Ghost Tequila Ghosted & Gorgeous Contest

OFFICIAL RULES

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFICIAL RULES (“OFFICIAL RULES”) BELOW).  VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHERE PROHIBITED.  BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR.  DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW. 

 

CONTEST NAME:  Ghost Tequila Ghosted & Gorgeous Contest (the “Contest”).

 

CONTEST DATES: Contest registration and content submission period begins at 12:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 2/1/2026 and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 3/31/2026 (the “Registration Period”).  Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Void outside the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

 

Who may Enter:  Contest is open only to legal residents of the (50) U.S. and D.C., who are age twenty-one (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 GT Spirits, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Contest Administrator”), 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 contest (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 (2) Ways:

 

1.)    Online Registration: To enter online via the registration website, scan the QR Code on applicable point of sale material using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.GhostedAndGorgeous.com (the “Registration Website”) during the “Registration Period”.  Each entrant must fully complete the online registration page with all required information including his/her name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), state of residence, and date of birth, and submit an essay (minimum 75 words, maximum 150 words) that you create answering the question “Tell us how you celebrate yourself and why you deserve this spa day prize?”.  After having read and agreed to these Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry.  There is a maximum of one (1) Contest entry per person using this entry method, regardless of the number of email accounts the entrant may have.  All online entries must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by 11:59:59pm ET on 3/31/2026 to be eligible.

 

2.)    Instagram Comment: During the Registration Period, follow @GhostTequila on Instagram to verify you are at least twenty-one (21) years old.  Find an applicable post about the Contest from @GhostTequila and comment on the post from your own public Instagram account with #ghostspaday and #contest, tagging your spa-day bestie telling us how you celebrate yourself and why you deserve this spa day prize?  Your spa-day bestie should be one friend that you know (21 years of age or older).  You must submit your comment from your own Instagram account.  To enter the Contest in this method, you must be an active holder of an Instagram account.  If you do not have the Instagram application, you may download it through the application store on your mobile device. The Instagram application is free, and Instagram’s Terms of Use apply. For details, visit http://instagram.com/legal/terms/. Meta and Instagram are not a Sponsor or in any way affiliated with this Contest.  If you enter using a mobile device on a wireless service provider’s network (as opposed to a Wi-Fi network), your carrier’s text and data rates will apply. You should consult your wireless service provider’s pricing plan for details. You agree to incur any and all charges demanded by your wireless carrier.  All Contest entries via Instagram Comment must be received during the Registration Period to be eligible.  There is a maximum of one (1) Contest entry per person using this entry method, regardless of the number of social media accounts the entrant may have.  All Instagram Comment entries must be fully complete and must be received by 11:59:59pm ET on 3/31/2026 to be eligible.

 

Maximum of one (1) total entry per person, email address, or Instagram account.  Each entry requires a unique essay that has not previously been entered in the Contest.  Each participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf.  Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s name, email address, Instagram account or essay, 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 produced 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.  False and/or deceptive entries or acts, including misrepresentation of age, shall render such entries ineligible.

 

All Entries in the Contest become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned.  Each Entrant agrees that their submitted Entry (essay and/or other content) may be viewed by the public.  Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and remove any Entry at any time that is not in compliance with these Official Rules.  All Entries must conform to the submission requirements as outlined above and below, or it may be disqualified and not considered for the Contest. 

 

Any other individuals (if any) included in an Entry, must be twenty-one (21) or older and must provide Entrant with express consent and permission for their images to be included (if included) and submitted in the Contest, and such Entrant is solely responsible for obtaining all authorizations or approvals.  The individual who submitted the Entry shall be designated as the official Entrant participating in the Contest, regardless of any other individuals included in the Entry, and shall be the only individual eligible for any resulting prize award (see below).  Any Entry completed and submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s name, email address, Instagram account or use of any unauthorized photo, video, or essay submissions will be disqualified. 

 

All entries must include all required information.  Any entry with incorrect, incomplete or illegible information, an invalid email address, phone number or other inaccurate information will be disqualified.  Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules, or for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, human error, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions, or defects of any phone or cellular phone provider, network computer online systems, computer equipment, servers, or software, including any injury or damage to contestant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Contest; or the failure to capture any such information or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer, phone line or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of which will be disqualified.  

 

In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address or Instagram account used to register or submit the entry, will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he 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.  Proof of being the authorized account holder may be required.

 

By participating and submitting an entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, mail, phone, text, direct message, or any other form of media to make contestant aware of information pertinent to the Contest, and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or promotional 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.  Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Contest, and checking the opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of winning. 

 

By registering and submitting an entry, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official Rules.  The laws of the United States apply to and govern this Contest and any claims must be raised and resolved in the United States.  Any information collected by registering and entering the Contest shall be used only in a manner consistent with these Official Rules and with Administrator’s Privacy Policy. By entering the Contest, each contestant agrees that s/he may be contacted, recorded and/or broadcasted by Sponsor, and that his/her photo submission may be used, promoted, released, broadcasted or published by Sponsor in any manner related to the promotion or advertising of the Contest. 

 

Collection and use of information collected in connection with the Contest will be in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.

 

General Entry Submission Requirements:

(a)   Each entry must be submitted in a format as accepted by the online entry site;

(b)   Must be the Entrant’s own original creation;

(c)    Any essay submission that is not properly submitted or received for any reason, including any technical difficulties, upload failures; failures to save or properly store the photo; busy signals, efforts of hackers; or any lost or disconnected internet connections, will be disqualified. 

 

Additional Essay Entry Requirements: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry for any reason that it considers to not be appropriate for the Contest.  Essay submission restrictions include, but are not limited to, the following requirements: 

·       may not depict an image of any individual under the age of 21, or that appears to be under the age of 21;

·       not be, or ever have been, submitted in any competition or contest of any kind;

·       not use any name, likeness, photograph, or any other identifying element, in whole or in part, of any person, living or dead, without permission;

·       not be subject to any third-party agreement or require payment or incurrence of any sums to obtain further permissions of any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation of the idea or rights therein or portions, or modified versions or derivative works thereof;

·       except as it relates to the sponsoring brands or approved partners, not include trademarks, logos, or copyrighted material not owned by Contestant or material that is used without permission (including but not limited to company names, photographs, works of art, or images published on any media) or that otherwise infringes or violates the rights of any third party (including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or privacy, moral rights (i.e., “droit morale”), or any other intellectual property rights);

·       not feature, refer to, or mention any companies or brands in competition with Sponsor;

·       not include any unauthorized photos, videos, essays, or plagiarism of any kind;

·       not contain nudity, inappropriate, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, or obscene content or images (which shall be determined by Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion);

·       not contain any political or politically themed or motivated messages, statements, or images;

·       not defame, slander, libel, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks or any other content that could adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of Sponsor or any other individuals and/or entities affiliated or associated with Sponsor, the Contest, or any prizes, the determination of which shall remain in the sole discretion of Sponsor;

·       not depict or include images that may be considered unlawful, harmful, threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, religiously, ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by Sponsor;

·       not depict over consumption or irresponsible consumption of any product.

 

Representation and Release of Rights to Essay Submission:  By submitting any entry, each Contestant represents that s/he has sole and exclusive ownership and proprietary rights of all associated content submitted; has full permission of all parties within submitted content to publish and release their depicted images and actions; and agrees that each submission content becomes the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may publish, display, promote, advertised or utilize submitted content in any manner of its choosing in relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor, including posting of the Contestant’s submitted content on Sponsor’s website or any Social Media channel.  Entry into the Contest and upload of any content, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that Contestant’s essay and supplemental content, name, city and state of residence and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.  Essay entry submissions will not be acknowledged or returned by Sponsor.

 

Sponsor reserves the right to request from any Entrant at any time proof, in a form acceptable to Sponsor, of any permission required or possibly required to use such Entrant’s Essay submission entry.  Failure to provide such proof, if requested, may disqualify such Entry from the Contest. 

 

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and all of his or her entries) who tampers or attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion.  Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted or the authorized account holder shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY CONTEST WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

Grand Prize Winner Determination & Notification (maximum 1 grand prize winner)

 

Judging of Entries: Following the close of the Registration Period, on or about 4/1/2026, an independent panel of judges as solely determined and appointed by Sponsor shall review, select and designate a maximum total of one (1) potential grand prize winner (see prize description below) from among all eligible entries received from all entry methods combined.

 

Entries shall be judged by a Sponsor-appointed independent panel pursuant to the following guidelines, requirements and general criteria in the determination of a winning nominee submission: 

 

Winner Notification: The potential winner deemed a grand prize winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email beginning on or about 4/1/2026.  If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected potential grand prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be 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, 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 the 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 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 Contest are final and binding. 

 

All of the following will apply to the potential winner: 1) winner will be required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted) and a W-9 form (for prize values greater than $600) in order to be eligible to claim the prize; 2) winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID with valid residential address and a copy of a valid social security card as a condition of receiving the prize, and provide confirmation of a valid passport for travel, and (3) winner shall be solely responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that may be or become due in connection with their respective prize award, and winner shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize award.

 

Grand Prize Award (maximum 1 prize award):  The eligible entrant designated as the grand prize winner shall be awarded one (1) $500 gift card from the Sponsor designated gift card provider.  Gift card is subject to the terms and conditions of the gift card provider policy, including any expiration.  The grand prize award has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $500.

 

Prize winner 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.  Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery. 

 

Once 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 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.

 

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 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, 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 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.

 

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 Essay submission 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 (including the essay 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 essay 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 Contest, 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 Contest, 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 Contest, 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 award winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received from all entry methods combined, skill of each entrant in creating their Contest submission and decisions of judges.

 

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 5/15/2026 to: Ghost Tequila Ghosted & Gorgeous Contest, 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 Contest is sponsored by GT Spirits, Inc., 150 Gould Street, Needham, MA, 02494.

 

Contest Administrator:  This Contest is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.