TECATE
ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES SWEEPSTAKES
Full
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING A PRODUCT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE TECATE ALBUQUERQUE
ISOTOPES SWEEPSTAKES
(“SWEEPSTAKES”) IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE
TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF DATE OF ENTRY AND RESIDE IN THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO. SWEEPSTAKES IS GOVERNED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A BINDING
CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS
CONTRACT INCLUDES CERTAIN RELEASES FROM YOU AND A LIMITATION OF YOUR RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES, INCLUDING A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents
of the United States residing in the state of New Mexico who are 21 years of
age and older at time of entry except as set forth below.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following individuals and members of their families
(parents, grandparents, children, siblings, spouses) and immediate household members
(whether related or not) are not eligible for participation: employees,
officers, and directors of HEINEKEN USA Inc. dba Cervezas Mexicanas (“Sponsor”)
and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, alcoholic beverage
suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers, alcoholic beverage
retailers, and Sponsor’s advertising and promotional agencies. All federal,
state, and local regulations apply.
2. START/END
DATES:
The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Mountain
Time (MT) on 4/28/2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. MT on 8/30/2025.
3. HOW TO
ENTER – Internet Entry: To enter, scan the QR code on the applicable point
of sale signage using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.TecateBeerUSA.com/isotopes and follow the on-screen entry instructions.
Normal time rates, if any, charged by Internet service provider will apply. All
Internet entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. MT on 8/30/2025.
By submitting an entry, entrants fully and
unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor
and its appointed agents, which will be final and binding in all matters
relating to the Sweepstakes. Limit one (1) entry per person per day
regardless of method of entry. Any
entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another individual’s
information, providing any incorrect, inaccurate, fake or false information
during registration, or attempting to submit more than the allowable number of
entries by using alternate names, emails, addresses, or other method shall
result in all such entries being disqualified.
Please note that there is a limit of one (1) prize per
individual, household, street address, and/or email address during any six (6)
month period across all HEINEKEN USA Inc. promotions, regardless of brand (Heineken,
Amstel, Dos Equis, Murphy’s, Newcastle, Red Stripe, Strongbow, Tecate, and
Tiger).
4. PRIZES:
All Promotion prize details are at Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Any prize depiction is for
illustrative purposes only and shall not be relied upon. No part of any
prize includes any alcoholic beverages. Prizes are not transferable or
redeemable for cash. No substitutions of prizes by winners are allowed, but
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value at
its sole discretion.
·
NOTE: There is a
maximum limit of one (1) prize award per person, email address or household
during the entire Sweepstakes Period.
·
If
eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of prizes available, then the
associated prize awards shall not be awarded.
Grand Prize (8): eight (8) grand prize
awards will be available. Each grand prize
consists of:
four (4) tickets to a Sponsor designated Tecate Isotopes 2025 regular
season home game schedule. Game date and
seat locations as solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based upon
availability. Approximate retail value
(ARV) of each grand prize: $60. Total
ARV of all available grand prize awards:
$480.
Resale of tickets is prohibited. Prize winner must accept delivery of prize in
the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. mobile
ticket delivery, will call pick up at box office or other ticket delivery
method). In the event of any
mobile or digital ticket delivery, winner is solely responsible for any
required software application required to download, accept transfer, access or
redeem mobile or digital ticket delivery. No other costs or
expenses associated with game attendance are included with prize award,
including any associated transportation, accommodations, meals, parking costs
or incidental expenses.
All tickets shall be subject to applicable capacity
restrictions and local government and/or venue regulations, including COVID-19
vaccination and/or testing requirements or policy. Each ticket subject to the
terms and conditions and policy and procedures, including rules of conduct, of
the venue and team. Winner
and guest agree to comply with all applicable stadium and team regulations in
connection with the prize. Sponsor,
venue and team reserve the right to revoke full or partial prize and/or to remove or deny entry to
winner and/or his/her guest who Sponsor and/or venue or team personnel deem may, in their sole
discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any event or venue policy
or law, may bring Sponsor into disrepute, and/or who engage in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner,
or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person at any
game.
Game date and
time are determined in the sole discretion of the league and/or the team, as
applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and conditions of each
ticket awarded as a prize will govern in the event the game is rescheduled,
postponed, delayed, not played, cancelled or attendance is restricted or
prohibited for any reason including due to force majeure, weather, pandemic,
local, state or federal government regulation, 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, and no prize substitution or compensation shall be provided by
Sponsor in any such event.
All expenses and travel costs incurred as
a result of seeking, winning, and/or making use of a prize are the sole
responsibility of winner. Any expenses or costs not expressly stated in the
description of the prize above, including, but not limited to, ground
transportation, accommodations, parking fees, meals, incidentals, or other
expenses, are the sole responsibility of winner. Winner’s guest must be
twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
All federal, state, and
local taxes, fees, and surcharges on any prize are the sole responsibility of
winner of the prize.
5. ODDS OF WINNING:
Odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible
entries received.
6. WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND
VERIFICATION:
Potential prize winners shall be selected in a series of random
prize drawings from among all eligible entries received as of the date and time
of each drawing to be held on or about 5/27/2025, 6/2/2025, 6/17/2025, 7/16/2025,
7/24/2025, 8/8/2025, 8/21/2025, and 8/31/2025, to select one (1) potential
winner per drawing date (8 total winners). Drawing will be conducted by Sponsor
or its appointed agent, and all decisions are final.
Potential winners will be contacted by telephone and/or
email. If any potential winner cannot be reached within twenty-four (24) hours of
first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as
undeliverable, if the potential winner rejects his/her prize, or in the event
of noncompliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from
among all remaining eligible entries. Upon forfeiture of any prize, no
compensation will be given.
Potential winners will be required to sign and return,
where legal, a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release
within one (1) day of notification that he/she is a potential winner. No potential winner will be an official winner
until any required paperwork has been returned and eligibility has been
formally verified by Sponsor. If any potential winner fails to comply with these
Official Rules and/or to submit any required paperwork within the designated time period, he/she will be automatically disqualified
and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
7. LICENSE AND RELEASE:
By participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants and
winners acknowledge and agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Sponsor’s advertising
and promotional agencies, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries,
affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers,
and directors (“Released Parties”) from any and all liability for loss, harm,
damage, injury, cost, or expense whatsoever, including, without limitation,
property damage, personal injury, and/or death that may occur in connection
with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Sweepstakes, or participation
in, possession, acceptance, and/or use or misuse of any prize or participation
in any Sweepstakes-related activity, including, but not limited to, any claims
based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, and merchandise
delivery. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays,
diversions, substitutions, or omissions whatsoever by any other persons
providing any services to winner, including any results thereof, such as
changes in services or location necessitated by same. Sponsor is not
responsible if any part of a Sweepstakes prize cannot be awarded due to acts of
God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, or acts of terrorism. Sponsor
shall not be liable for any loss or damage to personal belongings. Entrants who
do not comply with these Official Rules or who attempt to interfere with this Sweepstakes
in any way shall be disqualified. There is no purchase required to participate
in the Sweepstakes or to win any prize in the Sweepstakes. A purchase does not
increase odds of winning.
8. ADDITIONAL TERMS:
Sponsor
reserves the right to alter, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes at any time
and with or without notice if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, the integrity of the
Sweepstakes becomes or is likely to become compromised in any way. In the event
the Sweepstakes is terminated prematurely, all eligible entries received prior
to the Sweepstakes termination or suspension date will be included in the next prize
drawing. No automated devices, bots, and/or other programs and/or software are
permitted. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and
will not be acknowledged or returned. Delivery of a prize will require a residential
street address located within the state of New Mexico. Sponsor is not
responsible for late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected,
technically corrupted, or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for
problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human, or electronic. Only fully
completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be
proof of receipt by Sponsor.
In case of a dispute as to the identity of any Internet
entrant, an entry made by Internet will be deemed made by the authorized
account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The
“authorized account holder” is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an
email address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or other online
organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner may be
requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized
account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.
If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running
as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, automated entries, fraud, technical failure, human
error, or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupts or affects
the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes,
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify,
or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, telephone or other communications malfunctions,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, or theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to, or alteration of
entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions
of any telephone networks or lines, computer online systems, servers, or
providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be
received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on
the Internet or at any website, any combination thereof, or otherwise,
including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer
related to, or resulting from, participation or downloading of any materials in
the Sweepstakes.
Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for printing, distribution,
or production errors and may, in their sole discretion, rescind, cancel,
suspend, modify, or revoke this Sweepstakes based upon any such error without
liability. If by reason of a printing,
computer, or other error more prizes are awarded in a prize category than the
number set forth in these Official Rules, all persons purportedly making valid
claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of
prizes available. In no case will more than the advertised number of prizes be
awarded. Antifraud detection devices may be used for verification purposes. In
the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other
statements contained in any Sweepstakes materials and the terms and conditions
of the Official Rules, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
Sponsor’s failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision. Headings are solely for convenience and will not be deemed to affect
in any manner the meaning or intent of the documents or any provision hereof.
Caution: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or
undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of
criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves
the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE
RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF ENTRANT’S ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE WEBSITES AND/OR THIS SWEEPSTAKES,
OR ENTRANT’S DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY
WEBSITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES.
9. DISPUTES AND GOVERNING
LAW:
The parties
waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection
with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Sweepstakes. Any
controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, these Official Rules
and/or the Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance
with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and
shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of
any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in New York City, New York.
THESE OFFICIAL
RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAWS AND RULES. For any matters that are not subject to
arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in connection with the
entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these
Official Rules and/or the Sweepstakes, the parties irrevocably submit and
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts
located in or closest to New York City, New York. The parties agree not to
raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
10. USE OF DATA:
Sponsor will
be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its
Privacy & Cookie Policy. Please review Sponsor’s Privacy & Cookie Policy
at https://heinekenusa.com/privacy-policy/. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant
hereby agrees to Sponsor’s collection and usage of his/her personal information
and acknowledges that he/she has read and accepted Sponsor’s Privacy &
Cookie Policy.
11. LIST OF WINNERS:
To obtain a list of winners, send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope, with sufficient postage, to Winners List, Tecate Albuquerque
Isotopes Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 248, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. All requests for a
list of winners must be postmarked by 10/30/2025 and received by 11/15/2025.
12. SPONSOR: Cervezas Mexicanas,
White Plains, NY.
ENJOY
TECATE® RESPONSIBLY”
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Imported by Cervezas Mexicanas, White Plains, NY.