US OPEN
SWEEPSTAKES PRESENTED BY HEINEKEN®
Full
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING A PRODUCT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE US OPEN SWEEPSTAKES
PRESENTED BY HEINEKEN® (“SWEEPSTAKES”)
IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF
DATE OF ENTRY. SWEEPSTAKES IS GOVERNED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A BINDING
CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS
CONTRACT INCLUDES CERTAIN RELEASES FROM YOU AND A LIMITATION OF YOUR RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES, INCLUDING A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents
of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 21 years
of age and older at time of entry except as set forth below.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following individuals and members of their families
(parents, grandparents, children, siblings, spouses) and immediate household members
(whether related or not) are not eligible for participation: employees,
officers, and directors of HEINEKEN USA Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media
(“Administrator”), each of their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, alcoholic
beverage suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers, alcoholic
beverage retailers, Sponsor’s advertising and promotional agencies, and employees, officers, and
directors of the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (“USTA”), USTA
National Tennis Center Incorporated and their family of companies, subsidiaries,
and affiliated companies. All federal,
state, and local regulations apply.
2. START/END
DATES:
Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on 6/15/2025
and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/9/2025 (“Sweepstakes Period”).
3. HOW TO
ENTER – INTERNET ENTRY: To enter, scan the QR Code on applicable point-of-sale
signage materials using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.Heineken.com/us/en/promos/usopen. Follow the on-screen entry instructions to be
entered in the Grand Prize drawing (see below). Normal time rates, if any,
charged by Internet service provider will apply. All Internet entries must be
submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/9/2025.
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Note: you may also enter the Sweepstakes online by finding
a Heineken US Open Sweepstakes Post or Sponsored Ad on Social
Media {i.e. Facebook, Instagram or X} or Web Banner Ad, and following
the entry instructions to comment or click where indicated to complete and
submit your online internet entry.
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Note:
each entrant who received a direct invite from Heineken via email to register,
may share their valid email address (that has been previously registered with Heineken)
with any eligible individuals (i.e. friends or family) to invite them to enter,
and to submit their valid ‘referral email address’ at the time of online entry
in the ‘friend’s email’ box as provided on the website. Eligible entrants who shares
their valid registered referral email address, shall receive one (1) bonus
entry in the grand prize drawing for each eligible invited individual who
completes the online registration and submits their referral email when
registering. Note: the entrant who
shares their registered referral email address must be registered and submit
their own online entry in order to receive any
available bonus entries.
By submitting an entry, entrants fully and
unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor
and its appointed agents, which will be final and binding in all matters
relating to the Sweepstakes. Limit one (1) entry per person per day
regardless of method of entry, except as noted above regarding bonus
entries. Any entry submitted on behalf
of another individual or using another individual’s information, providing any
incorrect, inaccurate, fake or false information during registration, or
attempting to submit more than the allowable number of entries by using
alternate names, emails, addresses, or other method shall result in all such
entries being disqualified. Please note that there is a limit of one (1) prize per individual,
household, street address, and/or email address during any six (6) month period
across all HEINEKEN USA Inc. promotions, regardless of brand (Heineken, Amstel,
Dos Equis, Murphy’s, Newcastle, Red Stripe, Strongbow, Tecate, and Tiger).
4. PRIZES:
All Sweepstakes prize details are at Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Any prize depiction is for illustrative purposes only and shall not
be relied upon. No part of any prize includes any alcoholic beverages.
Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. No substitution of prize by
winner is allowed, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value at its sole discretion.
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NOTE: there is a maximum limit of one (1) prize award per
person, email address or household during the entire Sweepstakes Period. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available for any prize level or total number of
prizes available for the entire Sweepstakes, then the associated prize awards
shall not be awarded.
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Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any prize award with an
alternate prize award of approximate equal or greater value, based upon
availability.
Grand
Prize (2): two
(2) grand prizes will be available to be awarded. Each grand prize consists of
a trip for two (winner and one guest age 21+) to New York, NY to attend a
2026 US Open Finals match in Flushing, NY including: round-trip coach class
airfare for winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older) from the nearest
major metro airport to winner’s residential home address as designated by
Sponsor to the Sponsor designated airport serving New York, NY (LGA, JFK, EWR);
three (3) nights hotel accommodations for two (2) people—one room, double
occupancy at a Sponsor-designated hotel in the New York, NY metro area; one (1)
$500 Gift Card towards a travel stipend, from the Sponsor designated gift card
provider, one (1) $500 Uber.com e-gift card towards ground transportation, and two
(2) tickets to attend one (1) Sponsor designated US Open match session for
either the 2026 Women’s or 2026 Men’s Singles Finals at Arthur Ashe Stadium in
Flushing, NY. Gift cards subject to the
terms and conditions of each gift card provider policy. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each grand
prize: $4,500. Total ARV of all
available grand prize awards: $9,000. (NOTE: if winner resides within 150 miles of
Arthur Ashe stadium, Sponsor reserves the right to award a $500 travel stipend,
in lieu of airfare. Travel stipend shall
be awarded as a gift card from the Sponsor designated gift card provider, and
subject to the terms and conditions of the issuing gift card provider policy.)
Winner’s guest must be twenty-one (21) years of
age or older as of the date of arrival. Winner and guest are solely responsible
for obtaining any required travel documents, including a valid passport where
applicable, vaccinations, COVID-19 testing or vaccination, and travel
insurance.
Any expenses or costs not expressly stated in
the description of the prize above, including, but not limited to, ground
transportation, hotel and airport transfers, parking fees, meals, incidentals,
gratuities, passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, airport fees, service or
facility charges, airline seat assignment or baggage check fees, personal
charges at lodging, security fees, taxes, or other expenses, are the sole
responsibility of winner.
Travel dates shall be as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor (scheduled for September 2026). Exact airline transportation, accommodation
details, travel dates, and terms to be determined at the sole discretion of
Sponsor. Transportation and accommodations
are subject to availability. Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply.
Once travel arrangements are booked, any penalties incurred as
a result of changes to travel (flight or hotel) are the sole
responsibility of winner. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or
stolen tickets, travel vouchers, or certificates.
Resale of tickets is prohibited. Prize winners must accept delivery of prize in
the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. mobile ticket
delivery or other ticket delivery method).
In the event of any mobile or digital ticket delivery, winner is
solely responsible for any required software application required to download,
accept transfer, access or redeem mobile or digital ticket delivery. Once transferred or delivered, prize
shall be considered delivered to winner and Sponsor shall have no
responsibility for any delivery that is delayed, damaged, lost, misdelivered,
not received or stolen.
Seat locations shall be as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability. Each ticket subject to all ticket terms and
conditions, as well as all policies and procedures, including security and
guest conduct, health and safety and applicable bag and prohibited items policies,
of the hosting venue and the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (“USTA”). Winner and guest must comply and abide
by all applicable venue and event policies and policies in connection with the prize, and follow the instruction of any event staff or
security. Without limitation of the
foregoing, Sponsor, USTA and the venue reserve the right to revoke tickets
and/or to remove or deny entry to winner and/or his/her guest who engage in a
non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse,
threaten, or harass any other person at any game, or whom are deemed to be
intoxicated, be a safety or security risk, have violated any venue or event policy
or law, and/or may bring Sponsor or USTA into disrepute.
US Open
schedule of play, as well as session dates, number of matches and starting times
(and the opening of the venue gates) are determined in the sole discretion of
USTA and/or venue, as applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and
conditions of the tickets awarded as a prize will govern in the event a match
is rescheduled, postponed, delayed, cancelled or attendance is restricted or
prohibited for any reason including due to force majeure, weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, government
regulation or any other reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any match delay,
rescheduling, postponement or cancellation, and no prize substitution shall be
provided by Sponsor in any such event.
All expenses and travel costs incurred as
a result of seeking, winning, and/or making use of a prize are the sole
responsibility of winner. Any expense or cost not expressly stated in the
description of the prizes set forth above is solely the responsibility of
winner.
All federal, state, and
local taxes, fees, and surcharges on any prize are the sole responsibility of
winner of the prize. Winners of prizes with a value of $600 or more will be
issued an IRS Form 1099-MISC early in the year following the year in which
prize was awarded for filing with his/her federal and state tax returns.
Sponsor complies with all tax reporting requirements. The amount of any tax
liability will vary depending on winner’s tax bracket.
5. ODDS OF WINNING:
Odds of winning are dependent on the total
number of eligible entries received.
6. WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND
VERIFICATION:
Potential grand prize winners will be selected
in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received, to be held on or
about 9/10/2025 to select two (2) potential grand prize winners.
Drawing will be conducted by Sponsor or its
appointed agent, and all decisions are final. Potential winners will be
contacted by telephone and/or email. If any potential winner cannot be reached
within forty-eight (48) hours of first notification attempt, if any prize or
prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if the potential winner
rejects his/her prize, or in the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules,
such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner
will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries. Upon forfeiture of
any prize, no compensation will be given.
All potential winners will be required to sign
and return, where legal, a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity
Release within three (3) days of receipt and notification that he/she is a
potential winner. No potential winner will be an official winner until his/her Declaration
of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release has been returned and
eligibility has been formally verified by Sponsor. If any potential winner
fails to comply with these Official Rules and/or to submit the required
documentation within the designated time period,
he/she will be automatically disqualified and the prize may be awarded to an
alternate winner, time permitting.
7. LICENSE AND RELEASE:
Participation
in the Sweepstakes and acceptance of prize constitute winner’s and guest’s
permission for Sponsor or its agents to photograph, film, and record each
winner and guest and to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness,
photograph, voice, biographical information, and/or any statements made by each
winner and guest regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor for purposes of trade,
publicity, or promotion without notice or additional compensation, except where
prohibited by law. By participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winner,
and guest acknowledge and agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Sponsor’s
advertising and promotional agencies, the United States Tennis Association
Incorporated, USTA National Tennis Center Incorporated, City of New York, and
their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners,
representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and
directors (“Released Parties”) from any and all liability for loss, harm,
damage, injury, cost, or expense whatsoever, including, without limitation,
property damage, personal injury, and/or death that may occur in connection
with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Sweepstakes, or participation
in, possession, acceptance, and/or use or misuse of any prize or participation
in any Sweepstakes-related activity, including, but not limited to, any claims
based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, and merchandise
delivery. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays,
diversions, substitutions, or omissions whatsoever by any other persons
providing any services to winner, including any results thereof, such as
changes in services or location necessitated by same. Sponsor is not
responsible if any part of a Sweepstakes prize cannot be awarded due to any
Force Majeure, pandemics, acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather,
or acts of terrorism. Sponsor shall not be liable for any loss or damage to
personal belongings. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules or who
attempt to interfere with this Sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified.
There is no purchase required to participate in the Sweepstakes or to win any
prize in the Sweepstakes. A purchase does not increase odds of winning.
8. ADDITIONAL TERMS:
Sponsor
reserves the right to alter, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes at any time
and with or without notice if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, the integrity of the
Sweepstakes becomes or is likely to become compromised in any way. In the event
the Sweepstakes is terminated prematurely, all eligible entries received prior
to the Sweepstakes termination or suspension date will be included in the next prize
drawing. No automated devices, bots, and/or other programs and/or software are
permitted. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and
will not be acknowledged or returned. Delivery of a prize will require a street
address located within the (50) United States or the District of Columbia. Sponsor
is not responsible for late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected,
technically corrupted, or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for
problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human, or electronic. Only fully
completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be
proof of receipt by Sponsor.
In case of a dispute as to the identity of any Internet
entrant, an entry made by Internet will be deemed made by the authorized
account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The
“authorized account holder” is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an
email address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or other online
organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner may be
requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized
account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.
If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running
as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, automated entries, fraud, technical failure, human
error, or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupts or affects
the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes,
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify,
or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, telephone or other communications malfunctions,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, or theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to, or alteration of
entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions
of any telephone networks or lines, computer online systems, servers, or
providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be
received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on
the Internet or at any website, any combination thereof, or otherwise,
including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer
related to, or resulting from, participation or downloading of any materials in
the Sweepstakes.
Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for printing, distribution,
or production errors and may, in their sole discretion, rescind, cancel,
suspend, modify, or revoke this Sweepstakes based upon any such error without
liability. If by reason of a printing,
computer, or other error more prizes are awarded in a prize category than the
number set forth in these Official Rules, all persons purportedly making valid
claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of
prizes available. In no case will more than the advertised number of prizes be
awarded. Antifraud detection devices may be used for verification purposes. In
the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other
statements contained in any Sweepstakes materials and the terms and conditions
of the Official Rules, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
Sponsor’s failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision. Headings are solely for convenience and will not be deemed to affect
in any manner the meaning or intent of the documents or any provision hereof.
Caution: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or
undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of
criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves
the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE
RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF ENTRANT’S ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE WEBSITES AND/OR THIS SWEEPSTAKES,
OR ENTRANT’S DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY
WEBSITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES.
9. DISPUTES AND GOVERNING
LAW:
The parties
waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection
with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Sweepstakes. Any
controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, these Official Rules
and/or the Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance
with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and
shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of
any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in New York City, New York.
THESE OFFICIAL
RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAWS AND RULES. For any matters that are not subject to
arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in connection with the
entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these
Official Rules and/or the Sweepstakes, the parties irrevocably submit and
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts
located in or closest to New York City, New York. The parties agree not to
raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
10. USE OF DATA:
Sponsor will
be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its
Privacy & Cookie Policy. Please review Sponsor’s Privacy & Cookie Policy
at https://heinekenusa.com/privacy-policy/. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant hereby agrees to
Sponsor’s collection and usage of his/her personal information and acknowledges
that he/she has read and accepted Sponsor’s Privacy & Cookie Policy.
11. LIST OF WINNERS:
To obtain a list of winners, send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope, with sufficient postage, to Winners List, US
Open Sweepstakes Presented by Heineken, P.O. Box 248, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. All
requests for a list of winners must be postmarked by 11/15/2025 and received by
12/1/2025.
12. SPONSOR: HEINEKEN USA Inc.,
White Plains, NY.
United States Tennis
Association Incorporated is not a sponsor of the Sweepstakes,
and is in no way responsible for the administration of the Sweepstakes,
the verification of winners or the fulfillment of prizing. All inquiries regarding the Sweepstakes
should be directed to Sponsor and not to United States Tennis Association
Incorporated.
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