US OPEN
SWEEPSTAKES PRESENTED BY HEINEKEN®
Full
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING A PRODUCT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE US OPEN SWEEPSTAKES
PRESENTED BY HEINEKEN® (“SWEEPSTAKES”)
IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF
DATE OF ENTRY. SWEEPSTAKES IS GOVERNED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
BY ENTERING, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A BINDING
CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS
CONTRACT INCLUDES CERTAIN RELEASES FROM YOU AND A LIMITATION OF YOUR RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES, INCLUDING A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
This
Sweepstakes consists of two (2) parts: (a) a random chance instant win program
(“Instant Win Program”), and (b) a
random chance grand prize sweepstakes drawing (“Grand Prize Sweepstakes”). Collectively, the Instant Win Program and the
Grand Prize Sweepstakes Drawing are referred to as the “Sweepstakes,” and the
Instant Win Period and Grand Prize Sweepstakes Periods as the “Sweepstakes
Period.”
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents
of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 21 years
of age and older at time of entry except as set forth below.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following individuals and members of their families
(parents, grandparents, children, siblings, spouses) and immediate household members
(whether related or not) are not eligible for participation: employees,
officers, and directors of HEINEKEN USA Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media
(“Administrator”), each of their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, alcoholic
beverage suppliers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers, alcoholic
beverage retailers, Sponsor’s advertising and promotional agencies, and employees, officers, and
directors of the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (“USTA”) and its
family of companies, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies. All federal, state, and local regulations
apply.
2. START/END
DATES:
The Instant Win portion of the Sweepstakes
begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 7/28/2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET
on 9/9/2024, or when all Instant Win prizes have been awarded, whichever is
earlier (“Instant Win Period”). The Grand Prize Sweepstakes begins at 12:01
a.m. ET on 7/28/2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/9/2024 (“Sweepstakes
Period”).
3. HOW TO
ENTER – INTERNET ENTRY: To enter, scan the QR Code on applicable point-of-sale
signage materials using your mobile device’s camera or directly visit www.Heineken.com/us/en/promos/usopen. Follow the on-screen entry instructions to participate
in the Instant Win program and be entered in the Grand Prize Sweepstakes
drawing. Normal time rates, if any, charged by Internet service provider will
apply. All Internet entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/9/2024.
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Note: you may also enter the Grand Prize Sweepstakes
drawing online by finding a Heineken US Open Sweepstakes Post or Sponsored Ad
on Social Media {i.e. Facebook, Instagram or Twitter}
or Web Banner Ad, and following the entry instructions to comment or click
where indicated to complete and submit your online internet entry. Entries submitted in this manner shall only
be eligible for the Grand Prize Sweepstakes drawings and shall not be eligible
to participate in the Instant Win portion of the program or be awarded an
instant win prize.
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Note:
each entrant who received a direct invite from Heineken via email to register,
may share their valid email address (that has been previously registered with Heineken)
with any eligible individuals (i.e. friends or family) to invite them to enter,
and to submit their valid ‘referral email address’ at the time of online entry
in the ‘friend’s email’ box as provided on the website. Eligible entrants who shares
their valid registered referral email address, shall receive one (1) bonus
entry in the grand prize drawing for each eligible invited individual who
completes the online registration and submits their referral email when
registering. Note: the entrant who
shares their registered referral email address must be registered and submit
their own online entry in order to receive any
available bonus entries.
There is
a limit of one (1) registration per person regardless of method of entry. Once registered, returning visitors can login with their registered email
address to participate in the Instant Win promotion up to once per day. Entrants shall receive one (1) entry into the
Grand Prize Sweepstakes drawing upon registration.
By submitting an entry, entrants fully and
unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor
and its appointed agents, which will be final and binding in all matters
relating to the Sweepstakes. Any entry
submitted on behalf of another individual or using another individual’s
information, providing any incorrect, inaccurate, fake or false information
during registration, or attempting to submit more than the allowable number of
entries by using alternate names, emails, addresses, or other method shall
result in all such entries being disqualified.
Please note that there is a limit of one (1) prize per
individual, household, street address, and/or email address during any six (6)
month period across all HEINEKEN USA Inc. promotions, regardless of brand (Heineken,
Amstel, Dos Equis, Murphy’s, Newcastle, Red Stripe, Strongbow,
Tecate, and Tiger).
4. PRIZES:
All Sweepstakes prize details are at Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Any prize depiction is for illustrative purposes only and shall not
be relied upon. No part of any prize includes any alcoholic beverages.
Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. No substitution of prize by
winner is allowed, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value at its sole discretion.
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NOTE: There is a
maximum limit of one (1) instant win prize award per person, email address or
household during the entire Sweepstakes Period, except that instant prize
winners shall still be eligible for the grand prize sweepstakes drawing. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available for any prize level or total number of
prizes available for the entire Sweepstakes, then the associated prize awards
shall not be awarded.
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Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any prize award with an
alternate prize award of approximate equal or greater value, based upon
availability.
(a)
Instant Win Prize (258):
Two
hundred and fifty-eight (258) instant win prizes will be available to be
awarded. Each instant win prize consists
of one (1) Heineken US Open hat.
Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each instant win prize: $15.
Total ARV of all available instant win prize awards: $3,870.
All instant win prize winners must accept
delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped to the
designated winner residential address via USPS or other Sponsor designated
shipping/mail carrier, or as otherwise designated by Sponsor. Allow approximately 8 – 12 weeks for
delivery.
Once shipped, prize shall be considered awarded
and fulfilled, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, late,
undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery or any incorrect shipping
address provided; and 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 only to
designated shipper/carrier and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
(b)
Grand Prize (1): One (1) grand prize
will be awarded. Grand prize consists of a trip for two (winner and one guest
age 21+) to New York, NY to attend a 2025 US Open Finals match including:
round-trip coach class airfare for winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or
older) from the nearest major metro airport to winner’s residential home
address as designated by Sponsor to the Sponsor designated airport serving New
York, NY (LGA, JFK, EWR); three (3) nights hotel accommodations for two (2)
people—one room, double occupancy at a Sponsor-designated hotel in the New
York, NY metro area; two (2) tickets to attend one (1) Sponsor designated US
Open match session for either the 2025 Women’s or 2025 Men’s Finals at Arthur
Ashe Stadium in Flushing, NY; and a non-private tour of Arthur Ashe stadium
during the trip dates including lunch at the stadium. ARV of grand prize: $4,000. (NOTE: if winner resides within 150 miles of
Arthur Ashe stadium, Sponsor reserves the right to award a $500 travel stipend,
in lieu of airfare. Travel stipend shall
be awarded as a gift card from the Sponsor designated gift card provider, and
subject to the terms and conditions of the issuing gift card provider policy.)
Winner’s guest must be twenty-one (21) years of
age or older as of the date of arrival. Winner and guest are solely responsible
for obtaining any required travel documents, including a valid passport where
applicable, vaccinations, COVID-19 testing or vaccination, and travel
insurance.
Any expenses or costs not expressly stated in
the description of the prize above, including, but not limited to, ground
transportation, hotel and airport transfers, parking fees, meals, incidentals,
gratuities, passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, airport fees, service or
facility charges, airline seat assignment or baggage check fees, personal
charges at lodging, security fees, taxes, or other expenses, are the sole
responsibility of winner.
Travel dates shall be as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor (scheduled for September 2025). Exact airline transportation, accommodation
details, travel dates, and terms to be determined at the sole discretion of
Sponsor. Transportation and accommodations
are subject to availability. Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply.
Once travel arrangements are booked, any penalties incurred as
a result of changes to travel (flight or hotel) are the sole
responsibility of winner. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or
stolen tickets, travel vouchers, or certificates.
Resale of tickets is prohibited. Prize winners must accept delivery of prize in
the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. mobile ticket
delivery or other ticket delivery method).
In the event of any mobile or digital ticket delivery, winner is
solely responsible for any required software application required to download,
accept transfer, access or redeem mobile or digital ticket delivery. Once transferred or delivered, prize
shall be considered delivered to winner and Sponsor shall have no
responsibility for any delivery that is delayed, damaged, lost, misdelivered,
not received or stolen.
Seat locations shall be as solely determined
and designated by Sponsor, based upon availability. Each ticket subject to the terms and
conditions and policy and procedures, including rules of conduct, of the
hosting venue and the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (“USTA”). Winner and guest must comply and abide
by all applicable venue and event regulations and policies in connection with
the prize, and follow the instruction of any event
staff or security. Sponsor, USTA and the
stadium venue reserve the right to revoke tickets and/or to remove or deny
entry to winner and/or his/her guest who engage in a non-sportsmanlike or
disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any
other person at any game, or whom are deemed to be intoxicated, be a safety or
security risk, have violated any venue or event policy or law, and/or may bring
Sponsor or USTA into disrepute.
Match dates
and times are determined in the sole discretion of USTA and/or venue, as
applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and conditions of the
tickets awarded as a prize will govern in the event a match is rescheduled,
postponed, delayed, cancelled or attendance is restricted or prohibited for any
reason including due to force majeure, weather, pandemic, an Act of God, an act
of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, government regulation or any
other reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any match delay,
rescheduling, postponement or cancellation, and no prize substitution shall be
provided by Sponsor in any such event.
All expenses and travel costs incurred as
a result of seeking, winning, and/or making use of a prize are the sole
responsibility of winner. Any expense or cost not expressly stated in the
description of the prizes set forth above is solely the responsibility of
winner.
All federal, state, and
local taxes, fees, and surcharges on any prize are the sole responsibility of
winner of the prize. Winners of prizes with a value of $600 or more will be
issued an IRS Form 1099-MISC early in the year following the year in which prize
was awarded for filing with his/her federal and state tax returns. Sponsor
complies with all tax reporting requirements. The amount of any tax liability
will vary depending on winner’s tax bracket.
5. ODDS OF WINNING:
(a) Instant Win
Odds of
winning an Instant Win prize are dependent on the number of eligible Instant Win
entries received divided by the number of prizes available.
(c) Sweepstakes
Odds of
winning the grand prize in the Sweepstakes drawing are dependent on the total
number of eligible entries received from all entry methods combined.
6. WINNER SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND
VERIFICATION:
There is a maximum of one (1) prize award per
person or household, except for this Sweepstakes, any instant prize winner
shall still be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
(a) Instant Win
Participants
in the online Instant Win game who receive an on-screen confirmation message
will be determined as a potential Instant Win prize winner. Potential Instant Win prize winners will be
selected at random. If you are a potential Instant Win prize winner, you will
receive an on-screen message stating that you have won an Instant Win prize
along with a unique prize claim code. (If
you have not received the on-screen confirmation message, along with a unique
prize claim code, then you are not an instant winner.)
You will then be sent an
email with instructions on how to claim your prize including a link to an
online prize claim form. Allow 2 – 4
weeks for processing and delivery of email and link to prize claim form. Sponsor/Administrator shall require each
Instant Win prize winner to complete, sign and submit, where legal, an online digital
Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release within three (3)
days of receipt (via a link to an online claim portal), and each
potential winner must provide and submit a valid government issued photo ID
verifying the entrant’s name and residential address (which must match the
information submitted with their initial online registration. NOTE:
there shall be no opportunity to update or change the initial name,
address or Venmo mobile phone number as provided at the time of initial online
registration).
No potential winner will be an official winner
until all required paperwork and Photo ID has been completed and returned, and
eligibility has been formally verified by Sponsor/Administrator. If any
potential winner fails to comply with these Official Rules and/or to complete
and submit all required documentation as requested within the designated time
period, he/she will be automatically disqualified and
the associated prize will not be awarded.
Limit one (1) Instant Win prize per person or household.
(b) Sweepstakes
The potential grand prize winner in the Grand Prize Sweepstakes portion
of the Sweepstakes will be selected in a random drawing from among all
eligible entries received, to be held on or about 9/10/2024 to select one (1)
potential grand prize winner.
Drawing will be conducted by Sponsor or its
appointed agent, and all decisions are final. Potential winner will be
contacted by telephone and/or email. If the potential winner cannot be reached
within forty-eight (48) hours of first notification attempt, if any prize or
prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if the potential winner
rejects his/her prize, or in the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules,
such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner
will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries. Upon forfeiture of
any prize, no compensation will be given.
All potential winners will be required to sign
and return, where legal, a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity
Release within three (3) days of receipt and notification that he/she is a
potential winner. No potential winner will be an official winner until his/her Declaration
of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release has been returned and
eligibility has been formally verified by Sponsor. If any potential winner
fails to comply with these Official Rules and/or to submit the required
documentation within the designated time period,
he/she will be automatically disqualified and the prize may be awarded to an
alternate winner, time permitting.
7. LICENSE AND RELEASE:
Participation
in the Sweepstakes and acceptance of prize constitute winner’s and guest’s
permission for Sponsor or its agents to photograph, film, and record each
winner and guest and to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness,
photograph, voice, biographical information, and/or any statements made by each
winner and guest regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor for purposes of trade,
publicity, or promotion without notice or additional compensation, except where
prohibited by law. By participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winner,
and guest acknowledge and agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Sponsor’s
advertising and promotional agencies, the United States Tennis Association
Incorporated, USTA National Tennis Center Incorporated, City of New York, and
their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners,
representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and
directors (“Released Parties”) from any and all liability for loss, harm,
damage, injury, cost, or expense whatsoever, including, without limitation,
property damage, personal injury, and/or death that may occur in connection
with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Sweepstakes, or participation
in, possession, acceptance, and/or use or misuse of any prize or participation
in any Sweepstakes-related activity, including, but not limited to, any claims
based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, and merchandise
delivery. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays,
diversions, substitutions, or omissions whatsoever by any other persons
providing any services to winner, including any results thereof, such as
changes in services or location necessitated by same. Sponsor is not
responsible if any part of a Sweepstakes prize cannot be awarded due to any
Force Majeure, pandemics, acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather,
or acts of terrorism. Sponsor shall not be liable for any loss or damage to
personal belongings. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules or who
attempt to interfere with this Sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified.
There is no purchase required to participate in the Sweepstakes or to win any
prize in the Sweepstakes. A purchase does not increase odds of winning.
8. ADDITIONAL TERMS:
Sponsor
reserves the right to alter, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes at any time
and with or without notice if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, the integrity of the
Sweepstakes becomes or is likely to become compromised in any way. In the event
the Sweepstakes is terminated prematurely, all eligible entries received prior
to the Sweepstakes termination or suspension date will be included in the next prize
drawing. No automated devices, bots, and/or other programs and/or software are
permitted. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and
will not be acknowledged or returned. Delivery of a prize will require a street
address located within the United States or the District of Columbia. Sponsor
is not responsible for late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected,
technically corrupted, or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for
problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human, or electronic. Only fully
completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be
proof of receipt by Sponsor.
In case of a dispute as to the identity of any Internet
entrant, an entry made by Internet will be deemed made by the authorized
account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The
“authorized account holder” is deemed the natural person who is assigned to an
email address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or other online
organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner may be requested
to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized
account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.
If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running
as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, automated entries, fraud, technical failure, human
error, or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupts or affects
the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes,
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify,
or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, telephone or other communications malfunctions,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, or theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to, or alteration of
entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions
of any telephone networks or lines, computer online systems, servers, or
providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be
received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on
the Internet or at any website, any combination thereof, or otherwise,
including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer
related to, or resulting from, participation or downloading of any materials in
the Sweepstakes.
Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for printing, distribution,
or production errors and may, in their sole discretion, rescind, cancel,
suspend, modify, or revoke this Sweepstakes based upon any such error without
liability. If by reason of a printing,
computer, or other error more prizes are awarded in a prize category than the
number set forth in these Official Rules, all persons purportedly making valid
claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of
prizes available. In no case will more than the advertised number of prizes be
awarded. Antifraud detection devices may be used for verification purposes. In
the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other
statements contained in any Sweepstakes materials and the terms and conditions
of the Official Rules, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
Sponsor’s failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision. Headings are solely for convenience and will not be deemed to affect
in any manner the meaning or intent of the documents or any provision hereof.
Caution: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or
undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of
criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves
the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE
RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY
KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ENTRANT’S ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE WEBSITES AND/OR
THIS SWEEPSTAKES, OR ENTRANT’S DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL
DOWNLOADED FROM ANY WEBSITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES.
9. DISPUTES AND GOVERNING
LAW:
The parties
waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection
with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Sweepstakes. Any
controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, these Official Rules
and/or the Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance
with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and
shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of
any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in New York City, New York.
THESE OFFICIAL
RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAWS AND RULES. For any matters that are not subject to
arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in connection with the
entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these
Official Rules and/or the Sweepstakes, the parties irrevocably submit and
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts
located in or closest to New York City, New York. The parties agree not to
raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
10. USE OF DATA:
Sponsor will
be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its
Privacy & Cookie Policy. Please review Sponsor’s Privacy & Cookie Policy
at https://heinekenusa.com/privacy-policy/. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant hereby agrees to
Sponsor’s collection and usage of his/her personal information and acknowledges
that he/she has read and accepted Sponsor’s Privacy & Cookie Policy.
11. LIST OF WINNERS:
To obtain a list of winners, send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope, with sufficient postage, to Winners List, US
Open Sweepstakes Presented by Heineken, P.O. Box 248, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. All
requests for a list of winners must be postmarked by 11/15/2024 and received by
11/30/2024.
12. SPONSOR: HEINEKEN USA Inc.,
White Plains, NY.
©2024 HEINEKEN® Original
and HEINEKEN® Silver Lager Beer. Brewed in Holland. Imported by Heineken USA, White Plains, NY.
United States Tennis
Association Incorporated is not a sponsor of the Sweepstakes,
and is in no way responsible for the administration of the Sweepstakes,
the verification of winners or the fulfillment of prizing. All inquiries regarding the Sweepstakes
should be directed to Sponsor and not to United States Tennis Association
Incorporated.