Jameson® Irish Whiskey St. Patrick’s Eve
Contest
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE (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 CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE
OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR, ADMINISTRATOR AND JUDGES. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO
NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Contest
Name: Jameson® Irish Whiskey St. Patrick’s Eve Contest (the “Contest”).
Contest
Dates: Registration begins
at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 2/20/2024
and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 3/3/2024
(the “Registration Period”). The Contest is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void outside the (50) U.S. and D.C., and
wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Eligibility – Who May
Enter: Each individual entering the Contest (each,
an “Entrant”), at the time of entry: (a) must be a legal resident of the (50) United
States or D.C.; (b) must be 21 years or older; (c) must have a valid U.S. driver’s
license or government issued photo identification; (d) must have access to the
internet in order to enter; (e) may not be, or at any time since December 1, 2023,
have been, an employee, officer, director, member, shareholder, or agent of Million
Dollar Media (the “Contest Administrator”),
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC (the “Sponsor”), or any of their respective franchisees,
parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, suppliers, distributors, wholesalers,
printers, advertising and promotion agencies, or any and all other companies
associated with the design or execution of this Contest; or an employee,
officer, director, member, shareholder, or agent of any licensed alcohol
wholesaler, manufacturer, distributor or retailer of alcohol-beverage products
(collectively, “Released Parties”); (f) may not be an immediate family member
or household member of any individual identified in item (e) above. “Immediate family members” includes, for
purposes of this Contest, parents (including in-laws), step-parents,
grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings), half-siblings, children
(including step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and
each of their respective spouses and/or domestic partners, regardless of where
they reside. “Household members” means
people who share the same residence at least three (3) months per year.
How to Enter – Online
Registration: To enter, visit www.jamesonwhiskey.com/en-US/StPatricksEve during the “Registration
Period”. Entrants 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, and agreeing to receive offers
and updates via email from Sponsor, click the submit button to submit your
online entry. All entries must be fully complete for all required
information and must be received by 11:59pm ET on 3/3/2024 to be eligible. Maximum of one entry per person and per valid email address during
the entire Registration Period.
Any
incomplete or ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with an invalid or
false email address, phone number or other incorrect information will be
disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for
lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible,
damaged, 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.
Entrants may
opt out of Email notifications at any time, without
affecting their entry, by following provided opt-out instructions. By participating and
submitting an entry, contestant agrees that sponsor and participating parties
are authorized to contact entrant via email, mail, phone
or any other form of media to make contestant aware of information pertinent to
the Promotion, and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured
products, special events or promotional offers, or coupons. 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.
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, or providing any
false email addresses or information, 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 emails, 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.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized
account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he must be eligible according
to these Official Rules. The “authorized 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. Proof of being the authorized account holder
may be required.
By
registering to enter Contest, you affirm that you have read and accepted these
Official Contest Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and
will not be returned. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Contest.
Essay Submission Requirements: Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any essay submission for
any reason that it considers to not be appropriate for the Contest. Essay restrictions include, but are not
limited to, the following requirements:
Representation
and Release of Rights to Essay Submissions: By submitting any essay,
each Entrant represents that s/he has sole and exclusive ownership and
proprietary rights of all essay content submitted; has full permission of all
parties described within the essay to publish and release their information, activities,
images and actions described within the essay; and agrees that each essay
submission becomes the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may
publish, display, promote, or utilize essay (or any elements contained within) in
any manner of its choosing in relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest
or Sponsor. Entry into the Contest and submission
of an essay, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use
that Contestant’s essay, name, city and state of residence
and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now
or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without limitation or further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. Essay submissions will not be acknowledged or
returned by Sponsor.
Sponsor
reserves the right to request from any Entrant at any time proof, in a form
acceptable to Sponsor, of any permission required or possibly required to use
such Entrant’s Essay. Failure to provide
such proof, if requested, may disqualify such entry from the Contest.
Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and all of his or her entries) who tampers or attempts to tamper
with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in any way or who is otherwise
in violation of these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor or the Contest
judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion. Any questions regarding the number of entries
submitted or the authorized account holder shall be determined by Sponsor in
its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY CONTEST
WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION
OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE,
SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Judging of Essay Submissions –
Determination and selection of fifteen (15) potential winners: On
or about 3/4/2024, a panel of judges
as solely determined and appointed by Sponsor/Contest Administrator shall
review, select and designate a maximum of fifteen (15)
total potential prize winners (see judging criteria below) from among all eligible
entry and essay submissions received.
Only the fifteen
(15) entries as selected by the judges shall be designated as potential prize
winners (see prize description below). All other entries shall be disqualified and ineligible
to receive any prize award.
Judging Criteria: Entrants
shall be judged by a Sponsor/Administrator-appointed panel of judges based upon
their essay submission pursuant to the following guidelines, requirements
and criteria in the determination of the potential winning
entrants:
Winner Notification: Each
potential winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email following
their selection. If the Administrator is
unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected potential
prize winner by phone within 24-hours of the initial notification attempt to
the phone number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then
that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be
selected from among the remaining eligible entries received 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 and ability to accept the prize. The potential winner will then receive
official notification and prize acceptance documents via email delivery. If any selected potential winner does not meet
the eligibility requirements, or is unable or
unwilling to accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be
disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner
will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per
the procedures outlined above (time
permitting). Any disqualified contestant
will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Sponsor, Administrator and Judges in the selection and determination of the
potential prize winners and all matters relating to this Contest are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 1-day of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity
release signed by both the winner and their travel guest, age 21 or older (publicity
release where permitted) and a W-9 form; 2) Winner may be required to present a copy of
a valid social security card and a valid driver’s license as a condition of receiving
any prize; and 3) Winner will be issued
a 1099 form reflecting the value of the grand prize award and is responsible
for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state
and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded.
Failure to collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these
rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.
If forfeited for any reason, finalist 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.
Failure
to collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these rules will
result in forfeiture of the prize. If
forfeited for any reason, finalist 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.
Grand Prize Awards
(Maximum 15 winners):
Each grand prize winner shall receive trip for two (2) (winner and one (1) guest age 21 or older)
to New York, NY to attend the Jameson St. Patrick’s Eve party in Times Square (scheduled for Saturday, March 16, 2024).
Travel dates are scheduled for Friday, 3/15/2024 – Sunday, 3/17/2024, based
upon availability and subject to change at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Each grand prize has an approximate retail
value (“ARV”) of $2,250, and includes:
NOTE: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. Grand prize winner
and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence (and
at least twenty-one (21)) and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity
release prior to prize award. Travel
dates are based upon availability, and at the sole discretion of Sponsor, and
must be completed by 3/17/2024 or as otherwise specified by Sponsor, or
prize shall be forfeit.
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. Coach class airfare shall be the basic
economy non-refundable fare on the Sponsor designated airline and does not
include any pre-selected seats, seat or cabin
upgrades. Sponsor is not responsible for
late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage.
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. 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 when it is procured and fulfilled, then the
difference will not be awarded to the winner.
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.
Travel is subject to the local regulations, policy and terms and
conditions of airline, hotel and departure and arrival destination for any
COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination requirements. It shall be the
sole responsibility of winner and guest to provide any required documentation
to vaccination or testing prior to or during travel. All costs
associated with vaccination, testing and quarantine requirements are solely the
responsibility of winner and guest.
Winner and guest shall be subject to any qualifying
conditions prior to and during travel and for the St. Patrick’s Eve party event
attendance, including any local, state or federal government
regulations in the departure or destination location, airline and/or hotel
requirements, or St. Patrick’s Eve event requirements including any regulation
or policy related to COVID-19 testing requirements and/or vaccination status. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest. Winner and guest are subject to vaccination
requirement and policy, and if unable or unwilling to comply with requirements,
then all related prize award elements for which they fail to meet shall be
forfeit.
Sponsor
is not responsible for any event 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 St. Patrick’s Eve event delay, rescheduling, postponement, or
cancellation for any reason.
Winners
and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel provider and event
attendance rules, requirements and regulations in
connection with the prize award, redemption, attendance and use. Sponsor, travel
providers or event 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 and
in attendance at the event, 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 or event, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to be intoxicated or to have violated any rule, regulation or policy
of the travel provider or event, or to be a security threat in any manner, the
winner and guest shall be ejected or denied entry, and shall immediately
forfeit any remaining prize award.
General
Prize Conditions: All other costs and expenses related to
prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being
provided are the sole responsibility of winner. All income, federal, state
and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility. All prize awards are non-transferable
and no cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable
or greater value, at its sole discretion. All
prizes are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by
Sponsor. Failure to collect or properly
claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited for any reason, participant will
not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be
awarded, except as provided herein. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
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 Contest. 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 Contest 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 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 Contest,
or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in
prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity
related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Released
Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply
the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, any actions,
regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment failure,
terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor dispute or
strike, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, or
any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
Participants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue an entry
due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts
beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability
for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors.
The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or
failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic
transmission, or other delivery method.
Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical,
electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors,
malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or
delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines,
the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which
may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, 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 Contest.
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 Contest, including, without limitations,
errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest,
administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the game, the
processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize
winner. Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or
the operation of the Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest 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
Contest, 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 Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole
discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest, Sponsor reserves
the right to determine prize winners in a random drawing from among all
eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, 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 Promotion, 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 Promotion, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of
New Jersey.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a grand prize winner are dependent upon the total number
of eligible entries received, the skill and ability of each entrant in the
creation of the essay submission and decisions of judges.
Official Rules & Winner List:
For a copy of these Official Rules, or the name of prize winners, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 5/4/2024 to: Jameson Irish
Whiskey St. Patrick’s Eve Contest, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE SPECIFY
which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.
Privacy Policy: Sponsor shares your concerns about the
privacy of your personal information. By entering this Contest, entrants agree
to receive marketing materials, communications and
other materials from the Sponsor and/or any promotional partners whose products
and services Sponsor feels might interest entrants at a future date. An entrant
not interested in receiving future promotional offers should write to: [email protected] to notify the Sponsor that he or she
does not desire to receive such materials.
Sponsor:
This Contest is sponsored by Pernod Ricard, 250 Park Avenue, New York,
NY 10177.
Contest Administrator:
The Contest is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
TASTE RESPONSIBLY. Jameson ® Irish Whiskey. 40% Alc./Vol. (80 Proof). Product of Ireland.
©2024 Imported by John Jameson Import Company, New York, NY
©2024 Pernod Ricard USA, New York, NY