OFFICIAL “BUD LIGHT X CMA FEST® GIVEAWAY” CONTEST RULES
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS (“OFFICIAL RULES”) BEFORE ENTERING THE BUD LIGHT X CMA FEST® GIVEAWAY (THE "CONTEST"). BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, AN ENTRANT REPRESENTS THAT THEY SATISFY ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BELOW AND AGREE TO BE BOUND UNCONDITIONALLY BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND ALL DECISIONS OF LABATT BREWING COMPANY LIMITED (THE “CONTEST SPONSOR”)
Country Music Association, Inc. is not a sponsor of this promotion. Country Music Association®, CMA Country Christmas®, CMA Fest®, and CMA Awards® are trademarks of the Country Music Association Inc. (collectively referred to in these Official Rules as “CMA”). All Rights Reserved.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to participate, you must:
- Be a legal resident of Canada;
- Be of 21 years of age or older;
- Hold a valid passport for travel to the United States;
- Not be an employee, officer, director, contractor, agent or representative of the Contest Sponsor, CMA or any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies, agents or distribution companies;
- Not be an employee of the applicable provincial liquor agencies, license control/boards and their licensees, retailers, or distributors (the “Provincial Liquor Authorities”), the Contest judge; and
- Not be a member of the immediate family (parent, spouse, sibling, child) of, or domiciled with, any of the foregoing persons.
The Provincial Liquor Authorities are not connected with this Contest in any manner whatsoever and are not liable in any way whatsoever in regard to any matter which relates to this Contest.
If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the e-mail address by an online service provider, Internet access provider or other organization responsible for assigning the e-mail address for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address is considered the authorized account holder. An entrant may be required to provide the Contest Sponsor with proof that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.
CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest begins on or about February 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on April 30, 2025 (the “Contest Close Date”), after which no further entries will be accepted (the “Contest Period”). The start time and end time of the Contest Period will be read to be in the time zone that is relevant to each participating location.
HOW TO ENTER & HOW TO WIN: To participate in the Contest, entrants must have Internet access and a valid email address. During the Contest Period, there are two (2) ways to enter the contest, as follows:
- Participants can scan a quick response (QR) code on Contest Sponsor marketing materials at participating locations, complete the Contest entry from in its entirety, and click submit; or
- Participants can submit an entry by visiting https://www.shopbeergear.ca/BudLightCanadaCMAFest (the “Contest Website”) and completing the Contest entry from in its entirety, and click submit
Limit of one (1) entry per household, per day (between 12:00:01 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m. each calendar day during the Contest Period), regardless of the method of entry. Entries must be received prior to the Contest Close Date. Entries received after the Contest Close Date are void. No other form of submitting an entry is valid other than as stated above. Multiple participants may not share the same email address. Participants may not enter with multiple email addresses, nor may participants enter under multiple identities. Any participant who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses, accounts or under multiple identities will be disqualified and forfeits any prize won, in the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion.
No responsibility is assumed by the Contest Sponsor for any inability of a potential entrant to successfully enter the Contest for any reason. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete or incompatible Entries, Prize notification messages, or any other Contest-related information (collectively, “Contest-related Information”), nor any Contest-related Information that has been sent in error or otherwise produced or disseminated a manner that is inconsistent with these Official Rules, all of which are void. Screenshots will not be accepted as proof of entry. All entrants and Contest-related Information are subject to verification by Contest Sponsor at any time and for any reason. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify participants for any reason whatsoever at its sole discretion. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor shall be final and will not be subject to appeal.
PRIZE: There is one (1) prize available to be won, consisting of one (1) trip for two (2) people (winner and guest) to attend CMA Fest® in Nashville, Tennessee between June 5-8, 2025 (hereinafter, the “Prize”). Prize includes: return economy class airfare between Canadian international airport closest to winner’s home address and Nashville, five (5) nights hotel accommodation (based on double occupancy) at hotel in Nashville selected by Contest Sponsor, two (2) 4-niht stadium 100-Level passes (for winner and guest) to attend CMA Fest between June 5-8, 2025 (seat location to be selected by Contest Sponsor), $800 CAD spending money allowance (payable to winner only in form of pre-paid credit card) and taxes on included services. Approximate retail value of each Prize is $10,000 CAD. Alcohol is not part of a Prize. Dates of travel to occur between June 4 and June 9, 2025 (subject to event schedule and Contest Sponsor discretion), and winner and guest must be available to travel at any time on those dates. Travel documentation (including valid passport for travel to United States, if necessary), insurance, taxes, gratuities, additional transportation, food and beverage, medical vaccinations and all other personal charges and expenses not specifically included in the above description are the sole responsibility of winner and guest. Winner and guest must be 21 years of age or older to travel to the United States. Winner must hold a valid credit card for check-in, incidentals and security deposits as required by hotel at time of travel. The Contest Sponsor is not liable if travel is impeded or refused by reason or decisions of any governmental authority (foreign or domestic), or other airline or airport authorities. Regional travel restrictions may apply. Winner and guest must abide by all venue and event policies, including but not limited to, showing a valid photo ID at venue for age verification and/or identification purposes if requested. The Contest Sponsor is not liable if entry to the venue is refused by reason or decisions of any governmental authorities (federal or provincial) or regional health authorities. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to revoke the full or partial Prize from winner and/or winner’s guest who it or venue personnel deem may, in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety and/or health risk, have violated any venue policy or law, or may bring Contest Sponsor into disrepute. Contest winner and guest may need to access tickets with mobile entry only (paperless) based on selected venue rules. The Contest Sponsor is not liable if the event associated with the Prize is cancelled for any reason. Additional ticket Terms and Conditions apply and can be found on the ticket(s) once awarded.
Prize must be accepted as awarded. Prize is not resaleable, transferable or redeemable for cash. No prize substitutions, except by the Contest Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute the Prize or any portion thereof with a prize of equal or greater value. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor are final and are not subject to appeal. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for the Prize once it has been redeemed.
The Contest Sponsor makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding the appearance, safety or performance of the Prize.
ODDS: The odds of winning a Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received prior to the Contest Close Date.
AWARDING OF PRIZES: There will be one (1) draw during which the Contest Sponsor will randomly select one (1) entry from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period on May 1, 2025 (the “Draw Date”) in Toronto, Ontario. The selected entrant will be notified by the Contest Sponsor via email or telephone call (provided on the entry form at time of entry) within three (3) business days of the Draw Date (the “Notification”). If the entrant has not responded to the Notification within three (3) business days of receipt of such Notification, another entrant may, at the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion, be selected by random draw in which case that entrant will become the selected entrant and the previously selected entrant then will be disqualified and have no right to a Prize.
Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant(s) must correctly answer, unaided, a timed mathematical skill-testing question administered by the Contest Sponsor. Before a Prize is awarded, the selected entrant (and the person who will accompany them) will be required to sign a standard declaration of compliance with the Official Rules and release form and indemnity releasing the Contest Sponsor, CMA and each of their respective affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, professional advisors, provincial liquor authorities and advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all liability arising out of, pursuant to, or as a result of the carrying out of the Contest, including, without limitation, liability arising from the acceptance of and usage of a Prize as awarded, the administration of the Contest and the selection of a potential winner.
If a potential Prize winner does not respond to the Notification within the time stipulated, is found to be ineligible for any reason, declines to accept a Prize, declines to provide a signed release and indemnity, incorrectly answers the required mathematical skill-testing question, or runs-out of time to correctly answer the required mathematical skill-testing question, the potential winner will be disqualified and will forfeit the Prize. The Contest Sponsor may then, at their sole and absolute discretion, select another eligible entrant who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner.
No communication will be entered into by the Contest Sponsor with entrants except with selected entrant(s). The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for the failure, for any reason whatsoever, of a selected entrant to receive the Notification or for the Contest Sponsor to receive a selected entrant’s response.
EACH SELECTED ENTRANT IS CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL PRIZE WINNER PENDING VERIFICATION OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY, PROVIDING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO A SKILL-TESTING QUESTION, AND PROVIDING A SIGNED RELEASE AND INDEMNITY (AS APPLICALE). ALL POTENTIAL PRIZE WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY CONTEST SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. PRIZES WILL NOT BE AWARDED UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED. CONTEST SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREENSHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS.
RELEASE: By participating in the Contest and submitting an entry, each entrant (i) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules, including all entry requirements, (ii) agrees that the decisions of the Contest Sponsor are final and without appeal, (iii) remises, releases and forever discharges the Released Parties from any and all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, dues, accounts, claims, damages, liability, losses, harm, costs or expenses, including without limitation any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, arising out of, or in any way related to, directly or indirectly, the Contest, including without limitation the entrant’s participation in the Contest, any breach of these Official Rules, the awarding, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of any Contest Prize (or any portion thereof), and any travel or activity that is related to the receipt or use of any Contest Prize, and/or the violation or infringement of any intellectual property rights or of any publicity, personality or privacy rights, and agrees to fully indemnify the Released Parties from any and all claims by third parties relating to the foregoing.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties shall not be liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused by or resulting from: (i) any entry, Prize or other correspondence or data that is lost, stolen, late, garbled, distorted, delayed, damaged or misdirected for any reason; (ii) any failure, interruption, technical malfunction or delay; (iii) any e-mail, personal message, text or SMS message or other communication sent or received to or from the Contest Sponsor or any of its agents or designees, for any reason; (iv) for any incorrect, untimely or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Contest Website, users or by equipment or programming errors associated with, or utilized in, the Contest; (v) any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of any entry or entries in the Contest; (vi) for problems with the function of the Contest Website or website feature, howsoever caused; (vii) the malfunction of, or damage caused to, any telephone network, computer equipment, data, software, online systems, servers or access providers; (viii) any functionality lost due to not having cookies enabled; (ix) for traffic congestion on the Internet; (x) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks; (xi) breaches of privacy due to interference by third parties or for any damage caused to or incurred by any entrant or any other person by reason of any such event or occurrence; or (xii) technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions including lost, misappropriated or corrupted entries, virus, worm or Trojan Horse damage or any other damage which may limit a participant's ability to participate in the Contest.
ERRORS: The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the Contest Website, in the selection and announcement of winners, or related to the distribution of a Prize.
RIGHT TO TERMINATE, MODIFY OR SUSPEND: The Contest Sponsor may at any time, at its sole discretion and without liability, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest in whole or in part, subject only to approvals required by law, if fraud, technical failures or communications or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor corrupt the administration, integrity or security of the Contest or if any other factor interferes with the conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Official Rules. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of early termination of the Contest, a notice will be posted on the Contest Website to that effect. In addition, for the purposes of determining eligibility to win a Prize in the event of early termination of the Contest, all eligible entries received prior to the time of early termination will be considered as valid and for the purposes of these Official Rules, the Contest Period will be deemed to have ended at the moment of early termination. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors, including without limitation, any typographical, printing, computer programming, Contest Website or Contest Sponsor errors. No waiver on the part of the Contest Sponsor to enforce of any term herein shall be deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver of any other term.
DISQUALIFICATIONS: If it is discovered by the Contest Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Contest Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits or restrictions provided in these Official Rules; (ii) use multiple names, identities, e-mail addresses, accounts, and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter, register or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Contest; (iii) re-enter the Contest more than the allotted number of times; (iv) submit an entry that has been falsified, manipulated or otherwise altered in any way; (v) disrupt or participate in the Contest in any fraudulent or misleading way (including without limitation cancelling, changing or otherwise modifying a transaction) and/or (vi) participate in the Contest in any other manner that is disruptive, abusive, fraudulent, misleading, deceptive, unfair, unsportsmanlike or inconsistent with these Official Rules (all as determined by Contest Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion) then they may be disqualified from the Contest at the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor. If an entrant is disqualified, such person forfeits any and all rights to any prize.
WARNING: ANY DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR ALTER ANY ENTRY OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS; IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE, THE CONTEST SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY SUCH ENTRANT OR INDIVIDUAL AND SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER RELIEF AGAINST SUCH ENTRANT OR INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
PRIVACY STATEMENT: The Contest Sponsor respects your right to privacy. Personal information collected from entrants will only be used by the Contest Sponsor to conduct the Contest and fulfill any Prize requirements and, only if consent is given at the time of entry, to provide the entrants with information regarding upcoming promotions and/or events from the Contest Sponsor. For more information regarding the manner of collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the Contest Sponsor, please refer to the Contest Sponsor’s privacy policy, available at https://www.labattbrands.com/images/policy.pdf .
GOVERNING LAW: Except for consumers residing in Quebec, and subject to applicable law and these Official Rules, this Contest and the Official Rules shall be governed by Ontario law and all entrants expressly agree that the Ontario courts shall have sole jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario. The venue of any dispute or litigation shall be Toronto, Ontario. For consumers residing in Quebec, this Contest and the Official Rules shall be governed by Quebec law and all entrants expressly agree that the courts of competent jurisdictions in the Province of Quebec shall have sole jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and agree to submit to their jurisdiction. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAWS: The Contest is subject to these complete Official Rules and all applicable federal, provincial and local laws and regulations. By participating in the Contest, you acknowledge that you have read the Official Rules and agree to abide by their terms and by the decisions of the Contest Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the Contest Sponsor. All federal, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY: In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials or Contest-related Information, including, but not limited to, point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
