TECATE®
SUMMER GRILL SWEEPSTAKES
Full
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING A PRODUCT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE TECATE® SUMMER GRILL SWEEPSTAKES (“SWEEPSTAKES”) IS OPEN
ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER AS OF DATE OF ENTRY AND RESIDE IN THE STATES OF AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL,
IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, NV, NM, OK, OR, TN, TX, WA AND WI. 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 only to legal residents
of the United States residing in the states of AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS,
KY, MI, MN, NV, NM, OK, OR, TN, TX WA and WI, 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 6/1/2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/2/2024.
3. HOW TO
ENTER – Internet Entry: To enter, scan the QR Code on the applicable point
of sale materials using your mobile device’s camera, or directly visit www.TecateBeerUSA.com/summergrill and follow the on-screen entry instructions.
Normal time rates, if any, charged by Internet service provider will apply. All
Internet entries must be submitted by 11:59 a.m. ET on 9/2/2024.
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 prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prizes
will be awarded “as is” and any and all warranties
and/or guarantees (if any) shall be subject to the prize manufacturer’s terms;
therefore, winners agree to look solely to such manufacturer(s) for any such
warranty(s) and/or guarantee(s), if any. 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.
·
NOTE: There is a limit
of one (1) prize award per person, email address or household during entire
Promotion Period. If eligible entries are
less than the scheduled number of prizes available, then the associated prize
awards shall not be awarded.
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Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any merchandise item
with an alternate merchandise item of approximate equal or greater value, based
upon availability.
Grand Prize (16): sixteen (16) grand
prizes will be available to be awarded, per the designated prize pools as
outlined below. Each grand prize
consists of:
one (1) Traeger Pro 780 Grill. Exact
make, model, color and options subject to change as
Sponsor’s sole discretion, and as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute an alternate make or model of approximate equal value in its sole
discretion, based upon availability. Approximate
Retail Value (“ARV”) of each grand prize:
$999. Total ARV of all available
grand prize awards: $15,984.
Prize winners must accept delivery of prize in
the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped to the designated
winner residential address via USPS or other Sponsor designated shipping/mail
carrier, or as otherwise designated by Sponsor.
Allow approximately 8 – 12 weeks for delivery.
Once shipped, prize shall be considered awarded
and fulfilled, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, late,
undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery or any incorrect shipping
address provided; and in the event of any delivery issues, prize award shall
not be replaced or substituted with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look only to
designated shipper/carrier and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
All expenses and travel costs incurred as
a result of seeking, winning, accepting delivery 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 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.
5. ODDS OF WINNING:
Odds of winning a grand prize are dependent on the number
of eligible entries received for each prize pool as outlined below.
6. WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND
VERIFICATION:
Potential prize winners will be selected in a random prize
drawing to be held on or about 9/3/2024 from among all eligible entries
received for each prize pool (as outlined below) to select a total of sixteen (16)
grand prize winners. Potential winners
will be selected from within each prize pool as follows:
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of AZ;
·
Two
(2) potential winners will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants
who are residents of CA;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of CO;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of ID, OR and WA;
·
Two
(2) potential winners will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants
who are residents of IL;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of IN, IA, KY and MN;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of KS;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of MI and WI;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of NV;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of NM;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of OK;
·
One
(1) potential winner will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants who
are residents of TN;
·
Two
(2) potential winners will be randomly selected from among eligible entrants
who are residents of TX;
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 forty-eight
(48) hours of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is
returned as undeliverable, if a 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 three (3) days 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 following states: AZ,
CA, CO, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, NV, NM, OK, OR, TN, TX WA or WI.
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.
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, Tecate®
Summer Grill Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 248, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. All requests for a
list of winners must be postmarked by 11/2/2024 and received by 11/15/2024.
12. SPONSOR: Cervezas Mexicanas,
White Plains, NY.
ENJOY
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