WhistlePig Whiskey Whole Lotto Pig Holiday
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: WhistlePig Whiskey Whole Lotto Pig Holiday Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes
Dates: Sweepstakes
registration begins at 12:00:00am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 11/1/2024 and ends at 11:59:59pm ET on 1/2/2025 (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. and 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 WhistlePig,
LLC (“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 applicable point-of-sale
materials using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit https://WholeLottoPig.com during the
“Registration Period”, then follow the online entry instructions to participate
in the Instant Win promotion and be entered into the Sweepstakes drawings. 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 1/2/2025
to be eligible.
Limit one (1) registration
per person and per valid email address during the entire Sweepstakes 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 (1) 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.
Instant Win – How to Play: 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 Sweepstakes Website.
The game play page will display a virtual image of a WhistlePig Whiskey
Whole Lotto Pig scratch card. To
determine if you are an Instant Win prize winner (see Instant Win prize
details below), virtually scratch the Lotto card image to review the
message beneath.
After
scratching the virtual image of the WhistlePig Whiskey Whole Lotto Pig scratch
card on the screen, the website will determine if the participant is a
potential Instant Win prize winner, and the participant shall receive an online
message verifying if they are a potential Instant Win program winner. If they are not an Instant Win prize winner,
they will receive a non-winning message.
If the participant is determined as a potential Instant Win prize winner,
they will receive a winner confirmation message, AND an
associated unique prize claim code on their results page. 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
an Instant Win prize winner for that game play attempt.
Eligible
participants may return to the Sweepstakes Website to play the online Instant
Win game up to one (1) time per day each day during the Sweepstakes
Period. Each ‘day’ shall be defined as
occurring between 12:00:00 am ET to 11:59:59 pm ET, and the Administrator’s
time clock shall be the sole determinant of the eligible time
period.
Instant Win prize winners will be
randomly determined throughout the Sweepstakes Period. A maximum total of one thousand one
hundred and five (1,105) total Instant Win prizes will be available and
potential winners will be randomly determined during the 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 associated prize award for that attempt (see below).
NOTE: There is a maximum of one (1) instant win prize
award per person, email address or household during the Sweepstakes
Period. After receiving a winning
Instant Win prize message or being determined as an eligible Instant Win prize winner,
participants may not be re-awarded another Instant Win prize during the
Sweepstakes Period to the same individual, email or household.
Claiming an instant win
prize award: Eligible participants receiving an online
instant 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 within two to four (2-4) weeks from their online
notification of being randomly determined as a potential prize winner.
All
of the following will apply to each potential instant win prize winner: 1)
instant win prize 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 (where permitted); 2) prize winner may be required
to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government I.D. and confirm
their residential delivery address as a condition of receiving any prize; 3) Winners are responsible for paying all
applicable taxes on prize(s).
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:
|
Instant
Win Prize Award Description |
Max.
# Available |
ARV |
|
$1.00 awarded
via Paypal or Venmo |
1,000 |
$1.00 ea |
|
$20.00
awarded via Paypal or Venmo |
100 |
$20.00 ea |
|
$1,000.00
awarded via Paypal or Venmo |
5 |
$1,000.00 ea |
Instant Win
Prize Delivery ~ ONLY available via Paypal or Venmo: In
order to claim or receive an available instant win prize award, eligible
entrants must have or create either a PayPal or Venmo account associated with
the email address (for Paypal) or mobile number (for
Venmo) provided at the time of initial online registration (see below). The instant win prize award shall be
available to be awarded ONLY via PayPal or Venmo per the requirements as
outlined below, and no alternate forms of prize delivery shall be available.
If any
potential instant win prize winner does not have or does not create a PayPal or
Venmo account associated with either the email address or mobile number as
provided at the time of initial online registration, they shall be disqualified
and ineligible to receive or claim the instant win prize award, and will not
receive any alternate prize award, prize substitution or compensation. (Prize award shall not be available to be
received by any entrant in any other form, method of payment or manner of delivery
including via cash, check, gift card, e-gift card or any other prize delivery
method, and any and all such requests for alternate
prize delivery shall be denied.)
PayPal or
Venmo Prize Award Delivery and Requirements for receipt of instant win
prize: All prize awards shall only be awarded
to the eligible entrant either 1) via PayPal to the entrant’s registered email
address as provided at time of initial online registration or 2) via Venmo to
the entrant’s registered mobile phone number as provided at the time of initial
online registration. There is no
opportunity to edit, update or change the submitted email address or mobile
phone number after initial online registration, regardless of any mistake by
entrant providing an incorrect or inaccurate email address or phone number,
landline phone number or any email address or phone number not associated with
a valid PayPal or Venmo account.
Sponsor is not
responsible for any eligible entrant who provides any incorrect information,
inaccurate or fake, false or fraudulent information, including incorrect
submission of a land-based phone number in the required mobile phone number
registration field for Venmo, or incorrect, fake, or false email address for
PayPal. All instant win prize awards
are subject to the terms and conditions of the associated PayPal or Venmo
account policy.
·
Existing PayPal
or Venmo Account: If entrant has a
current PayPal
account associated with the email address used to register, or a current Venmo account associated with the mobile phone number used
to register, then the funds will automatically be deposited into the associated
PayPal or Venmo account, provided it is linked to the associated email address
(PayPal) or mobile phone number (Venmo), as provided at the time of initial
online registration.
·
New PayPal or
Venmo Account: If entrant does not have a current
PayPal or Venmo account, entrant shall be required to download the PayPal or
Venmo App and create an account associated with the email address or mobile
number as provided at time of initial online registration. PayPal and Venmo
accounts are free to download and use. PayPal and Venmo accounts are subject to
all terms, conditions, and policies associated therewith, and the Released
Parties (defined below) will not be responsible with respect to your use of
PayPal or Venmo.
Failure to have
or create a PayPal or Venmo account associated with either the email address or
mobile number, as provided at the time of initial online registration shall
result in forfeiture of the associated instant win prize award, and no other
prize or form of compensation will be provided.
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. Total maximum value of
all available instant win prizes: $8,000.00.
IMPORTANT: In the event of any technical 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 prize
winner – then all such claimants shall be placed into a random drawing, and the
actual scheduled number of instant prize winners as listed above will be
randomly selected from all participants receiving an instant win prize
notification or submitting an instant winning prize claim. The maximum number of instant win prize
awards are as listed above, regardless of the number of participants who claim
to have received, or who have actually received an
instant win on-line prize notification.
All other costs
related to prize delivery, acceptance and use are the responsibility of winner
including but not limited to all applicable taxes. Instant win prizes are non-transferable and no cash redemption or prize
substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided
herein.
Sweepstakes Grand Prize Drawing – Winner
Selection and Notification (1 grand prize winner): Eligible entrants will receive one
automatic entry into the random Sweepstakes grand prize drawing for completing
the online registration during the Registration Period. Following
conclusion of the Registration Period, Sponsor shall conduct a random prize
drawing on or about 1/6/2025 from among all eligible entries received, to
select a total of one (1) potential grand prize winner from among all eligible
entries received.
Potential
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 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 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 prize winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness to accept the grand prize award, as
designated by Sweepstakes Administrator (see below). The potential prize 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.
All of the following will apply to the
potential 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 (where permitted); and a W-9 form (if prize
value exceeds $600); 2) prize winner may be required to present a copy of a
valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID with valid residential
address as a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and (3) prize
winner shall be solely responding for paying all applicable taxes (including,
but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that may be or become
due in connection with their respective prize award. Grand Prize Winner will be
issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the grand prize award and is
responsible for paying all applicable taxes on grand prize.
Decisions of the Sponsor
and Sweepstakes Administrator in the selection and determination of 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: $10,000
paid to the entrant via prize check, or as otherwise determined and designated
by Sponsor. ARV of grand prize: $10,000.
Grand
prize winner 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 method as designated by
Sponsor. Carrier will be as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e.
UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by
Sponsor.
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 or information 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..
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, shipping,
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. Maximum
retail value of all available prize awards:
$18,000, including grand
prize and instant win prize awards.
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 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 Force Majeure Event. The term “Force Majeure Event” as used herein
shall mean, without limitation, the following:
acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other labor or industrial
disturbances; acts of public enemies; war; cyber-attack; orders or restraints
of any kind from any governmental, civil or military authority or from any of
its departments, agencies or officials (except when such governmental action
results from a party’s failure or refusal to comply with any applicable law,
rule, or regulation); insurrections; riots; power failure or surges;
landslides; earthquakes; fires; storms; lightning; droughts; floods; explosions;
pest damage; viruses; plagues; diseases; epidemics; pandemics; acts or
omissions of communications or other carriers; and any other cause or event not
reasonably within the control of the Released Parties.
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
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 an instant win prize award are dependent upon the total number of
eligible entries received. Odds of being
selected as a grand prize winner 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 3/2/2025 to: WhistlePig
Whiskey Whole Lotto Pig Holiday 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 WhistlePig LLC, 2139 Quiet Valley Road,
Shoreham, VT 05770.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
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