincinnati
or Minneapolis?”. Any mail-in submission
that does not include all required information shall be disqualified. Mail completed 3” x 5” card or piece of paper
in a #10, business-size envelope with first-class postage affixed to: BuzzBallz Gameday Football Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095. NOTE: there is a limit of one (1) entry per outer
mailing envelope. Mailing envelopes
received with more than one entry inside will be disqualified and none of the
entries in the envelope will be included in any prize drawing. You may submit a maximum of one (1)
individual mail-in entry per day during the Registration Period. Any additional mail-in entries received from
the same individual that exceed a total of one (1) mail-in entry per day, shall
be disqualified. Entrants shall receive
one (1) entry to the Sweepstakes for each valid mail-in entry received. Information on mail-in entry must be
hand-printed. Incomplete or illegible
entries will be disqualified. All
mail-in entries must be postmarked by 12/15/2025 and received by 12/22/2025
to be eligible.
All online
entries must be fully complete for all required information and must be
received by 11:59:59pm ET on 12/15/2025 to be eligible. All mail-in
entries must be fully complete for all required information and must be
received by 11:59:59pm ET on 12/22/2025 to be eligible. Maximum of one (1) Sweepstakes entry per
person, receipt, mailing address, or valid email address per day during the
entire Registration Period from all entry methods combined for a maximum total
of one hundred six (106) Sweepstakes entries per person.
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 entrants aware of information
pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute information regarding the
Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future sweepstakes, 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 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 (maximum of 8 grand prize winners): Sponsor shall conduct a series of prize
drawings from the prize pools defined below on or about 9/11/2025, 9/24/2025,
10/16/2025, 10/30/2025, 11/12/2025, 11/27/2025, 12/17/2025, and 12/23/2025
to randomly select a maximum total of eight (8) potential grand prize
winners from among eligible entries received to each prize pool as of the date
and time of each prize drawing.
|
Prize Pool
Definition |
Drawing
Date |
Number of
Available Prizes |
Date of Game
Award Tickets |
City of
Award Game Tickets |
|
Residents of
IN, KY, or OH |
9/24/2025 |
One (1) |
10/5/2025 |
Cincinnati |
|
10/16/2025 |
One (1) |
10/26/2025 |
Cincinnati |
|
|
11/12/2025 |
One (1) |
11/23/2025 |
Cincinnati |
|
|
12/17/2025 |
One (1) |
12/27/2025 |
Cincinnati |
|
|
Residents of
IA, MN, ND, or SD |
9/11/2025 |
One (1) |
9/21/2025 |
Minneapolis |
|
10/30/2025 |
One (1) |
11/9/2025 |
Minneapolis |
|
|
11/27/2025 |
One (1) |
12/7/2025 |
Minneapolis |
|
|
12/23/2025 |
One (1) |
1/4/2026 |
Minneapolis |
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 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, each selected potential winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the
prize. Each 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 potential
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 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 2-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
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 8 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a grand
prize winner shall be awarded two (2) tickets for the winner and one (1) guest (age
21 or older) to a Sponsor-designated professional football home game
scheduled to be played as outlined in the above table based on the prize pool
the potential winner entered and the drawing date, subject to availability and league
flex scheduling policies. Actual league,
game date and time, ticket type, seat location, and delivery method as solely
designated and determined by Sponsor.
Each grand prize award has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $200.
Prize winners must accept
delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor
including via email or digital/mobile for ticket delivery. Tickets shall
be emailed or delivered only to the
designated winner email or mobile number as submitted during initial online
registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the method as
designated by Sponsor. Winner is solely responsible for any required
software application for access to mobile or digital ticket
delivery.
Except as noted above, no other costs or
expenses are included with prize award, including any associated
transportation, parking costs, accommodations or incidental expenses. Each ticket and admittance to game subject to
the terms and conditions and policy and procedures and rules of conduct of the
hosting stadium, including admittance policy (and any COVID-19 testing and/or
vaccination requirements). Each winner and
their guest agree to comply with all applicable stadium and team regulations in
connection with the prize. Sponsor and
the stadium and team(s) 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
non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse,
threaten, or harass any other person at the game.
Game dates and times are
determined in the sole discretion of the league and/or the team(s), as
applicable, and may be subject to change for any reason, including the any flexible
scheduling procedures. The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a
prize will govern in the event the game is postponed, rescheduled, cancelled, not
played or attendance is restricted or prohibited due to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other
reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any game date delay, rescheduling,
postponement, or cancellation due to weather, pandemic, Acts of God, acts of
terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other event that may cause
the cancellation or postponement of the game.
No substitute prize
award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any game
date delay, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation for any reason.
Game tickets
awarded as prizes may not be resold, offered for resale, or used for any
commercial or promotional purpose whatsoever. Any such resale or commercial or
promotional use may result in disqualification and prize forfeiture and may
invalidate the license granted by the game ticket. Each winner and guest shall be solely
responsible for their behavior while in attendance at the game, must follow the
instructions of Sponsor, policy of the stadium and directions from any
associated staff or security. If winner
or any guest violates the standards of the stadium or teams, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to have violated any policy of the stadium or teams including any
related to COVID-19, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and
guests shall be ejected from the stadium and game, and shall immediately
forfeit the prize award.
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 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.
Once shipped, emailed, or electronically
delivered, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor
shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by winner during registration or prize
claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely
to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered
packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues. Please allow 1-2 weeks for prize delivery.
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: $1,600.
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 an 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 prize winners in a random drawing from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
Entrant
irrevocably waives all claims against the National Football League, its member
professional football clubs, NFL Ventures, Inc., NFL Ventures, L.P., NFL
Properties LLC, NFL Enterprises LLC and each of their respective subsidiaries,
affiliates, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, representatives and
employees (collectively, the “NFL Entities”) and agrees that the NFL Entities
will have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection
with participation in this sweepstakes or any prize awarded. The NFL Entities have not offered or
sponsored this sweepstakes in any way.
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 prize winner are dependent upon the total number of
eligible entries received to each prize pool as of the date and time of each
prize drawing.
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
1/31/2026 to: BuzzBallz Gameday Football 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., 10101 Linn
Station Rd., #400, Louisville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.