Templeton Whiskey Small Town Big Stage 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 FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES (“U.S.”)
AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”), 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: Templeton Whiskey Small Town Big Stage Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 6/1/2025 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 7/6/2025 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., 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 Infinium
Spirits (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), 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 using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.SmallTownBigStage.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), state of residence, and date of birth. 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 11:59:59pm ET on 7/6/2025 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 entrant aware of information
pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute information regarding the
Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future 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, regardless of entry method. 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 (1 potential grand prize winner, 10 potential first prize winners):
On or about 7/7/2025,
Sponsor shall conduct a prize drawing to randomly select one (1) potential
grand prize winner and ten (10) potential first prize winners from among all
eligible entries received during the Registration Period.
·
NOTE: There is a
maximum of one prize award per person or household during the entire
Sweepstakes period. If eligible entries
are less than the scheduled number of prizes available, then associated prize
award(s) shall not be awarded.
Potential
winners 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 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 each winner and all matters relating to this
Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each potential winner: 1) winner will be
required to complete and return, within 2-days
of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of
eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted) and a W-9 form
in order to be eligible to claim the prize if prize value exceeds $600; 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 (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 grand prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the grand prize
winner shall receive two (2) three (3)-day VIP passes for the winner and one
guest (age 21 or older) to a Sponsor designated music festival (the
“Festival”) scheduled to be held from August 1 – 3, 2025 in St. Charles, Iowa; and,
$3,500.00 toward transportation and incidentals to the Festival, paid in the
form of a prize check issued to the grand prize winner in the amount of
$3,500.00. Dates of Festival as designated
by Festival Entities and Sponsor. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the
grand prize is $4,940. Prize check shall
only be issued to the grand prize winner and shall be shipped to the grand
prize winner’s address as submitted during registration or as otherwise
designated by Sponsor.
First Prize Awards (maximum
10 first prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a first prize
winner shall receive one (1) $100 Stubhub gift card. Gift card subject to the terms and conditions
of the issuing gift card provider’s policy, including any expiration. The
approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each first prize is $100.
NOTE: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize
award. All prize
winners and guests must be at least 21 years of age and will be required to
execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to prize award. Grand Prize winner and guest shall be subject
to any qualifying conditions for Festival attendance, including any local,
state or federal government regulations, or festival requirements related to
COVID-19 testing requirements or vaccination status. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest.
Grand Prize winner must accept delivery of prize in the method as
solely determined and designated by Sponsor via email or digital/mobile
delivery, or via physical tickets delivery in person or via will call box
office. Prize shall be emailed or transferred via mobile
delivery only to the email address or mobile number as submitted during initial
online registration and/or as provided during winner notification,
or delivered or available for will call pick up only to the
designated winner in person, via the method as designated by
Sponsor.
Once emailed, transferred, delivered or made available via will
call box office, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and
Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by
winner. Winner is solely responsible for any required software
application for access to mobile ticket delivery. Sponsor shall not
be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen
delivery; or any incorrect delivery address or information 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.
The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a prize will
govern in the event of any cancellation, postponed, rescheduling or attendance
restriction due to any Force Majeure Event including weather, pandemic, an Act
of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other
reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for event date delay,
rescheduling, postponement or cancellation due to any Force Majeure
Event or any other event that may cause the cancellation, rescheduling or
postponement of the event as scheduled. No substitute prize award or
compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any event
cancellation for any reason.
Grand Prize winner and guest shall be solely responsible for their
behavior while in attendance at the event, must follow the instructions of
Sponsor, policy of the venue/event and directions from any associated staff or
security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the
venue/event, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible, or offensive
manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any policy of the
venue or event, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guests
shall be ejected from the venue and event, and shall immediately forfeit the
prize award.
Winner and guest agree to comply with all
applicable Festival attendance rules, requirements and regulations in
connection with the prize award, redemption and use. Sponsor or Festival
Entities reserve the right to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her
guest who do not comply with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who
engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or
harass any other person. Winner and
guests shall be solely responsible for their behavior in attendance at any
Festival event, must follow the instructions and direction from any associated
staff or security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the Festival, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or
offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule,
regulation or policy, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and
guest shall be ejected or denied entry, and shall immediately forfeit the
remaining prize award.
Winner and guest must abide by all Festival
rules. Festival passes are subject to
age restrictions. Resale of Festival
passes is prohibited. Festival Entities reserve the right to revoke full or
partial prize from any winner or winner’s guest who it or venue/Festival
personnel deem may, in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk,
have violated any venue/Festival policy or law, or may bring Festival Entities
into disrepute. By claiming Festival tickets, you agree to the Festival tickets and Festival Entities terms of use, and to
abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time of the Festival, which may include, without limitation, wearing
masks, providing proof of vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative
COVID-19 test administered by an approved facility. Should the Festival be
cancelled, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible. Allow 2-4 weeks for Festival pass prize
delivery.
All
merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty, express or
implied. Prize winners must accept
delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped only to the designated
winner residential address as submitted during initial online registration
and/or as provided during winner notification, via the carrier as determined
and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other
Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor. Allow 8
– 12 weeks for merchandise 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.
TOTAL
ARV OF ALL AVAILABLE PRIZES: $5,940.
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. 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.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to
abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of these rules
he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the
stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used
the prize. Participation in Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the Sponsor
and its designees to use entrants’ names, cities, and states of residence
and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising and trade in any
and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on perpetuity without
limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless
prohibited by law. False, fraudulent or
deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants
ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this
Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or
participation in prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel
or activity related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Released
Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply
the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, pandemics, any
actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment
failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor
dispute or strike, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of
any kind, or any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
Entrants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of a 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 a prize winner 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.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible
entries received.
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
8/15/2025 to: Templeton Whiskey Small Town Big Stage 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 Infinium Spirits, 510 Market St., San
Diego, CA, 92101.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.