Team USA Winter Paralympics 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 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW).  VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED.  DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW. 

 

Sweepstakes Name:  Team USA Winter Paralympics Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).

 

Sweepstakes Dates: Sweepstakes registration begins at 12:00:00am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 3/1/2022 and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 3/8/2022 (the “Registration Period” or “Sweepstakes Period”).  The instant win portion of the Sweepstakes ends whenever all instant win prizes have been awarded or at 11:59:59pm ET on 3/8/2022, whichever occurs first.  The Sweepstakes grand prize drawing shall occur on or about 3/9/2022 as outlined below.  The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void outside of the 50 U.S. states or D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

 

Who may Enter:  Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia, who are age 18 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 or win:

(a)   Employees, officers, and directors of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), any official Olympic or Paralympic organization or entity (including the United States Olympic and Paralympic Properties, LLC, International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028), and each of their respective co-venturers, partners, franchisees, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, licensors or licensees, retailers, printers, legal counsel, professional advisors, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the design or execution of this promotion (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), grand children (including step grand children) and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.

 

How to Enter – Internet Entry: To enter, visit www.TeamUSASweepstakes.com during the Registration Period.  Each entrant must fully complete the online registration page with all required information including name, complete address (including city, state and zip code), valid email address, birth date, and phone number (including area code).  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 with all required information, and must be received by 11:59:59p ET on 3/8/2022 to be eligible.  Any online entry submitted with an invalid email address will be disqualified. 

 

Limit of one entry per person and per valid email address during the entire Registration Period, but once registered eligible entrants may participate in the instant win game (see below) up to one time per day during the remainder of the Sweepstakes Period.  Your registered email address may be used to login for each return visit to participate in the daily instant win game. 

 

If entering via a mobile device, standard data rates may apply, as dictated by your wireless provider. Data rates vary so you should contact your wireless provider for further information on your specific data rates.

 

Any incomplete or illegible entries 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 cell phone provider, network computer online systems, computer equipment, servers, or software, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes; or the failure to capture any such information or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of which will be disqualified.  

 

Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes or to be eligible to win a prize, and opting-in will not improve your chances of winning.  By participating and submitting an entry, participant agrees that Sponsor and Sweepstakes Administrator are authorized to contact entrant via email, text, mail, phone or any other form of media to make participant 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.  Participant may opt-out of any further email communication at any time, without affecting their entry or eligibility to win a prize, by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or following the provided opt-out instructions. 

 

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 or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  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.  False, fraudulent and/or deceptive entries or acts, including misrepresentation of age, or providing any false or incorrect information during registration, shall render such entries ineligible and such participants ineligible for any prize.  Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email accounts, identities, or any other methods void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. 

 

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 entering the Sweepstakes, participant affirms that s/he has read and accepted these Official Rules.  Any information collected by registering to enter the Sweepstakes or in connection with receipt of any prize shall be used only in a manner consistent with these Official Rules and with Sweepstakes Administrator’s Privacy Policy as posted on www.TeamUSASweepstakes.com or the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy as posted on https://www.teamusa.org/footer/privacy-policy, as applicable. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

 

How to Play – Instant Win Game (daily instant win prize awards):  After completing the online registration page (first time visitors) or logging in with your registered email address (for return visitors), click the link to the ‘Instant Win’ game play page.  The game play page will then display a virtual image of a Paralympic Team USA logo.  To determine if you are an instant prize winner, scratch the image of the Paralympic Team USA logo to reveal the message below.

 

Eligible participants have the opportunity to participate in the instant win game once per day, each day during the entire Sweepstakes Period.  Participants may return to the website to play the instant win game each day.  Each ‘day’ shall be defined as occurring between 12:00:00am ET to 11:59:59pm ET.

 

After scratching off the Paralympic Team USA logo to reveal the message below on the instant win game play screen, the website will determine if the participant is a daily instant win prize winner, and the participant shall receive an online message verifying if they are an instant winner.  If the participant is an instant winner, the participant will receive an instant winner confirmation message, prize description and an associated unique prize claim code on their results page.  If the participant is not designated as an instant winner, receives the non-winning results message, or has not received a valid unique prize claim code for any reason, then that participant will not be an instant prize winner for that game play attempt. 

 

Daily instant prize winners will be randomly determined throughout the Sweepstakes Period (one per day).  A maximum total of eight (8) potential instant winners will be randomly determined during the Sweepstakes Period, based upon randomly selected and predetermined winning dates and times.  The first eligible participant who participates in the instant win game at or following a pre-scheduled winning date and time, shall receive an instant win prize message, and shall be eligible to claim the associated daily instant win prize award (see below).

 

Claiming a daily instant win prize award:  Participants must print or record their unique prize claim code and must follow the online instructions provided. 

 

Daily Instant Win Prize Awards and Delivery:  The available daily instant win prize awards, number of prizes available and approximate retail value (ARV) of each prize are as follows:

 

Winner Date

Daily Instant Win Prize Award Description

# Winners

ARV

1 – 3/1/2022

Team USA Paralympics Coin Lapel Pin

1

$9.99

2 – 3/2/2022

Blue Team USA Panda Pin

1

$9.99

3 – 3/3/2022

Team USA Hello Kitty Coin Purse

1

$14.99

4 – 3/4/2022

Team USA Neck Pillow

1

$19.99

5 – 3/5/2022

White Team USA 24oz. Tritan Atlas Water Bottle

1

$14.99

6 – 3/6/2022

Women's Nike Heathered Gray Team USA Olympic Performance Cropped T-Shirt

1

$34.99

7 – 3/7/2022

Men's Nike Team USA Paralympics Performance Long Sleeve T-Shirt

1

$39.99

8 – 3/8/2022

Women's Nike U.S. Paralympics Legend Performance T-Shirt

1

$34.99

 

Daily Instant Win Prize Awards:  The maximum number of instant win prize awards available during the entire Sweepstakes Period are as listed above.  Sponsor reserves the right to award an alternate merchandise prize award of approximate equal or greater value, for any daily instant win prize at its sole discretion, based upon availability.  No more than the advertised number of daily instant win prizes will be awarded for any reason.  Each daily instant win prize winner will receive online instructions for prize redemption, and/or may be contacted by the Sweepstakes Administrator to confirm or coordinate prize delivery.  In the event any scheduled instant win prize is unavailable at time of prize award, sponsor reserves the right to substitute an alternate prize of equal or greater value at its sole discretion.  Total ARV of all available instant win prize awards:  $179.92.

 

IMPORTANT:  In the event of any technical or programming errors, tampering, or any error or malfunction of any kind that results in more than the scheduled number of participants being notified they are an instant prize winner – then all such claimants shall be placed into a random drawing, and the actual scheduled number of instant prize winners as listed above will be randomly selected from all eligible participants receiving an instant win prize notification or submitting an instant winning prize claim.  The maximum number of instant win prize awards are as listed above, regardless of the number of participants who claim to have received, or who have actually received, an instant win online prize notification.

 

Sweepstakes Grand Prize Drawing – Winner Selection and Notification (maximum of 1 grand prize winner):  All eligible entrants will receive one automatic entry into the random grand prize drawing for completing the online registration during the Registration Period.  Sponsor appointed Sweepstakes Administrator shall conduct a random grand prize drawing on or about March 9, 2022, or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible, in Woodbridge, NJ from among all eligible entries received as of the date and time of the drawing, to select a total of one (1) potential grand prize winner (see grand prize award description below).

 

The potential grand prize winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email beginning on or about March 9, 2022.  If the Sweepstakes Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with the selected potential grand prize winner by phone after 3 attempts within a 48-hour period from the initial attempt to the phone number listed on that participant’s entry, then that participant may be disqualified, and at Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate potential grand prize winner may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above. 

 

Grand Prize – Maximum of (1) grand prize award available:  The Grand Prize winner shall receive a Team USA Winter Paralympic athlete merchandise kit consisting of the Team USA merchandise items as solely determined and designated by Sponsor with a maximum retail value of $1,500.  Sizes based upon availability and as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Sponsor reserves the right to award alternate merchandise item(s) of approximate equal or greater value, if any merchandise item(s) scheduled to be included in the merchandise kit are unavailable at time of prize award, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

 

General Prize Conditions:  EACH POTENTIAL WINNER OF ANY DAILY INSTANT WIN PRIZE OR THE GRAND PRIZE IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SWEEPSTAKES ADMINISTRATOR OR SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES.  ANY POTENTIAL WINNER IS NOT A PRIZE WINNER UNLESS OR UNTIL THE POTENTIAL WINNER’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND THE POTENTIAL WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.

 

During the winner notification and/or verification process, any potential winner must confirm his/her eligibility and indicate his/her willingness to accept the applicable prize. If the selected potential winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, is unable or unwilling to accept the prize in accordance with the requirements of these Official Rules, or elects to decline the prize, he/she will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate potential winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above.  Any disqualified participant will not receive any alternate prize, substitution or compensation. Prizes cannot be exchanged for cash value.

 

All of the following will apply to each prize winner: 1) each 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 grand prize winner) in order to be eligible to claim any prize; 2) prize winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID with valid residential address as a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and (3) prize winner shall be solely responding 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. The grand prize winner may be required to provide, and/or may be issued, additional documentation or information (including providing a W-9 form, and receiving a 1099 tax form for value of grand prize).

 

All prize winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Prize shall be shipped to the designated winner’s residential address, as provided at the time of entry and/or winner notification, via USPS or other Sponsor designated shipping/mail carrier, or as otherwise designated by Sponsor.  Allow approximately 8 – 12 weeks for delivery.  

 

Once shipped, prize shall be considered awarded, delivered and fulfilled, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any prize shipment that is lost, late, delayed, undelivered, misdirected, misdelivered, damaged or stolen, or any incorrect, incomplete or illegible shipping address provided by winner.  In the event of any delivery issues, prize award shall not be replaced or substituted with any alternate prize award or compensation.  Winner shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier and not to Sponsor or any of the other Released Parties for any delivery issues.

 

All other costs and expenses related to prize delivery, acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of each winner, including but not limited to delivery charges, travel, or any incidental expenses.  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 merchandise prizes are awarded as-is, without any warranty, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose), by Sponsor.  Failure to collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these Official 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. 

 

NOTE:  In the event any prize winner is considered a minor in his/her state/province of residence, the prize(s) shall be awarded to the winner’s legal parent or guardian, and the legal parent or guardian shall be required to complete any necessary paperwork on behalf of the prize winner, and accept delivery of the prize on behalf of the prize winner.

 

Decisions of the Sweepstakes Administrator and Sponsor in the selection and determination of any prize winners, the award of any prizes and all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding in all respects.

 

Social Media Disclaimer: By entering this Sweepstakes, participant fully releases and discharges Facebook Inc., Instagram, Inc. and Twitter, Inc., or any other social media platform or forum where this Sweepstakes is promoted or administered by Sponsor or Sweepstakes Administrator (each, a “Social Platform”), from and against any and all liability associated with or arising from the promotion or administration of this Sweepstakes. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR ADMINISTERED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SOCIAL PLATFORM. Sweepstakes Administrator shall be solely responsible for the lawful administration of this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, for maintaining and enforcing these Official Rules, for verifying all eligibility requirements and ensuring that this Sweepstakes complies with all applicable local, state and federal laws. Sponsor and/or Sweepstakes Administrator shall be responsible for ensuring that the promotion and administration of this Sweepstakes complies with any applicable community guidelines or terms of use for each applicable Social Platform, including Facebook’s Community Standards, Instagram’s Community Guidelines, and Twitter’s Rules. Any entrant found to have used multiple accounts on any Social Platform to enter or win shall be declared ineligible to participate. Multiple entries from the same account user on any Social Platform in any single day shall not be accepted.

 

Additional Rules & Restrictions:  By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Sweepstakes 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 received the prize.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, participant’s entry and participation in this Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’ name, cities and states of residence and/or aural and visual likenesses for purposes of advertising, marketing, promotional purposes and trade (including in a public-facing winners list) in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide and in perpetuity, without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission.  False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrant ineligible for any prize.

 

By participating, entrants agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, the Sweepstakes Administrator, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028, and all other Released Parties, from and against any and all claims, losses, actions, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) or damages of any kind, whether punitive, special actual, indirect, incidental or consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses (including loss of use or loss of profits or data) or expenses, whether arising at law or equity, and whether arising in an action in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, or whether known or unknown, arising out of or relating to this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, 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.  In no event shall the aggregate liability of the Released Parties arising out of or relating to the Sweepstakes exceed the value of any prize awarded. To the extent limited by law, the foregoing limitations shall not limit liability for personal injury or property damages caused by a Released Party’s gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud.    

 

Released Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for any delay or failure to administer the Sweepstakes and/or 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. 

 

Participants are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. The Released Parties disclaim 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 Released Parties’ control, or otherwise. The Released Parties disclaim any liability for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors. The Released Parties disclaim 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 all or any part of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize winners.  Sponsor and/or Sweepstakes Administrator, in their sole discretion, reserve the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes website.

 

Sponsor and/or Sweepstakes Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Official Rules.  Any provision of these Official Rules deemed unenforceable will be enforced to the greatest extent permissible, and the remainder of these Official Rules will remain in effect.  The use of the terms “include” or “including” in these Official Rules is illustrative and not limiting.

 

Sweepstakes Administrator and/or Sponsor reserve 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 and/or Sweepstakes 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 and/or Sweepstakes Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor and/or Sweepstakes Administrator reserve 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 California; (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 California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

 

Odds:  Odds of winning a daily instant win prize award are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received, and daily participation.  Odds of winning the grand prize are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received as of the date and time of the grand prize drawing.

 

Official Rules & Winners List:  For a copy of these Official Rules, or the name of prize winner(s) of prize values over $25, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 5/15/2022 to: Team USA Winter Paralympics Sweepstakes, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ  07095.  PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, Official Rules or winners list.  VT residents may omit return postage.

 

Sponsor/Administrator:  This Sweepstakes is sponsored by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Properties, LLC, 10900 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA  90024-6527; and administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ  07095.

 

 

Prize manufacturers are not sponsors of the Sweepstakes and are not in any way responsible for the administration of the Sweepstakes, the verification of winners or the fulfillment of prizes, and have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in the Sweepstakes or any prize.  All inquiries regarding the Sweepstakes should be direct to Sponsor or Sweepstakes Administrator, Million Dollar Media.