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.