Traveller Whiskey Buffalo Trace
Distillery 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 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 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: Traveller Whiskey Buffalo Trace Distillery Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 9/1/2024 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 12/31/2024 (the
“Registration Period”). The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside of the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever restricted or
prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the (50) U.S. and D.C., 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”), 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 using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.TravellerBTDistillery.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), home 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 11:59pm ET on 12/31/2024 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 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 per day. 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 Contest.
Winner Selection and
Notification (1 grand prize winner and 500 first prize winners): On or about 1/2/2025, a maximum
of one (1) potential grand prize winner and five hundred (500) potential first
prize winners will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries
received. If eligible entries are less
than the scheduled number of prizes available, then associated prize award(s)
shall not be awarded.
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 a 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, 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, 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 winner 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 (if prize value exceeds $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 responsible 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 1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the grand
prize winner shall be awarded a trip for the winner and one (1) guest (age
21 or older) to the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY, and shall
include:
· Coach-class roundtrip airfare
for the winner and one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) from the
nearest major metro airport to the winner’s home to Louisville or Lexington, KY;
o
Airline
and departure/arrival airports as solely determined and designated by Sponsor
and subject to availability.
o
If
grand prize winner resides within 250-miles of the Buffalo Trace Distillery or
the greater Frankfort, KY metro area, Sponsor reserves the right to provide a
$500 gift card toward ground transportation in lieu of airfare.
· One (1) night lodging
at the Stagg Lodge located on the property of the Buffalo Trace Distillery;
· Dinner for winner and
one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) prepared by a private chef at the
Stagg Lodge;
o
Meal
type and service time as solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject
to availability and date of experience.
· One (1) VIP tour of the
Buffalo Trace Distillery for the winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older);
o
Tour
date and time as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.
· Meet-and-greet with
Chris Stapleton at Buffalo Trace Distillery for winner and one (1) guest (age
21 or older);
o
Date
and time of meet-and-greet as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor, subject to availability.
If winner’s selected distillery visit date cannot accommodate a
meet-and-greet with Chris Stapleton, winner will forfeit the meet-and-greet
portion of the prize award and will not receive any alternate prize
compensation.
· One (1) $50 gift card
to the Buffalo Trace gift shop;
o
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the
issuing gift card provider policy.
·
One
(1) $500 gift card toward supplemental ground transportation and incidentals.
o
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the
issuing gift card provider policy.
Grand
prize winner and their guest must complete travel within one (1) year of prize
acceptance, and travel date(s) are subject to availability and the sole
determination and designation of Sponsor.
The grand prize award has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $2,050. Actual ARV based upon final travel
accommodations, dependent on dates of travel and winner’s home location.
Grand prize winner and guest must be at least 21
years of age and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity
release prior to prize award. All ground
transportation including airport and hotel transfers, parking, meals,
gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort
fees, incidental expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all
local, state and federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as
being included in the prize award are the sole responsibility of the
winner. Sponsor is not responsible for
late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage.
It is recommended that winner and travel companion obtain sufficient
personal insurance prior to departure.
The winner and travel companion hereby release Sponsor from any duty to
provide, check, or verify any and all necessary ID’s, passports, visas and
tourist cards, birth certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other
travel requirements (“Personal Documents”).
Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or
stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other
documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel
Documents have been provided to each winner and travel companion.
Sponsor is not responsible for any travel
delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize
award, redemption or use. If travel delays or difficulty prevent
arrival in time for any and all elements of trip or prize award, Sponsor is not
responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof. Each winner and his/her guest must travel
together on the same itinerary. Any
changes to completed travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole
responsibility of the winner, and are solely at the winner’s expense. Actual value of the trip will depend on point
of departure, destination and any airfare fluctuations. If actual value of prize is lower than the stated
ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the difference
will not be awarded to the winner. The
winner and travel companion are solely responsible for all costs incurred to
and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as designated by
Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure point unless
otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
Each
winner and guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and
during travel and for VIP tour attendance, including any local, state or
federal government regulations in the departure or destination location,
airline and/or hotel requirements, or requirements including any regulation or
policy related to COVID-19 testing requirements or vaccination status. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest. Winner and guest are subject to vaccination
requirement and policy, and if unable or unwilling to comply with requirements,
then all related prize award elements for which they fail to meet shall be
forfeit.
Sponsor will not be responsible for event or
tour delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation for any reason including
but not limited to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, Force Majeure, government
regulation or restriction, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work
stoppage, or any other reason. No substitute prize award or compensation
shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any event or tour delay,
rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any reason, and winner shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of the airline ticket, hotel, and tour policy
and shall solely look to the airline, hotel provider and/or tour organizer as
applicable.
Winner and guest must be twenty-one (21) years
old and agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel provider and tour
attendance rules requirements, and regulations in connection with the prize
award, redemption and use. Sponsor, travel, or tour providers reserve the
right to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not
comply with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a
disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any
other person. Winner and guest shall be
solely responsible for their behavior while traveling and in attendance at any VIP
experience tour or event, and must follow the instructions and direction from
any travel provider or associated staff or security. If winner or guest
violates the standards of the travel or tour provider, behaves in an
inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or
security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of the travel or tour provider,
or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected
or denied entry, and shall immediately forfeit the remaining prize award.
VIP tour tickets delivery method is at sole
discretion of tour provider which will be either sent to winner by mail, email,
mobile ticketing or placed at venue Will Call the day of tour under the
winner’s name. Winner must be present to pick up tickets and a valid photo ID
will be required if tickets are placed at Will Call. Tour tickets are subject
to age restrictions. Resale of tour
tickets is prohibited. Tour provider reserves the right to revoke full or
partial prize from winner or winner’s guest who it or venue personnel deem may,
in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any
venue policy or law, or may bring tour provider into disrepute. By claiming tour
tickets, you agree to the tour provider policies, and to abide by the health
and safety measures in effect at the time of the tour, which may include,
without limitation, wearing masks, providing proof of vaccination status and/or
providing proof of negative COVID-19 test administered by an approved facility.
Should the tour be cancelled or access to the venue be restricted, you will be
notified as soon as reasonably possible.
First Prize Award
(maximum 500 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a first
prize winner shall be awarded one (1) Traveller
Whiskey branded hat. Each hat has an ARV
of $20. Actual hat make, model, size and
style as solely determined and designated by Sponsor, subject to availability.
Each
potential first prize winner will be notified either 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 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 entrant may be
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 hat recipient
notification process.
Claiming First Prize Award: Eligible entrants receiving
a first prize award confirmation message via email must print or record their
unique hat claim code and must follow the online instructions
provided. Eligible first prize award recipients may be required to
complete and return a prize claim form within two to four (2-4) weeks from
their online notification of being determined as a potential first
prize award winner. Each
selected potential first prize award winner must confirm their eligibility and
indicate their willingness to accept the associated award. If a selected potential winner does not meet
the eligibility requirements, is unable or unwilling to accept the prize award,
elects to decline the prize award or fails to return the required prize award
acceptance documents within the required deadline, s/he will be disqualified
and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate first prize
award recipient will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries and
notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting). Any disqualified entrant will not receive any
alternate award substitution or compensation.
Failure to collect or properly claim any award in accordance with these
Official Rules will result in forfeiture of the award. If forfeited for any reason, finalist will
not receive any other award substitution or compensation, and the hat will
remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided
herein.
Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute any merchandise item with an alternate item of
approximate equal or greater value, in its sole discretion, based upon
availability. All merchandise award
items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty, express or implied. Hat recipients must accept delivery of hat
and associated items in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. Hat shall be shipped only to
the designated recipient residential address as submitted during initial online
registration and/or as provided during recipient 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 delivery.
Once
shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall
not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by determined recipient. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by recipient during registration or award
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 hat award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate award or compensation. Recipient 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.
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: $12,050.
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 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 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 a prize winner 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.
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: Traveller Whiskey Buffalo Trace
Distillery 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., Sazerac Inc,
10401 Linn Station Rd, Lousiville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.