The Busker Irish Whiskey College
Basketball 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 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: The Busker Irish Whiskey College Basketball Sweepstakes
(the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes
Dates: Sweepstakes
registration begins at 12:00:00pm Eastern Time (“ET”) on 12/30/2022 and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 12/31/2023 (the “Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void outside of
the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Who
may Enter:
Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of, and who are located
within, the (50) U.S. or 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 The Busker
Irish Whiskey, Disaronno International,
LLC (collectively “Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), each of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated
companies, subsidiaries, distributors or wholesalers, alcohol retailers,
printers, 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), 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
signage using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.TheBusker.com/BuskItDiscovery during the “Registration Period”. Follow the online entry instructions to enter
and participate in the instant win game and be registered for the grand prize
sweepstakes drawing (see below). 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 12/31/2023 to be eligible.
Limit one registration
per person and per valid email address during the entire registration period. Once
registered, your registered email address may be used to login for return
visits to participate in the online instant win game up to one time per day (see below).
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, contestant agrees that sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact entrant via email, text, mail, phone or any other form of media to
make contestant 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. Contestants may opt-out of any further email
communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Any
incomplete or illegible entries 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 email addresses, 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.
How to Play – Instant Win Game: After
completing the online registration page (first time visitors) or logging in with
your registered email address (for return visitors), visit the instant win game
play page on the contest website. The
instant win game play page will display a virtual image of a Basketball and
Basketball Court. To ‘Go for Three’ and
attempt your virtual 3-point shot to determine if you are an instant prize
winner, click the image of the basketball.
After clicking the
basketball image on the instant win game play screen, the website will determine
if the participant is a potential instant prize winner, and the participant shall
receive an online message verifying if they are a potential instant prize winner. If they are not an instant prize winner, they
will receive a non-winning message. If
the participant is determined as a potential instant prize winner, they will receive
a winner confirmation message, AND an associated unique prize claim
code on their results page, along with their designated instant win prize award
(see below). If the participant does not
receive the winner confirmation message and a valid unique prize claim code for
any reason, or receives the non-winning results message, then that participant
will not be a prize winner for that game play attempt.
Eligible participants
may return to the contest website to play the online instant win game up to one
time per day, each day during the Sweepstakes period. Each ‘day’ shall be defined as occurring
between 12:00:00am ET to 11:59:59pm ET, and the Contest Administrator’s time
clock shall be the sole determinant of the eligible time period.
Instant prize winners will be randomly
determined throughout the Sweepstakes Period. A maximum total of fifty-eight (58)
instant prize winners will be randomly determined during the entire Sweepstakes
period, based upon randomly selected and predetermined winning dates and times. The first eligible participant who
participates at or following a scheduled winning date and time, shall receive a
winning prize message and unique prize claim code, and shall be eligible to
claim the prize award for that attempt (see
below).
Maximum of one prize award per person,
email address or household during the entire Sweepstakes period. After receiving a winning prize message or
being determined as an eligible prize winner, contestants may not be re-awarded
another prize during the entire Sweepstakes period to the same individual,
email or household.
Claiming an instant win prize award: Eligible
contestants receiving an online winner confirmation message, must print or
record their unique prize claim code, and must follow the online instructions
provided. Eligible prize winners will receive
a prize claim form via email within 2 – 4 weeks from their online notification
of a winning attempt or determination of being a potential prize winner (see
below).
Instant Win Prize Award and Delivery:
The available instant win prize award, number of prizes available and
approximate retail value (ARV) of each prize are as follows:
|
Max.
# Available |
ARV |
|
|
One (1) The Busker Irish Whiskey branded tshirt
|
(52) |
$10.00 |
|
One (1) $100 Fanatics.com gift card, towards a jersey of your
favorite College Basketball team. Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions of Fanatics.com gift card policy. |
(6) |
$100.00 |
Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any instant win prize award,
with alternate prize of approximate equal or greater value, based upon
availability. Total ARV of all available
instant win prize awards: $1,120.
Instant Win Prize
Awards: The maximum number of instant win prize awards
available during the entire Sweepstakes Period are as listed above. No more than the advertised number of instant
win prizes will be awarded for any reason.
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.
IMPORTANT: In the event of any technical, human 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 win prize winner – then all such claimants shall be placed into a
random drawing for that associated prize level, and the actual scheduled number
of instant win prize winners as listed above will be randomly selected from all
participants receiving an instant win prize notification or submitting an
instant win prize claim for that associated prize. The maximum number of instant win prize
awards for each associated prize level are as listed above, regardless of the
number of participants who claim to have received, or who have actually
received an instant win prize notification.
All
of the following will apply to each potential instant win prize winner: 1) Winner
will be required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a
prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity
release (publicity release where permitted); 2) Winner may be required to present a copy of
a valid social security card and a valid driver’s license showing current
residential address as a condition of participating or receiving any
prize; and 3) each winner is responsible
for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state
and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded.
If
the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach a potential instant prize
winner via email for any reason (including but not limited to incorrect
email addresses provided by entrant, junk/spam folder delivery, blocked delivery
or failure by any potential winner to check their email), then that contestant
may be disqualified. Note: phone messages will not be left
during the winner notification process.
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. Any disqualified
contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or
compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in the determination of the winners and
all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
merchandise 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 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.
Grand Prize Drawing – Winner Selection and
Notification (1 grand prize winner): Eligible participants will receive
one automatic entry into the grand prize sweepstakes drawing for completing the
online registration during the Registration Period. Sponsor
shall conduct a random prize drawing on or about 1/5/2024 from among all
eligible entries received to select one (1) potential grand prize winner (see
prize description below).
The
potential grand prize winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email following
his/her selection. If the Sweepstakes
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 attempt
to the phone number associated with his/her entry, then that contestant may be
disqualified and an alternate potential prize or first prize winner may be
randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries and notified as per
the procedures outlined above (time permitting).
During
winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness to accept the associated prize
award (see below), as designated by Sweepstakes Administrator. The potential winner will then receive
official notification via email and will be required to complete and return
within 3-days of receipt of prize acceptance document including affidavit of
eligibility and liability/publicity release form.
If
the selected potential prize winner does not meet the eligibility requirements
or elects to decline the prize, or does not return the required prize claim
form within the required deadline, 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
contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or
compensation.
Decisions of the Sponsor
and Sweepstakes Administrator in the selection and determination of all prize
winners, and all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 1 winner): The grand prize winner shall receive a trip
for two (2) (winner and one (1) guest age
21 or older) to Phoenix, AZ. Travel
dates shall be as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (scheduled for 4/7/2024
– 4/9/2024), and subject to change based upon availability. The grand prize
trip for two has a maximum retail value not to exceed $3,000, and includes:
No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. All
ground transportation, airport/hotel transfers, parking, meals, gratuities,
checked baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel
or departure taxes, 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 winner.
Winner and guest shall be subject to any qualifying
conditions prior to and during travel including any local government
regulations in the departure or destination location, airline and/or hotel
requirements, or any regulation related to COVID-19 testing requirements,
vaccination status or policy. 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.
Travel
dates are based upon availability, and must be completed by April 10, 2024 or
prize award may be forfeit. 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 and all elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not
responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost,
damaged or stolen luggage.
The
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, 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.
The 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.
Grand
prize winner and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of
residence (and at least 21) and will be required to execute and return a
liability/publicity release prior to prize award. It is recommended that winner and travel
companion obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to departure. 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 winner and travel
companion.
Sponsor
will not be responsible for any travel 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 travel delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any
reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline
ticket and hotel policy, and shall solely look to the airline ticket and hotel
provider.
Winners
and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline and hotel provider rules,
requirements and regulations in connection with the prize award, redemption and
use. Sponsor and travel provider 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 while traveling, must follow the instructions and direction
from any travel provider or associated staff or security. If winner or
any guest violates the standards of the travel 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
provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall
be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall immediately forfeit the
remaining prize award.
In
the event travel arrangements are unable to be booked due to a Force Majeure
Event, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to extend the
deadline for travel beyond 4/10/2024 or to award the winner an alternate prize
award of approximate equal value, in lieu of the trip and such alternate prize
shall be the full and final Grand Prize award.
General
Prize Conditions: All other costs and expenses related to prize
acceptance, redemption and use not specified herein as being provided are the
sole responsibility of winner, including but not limited to delivery charges, 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 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.
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, including submission of any false information, 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.
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 or terminate the Sweepstakes for reasons including,
but not limited to fraud, misconduct, regulatory requirements, acts of God, pandemics, or if any technical issues,
programming errors or 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 winner(s) 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 winning a prize award 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 winner(s), send
a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 2/28/2024 to: The Busker
Irish Whiskey College Basketball 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 Disaronno International, LLC, 80 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, LLC, P.O. Box
278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.