Wheatley Vodka Trivia Promotion

Official Rules

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF RECEIVING EXPERIENCE.  THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY.  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:  Wheatley Vodka Trivia Promotion (the “Promotion”).

 

Promotion Dates: The Promotion consists of a trivia contest (the “Contest”) with a registration period that begins at 12:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 9/10/2024 and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 3/30/2025 (the “Registration Period”).  Following the end of the Registration Period, a random drawing will be held on or about 4/1/2025 to determine one (1) contest winner of an educational experience (the “Experience”; see details below).  The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Void outside the (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, and who are located within, the fifty (50) United States or D.C., who are age twenty-one (21) or older as of date of entry, do not have or hold an interest in any alcoholic beverage retail license in the United States, 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 receive the Experience award:

(a)   Employees, officers, and directors of Sazerac Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Promotion Administrator”), and each of the foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers (specifically, those having or holding an interest in any alcoholic beverage retail license), printers, advertising and promotion agencies, any and all other companies associated with the design or execution of this Promotion, or any officers, directors, members, or shareholders 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, find the registration link from a Promotion related printed or digital invite which will contain an entry registration code, or directly visit www.WheatleyTriviaChallenge.com during the Registration Period, enter your registration code, and follow the on-screen registration instructions to register for use of the Promotion site. NOTE: only one (1) entry registration per person and/or email address.  Each entrant must fully complete the online registration page with all required information including his/her name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), date of birth, full residential address, and any other required information on the registration page.  After having read and agreed to these Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online registration and navigate to the Wheatley Vodka Trivia Challenge trivia contest page on the website.  Follow the online instructions to complete the trivia game for your chance to receive the Experience in the Contest (award descriptions below).

 

All entries must be submitted by 11:59:59p ET on 3/30/2025 to be eligible for the Contest.  Maximum of one entry per person or email address.  Each participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf.  Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s name or email address, or providing any false information, will be disqualified and ineligible to claim award.  Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different emails, identities, or any other methods void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. No mechanically produced 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.  False and/or deceptive entries or acts, including misrepresentation of age, shall render such entries ineligible.

 

To be eligible for the Experience award, all trivia questions must be answered correctly.  Any entry with incorrect, incomplete or illegible information, an invalid email address or other inaccurate information will be disqualified.  Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules, or for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, human error, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions, or defects of any phone or cellular phone provider, network computer online systems, computer equipment, servers, or software, including any injury or damage to contestant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Promotion; or the failure to capture any such information or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer, phone line or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of which will be disqualified.  

 

In the event of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he 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.  Proof of being the authorized email account holder may be required.

 

By participating and submitting an entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email or phone to make contestant aware of information pertinent to the Promotion, and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or promotional offers.  Contestants 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.  Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Promotion, and checking the opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of receiving a hat. 

 

By registering and submitting an entry, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official Rules.  The laws of the United States apply to and govern this Promotion and any claims must be raised and resolved in the United States.  Any information collected by registering and entering the Promotion shall be used only in a manner consistent with these Official Rules and with Administrator’s Privacy Policy. By entering the Promotion, each contestant agrees that s/he may be contacted, recorded and/or broadcasted by Sponsor, and that his/her comment, post and/or photo submission may be used, promoted, released, broadcasted or published by Sponsor in any manner related to the promotion or advertising of the Promotion.    

 

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her entry) who tampers or attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Promotion website in any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor or the Promotion Administrator appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion.  Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted, eligibility or the authorized account holder who submitted the entry shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY PROMOTION WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

Promotion Determination & Notification (maximum 1 potential educational Experience recipient)

 

Experience Determination – Contest:  On or about 4/1/2025, the Promotion Administrator will randomly select one (1) potential Experience winner from all eligible entries received (eligibility as outlined above, including having answered all trivia contest questions correctly) during the Registration Period.

·       Note:  If no eligible entries are received during the Registration Period, then the Experience shall not be awarded.

 

The eligible entrant whose entry is selected by the Promotion Administrator shall be designated as the potential Experience recipient (see Experience description below), subject to verification of eligibility, and compliance with these Official Rules.  Only the entrant whose entry is selected by the Administrator shall be eligible to claim the Experience. All other entries and submissions received will be disqualified.

 

Experience Recipient Notification:  The potential Experience recipient will be notified either by phone and/or email beginning on or about 4/1/2025.  If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected potential Experience recipient by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential contestant 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 Experience recipient notification process.

 

During Experience recipient notification, the selected potential Experience recipient must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the prize.  The potential Experience recipient will then receive official notification via email delivery, including Experience acceptance documents which must be completed and returned per the provided instructions and as outlined below.  If the selected potential Experience recipient does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept the Experience, elects to decline the Experience or fails to return the required Experience acceptance documents within the required time frame, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate potential Experience recipient will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above.  Any disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation.  Decisions of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the Experience recipient and all matters relating to this Promotion are final and binding. 

 

All of the following will apply to each potential Experience recipient: 1) recipient will be required to complete and return, within 48-hours of date of receipt, an Experience acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted) and a W-9 form (if prize value exceeds $600) in order to be eligible to claim the Experience; 2) Experience recipient 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 Experience, and (3) Experience recipient shall be solely responding 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 Experience, and Experience recipient shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the Experience.  If any potential Experience recipient fails to comply with these Official Rules and/or to submit required documentation as requested within the designated time period, he/she will be automatically disqualified and the Experience will not be awarded.

 

Failure to collect or properly claim any Experience in accordance with these Official Rules will result in forfeiture of the Experience.  If forfeited for any reason, finalist will not receive any other Experience substitution or compensation, and the Experience will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein. 

 

Educational Experience Recipient (maximum 1 recipient):  The educational Experience recipient shall be awarded a Wheatley Vodka Educational Experience for the Experience recipient and one (1) guest (age 21 or older), not to exceed an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $2,500, and shall include:

·       One (1) educational tour of the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY for the winner and one guest (age 21 or older);

o   Date and time of the tour are as solely designated and determined by Sponsor.

·       A VIP meet-and-greet with a Buffalo Trace Distillery representative, subject to availability;

·       One (1) night stay in a standard double-occupancy hotel room in the Louisville, KY metro area;

o   Hotel brand, room type, and location as solely designated and determined by Sponsor.

·       One (1) $1,800 gift card;

o   Gift card subject to the terms and conditions of the gift card provider policy, including any expiration;

·       One (1) $200 Uber account credit;

o   Experience recipient must have a valid Uber account to accept Uber account credit at the time of award distribution.

o   Uber account credit is subject to the terms and conditions of Uber’s account policies, including any expiration.

 

NOTE: Experience recipient must complete educational experience within 6-months of Experience acceptance date.

 

Experience recipient and guest must be at least 21 years of age and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to accepting and attending the chosen Experience.  Experience recipient must accept delivery of Experience passes, gift card, and Uber account credit (the “Experience Components”) in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor via email or digital/mobile delivery, or via physical tickets via shipment delivery or Will Call.  Experience tickets shall be emailed, delivered or shipped only to the designated Experience recipient email, mobile number or residential address as submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during Experience recipient 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. 

 

Once emailed, delivered/transferred via mobile delivery or shipped, Experience Components shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by Experience recipient.  Experience recipient is solely responsible for any required software application for access to, and use of, any Experience Components.  Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any incorrect delivery address or information provided by Experience recipient during registration or Experience claim.  In the event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace any Experience Components, and Experience shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate experience or compensation.  Experience 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.

 

Each ticket and admittance to Experience subject to the terms and conditions and policy and procedures and rules of conduct of the Experience and venue, including admittance policy (and any COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination requirements).  Experience recipient and their guest agree to comply with all applicable Experience and venue regulations in connection with the Experience.  Sponsor and Experience or venue management reserve the right to remove or deny entry to the Experience recipient and/or his/her guest who do not comply with requirement polices, engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person at the Experience.

 

The terms and conditions of the Experience tickets awarded will govern in the event of any cancellation, postponement, rescheduling or attendance restriction due to any Force Majeure Event including weather, pandemic, an Act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage or any other reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for Experience date delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation due to any Force Majeure Event or any other event that may cause the cancellation, rescheduling or postponement of the Experience as scheduled.  No substitute Experience or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any Experience cancellation for any reason.

 

Experience recipient and guest shall be solely responsible for their behavior while in attendance at the Experience, must follow the instructions of Sponsor, policy of the venue/event and directions from any associated staff or security.  If Experience recipient or guest violates the standards of the venue/event, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible, or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any policy of the venue or event, or to be a security threat in any manner, the Experience recipient and guest shall be ejected from the venue and event, and shall immediately forfeit the prize award.

 

General Recipient Conditions:  No alcoholic beverage is part of any award.  Award recipients must accept delivery of award in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor.  All other costs and expenses related to award acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of recipient.  All income, federal, state and local taxes are the recipient’s sole responsibility.  All awards are non-transferable and no cash redemption or award substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided herein.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute award with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion.  All hats and experiences are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor.  Failure to collect or properly claim award in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the award.  If forfeited for any reason, participant will not receive any other award substitution or compensation, and the award will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein.  All properly claimed awards will be awarded.  Any unclaimed awards will not be awarded. Total ARV of all available Promotion awards: $2,500.

 

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 is awarded the educational experience, and is later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to forfeit the award or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the award if such violation is discovered after recipient has used the award. Participation in 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 award.

 

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 award, or participation in award-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor. 

 

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 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 game, the processing of entries or in the announcement of the Experience or Experience recipient.  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 the Experience recipient 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 hats 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 an educational experience recipient are dependent on the total number of eligible entries received during the Experience Registration Period and the skill of the entrant in the trivia game completion.

 

Official Rules & Recipient List:  For a copy of these Official Rules, or a list of the educational experience recipient, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 5/15/2025 to: Wheatley Vodka Trivia Promotion, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.  PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting: official rules or experience recipient list.

 

Sponsor:  This Promotion is sponsored by Sazerac Company, Inc., 10101 Linn Station Rd, Suite 400, Louisville, KY, 40223.

 

Promotion Administrator:  The Promotion is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.