BuzzBallz Louisiana Football Gameday
Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY IN THE STATES OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI, 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 Louisiana
Football Gameday Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Central
Time (“CT”) on 8/1/2025 and ends at
11:59:59pm CT on 11/16/2025 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, and wherever
restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of the states of LA and MS, 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
“Administrator”), Louisiana State University (“LSU”), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the
“NCAA”), the Southeastern Conference (the “SEC”), its 16 member collegiate
football clubs (including LSU), and 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, scan the QR Code on
the applicable point of sale material or digital signage using your mobile
device’s camera or directly visit www.BuzzBallzTigersGameday.com during the Registration Period. Each entrant must fully complete the online
registration page with all required information including his/her name, valid
email address, phone number (including
area code), date of birth, full address of residence, and any other
required information as requested in the online registration form. 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 CT on 11/16/2025 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 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 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 14 grand prize winners): Sponsor shall conduct a series of prize
drawings on or about 8/28/2025, 9/4/2025, 9/11/2025, 10/2/2025, 10/16/2025, 11/6/2025,
and 11/17/2025 to randomly select a maximum total of two (2)
potential grand prize winners from among all eligible entries received as of
the date and time of each prize drawing for a maximum combined total of
fourteen (14) grand prize winners from all drawings (see details in table
below).
|
Drawing Date |
Prizes Available |
Prize Description |
|
8/28/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 9/6/2025 |
|
9/4/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 9/13/2025 |
|
9/11/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 9/20/2025 |
|
10/2/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 10/11/2025 |
|
10/16/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 10/25/2025 |
|
11/6/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 11/15/2025 |
|
11/17/2025 |
Two
(2) Grand Prizes |
Two
(2) tickets to LSU Game on 11/22/2025 |
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 24-hours 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 14 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 LSU football regular season home game
scheduled to be played in Baton Rouge, LA according to the schedule in the
table above, subject to availability.
Actual 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). Winners and
guests 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. 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.
Use of any LSU
game ticket is subject to the standard terms, conditions, and health and safety
policies applicable to the ticket set forth in the 2025-26 ticket terms,
available at https://lsusports.net/tickets/football/info/. 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.
Once shipped or sent electronically,
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 up to one (1) week 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: $2,800.
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. False, fraudulent or
deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants
ineligible for any prize.
TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL ENTRANTS FOREVER RELEASE, HOLD
HARMLESS DISCHARGE, AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE THE RELEASED PARTIES FOR AND FROM
ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEBTS, LIABILITIES, DEMANDS, OBLIGATIONS, COSTS, FEES,
EXPENSES, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER, OF EVERY NATURE, CHARACTER AND
DESCRIPTION (COLLECTIVELY, "CLAIMS"), KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, ENTRANT'S
ENTRY, THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES, AND THE ACCEPTANCE,
POSSESSION, MISUSE OR USE OF ANY PRIZE. IN ADDITION, EACH ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS,
INJURIES, LOSSES, OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH:
(I) INCOMPLETE, LOST, LATE, MISDIRECTED OR ILLEGIBLE ENTRIES OR FOR FAILURE TO
RECEIVE OR PROCESS ENTRIES DUE TO ANY CAUSE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
HUMAN, TRANSMISSION, OR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, FAILURES, OR MALFUNCTIONS OF ANY
KIND, WHETHER ORIGINATING WITH SENDER OR OTHERWISE, THAT MAY LIMIT AN ENTRANT'S
ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES; OR (II) ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE
RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES AND/OR THE USE OR MISUSE OF A
PRIZE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES AND
DAMAGES RELATED TO PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH, DAMAGE TO, LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY, OR ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, INJURIES, LOSSES, OR DAMAGES RELATED TO OR
BASED ON THE ENTRANT'S RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY, OR THE ENTRANT'S CLAIM
THAT HE OR SHE HAS SOMEHOW BEEN DEFAMED OR PORTRAYED IN A FALSE LIGHT.) ENTRANT REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT HE OR
SHE OWNS AND/OR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RELEASE THE CLAIMS STATED HEREIN.
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.
By
entering the Sweepstakes or claiming a prize, each Entrant irrevocably grants
the Released Parties the right to use each such Entrant's entry, name,
photograph, image, video, biographical information, and any written or oral
comments about the Sweepstakes or prizes in any and all media and form for any
purpose, including, without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes,
without further compensation, and each Entrant hereby releases the Released
Parties from any liability with respect thereto, except where prohibited. By
entering this Sweepstakes or claiming a prize, Entrant permits the Released
Parties to utilize Entrant's contact information provided by Entrant to contact
Entrant for any reason via phone, email, and/or mail, as applicable. By entering into or
participating in the Sweepstakes, Entrant agree to the Sponsor’s collection and
usage of his/her personal information in accordance with its privacy policy.
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.
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.
SOCIAL MEDIA DISCLOSURE: Although this Sweepstakes may be
advertised on the Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, Instagram accounts or other
social media platforms of Sponsor, Administrator or another, this Sweepstakes
is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram or other social media platforms. Participants are providing
their information to the Sponsor/Administrator and not to Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram or other social media platforms. The information a Participant
provides will only be used by the Sponsor/Administrator. By entering,
Participants provide a complete release of Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or
other social media platforms from any and all
responsibilities implied or provided by the Sponsor/Administrator and that this
Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated
with, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other social media platforms.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a prize winner are dependent upon the total number of
eligible entries received 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
1/15/2026 to: BuzzBallz Louisiana Football Gameday
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.
LSU, the NCAA, SEC, its
member collegiate football clubs (including LSU), and each of their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, officers, directors, agents,
representatives and employees will have no liability or responsibility for any
claim arising in connection with participation in this Sweepstakes or any prize
awarded. LSU, NCAA, and SEC have not offered or sponsored this promotion in any
way.