A to Z Gift Card 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 THE 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: A to Z Gift Card Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 6/1/2024 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 12/31/2024 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void outside of the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C.,
and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of the fifty (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 Ste. Michelle
Wine Estates LLC (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), each of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated
companies, subsidiaries, contractors, distributors or wholesalers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated
with the design or execution of this promotion, or any employees, officers,
directors, members, shareholders, agents, or advertising or promotional agency
of any alcohol-beverage retailers, distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers, or
any state alcohol commission (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
the applicable point of sale material using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.AtoZallyouneed.com during the “Registration Period”. 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 and zip code 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 12/31/2024 to be
eligible.
Proof of scanning QR codes does not constitute proof of completion
or submission of an Entry. To scan a QR
code, participants must have a smart phone or other web-enabled device with a
camera feature and QR scanner application and may incur data charges from their
wireless service provider. If you do not
have a QR reader already installed on your phone type “QR reader” in your
mobile device’s application store search field to find available QR readers for
your smart phone or other web-enabled device.
You will receive a response which will contain a link to download a QR
reader for your specific device. Data or
other rates may apply. Check with your wireless provider for details on these
and other applicable charges.
Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges. Not all wireless carriers participate.
All information submitted by Participant is subject to and will be
treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy accessible at https://www.ste-michelle.com/privacy.
By participating in the Sweepstakes, Participant hereby agrees that Sponsor may
collect and use their personal information, as detailed in the Privacy Policy,
and acknowledges and agrees that they have read and accepted Sponsor’s Privacy
Policy. All entries become the property
of Sponsor and will not be returned to entrant.
Every entry submission must be manually keystroked and manually entered
by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of
entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or sweepstakes service) will be disqualified and
transmissions from these or related phone numbers may be blocked.
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, entrant agrees that Sponsor
and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, text,
mail, phone or any other form of media to make
entrants aware of information pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
future sweepstakes, contests, promotions or offers. Entrants 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.
Maximum of one entry per
person or email address, per day for the entire Registration Period. Any incomplete or illegible entries will
be disqualified. Any entry submitted with an invalid email address
or other inaccurate, incomplete, false or incorrect information 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
entrant 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 entrant 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
entrant's entries and that entrant 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 the 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.
Winner Selection and
Notification (maximum 4 grand prize winners): Sponsor will conduct two prize drawings to be held
on or about 9/15/2024 and 1/1/2025 from among
all eligible entries received, as of the date and time of each drawing, to randomly
select a maximum of two (2) potential grand prize winners per drawing for a
maximum total of four (4) potential grand prize winners.
If
eligible entries are fewer than the scheduled number of prizes available for
any prize drawing, then associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded for that
drawing.
All
potential prize winners shall be notified via email following their selection
and determination as a potential winner, to the email address associated with
their selected entry. Entrants are
solely responsible for checking their email for any notification including junk
or spam folders. Sponsor shall not be
responsible for any incorrect email addresses provided at the time of
registration, failure in delivery of any notification email due to spam filter,
junk, quarantine or any other failure of delivery or receipt for any
reason.
If
a potential winner fails to respond, or the Administrator is unsuccessful in
its attempt to reach a selected potential winner via email notification for any
reason, within forty-eight (48)-hours from the initial notification attempt to
the email address associated with that participant’s entry, then that participant
may be disqualified and the associated prize shall not be re-awarded, except as
noted herein. During winner notification
process, the selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and
indicate their willingness and ability to accept the designated prize award (see
below). If any selected winner does
not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or
unwilling to accept the associate prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he
will be disqualified. Any disqualified
contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation.
To
be eligible for a prize, each winner shall be required to: 1) complete and
return in the manner as instructed by the Sweepstakes Administrator (via
online submission), within two (2)-days of notification, a prize acceptance
form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted); 2) if requested by Sponsor or
Administrator, present a copy of a valid social security card and/or a valid
driver’s license or government issued photo ID with residential address as a
condition of receiving any prize; and 3)
pay all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to, all local, state and
federal taxes) on all prizes awarded.
There
is a maximum of one (1) prize per person, email address, or household in this
Sweepstakes. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all
matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 4 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a grand
prize winner shall be awarded one (1) $500 gift card from the Sponsor designated
gift card provider. Gift card subject to
the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the issuing gift card
provider policy. Each grand prize has an
approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $500.
Prize
winners must accept prizes and delivery of prizes in the method as solely
determined and designated by Sponsor.
Prize shall be emailed or shipped only to the designated winner email
address given at the time of registration or to the residential address as
submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner
notification, via the carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e.
UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as
otherwise specified by Sponsor. Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once
emailed or 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 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: NOTE: No alcoholic beverage is part of any prize
award. 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, entrant
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. Total ARV
of all available prizes: $2,000.
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 this Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the
Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’ names, cities, counties, 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 release, discharge, indemnify, defend, and 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 acts of God, pandemics, 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.
Entrants
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 an entrant 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 Sweepstakes, 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, reschedule or terminate the Sweepstakes 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 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
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 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 Washington; (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 Washington, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction), that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a grand prize winner are dependent upon the total number
of eligible entries received as of the date and time of each prize drawing.
Official Rules &
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by
2/15/2025 to: A to Z Gift Card 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 Ste. Michelle Wine Estates LLC, 14111
NE 145th Street, Woodinville, WA, 98072.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.