DOS EQUIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE SWEEPSTAKES
Full
Official Rules
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THE DOS EQUIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE SWEEPSTAKES
(“SWEEPSTAKES”) IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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. dba Cervezas Mexicanas (“Sponsor”)
and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, alcoholic beverage
suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers, alcoholic beverage
retailers, and Sponsor’s advertising and promotional agencies. All federal,
state, and local regulations apply.
2. START/END
DATES:
The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time
(ET) on 8/15/2023 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 10/22/2023.
3. HOW TO
ENTER – Internet Entry: To enter, scan the QR code on the applicable point
of sale signage using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.DosEquis.com/Fan and follow the on-screen entry instructions to
enter. You may also enter by finding a Dos Equis
College Football Choose Your Adventure Sponsored Ad on Social
Media {i.e. Facebook, Instagram or Twitter} or Web Banner Ad, and
following the entry instructions to click where indicated to complete and
submit your online internet entry. Each
entrant, at the time of entry, must select an available “Choose Your Adventure”
regular season college football game and game date to be included in the
associated prize drawing for that prize award (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 10/22/2023.
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. 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 Promotion 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. Prizes are not transferable or
redeemable for cash. No substitutions of prizes by winners are 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 of one (1) prize award per person or household during the entire Sweepstakes
Period. There shall be a maximum of five
(5) prize awards from among residents of any individual State. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available, then the associated prize awards shall
not be awarded.
Grand Prize (9): Nine (9) Grand Prizes
will be awarded. Each Grand Prize consists of: four (4) tickets to the Sponsor designated
regular season 2023 College Football game (as selected by entrant during online
registration); and one (1) $500 gift card towards hotel from the Sponsor
designated gift card provider (i.e. Hotels.com), subject to the terms and
conditions of the issuing gift card provider policy. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute tickets
to an alternate game date, and substitute gift card from an alternate gift card
provider in its sole discretion. ARV of
each grand prize: $700. Total ARV of all
available grand prize awards: $6,300.
One potential winner shall be selected for each Sponsor
designated 2023 regular season College Football game as outlined below, based
upon entrant’s ‘Choose Your Adventure’ selection during registration:
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11/4/2023: Utah State at San Diego State
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11/4/2023: Texas A&M at Ole Miss
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11/11/2023: Arizona State University at UCLA
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11/11/2023: West Virginia at Oklahoma University
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11/11/2023: Mississippi State at Texas A&M
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11/18/2023: Chattanooga at Alabama
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11/18/2023: Georgia at Tennessee
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11/25/2023: University of Arizona at Arizona State
University
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11/25/2023: Florida State at University of Florida
Grand prize winners must accept delivery of ticket portion
of prize award in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. mobile ticket delivery, will call pick up at box office
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. Seat locations shall be as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability, and no other costs or
expenses associated with game attendance are included with prize award,
including any associated transportation, accommodations, meals, parking costs
or incidental expenses. Resale of
tickets is prohibited. Winner’s
guest must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
All tickets shall be subject to applicable capacity
restrictions and local government and/or venue regulations, including COVID-19
vaccination and/or testing requirements or policy. Each ticket subject to the
terms and conditions and policy and procedures, including rules of conduct, of
the stadium and team. Winner
and guest agree to comply with all applicable stadium and team regulations in
connection with the prize. Sponsor,
stadium and team reserve the right to revoke full or partial prize and/or to remove or deny entry to
winner and/or his/her guest who Sponsor and/or stadium or team personnel deem may, in their sole
discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any event or stadium
policy or law, may bring Sponsor into disrepute, and/or who engage in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive
manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person at
any game.
Game date and
time are determined in the sole discretion of the league and/or the team, as
applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and conditions of each
ticket awarded as a prize will govern in the event the game is rescheduled,
postponed, delayed, not played, cancelled or attendance is restricted or
prohibited for any reason including due to force majeure, weather, pandemic,
local, state or federal government regulation, an Act
of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other
reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any game date delay, rescheduling,
postponement or cancellation, and no prize substitution or compensation 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. Gift card use towards hotel
accommodations are subject to availability. Winner is solely responsible for any and all transportation requirements. Any expenses or costs not expressly stated in
the description of the prize above, including, but not limited to,
transportation, accommodations, hotel resort fees, parking fees, meals,
incidentals, or other expenses, are the sole 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 a prize are dependent on the number of
eligible entries received for each prize pool as outlined below.
6. WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND
VERIFICATION:
Potential grand prize winners shall be selected in a random
drawing to be held on or about 10/23/2023 from among all eligible entries
received to select a total of nine (9) potential grand prize winners, one per designated
game and game date as follows:
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One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Utah State at San Diego State game on 11/4/2023 as their “Choose
Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Texas A&M at Ole Miss game on 11/4/2023 as their “Choose
Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Arizona State University at UCLA game on 11/11/2023 as their “Choose
Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the West Virginia at Oklahoma University game on 11/11/2023 as
their “Choose Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Mississippi State at Texas A&M game on 11/11/2023 as their
“Choose Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Chattanooga at Alabama game on 11/18/2023 as their “Choose
Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Georgia at Tennessee game on 11/18/2023 as their “Choose Your
Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the University of Arizona at Arizona State University game on 11/25/2023
as their “Choose Your Adventure” game and game date during registration;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received
who selected the Florida State at University of Florida game on 11/25/2023 as
their “Choose Your Adventure” game and game date during registration.
Drawings 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 twenty-four
(24) 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.
Potential winners will be required to sign and return,
where legal, a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release
within one (1) day of notification that he/she is a potential winner. No potential winner will be an official winner
until any required paperwork 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 any required paperwork within the designated
time period, he/she will be automatically disqualified
and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
7. LICENSE AND RELEASE:
By participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants and
winners acknowledge and agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Sponsor’s advertising
and promotional agencies, 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 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 residential
street address located within the fifty (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 e-mail 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 e-mail 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, Dos Equis College Football Choose Your Adventure Sweepstakes,
P.O. Box 248, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. All requests for a list of winners must be
postmarked by 12/22/2023 and received by 12/30/2023.
12. SPONSOR: Cervezas Mexicanas,
White Plains, NY.
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