Founders College Hoops 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 STATES OF INDIANA, KENTUCKY, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE, AND WEST
VIRGINIA, 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: Founders College Hoops Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes
Dates: Sweepstakes registration is scheduled to begin at
12:00:00am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 1/12/2025 and end at
11:59:59pm ET on 3/9/2025 (the “Registration
Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations and is void outside of IN, KY, OH, PA, TN,
and WV, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes
is open only to legal U.S. residents of, and who reside in, IN, KY, OH,
PA, TN, and WV, who are age 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 or win:
(a) Employees,
officers, and directors of Founders Brewing Co. (“Sponsor”), Million
Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), and each of the
foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents,
affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all
other companies associated with the design or execution of this promotion
(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), grand children (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 any applicable point-of-sale material using your
mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.FoundersCollegeHoops.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, and agreeing to
receive offers and updates via email from Sponsor, click the submit button to
submit your online entry. The Sweepstakes Administrator’s computer, or that of
its designee, runs the official clock for the Sweepstakes and will solely
determine the time by which an entry is received.
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 or email address. Any
incomplete or illegible entries 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.
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, name or mobile number 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 mobile numbers, 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. 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 2 winners): A prize
drawing will be held on or about 2/10/2025 and 3/10/2025 to
randomly select one (1) potential prize winner per drawing from among all
eligible entries received as of the date and time of each prize drawing to
select a maximum total of two (2) potential winners from 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 the selected
potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification
attempt to the phone number 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 mail or email
delivery. If the selected 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. 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 1-day 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; 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 will be issued a 1099 and is solely
responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all
local, state and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded.
Prize Awards (maximum 2 winners): Each
eligible entrant designated as a prize winner will receive one (1) $500 Stubhub gift card. Gift card subject to the
terms and conditions of the gift card provider policy, including any
expiration. Approximate retail value
(“ARV”) of each prize award: $500.
Prize winners must accept prizes and delivery of prizes in the method as
solely determined and designated by Sponsor.
Prize shall be emailed or shipped only to the designated winner email
address given at the time of registration or to the residential address as
submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner
notification, via the carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e.
UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as
otherwise specified by Sponsor. Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once emailed or shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and
delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery
by winner. Sponsor shall not be
responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen
delivery; or any incorrect delivery address provided by winner during
registration or prize claim. In the
event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or
stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award,
and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize
award or compensation. Winner shall look
solely to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or
mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
General Prize Conditions: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award. Prize award may
be delivered digitally, via mobile ticket transfer, or shipped to winner’s
residential address as provided at the time of entry and/or winner notification
via USPS or other Sponsor designated shipping/mail carrier. Once
delivered via digital or mobile transfer or shipped, the prize shall be
considered awarded, delivered and fulfilled, and Sponsor shall have no
responsibility for any shipment that is delayed, damaged, lost, misdelivered,
undelivered or stolen, or any incorrect mobile number, email or shipping
address provided by winner. In the event of any delivery issues,
prize award shall not be replaced or substituted with any alternate prize award
or compensation. Winner shall look solely to shipping carrier for
any lost, damaged, misdelivered, undelivered, stolen or delayed shipment. Total ARV of all available prizes: $1,000.
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 prizes are awarded as is,
without any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor. 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
(1) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Failure
to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these Official 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, the Released Parties and their designees to use entrants’ names,
likenesses, images, biographical information, and cities and states of
residence 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, 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.
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 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 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 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 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
a prize winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received
as of the date and time of each prize drawing.
Official Rules & Winners List: For
a copy of these Official Rules, or the name of prize winners, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 5/1/2025 to: Founders College
Hoops Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. PLEASE
SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winners list.
Sponsor: This Sweepstakes
is sponsored by Founders Brewing Co, 235 Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids,
MI, 49503.
Sweepstakes Administrator: The
Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, LLC, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.