1. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal U.S. residents 21 years of age or older, void in California, Utah, Puerto Rico and where prohibited or restricted by law, regulation, rule or otherwise. Subject to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. EST, November 12, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 12, 2008.
2. TO ENTER: To enter online go to www.bacardi.com/US and read the Official Rules, then complete the online Official Entry Form by entering your full legal name, complete mailing address, e-mail address, and date of birth (all fields are required). Click on the “submit” button to transmit your entry. If you do not want your e-mail address used for future marketing and promotional purposes, please leave the opt-in box unchecked on the entry form.
One entry per person, per e-mail address. All online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST, December 12, 2008. Upon submission, all entries become the exclusive property of Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. (“Sponsor”) and no entries will be acknowledged or returned.
Entries not satisfying all the requirements of these Official Rules will be automatically disqualified.
3. PRIZES: Four Hundred and Twenty Five (425) Prize Winners will receive one (1) BACARDI Holiday DVD valued at Ten Dollars ($10.00) each. Estimated retail value of all First Prizes – Four Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($4,250.00)
4. PRIZE WINNER SELECTION: Prize Winners will be selected via random drawing by an independent judging organization from all eligible entries received on or about December 15, 2008.
5. Odds of winning any Prize depend on the number of valid entries received. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the judging organization, which are final and binding in all respects. Prize Winners will be notified via e-mail. In the event of non-compliance with these requirements or if Prize notification/Prize is returned as undeliverable, Prize will be forfeited.
6. All other expenses not specified herein are the sole responsibility of each Prize Winner. Taxes on all Prizes are solely the responsibility of each Prize Winner. No Prize transfer. Prizes are subject to availability. Sponsor may substitute a Prize of equal or greater value if any Prize becomes unavailable for any reason. Prizes are nontransferable, and no cash or other substitutions will be offered except at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
7. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
a) Limit one entry per person, per e-mail address. Only those entrants with completed Official Entry Forms containing the complete information described above will be entered for a chance to participate. Multiple entries will result in the disqualification of all entries from said entrant. Sponsor, nor any of its agencies are responsible for any telephone, technical, network, electronic, computer, hardware or software failures, malfunctions, or disconnects of any kind, or misdirected, illegible, incomplete, stolen or garbled, fragmented, or delayed Internet/email computer transmissions or network/ISP/website/or internet accessibility.
b) ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of this Contest or web site; to be in violation of the terms of service of the web site, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.
If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this Contest for any drawing(s) and select the Prize Winners from Internet entries received for that drawing prior to the action taken.
c) Employees of Sponsor, and its parent or any of parent’s affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, alcohol beverage distributors/wholesalers, independent judging organization, retailers (including bartenders/staff) and their advertising and promotional agencies, and the employees/staff and the immediate families of each are not eligible to enter or win.
d) Entrant releases Sponsor and its parents and parent’s affiliate companies, subsidiaries, alcoholic beverage retailers, independent judging organization, distributors/wholesalers and the directors, officers, employees and agencies of any of the above organizations from any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by participation in the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use/misuse of any Prize. By accepting any Prize, all Prize Winners consent to the use of their names and likeness for advertising and trade purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Participants waive the right to assert as a cost of winning any Prize, any costs of redemption or travel to redeem said Prize and any liability which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said Prize.
e) This Contest shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A. without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. All entrants to this Contest agree that all disputes arising out of or relating in any way to this Contest shall be litigated only in courts sitting in Dade County, Florida, U.S.A.
6. WHO WON: For the Prize Winners’ names in the BACARDI Holiday DVD Giveaway, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
BACARDI Holiday DVD Giveaway
PO Box 43037
St. Louis, MO 63143
DRINK RESPONSIBLY!
www.bacardi.com
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