Fireball Chicago Gameday 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 STATE OF ILLINOIS,
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: Fireball Chicago Gameday Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Central
Time (“CT”) on 9/1/2024 and ends at
11:59:59pm CT on 12/16/2024 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the state of Illinois, and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal U.S. residents
of the state of Illinois, 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”), and
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 or digital signage using your mobile
device’s camera or directly visit www.FireballChicago.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), date of birth, state of residence, and any other required information
as requested in the online registration form.
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 CT on 12/16/2024 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 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 during the 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 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 of 2 grand prize winners): Sponsor shall conduct a prize drawing on
or about 12/17/2024 to randomly select a maximum total of two (2)
potential grand prize winners from among all eligible entries received during
the Registration Period.
Each
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 24-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. Each 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 potential
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 winner: 1) Winner will be required to
complete and return, within 2-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted) and a W-9 form
for prizes valued over $600; 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 receiving any prize; and 3) Winner is responsible for paying all
applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal
taxes) on all prizes awarded, and prize winner shall be issued a 1099 form
reflecting the value of the prize award.
Grand Prize Award
(maximum 2 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a grand
prize winner shall be awarded two (2) tickets for the winner and one (1) guest (age
21 or older) to a Sponsor-designated home football game scheduled to be played
in Chicago, IL on 12/26/2024, subject to availability. Actual league, game date, ticket type, seat
location, and delivery method as solely designated and determined by
Sponsor. Each grand prize award has an
approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $1,000.
Prize winners must accept
delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor
including via email or digital/mobile for ticket delivery. Tickets shall
be emailed or delivered only to the
designated winner email or mobile number as submitted during initial online
registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the method as
designated by Sponsor. Winner is solely responsible for any required
software application for access to mobile or digital ticket
delivery.
Except as noted above, no other costs or
expenses are included with prize award, including any associated
transportation, parking costs, accommodations or incidental expenses. Each ticket and admittance to game subject to
the terms and conditions and policy and procedures and rules of conduct of the
hosting stadium, including admittance policy (and any COVID-19 testing and/or
vaccination requirements). Winners and
guests agree to comply with all applicable stadium and team regulations in
connection with the prize. Sponsor and
the stadium and team(s) reserve the right to remove or deny entry to any winner
and/or his/her guest who do not comply with requirement polices, engage in a
non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse,
threaten, or harass any other person at the game.
Game dates and times are
determined in the sole discretion of the league and/or the team(s), as
applicable, and may be subject to change for any reason, including the any flexible
scheduling procedures. The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as a
prize will govern in the event the game is postponed, rescheduled, cancelled, not
played or attendance is restricted or prohibited due to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other
reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any game date delay, rescheduling,
postponement, or cancellation due to weather, pandemic, Acts of God, acts of
terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other event that may cause
the cancellation or postponement of the game.
No substitute prize
award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any game
date delay, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation for any reason.
Game tickets
awarded as prizes may not be resold, offered for resale, or used for any
commercial or promotional purpose whatsoever. Any such resale or commercial or
promotional use may result in disqualification and prize forfeiture and may
invalidate the license granted by the game ticket. Each winner and guest shall be solely
responsible for their behavior while in attendance at the game, must follow the
instructions of Sponsor, policy of the stadium and directions from any
associated staff or security. If winner
or any guest violates the standards of the stadium or teams, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to have violated any policy of the stadium or teams including any
related to COVID-19, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and
guests shall be ejected from the stadium and game, and shall immediately
forfeit the prize award.
All merchandise 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.
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. Please allow 2-4 weeks for prize delivery.
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. Total ARV of all
available prize awards: $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 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 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 New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant
be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
Jersey.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a 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
2/15/2025 to: Fireball Chicago Gameday 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., 10101 Linn
Station Rd., #400, Louisville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.