Stone Brewing 30th Anniversary 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: Stone Brewing 30th Anniversary Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins
at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 1/1/2026
and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 12/31/2026
(the “Registration Period”). To qualify for the grand prize, you must
register by 11:59:59pm ET on 9/14/2026. 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 (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 Sapporo-Stone Brewing Co. (“Sponsor”), Million
Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), and each of the
foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated
with the design or execution of this sweepstakes (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 sweepstakes, parents (including in-laws), grandparents,
siblings (including step-siblings), children
(including step-children), grand children (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 applicable point of sale material using your mobile
device’s camera or directly visit www.StoneBrewing30th.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 11:59pm ET on 12/31/2026 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. 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 participant 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 participant to
obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same,
multiple/different mobile numbers, identities, or any other methods void that
participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. No
mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in
disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void. All
entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be
returned.
In the event of a dispute as to any online registration,
the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be
deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these
Official Rules. The “authorized email account holder” is the natural
person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address.
By registering to enter Sweepstakes, you affirm that you
have read and accepted these Official Sweepstakes Rules. All
entrants agree to be bound by and abide by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.
Winner Selection and Notification (maximum 2 grand prize and
2 first prize winners): A series of prize drawings
will be held on or about 5/15/2026, 8/15/2026, 9/15/2026, and 1/5/2027, from
among eligible entries received as of the date and time of each drawing to randomly
select a total of two (2) potential grand prize winners and two (2) potential
first prize winners according to the table below.
|
Drawing Date |
Available Prize |
|
5/15/2026 |
One (1) Grand Prize |
|
8/15/2026 |
One (1) First Prize |
|
9/15/2026 |
One (1) Grand Prize |
|
1/5/2027 |
One (1) First Prize |
NOTE: There is a
maximum of one (1) prize award per person or household
during the entire Registration Period. No more than one (1) grand prize winner
may be drawn from either Florida or New York.
If eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of
prizes available for a scheduled prize drawing, then associated prize award(s)
shall not be awarded.
Each potential winner will be notified initially by phone
and/or email following their selection. If the Administrator is
unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with the selected
potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification
attempt to the phone number 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. The potential winner
will then receive official notification via mail or 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 randomly
selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the
procedures outlined above. Any disqualified
entrant will not receive any alternate prize
substitution or compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in
the selection and determination of the winners and all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All of the following will apply to each winner: 1) Winner
will be required to complete and return, within 1-day of date of receipt, a
prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and
liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted),
and a W-9 form (for prize values greater than $600); 2)
Winner may be required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a
valid driver’s license as a condition of receiving any prize; and 3)
Winner is responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited
to all local, state and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded, and prize winner
shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize
award.
Grand Prize Award (maximum 2 winners): Each
grand prize winner will receive one (1) trip for the winner and one (1) guest,
21 years of age or older, to San Diego, CA, with a maximum approximate retail
value (“ARV”) not to exceed $3,300 and shall include:
· Coach class airfare for
winner and one (1) guest, from the Sponsor-designated nearest major metro
airport to the winner’s residence as provided during registration to San Diego,
CA (“SAN” airport);
o NOTE: If grand prize
winner resides within 250-miles of the greater San Diego, CA metropolitan area,
Sponsor reserves the right to provide one (1) $500 gift card toward ground
transportation in lieu of airfare. Gift
card as solely designated and determined by Sponsor and subject to the terms
and conditions, including any expiration, of the gift card provider policy.
· Two (2) nights in a
Sponsor-designated standard double-occupancy hotel in the San Diego, CA metro
area, subject to availability;
· VIP tour for the winner
and one (1) guest, age 21 or older, for both the Stone Brewing Escondido
brewery and the Liberty Station brewery;
o
Tour
dates and times are solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject to
availability.
· One (1) $500 gift card to
the Stone Brewing Tap Room and Gift Shop.
o
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the gift
card provider policy.
Travel
dates are solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject to availability
and blackout dates. Each grand prize
winner’s travel must conclude within 4-months of prize acceptance. Grand prize winners (and their guest) must agree to a video recording publicity release as
a condition of grand prize acceptance.
First Prize Award (maximum 2 winners): Each
first prize winner will receive one (1) Stone Brewing 30th
Anniversary Prize Pack containing Sponsor designated merchandise items (i.e.
shirt, hat, koozie, cooler, etc.).
Each first prize award has an ARV not to exceed $500.
NOTE: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. Actual
ARV of grand prize awards based upon final travel accommodations,
dependent on dates of travel and each winner’s home location. Each grand prize winner and guest must be at
least 21 years of age and will be required to execute and return a
liability/publicity release and video recording release prior to prize award
acceptance. All ground transportation
including airport and hotel transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked
baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort fees, incidental
expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and
federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in
the prize award are the sole responsibility of the winner. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost,
damaged or stolen luggage. It is
recommended that winner and travel companion obtain sufficient personal
insurance prior to departure. The winner
and travel companion hereby release Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or
verify any and all necessary ID’s, passports, visas
and tourist cards, birth certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other
travel requirements (“Personal Documents”).
Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or
stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other
documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel
Documents have been provided to each winner and travel companion.
Sponsor is not responsible for any travel delays, flight
delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize award, redemption
or use. If travel delays or difficulty
prevent arrival in time for any or all elements of trip or prize award, Sponsor
is not responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof. Winner and his/her guest must travel together
on the same itinerary. Any changes to completed travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole
responsibility of the winner, and are solely at the winner’s expense. Actual value of the trip will depend on point
of departure, destination and any airfare fluctuations. If actual value of prize is lower than the
stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the
difference will not be awarded to the winner.
Winner and travel companion are solely responsible for all costs
incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as
designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure
point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
Each grand prize winner and guest shall be subject to any
qualifying conditions prior to and during travel and for tour attendance,
including any local, state or federal government regulations in the departure
or destination location, airline and/or hotel requirements, or requirements
including any regulation or policy 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. Winner and guest are subject to
vaccination requirement and policy, and if unable or unwilling to comply with
requirements, then all related prize award elements for which they fail to meet
shall be forfeit.
Sponsor will not be responsible for any event or tour
delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation for any reason including but
not limited to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, Force Majeure, government
regulation or restriction, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work
stoppage, or any other reason. No
substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the
event of any event or tour delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation
for any reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
airline ticket, hotel, and tour policy and shall solely look to the airline,
hotel provider and/or tour organizer as applicable.
Each grand prize winner and their guest must be twenty-one
(21) years old and agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel provider
and tour attendance rules requirements, and regulations in connection with the
prize award, redemption, and use. Sponsor, travel, or tour providers 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 guest shall be solely responsible for their behavior while
traveling and in attendance at any tour or event, and
must follow the instructions and direction from any
travel provider or associated staff or security. If winner or guest violates the standards of
the travel or tour provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or
offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule,
regulation or policy of the travel or tour provider, 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.
Tour tickets delivery method is at sole discretion of tour
provider which will be either sent to winner by mail, email, mobile ticketing
or placed at venue Will Call the day of tour under the winner’s name. Grand
prize winner must be present to pick up tickets and a
valid photo ID will be required if tickets are placed at Will Call. Tour
tickets are subject to age restrictions.
Resale of tour tickets is prohibited. Tour provider reserves the right
to revoke full or partial prize from winner or winner’s guest who it or venue
personnel deem may, in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk,
have violated any venue policy or law, or may bring tour provider into
disrepute. By claiming tour tickets, you agree to the tour provider policies,
and to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time of the
tour, 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 tour be cancelled or access to
the venue be restricted, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible.
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
or emailed to the designated winner email 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 and/or emailed, 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. Winner is
responsible for any digital application, software, or hardware to claim digital
prize components. 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 the 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. 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, 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. Total ARV of all available prize
awards: $7,600.
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, the
Released Parties, and their designees to use entrants’ names,
likenesses, images, biographical information, and cities and states of
residence 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, 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 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 game, the processing of entries or in the
announcement of the prizes or prize winners. Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the
entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes website.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or
terminate the Sweepstakes for any reason including, but not limited to acts of
God, pandemics, force majeure, government regulatory action or
ruling, fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or
threaten the integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the opinion of the
Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem
corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes as
determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of
early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to determine
prize winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries
received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant
be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
Jersey.
Odds: Odds of being selected as a prize winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible
entries received as of the date and time of each prize drawing.
Official Rules & Winners List: For a copy
of these Official Rules, or the name of prize winners, send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to be received by 2/15/2027 to: Stone Brewing 30th
Anniversary Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge,
NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting,
official rules or winners list.
Sponsor: This Sweepstakes is
sponsored by Sapporo-Stone Brewing Co., 1999 Citracado
Pkwy, Escondido, CA, 92029.
Sweepstakes Administrator: The Sweepstakes
is administered by Million Dollar Media, LLC, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ
07095.