Chateau Ste. Michelle EPIC Ski Pass 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 COLORADO, 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: Chateau Ste. Michelle EPIC Ski
Passl Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Mountain
Time (“MT”) on 9/1/2024 and ends at
11:59:59pm MT on 10/31/2024 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void outside of the state of Colorado, and
wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S.
residents of Colorado, who are age 21 or older as of date of entry, and have a
valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID (each a “Qualified Person”
and, collectively, the “Qualified Persons”), 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;
(b)
any
and all other companies associated with the design or execution of this promotion;
(c)
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; and,
(d)
the
members of the immediate families or households, whether or
not related, of any of the above ((a) – (d), collectively, are the
“Released Parties”). “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.CSMEpicSkiCO.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 MT on 10/31/2024 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/or Administrator 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 5 grand prize winners): Sponsor will conduct a random prize drawing to be
held on or about 11/1/2024 from among
all eligible entries received to randomly select five (5) potential grand prize
winners.
Maximum of one prize award
per person, email address or household during the entire Sweepstakes
period. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available, then associated prize award(s) shall not
be awarded for that drawing.
Potential
winners 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 the 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, each 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 winners 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 (for prizes valued over $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 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, and winner shall be issued a 1099
form reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 5 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a grand
prize winner shall be awarded one (1) Colorado Local EPIC Ski Pass (“Ski Pass”)
for the 2024-2025 ski season. Ski Pass
is valid only at eligible and participating ski resorts covered in the Ski Pass
terms and conditions, including any expiration.
Each grand prize has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $746.
Prize
winners must accept prize and delivery of prize 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, delivered/transferred via
mobile delivery or shipped, prize shall be
considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for
actual receipt of delivery by winner. Winner is solely responsible
for any required software application for access to mobile ticket
delivery. 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.
The terms and conditions of the Ski Pass awarded
as a prize will govern in the event of any cancellation, postponed,
rescheduling or attendance restriction due to any Force Majeure Event including
weather, pandemic, an Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work
stoppage or any other reason.
Each winner shall be solely responsible for
their behavior while in attendance at any ski resort included with Ski Pass
admittance, must follow the instructions of Sponsor, policy of the venue/resort
and directions from any associated staff or security. If any winner violates
the standards of the venue/resort, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible, or offensive manner, or is deemed by
staff or security to have violated any policy of the venue or resort, or to be
a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected from the
venue, resort, or property, and shall immediately forfeit the prize award.
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: $3,730.
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 in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to forever release, discharge,
indemnify, defend, and hold all Released Parties harmless from and waive any
and all claims, losses, liabilities, actions, and actions or damages of any
kind, howsoever caused and whether actual, incidental or consequential, by
negligence, any intentional act or otherwise, 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. Each entrant further agrees to
defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties and their insurers
from and against any and all damages, costs, judgments, and/or expenses
(including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and/or other legal fees) they may
incur as a result of claims made against them in connection with either (a)
entrant’s participation in or in connection with the Sweepstakes, or (b) the
receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including but not limited to the
substitution or changing of any prize) awarded in the Sweepstakes.
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.
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
12/15/2024 to: Chateau Ste. Michelle EPIC Ski Pass 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.