Circle K® Powerade Sweepstakes
1. Eligibility: The Circle K® Powerade Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to
legal residents of the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. There
are 12 regions (each a “Region”) for this Sweepstakes, see list of Regions in Section
5 below and more details at the link located here:
https://corpo.couche-tard.com/en/business-units/united-states/. Employees and
non-employee workers of The Coca‑Cola Company, Coca‑Cola bottlers, Circle K Stores Inc., Holiday Station stores, LLC,
Merkle Inc., and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates,
and agents and those prize providers and agencies that are involved in the
development or execution of this Sweepstakes or any of its materials, and the
immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household
members of each such person are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all
applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
2. Sponsor: The Coca-Cola
Company, One Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30313.
Administrator:
Merkle Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
3. Agreement
to Official Rules:
By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees
to and accepts these Official Rules and confirms that the decisions of the
Sponsor and Administrator are final and binding in all matters related to the
Sweepstakes.
4. Promotion
Period:
The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern
Time ("ET"), September 7,
2022, ends at 11:59 p.m. ET, November 1,
2022 (the "Promotion Period") and consists of 8 weekly entry periods
(each a “Weekly Entry Period”) that each begin at 12:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday
and end at 11:59 p.m. ET the following Tuesday, and 1 grand prize entry period
(the “Grand Prize Entry Period”). The
computer of Circle K Stores Inc. is the official time-keeping device for this
Sweepstakes.
5. How
to Enter:
There are 2 ways to enter:
a)
Lift Method: During the Promotion Period, visit a participating Circle
K or Holiday Station store location and purchase three (3) 28 oz bottles of
Powerade, any flavor (a “Qualifying Purchase Transaction”). When you are at the register, your Qualifying
Purchase Transaction will prompt the Lift digital touchscreen to provide instructions
on how to participate in the Sweepstakes by requiring that you enter your
mobile phone number on the touchscreen. By completing this process, you will
also receive one (1) entry into the applicable Weekly Entry Period drawing and
one (1) entry into the Grand Prize Entry Period drawing for the Region that
corresponds with the Circle K or Holiday Station location at which you enter. Regions
are defined as: Coastal Carolina, Florida,
Great Lakes, Heartland, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, Southeast, Texas, South
Atlantic, West Coast, Northern Tier (Circle K stores), Northern Tier (Holiday
Station stores). Including more than one (1) participating products in one (1) purchase
transaction will not result in additional Sweepstakes
entries. You may make
additional Qualifying Purchase Transactions to receive additional entries,
subject to the limit set forth below.
b) Mail-In Alternate
Method of Entry:
During the Promotion Period, to enter without making a purchase or providing a
mobile phone number, print your name, address, phone number, email address,
age, and mail it in an envelope with proper postage to “Circle K® Powerade
Sweepstakes - Free Entry," c/o Merkle Inc., P.O. Box 5964,
Dept. 853549, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5964. On
the exterior of the envelope print your Region (1 from the list above in
Section 5a) to determine the Grand Prize Entry Period Region drawing,
and print the week during which you are entering (example, “Week 1” or “Week
8”) to determine the Weekly Entry Period drawing for which your entry
qualifies. Entries without zip code or Weekly Entry Period number included on
the exterior envelope will be disqualified. For each separately mailed-in
entry, you will receive 1 entry into the appliable Weekly Entry Period and
Grand Prize Entry Period drawings. Limit:
1 request per envelope. All mail-in
entries must be handwritten, become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none
will be acknowledged or returned. Proof
of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by
Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for
lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or
postage-due entries, which will be disqualified. All mailed-in entries must be
postmarked by November 1, 2022 and received by November
8, 2022.
Limit:
You may enter 1 time per day by either entry method, and
receive 1 entry into the applicable Weekly Entry Period drawing and 1 entry
into the Grand Prize Entry Period drawing for your Region. Multiple participants are not permitted to
share the same email address or mobile phone number. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the
stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses,
identities, registrations or logins, or any other methods will void that
participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified from the
Sweepstakes. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including,
but not limited to, sweepstakes entry services) will void all entries by that
entrant. In the event of a dispute as to
any entry, the authorized account holder of email address used to enter will be
deemed to be the entrant. The "authorized 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. Potential
winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holders.
6. Drawings: Administrator is an independent judging
organization whose decisions as to the selection of the potential winners are
final and binding. On or about November 17, 2022,
Administrator will select the potential winners in a random drawing of all
eligible entries received during the applicable entry period. Entries from one
Weekly Entry Period will not carry over into subsequent Weekly Entry Period
drawings. The
odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received
during the applicable Entry Period.
7. Requirements
of Potential Winners: Potential winners must continue to
comply with the Official Rules. Winning
is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.
If a potential winner entered via the Lift digital screen method of
entry, he/she will be notified by phone at the phone number inputted to enter
the Sweepstakes. The potential winners must respond within 2 business days with
the requested contact information, including full name, valid email and mailing
addresses, and date of birth, or forfeit the applicable prize. If a potential winner entered by mail, he/she
will be contacted by email. The potential Grand and First Prize winners (or
parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence)
will also be required to sign and return to Administrator, within 5 days of the
date notice or attempted notice is sent, a Declaration of Compliance, Liability
Waiver and where not prohibited, a Publicity Release in order to claim the prize
and to fulfill any such other requirements as determined by Administrator. If any
potential winner cannot be contacted or fails to take all of
the required steps to claim the prize, he/she may be disqualified and will forfeit
the prize. In the event that any potential winner
forfeits the prize, is disqualified for any reason, or if a prize is returned
as undeliverable, Administrator will select an alternate potential winner in a
random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries for the applicable
prize, up to 3 alternates. If the alternate potential winners are disqualified,
the applicable prize will not be awarded.
8. Prizes:
60 GRAND PRIZES (5 per region): Winner will receive a $1,000 Circle K® Gift Card. Terms and conditions apply.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of prize: $1,000.
24 FIRST PRIZES (3 PER WEEKLY ENTRY
PERIOD):
Winner will receive a grill in the form of a $600 Home Depot digital gift code.
Terms and conditions apply. ARV: $600. 64 SECOND PRIZES (8 PER WEEKLY ENTRY
PERIOD): Winner will receive a Powerade branded cooler. ARV: $230.99. 64
THIRD PRIZES (8 PER WEEKLY ENTRY PERIOD): Winner will receive a pair of Half
Moon folding chairs. ARV: $124.50. 80 FOURTH PRIZES (10 PER WEEKLY ENTRY PERIOD):
Winner will receive a Powerade portable speaker. ARV: $59.65. 240 FIFTH
PRIZES (30 PER WEEKLY ENTRY PERIOD): Winner will receive a $50 Circle K®
Gift Card. Terms and conditions apply. ARV: $50.
No
substitution, exchange, or transfer of prize by any winner. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any
prize for one of equal or greater value.
Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with prize receipt and/or use.
Limit: 1 prize per person.
9. Publicity: Except where
prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant’s consent for
Sponsor and its designees to use entrant’s name, likeness, prize information,
city and state of residence video, voice, any comments, testimonials
or other feedback related to prize or Sweepstakes, whether written or oral, for
promotional purposes in any media without further consideration.
10. General
Conditions: In
the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Sweepstakes is
impaired in any way for any reason, including, but, not limited to, fraud, civil
unrest, virus or other technical problem, outbreak of widespread illness,
pandemic, or other similar occurrence, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion,
either: (a) suspend the Sweepstakes to address the impairment and then resume
the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official
Rules; or (b) cancel the Sweepstakes and, in its sole discretion, award the
prizes in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the
time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion
to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or
the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules
of this or any other promotion, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to
undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of
criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be
made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to
the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsor's failure to enforce any term
of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
11. Release
and Limitations of Liability:
Except where prohibited, by participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to
release and hold harmless The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola bottlers, Circle K Stores Inc., Holiday Station stores, LLC,
Merkle Inc. and their respective parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, promotional partners, prize partners, agents and agencies, and the
officers, directors and employees of them (collectively the “Released Parties”)
from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in
the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to:
(a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors
related to computers, servers, providers, printers or telephone, cellular
networks, or network lines; (c) printing errors or human error; (d) errors in
the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (e) late,
lost, or undeliverable mail; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property
which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from
entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt, use, or misuse of any
prize. Entrant further agrees that in
any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the
cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes and in no event shall the
Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees.
Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but
not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. If, for any reason, an entrant’s entry is
confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or
corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another Sweepstakes entry, if it is
possible. If the Sweepstakes, or any
part of it, is discontinued for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up
to the date of discontinuance for any prize offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will
be awarded. In the
event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other
reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth herein to be
available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated
number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible
prize claims.
12. Disputes: Entrant agrees that:
(a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Sweepstakes or any prizes awarded shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern
Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County,
Michigan; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to
actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering
any Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys' fees. All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of
these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor
in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or
any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
13. Winner
List:
For a winner list, click HERE.
The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
14. Participant's
Personal Information: Information collected from participants
is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy https://us.coca-cola.com/privacy-policy/.