Buffalo Trace Distiller for a Day 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 (“U.S.”)
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: Buffalo Trace Distiller for a Day Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 9/23/2024 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 9/30/2024 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of 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 Sazerac
Company, Inc. (“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 or agents of any alcohol-beverage retailers,
distributors, wholesalers or manufacturers (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.BuffaloTraceDreamJob.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 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 9/30/2024 to be eligible.
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 entrant 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. 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.
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 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 Contest.
Winner Selection and
Notification (1 grand prize winner): On
or about 10/1/2024, a maximum of one (1) potential grand prize winner
will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries received. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available, then associated prize award(s) shall not
be awarded.
The
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 48-hours of the initial
notification attempt to the phone number and/or email address associated with
that entrant’s entry, then that entrant may be disqualified and an alternate
potential 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 winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the
prize. The potential winner will then
receive official notification via email delivery, including prize acceptance
documents which must be completed and returned per the provided instructions
and as outlined below. If any selected
winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to
accept the prize, elects to decline the prize or fails to return the required
prize acceptance documents within the required time frame, 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 entrant will not receive any alternate prize
substitution or compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in the
selection and determination of the winner and all matters relating to this
Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each potential 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
in order to be eligible to claim the prize (if prize value exceeds $600); 2)
winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or
government issued photo ID with valid residential address and a copy of a valid
social security card as a condition of receiving the prize, and (3) winner
shall be solely responsible 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, and winner shall be issued a 1099
form reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the grand
prize winner shall be awarded a trip for the winner and one (1) guest (age
21 or older) to the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY, and shall
include:
· Coach-class roundtrip airfare
for the winner and one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) from the
nearest major metro airport to the winner’s home to Louisville, KY;
o
Airline
and departure/arrival airports as solely determined and designated by Sponsor
and subject to availability.
o
If
grand prize winner resides within 250-miles of the Buffalo Trace Distillery or
the greater Frankfort, KY metro area, Sponsor reserves the right to provide a
$500 gift card toward ground transportation in lieu of airfare.
· One (1) night in a
double-occupancy standard hotel room in Louisville, KY;
o
Hotel
location, brand, room type, and date of stay as solely designated and
determined by Sponsor, subject to availability.
· Private car transfers
to and from Louisville, KY to the Buffalo Trace Distillery;
o
Car
type, dates and times of transfer service as solely designated and determined
by Sponsor, subject to availability.
· One (1) night lodging
at the Stagg Lodge located on the property of the Buffalo Trace Distillery;
o
Date
of stay as solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject to
availability.
· Dinner for winner and
one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) prepared by a private chef at the
Stagg Lodge;
o
Meal
type and service time as solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject
to availability and date of experience.
· One (1) VIP tour of the
Buffalo Trace Distillery for the winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older);
o
Tour
date and time as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.
· Meet-and-greet with Harlen
Wheatley at Buffalo Trace Distillery for winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or
older);
o
Date
and time of meet-and-greet as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor, subject to availability.
If winner’s selected distillery visit date cannot accommodate a
meet-and-greet with Harlen Wheatley, winner will forfeit the meet-and-greet
portion of the prize award and will not receive any alternate prize
compensation.
· Two (2) $100 gift cards
to the Buffalo Trace Distillery gift shop;
o
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the
issuing gift card provider policy.
· Opportunity to taste
the 2023 Buffalo Trace Prohibition Collection.
o
No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award.
Winner may opt to use the provided gift shop gift cards to purchase the
tasting as part of their distillery experience.
Grand
prize winner and their guest must complete travel prior to 5/1/2025. Travel date(s) are subject to black-out
dates, availability and the sole determination and designation of Sponsor, and
must be finalized a minimum of four (4) weeks prior to date of travel. The grand prize award has an approximate
retail value (“ARV”) of $2,600. Actual
ARV based upon final travel accommodations, dependent on dates of travel and
winner’s home location.
Grand prize winner and guest must be at least 21
years of age and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity
release prior to prize award. All ground
transportation including airport and hotel transfers, parking, meals,
gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort
fees, 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 the
winner. Sponsor is not responsible for
late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage.
It is recommended that winner and travel companion obtain sufficient
personal insurance prior to departure.
The 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 each winner and
travel companion.
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 trip or
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, destination and any airfare fluctuations. If actual value of prize is lower than the stated
ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the difference
will not be awarded to the winner. The
winner and travel companion are solely responsible for all costs incurred to
and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as designated by
Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure point unless
otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
The winner
and guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during
travel and for VIP tour attendance, including any local, state or federal
government regulations in the departure or destination location, airline and/or
hotel requirements, or requirements including any regulation or policy related
to COVID-19 testing requirements 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 will not be responsible for event or
tour 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 event or tour delay,
rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any reason, and winner shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of the airline ticket, hotel, and tour policy
and shall solely look to the airline, hotel provider and/or tour organizer as
applicable.
Winner and guest must be twenty-one (21) years
old and agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel provider and tour
attendance rules requirements, and regulations in connection with the prize
award, redemption and use. Sponsor, travel, or tour providers 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 guest shall be
solely responsible for their behavior while traveling and in attendance at any VIP
experience tour or event, and must follow the
instructions and direction from any travel provider or associated staff or
security. If winner or guest violates the standards of the travel or tour
provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is
deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of
the travel or tour provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the
winner and guest shall be ejected or denied entry, and shall immediately
forfeit the remaining prize award.
VIP tour tickets delivery method is at sole
discretion of tour provider which will be either sent to winner by mail, email,
mobile ticketing or placed at venue Will Call the day of tour under the
winner’s name. Winner must be present to pick up tickets and a valid photo ID
will be required if tickets are placed at Will Call. Tour tickets are subject
to age restrictions. Resale of tour
tickets is prohibited. Tour provider reserves the right to revoke full or
partial prize from winner or winner’s guest who it or venue personnel deem may,
in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any
venue policy or law, or may bring tour provider into disrepute. By claiming tour
tickets, you agree to the tour provider policies, and to abide by the health
and safety measures in effect at the time of the tour, which may include,
without limitation, wearing masks, providing proof of vaccination status and/or
providing proof of negative COVID-19 test administered by an approved facility.
Should the tour be cancelled or access to the venue be restricted, you will be
notified as soon as reasonably possible.
General
Prize Conditions: 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.
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 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 a 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 a prize winner 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 the 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 winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by
11/15/2024 to: Buffalo Trace Distiller for a Day 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 Sazerac Company, Inc., Sazerac Inc,
10401 Linn Station Rd, Lousiville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.