Official Rules

Mount Gay Rum Apres Golf Instant Win Promotion

 

SPONSORED BY RÉMY COINTREAU USA, INC.

 

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 PROMOTION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR.  DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROMOTION IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW. 

 

Promotion Name:  Mount Gay Rum Apres Golf Instant Win Promotion (the “Sweepstakes”).

 

Sponsor:  The Promotion is sponsored by Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc., with an address of 3 Times Square, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10036 (hereinafter referred to as the "Sponsor").

 

Administrator: Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator”).

 

Promotion Dates: Promotion registration begins on October 1, 2023 at 12:00:01am Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on January 1, 2024 at 11:59:59pm ET (the “Registration Period”).  The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and is void outside of the fifty (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

 

Eligibility – Who May Enter:  Promotion is open only to legal residents of the U.S. and D.C., 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, participate or win:

(a)   Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, 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 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 materials using your mobile device’s camera, or directly visit www.MountGayRum.com/ApresGolf, during the “Promotion Period” and follow the on-screen entry instructions to participate in the Instant Win game.  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), residential address, 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 11:59:59pm ET on January 1, 2024 to be eligible.

 

Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Promotion, 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 Promotion, 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.  The information that you provide via interactive media in connection with the Promotion may be used by Sponsor, Marketing Affiliates, and Related Entities in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at www.remy-cointreau.com/en/privacy-policy and which may be updated from time to time without notice.

 

Limit of one registration per person and per valid email address during the entire Promotion Period, but once registered, eligible entrants may participate in the instant win game up to one time per day between the Promotion Period (see below).  Your registered email address may be used to login for each return visit to participate in the instant win game. 

 

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 Promotion, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official Promotion Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.  All entrants agree to be bound by and abide by the official rules of the Promotion.

 

Instant Win Game – How to Play:  After completing the online registration page (first time visitors) or logging in with your registered email address (for return visitors), visit the game play page on the Promotion website.  Follow the on-screen instructions to play the instant win game.  

 

After playing the on-screen instant win game, the website will determine if the participant is a potential instant win prize winner, and the participant shall receive an online message verifying if they are a potential winner.  If they are not determined as an instant win prize winner, they will receive a non-winning message.  If the participant is determined as a potential instant win prize winner, they will receive a winner confirmation message AND an associated unique prize claim code on their results page.  If the participant does not receive the winner confirmation message and a valid unique prize claim code for any reason, or receives the non-winning result message, then that participant will not be a prize winner for that game play attempt.

 

Eligible participants may return to the Promotion website to play the online instant win game up to one (1) time per day each day during the Promotion Period.  Each ‘day’ shall be defined as occurring between 12:00:00 am ET to 11:59:59 pm ET, and the Administrator’s time clock shall be the sole determinant of the eligible time period. For a chance to be eligible to win an available instant win prize (see below), game play attempts must occur before 11:59:59pm ET on January 1, 2024.

 

Instant Win prize winners will be randomly determined throughout the Promotion Period.  A maximum total of one thousand (1,000) Instant Win prize winners will be randomly determined during the entire Promotion Period, based upon randomly selected and predetermined winning dates and times.  The first eligible participant who participates at or following a scheduled winning date and time, shall receive a winning prize message and unique prize claim code, and shall be eligible to claim the prize award for that attempt (see below). If there is no game play attempt at or following the scheduled winning time on any date during the Promotion Period, then the instant win prize shall not be awarded for that associated date.

 

Maximum of one (1) instant win prize award per person, email address or household during the Promotion Period.  After receiving a winning Instant Win prize message or being determined as an eligible Instant Win prize winner, participants may not be re-awarded another Instant Win prize during the Promotion Period to the same individual, email or household.

 

Claiming a prize award:  Eligible participants receiving an online winner confirmation message must print or record their unique prize claim code, and must follow the online instructions provided.  Eligible prize winners may be required to complete and return a prize claim form (Affidavit) within two to four (2-4) weeks from their online notification of being randomly determined as a potential prize winner. Please note that you are not officially a winner until your eligibility has been verified and you have fully complied with these Official Rules.

 

Instant Win Prize Awards and Delivery:  The available instant win prize awards, number of prizes available and approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each instant win prize are as follows: 

 

Instant Win Prize Award Descriptions

Max. # Prizes Available

ARV

Golf Ball Ice Mold

(325) total

$15 ea.

Set of Golf Balls

(325) total

$15 ea.

Golf Towel

(300) total

$15 ea.

Polo Shirt

(50) total

$40 ea.

 

All merchandise prize award details, including make, model, size, and colors, shall be solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability.  Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute an alternate merchandise item of approximate equal or greater value, based upon availability.  (Note:  any instant win prize winner who is a resident of VA shall receive a non-branded merchandise item, or alternate merchandise item of approximate equal value, as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.)  Total ARV of all available instant win prize awards:  $16,250.

 

Instant Win Prize Awards:  The maximum number of instant win prize awards available during the entire Promotion Period are as listed above.  No more than the advertised number of instant win prizes will be awarded for any reason.  Each instant win prize winner will receive online instructions for prize redemption, and/or may be contacted by the Promotion Administrator to confirm or coordinate prize delivery.  Maximum of one prize award per person, email address or household.   In the event any scheduled instant win prize is unavailable at time of prize award, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute an alternate prize of equal or greater value at its sole discretion. 

 

Instant Win prize winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  Prize shall be emailed, delivered, or shipped to the designated winner email, mobile number, or residential address as provided at the time of entry and/or winner notification via the method as designated by Sponsor.  In the event of shipment delivery, carrier will be as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor.  Allow approximately 6 – 8 weeks for delivery.  Once shipped, emailed or delivered digitally, prize shall be considered awarded, delivered and fulfilled, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any prize shipment that is lost, late, delayed, undelivered, misdirected, misdelivered, damaged or stolen, or any incorrect 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 designated shipper/carrier and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.

 

If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach a potential instant win prize winner via email for any reason (including but not limited to incorrect email addresses provided by entrant, junk/spam folder delivery, blocked delivery or failure by any potential winner to check their email) and/or speak directly with a potential instant win prize winner within 48-hours of the initial notification attempt to email address or phone number associated with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified.  Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification process.

 

All of the following will apply to each potential instant win prize winner: 1) instant win prize winner will be required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability/publicity release (where permitted); 2) prize winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s license or government I.D. and confirm their residential delivery address as a condition of receiving any prize;  3) Winners are responsible for paying all applicable taxes on prize(s).

 

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.

 

IMPORTANT:  In the event of any technical or programming errors, tampering, or any error or malfunction of any kind that results in more than the scheduled number of participants being notified they are an instant prize winner – then all such claimants shall be placed into a random drawing, and the actual scheduled number of instant prize winners as listed above will be randomly selected from all participants receiving an instant win prize notification or submitting an instant winning prize claim.  The maximum number of instant win prize awards are as listed above, regardless of the number of participants who claim to have received, or who have actually received an instant win online prize notification.

 

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 Promotion.  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 the Promotion 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 Promotion, 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 Force Majeure Event.  The term “Force Majeure Event” as used herein shall mean, without limitation, the following:  acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other labor or industrial disturbances; acts of public enemies; war; cyber-attack; orders or restraints of any kind from any governmental, civil or military authority or from any of its departments, agencies or officials (except when such governmental action results from a party’s failure or refusal to comply with any applicable law, rule, or regulation); insurrections; riots; power failure or surges; landslides; earthquakes; fires; storms; lightning; droughts; floods; explosions; pest damage; viruses; plagues; diseases; epidemics; pandemics; acts or omissions of communications or other carriers; and any other cause or event not reasonably within the control of the Released Parties.

 

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 Promotion, 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 Promotion.  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 Promotion, including, without limitations, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Promotion, administration or execution of the Promotion, the cancellation of the Promotion, 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 Promotion website.

 

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Promotion 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 Promotion, 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 Promotion as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Promotion, 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.

 

LIMIT OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS:  ALL ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE Sponsors, THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND AGENCIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CLAIMS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, EXPENSES OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND RESULTING IN ANY WAY FROM ENTRANTS PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DRAWING, THE USE OF THE PRIZE, ANY DELAYED, LOST, MISDIRECTED, OR DAMAGED ENTRIES, OR ANY COMPUTER, ONLINE SERVICE, COMMUNICATIONS OR OTHER TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR.

 

ALL ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE Sponsors, THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND AGENCIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING THE PRIZES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, DESCRIPTION OR NATURE OF THE PRIZE OR OTHERWISE. ALL ENTRANTS, BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE ABOVE RULES.

 

IN CASE OF DISPUTES:  Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that this Promotion shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. Sponsors reserve the right to take such action as it deems necessary to enforce these Official Rules and ensure the fair operation of this Promotion, including without limitation barring entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules. By entering, entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the appropriate federal, state and local courts located in New York for any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded.

 

Odds:  Odds of winning an instant win prize award are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received as of the date and time each instant win prize is awarded.

 

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 2/15/2024 to: Mount Gay Rum Apres Golf Instant Win Promotion, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.  PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winners list.

 

USE OF INFORMATION: The information that you provide via interactive media in connection with the Sweepstakes may be used by Sponsor, Marketing Affiliate, and Related Entities in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at www.remy-cointreau.com/en/privacy-policy and which may be updated from time to time without notice.