Velveeta – SEC Basketball
Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Velveeta – SEC Basketball Sweepstakes
(the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United
States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at
the time of entry. Employees of Kraft Heinz Foods
Company (“Sponsor”), Ibotta, Inc. (“Administrator”), HelloWorld,
Inc. (“Prize Administrator”), and their parent and affiliate companies as well
as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household
members of each such employee are not eligible.
The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local
laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Participation constitutes
entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. The
decisions of Sponsor, Administrator and Prize Administrator (collectively, the “Promotion
Parties”) are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth
herein.
During the Promotion Period, take the
following steps to enter:
By selecting the applicable Eligible
Velveeta Product Offers (by clicking the red plus sign on each applicable Offer
tile within the Ibotta App) you are adding the
Offer(s) to “Your List.”
For each Offer successfully redeemed,
you will receive one (1) Sweepstakes entry per Eligible Velveeta Product
purchased.
Entry
Limits: You may purchase up to three (3)
Velveeta Loafs in one (1) transaction to receive up to three (3) Sweepstakes
entries. You may purchase up to five (5) Velveeta Shells & Cheese boxes in
one (1) transaction to receive up to five (5) Sweepstakes entries. In total,
you can earn up to eight (8) Sweepstakes entries during the Promotion Period.
OPT
OUT PROCESS: If you redeem an offer for an Eligible Velveeta
Product, but would like to opt-out of the Sweepstakes drawing, send an email to
sweepstakes@ibotta.com with your opt-out request by February 5, 2020. Please include “Velveeta Promotion Opt Out” in the subject line and the email address
associated with your Ibotta account in your email request. You will be opted
out of all prize drawings by sending one email request.
ENTER BY MAIL: To enter without purchase or use of the
Ibotta App, hand print your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, email
address, and date of birth on a 3" x 5" piece of paper and mail it in
an envelope with proper postage to Velveeta – SEC Basketball Sweepstakes, c/o
HelloWorld, Inc., P.O. Box 5010,
Department 843656, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5010. You
will receive one (1) entry into the drawing for each mail-in entry received. Limit: You may
only include one mail-in entry in each envelope and may mail in a total of
eight (8) envelopes. All mail-in entries must be handwritten and must be
postmarked by February 5, 2020 and received by February 12, 2020. All entries
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.
5. Prize Drawings: Prize Administrator is an independent judging
organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the
Sweepstakes drawing and the selection of the potential winner are final and
binding. Prize Administrator will randomly select the
potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries received during the
Promotion Period, on or around February 17,
2020. The potential winner will be notified by email and may be required to
provide full contact information and then will be required to complete a
Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and, where not prohibited, a Publicity
Release (collectively, the “Declaration”) which must be received by Prize Administrator
within two (2) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to
claim the prize. If a potential winner of the prize cannot be contacted,
fails to timely complete the Declaration, or fails to provide any other requested
information, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Receiving a prize is
contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. If the potential winner
is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an
alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible
entries. Up to three (3) alternate
drawings will be held, time permitting, after which the prize will remain
un-awarded.
6. Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A trip for winner and a guest to Nashville,
TN to go to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament March 13 – 15, 2020 Trip
package includes round trip, coach-class air transportation for two (2) from a
major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion)
to Nashville, TN; two (2) nights' accommodations at a hotel determined by
Sponsor in its sole discretion (single room, double occupancy); ground
transportation to and from destination airport and hotel; $750 spending money;
and tickets to the three (3) sessions of the Men’s SEC Basketball Tournament taking
place on March 13 -15 (all details of seats will be determined by Sponsor). Winner
must travel on around the Tournament dates or prize will be forfeited. Winner
is obligated to work with Sponsor’s travel agent to book trip immediately upon
winner confirmation. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability.
Travel must be round trip. Sponsor will
determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or
compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any
flight. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these
Official Rules, and those set forth by the Sponsor’s airline carrier of choice
as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses
and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description
above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals,
gratuities, passenger tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees,
service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security
fees, taxes or other expenses are the sole responsibility of winner. Unless a child of winner, travel companion
must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure and
must travel on the same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. If winner
is a minor in his/her state of residence, travel companion must be winner’s
parent/legal guardian. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases
prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and
limitations may apply. If,
in the judgment of Sponsor, air travel is not required due to winner’s
proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for round
trip air travel at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor
will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or
certificates. Sponsor is not responsible
if the basketball tournament is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason,
in which event that portion of prize is forfeited in its entirety and no
substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor’s sole discretion. TAX GROSS UP PAYMENT: Sponsor will also
provide winner a single cash payment in the form of a check, which is intended
to assist the winner with any federal, state, or other tax obligations related
to the Grand Prize (the “Tax Gross-Up Payment”). The Tax Gross-Up Payment
will be $1,400. The Grand Prize winner’s actual tax liabilities related to
the Grand Prize could exceed the Tax Gross-Up Payment. The Grand Prize
winner is solely responsible for all applicable federal, state, or other tax
obligations related to the Grand Prize. Sponsor will not provide any
further assistance toward the winner’s tax obligations. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $6,110.
Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure
and destination. Winner will not receive
difference between actual and approximate retail value. Prize is
non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at
the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the
prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become
unavailable for any reason. Winner
is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the Sweepstakes prize depend
on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees
to release and hold harmless Promotion Parties and their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion
agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies
and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively,
the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action,
including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of
property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity:
Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each winner’s
consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel,
suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud,
technical failures, human error or any other factor impairs the integrity or
proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion. In such event, 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 or all prizes offered
herein. 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 deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes
may be in violation of criminal and/or civil law, 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.
Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not
constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations
of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing
errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited
to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network
hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the
entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur
in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5)
late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any 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 or use or misuse of any prize. 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 entry in the Sweepstakes, if possible.
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 in these Official Rules 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.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees
that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize 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; (2) any and all
claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no
event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted
to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect,
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 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.
12.
Entrant's Personal Information: By entering in to this Sweepstakes, you
agree to allow Administrator to share your email address and first and late
name with Prize Administrator, if you are selected as the winner or potential
alternate winner solely for the purpose of contacting you and fulfilling the
prize. Information collected from
entrants is subject to Administrator’s Privacy Policy: https://ibotta.com/docs/privacy. Administrator will share entrant’s
name and email address with Prize Administrator for the sole purpose of
administering the Sweepstakes. Prize Administrator’s Privacy Policy is http://www.helloworld.com/privacy-policy. Subject
to applicable laws and statute of limitations and its Privacy Policy, Prize
Administrator will delete all personal information of each entrant in its possession.
13. Winner List: For a winner list, visit http://bit.ly/2FxpsrT.
The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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