Lagunitas Wedding Crashers Contest
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST 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) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF
ENTRY. VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER
PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS
CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF
SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL
WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Contest
Name: Lagunitas Wedding Crashers
Contest (the “Contest”).
Contest Dates: The contest registration period begins
at 12:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 10/22/2024
and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 11/19/2024
(the “Registration Period”). Contest is subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or
restricted by law.
Eligibility
– Who May Enter: Contest is open
only to legal residents of, and who are located within, the (50) U.S. or D.C.,
who are age twenty-one (21) or older as of date of entry, and have a valid U.S.
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 Lagunitas
Brewing Company (“Sponsor”), Million
Dollar Media (the “Contest Administrator”), and each of the
foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, any and all other companies associated with
the design or execution of this Contest, 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 Contest, 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. NOTE: if nominating
someone other than yourself, the nominee may not be included in the
aforementioned groups: Release Parties or Immediate Family Members.
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.lagunitas.com/wedding-crashers 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), date of
birth, state of residence, the person they are nominating (self, or someone
else) and their essay, photo, or video submission answering the question “Why do you want Lagunitas to crash the wedding of yourself
or someone you know?” (the “Contest Submission”). Essay submissions must be 500 words or less. Photo submissions must meet file format
guidelines. Video submissions must be 20
seconds or less and meet file format guidelines. IMPORTANT: In order to be eligible to win, Contest
Submission must be about a human being who is 21 years of age or older, and who
are a legal U.S. resident of the fifty (50) United States or District of
Columbia. Your Contest Submission may be about yourself or someone you know. After having read and agreed to these Official Rules, and
agreeing to receive offers and updates via email from Sponsor, click the submit
button to submit your online entry.
All entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59pm ET on 11/19/2024 to be eligible. Entrants may only
submit either an essay, photo, or video submission, not all three. Maximum of one entry per person and per valid
email address during the entire Registration Period.
a.
After
completing your entry, you will have the option to share the Contest utilizing
a personalized URL link provided on the entry confirmation page. If you choose
to share the URL, you will earn one (1) vote for your submission for each
entrant who completes an entry utilizing your shared personalized URL link. Votes will be counted as part of the Contest
judging process (see details below).
Any incomplete or ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with
an invalid or false email address, phone number or other incorrect information will
be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for
lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible,
damaged, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed
under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or
received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human
intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or
the failure to capture any such information for any reason including
programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any
electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network
connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Contestants
may opt out of Email notifications at any time, without affecting their entry,
by following provided opt-out instructions.
By participating and submitting an
entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact contestant via email, mail, phone or any other form of media to make
contestant aware of information pertinent to the Contest, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
promotional offers, or coupons. Contestants may opt-out of any further email
communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Each
participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address or name, or providing any
false email addresses or information, will be disqualified and ineligible to
claim any prize. Any attempt by any
participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using
same, multiple/different emails, identities, or any other methods void that
participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or automated
entries permitted. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in
disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void. False and/or deceptive entries or acts,
including misrepresentation of age, shall render such entries ineligible.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized
account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he must be eligible according
to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person
assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address. Proof of being the authorized account holder
may be required.
By
registering to enter the Contest, you affirm that you have read and accepted
these Official Contest Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and
will not be returned. All contestants agree to be bound by and
abide by the official rules of the Contest.
Essay, Photo, and Video Contest
Submission Requirements (Why do you want Lagunitas to crash the wedding of
yourself or someone you know?) Sponsor reserves the right in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any submission for any reason that it considers to
not be appropriate for the Contest. Submission
restrictions include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:
·
Submission
must be the Contestant’s own original creation;
·
May
not be, or ever have been, submitted in any competition or contest of any kind;
·
May
not be submitted by any individual under 21 years of age;
·
May
not use any name, likeness, or any other identifying element, in whole or in
part, of any person, living or dead, without permission;
·
May
not be subject to any third-party agreement or require payment or incurrence of
any sums to obtain further permissions of any person or entity as a result of
its use or exploitation of the idea or rights therein or portions, or modified
versions or derivative works thereof;
·
Except
as relates to the Sponsor or approved partners, not include trademarks or
copyrighted material not owned by Contestant, or material that is used without
permission (including but not limited to company names, works of art, or information
published on any media) or that otherwise infringes or violates the rights of
any third party (including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents,
trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or
privacy, moral rights (i.e., “droit morale”), or any other intellectual
property rights);
·
Not
include any unauthorized copy, text or plagiarism of any kind;
·
Not
be considered harmful to minors in any way;
·
Not depict or contain children or items
especially appealing to children;
·
Not depict or promote excessive or underage
drinking, drugs, tobacco or firearms;
·
Not
depict or promote over consumption or irresponsible consumption of alcohol
products;
·
Not
contain profanity, inappropriate, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, or
obscene content or language (which shall be determined by Sponsor, in its sole
and absolute discretion);
·
Not
contain any political or politically themed or motivated messages or
statements;
·
Not
defame, slander, libel, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks or any
other content that could adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of
Sponsor or any other individuals and/or entities affiliated or associated with
Sponsor, the Contest, or any prizes, the determination of which shall remain in
the sole discretion of Sponsor;
·
Not
describe, depict or include content that may be considered unlawful, harmful,
threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, religiously,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by
Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any Contest Submission for any reason.
Representation
and Release of Rights to Contest Submission: By submitting an
entry, each contestant represents that s/he has sole and exclusive ownership
and proprietary rights of any content submitted; has full permission and rights
to publish and release the content; and agrees that the content becomes the
sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may publish, display,
promote, or utilize content in any manner of its choosing in relation to the
promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor. Entry into the Contest and upload of any
content, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that
contestant’s content submission, photo, name, city and state of residence
and/or likeness for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law. Submissions
will not be acknowledged or returned by Sponsor.
In addition, by submitting any entry, each contestant
transfers any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such entry and content submission, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights" and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist, throughout the world, to Sponsor
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or content. Each
contestant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such entry, and/or content, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry,
content submission, and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with
other materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for
any reason whatsoever.
Sponsor
reserves the right to request proof from any entrant, at any time, in a form
acceptable to Sponsor, of any permission required or possibly required to use
such entrant’s entry in the Contest.
Failure to provide such proof, if requested, may disqualify such entry
from the Contest.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her entry) who tampers or
attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in
any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined
by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole and
absolute discretion. Any questions
regarding the number of entries submitted, eligible nominee or the authorized
account holder who submitted the nomination shall be determined by Sponsor in
its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY
CONTEST WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Grand Prize Winner
Determination & Notification (maximum 1 winner)
Judging and Winner Selection: Entries shall be judged by a Sponsor-appointed
panel of judges (“Judges”), (at least 1 of whom shall be an independent and
unaffiliated individual, as solely determined by Sponsor) pursuant to the
following guidelines, requirements and general criteria in the determination of
a winning Contest Submission:
On or about 11/20/2024,
Judges shall review, select and designate a maximum of one (1) potential grand
prize winner (“Potential Winner”) from among all eligible entries received.
Potential Winner Notification: The entrant who is designated as the Potential
Winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email. If the Administrator
is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected Potential
Winner by phone within 2-days of the initial notification attempt to the phone
number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then that
contestant may be disqualified and an alternate Potential Winner may be randomly
selected from among the remaining eligible entries received and notified as per
the procedures outlined above (time
permitting). Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification
process.
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.
If
the selected potential winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is
unable or unwilling to accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he
will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an
alternate winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible
entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting). Any
disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or
compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the
winners and all matters relating to this Contest are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release (“Paperwork”) signed by both the winner and their
travel guests, each age 21 or older (publicity release where permitted) and a
W-9 form; 2) Winner may be required to
present a copy of a valid social security card and a valid driver’s license as
a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and 3) Winner will be issued a 1099 form
reflecting the value of the grand prize award and is responsible for paying all
applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal
taxes) on all prizes awarded. Failure to
collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these rules will result
in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited
for any reason, finalist will not receive any other prize substitution or
compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be
awarded, except as provided herein.
Potential Winners who submit their completed Paperwork per the provided
instructions will be designated as a winner (each a “Winner”).
Grand Prize Award
(Maximum 1 winner): The eligible nominated person determined as
the grand prize winner shall receive a Lagunitas Wedding Crashers kit with an
approximate retail value (“ARV”) not to exceed $5,750, and shall include:
·
One
(1) Lagunitas branded wagon;
·
One
hundred (100) Lagunitas branded beer huggers;
·
One
hundred (100) custom beer labels
·
One
(1) $500 gift card from the Sponsor-designated gift card provider which may be
used towards the purchase of Lagunitas products; and,
·
$5,000
cash awarded in the form of a prize check made payable to the winner in the
amount of $5,000.
NOTE:
Gift card provider is
solely determined and designated by Sponsor and gift card is subject to the
terms and conditions of the issuing gift card provider, including any
expiration.
No alcoholic beverage is
part of any prize award. All merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as
is’ without warranty, express or implied.
Prize winners 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 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
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. Total ARV of grand prize award: $5,750.
General
Prize Conditions: Prize winner must accept delivery of
prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. All other costs and expenses related to prize
acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being provided
are the sole responsibility of winner. All income,
federal, state and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility. All prize awards are non-transferable and no
cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable
or greater value, at its sole discretion. All
prizes are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by
Sponsor. Failure to collect or properly
claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the
prize. If forfeited for any reason,
participant will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property
of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein. All properly
claimed prizes will be awarded. Any
unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to
abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Contest. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is
later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to
forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if
such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in Contest
constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’
names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law.
False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants
ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Contest,
or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in
prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity
related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Participants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue an entry
due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts
beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability
for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors.
The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or
failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic
transmission, or other delivery method.
Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical,
electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors,
malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or
delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines,
the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which
may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any
injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone
related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information
necessary to participate in the Contest.
Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind,
whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise,
relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitations,
errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest,
administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the game, the
processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize
winners. Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the
entry process or the operation of the Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest for
any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure,
government regulatory action or ruling,
fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or threaten the
integrity of the Contest, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a
computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration,
security, or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator,
in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest,
Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize winners from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
In addition, by submitting any Entry, each Entrant transfers
any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such Entry and content submission, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights" and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist, throughout the world, to Sponsor
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or content. Each
Entrant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such Entry, and/or content, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry,
content submission, and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with
other materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for
any reason whatsoever.
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 Contest, 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 Contest, 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 Contest, 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, the skill of the entrant in the creation of their
essay, photo, or video submission, and the decisions of judges.
Official Rules &
Winner List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of the prize winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received
by 12/31/2024 to: Lagunitas Wedding Crashers Contest, c/o Million Dollar Media,
P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.
Sponsor: This
Contest is sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Co., 1280 N McDowell Rd, Petaluma,
CA, 94954.
Contest Administrator:
The Contest is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.