Sweepstakes Official Rules

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NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE PRIZE IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VALID ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

    1. SPONSOR: The Tasty Bite Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Mars, Inc., 6885 Elm St, McLean, VA 22101 (“Sponsor”).

    2. ELIGIBILITY: To enter the Sweepstakes, you must, as of the start of the Sweepstakes Period (defined below), be a legal resident of the United States and above the age of majority in your place of residence. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, franchisees, subsidiaries and agencies, and their immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouses of each, regardless of where they live) and members of the households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers and directors, are ineligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited.

    3. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: Entries must be submitted between 12:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on September 1, 2023, and 11:59 PM ET on August 31, 2024 (“Sweepstakes Period”). Sponsor’s computer, or that of its designee, shall serve as the official timekeeper for the Sweepstakes.

    4. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, visit the Sweepstakes website located at [com] during the Sweepstakes Period and complete the entry form. When you submit your completed entry form, you will be entered into a random drawing. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify entries that are incomplete, illegible, contain false or inaccurate information, or are not within the spirit of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

      NOTE: Entrants are limited to one (1) entry per person. Entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Period to be eligible. Any use of automated, robotic, macro, programmed or similar quick-entry programs, or attempts to exceed the maximum number of entries permitted, is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In case of dispute, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor will not verify receipt of entries. Entries become property of Sponsor and will not be returned.

    5. SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF THE PRIZE WINNER:  
      The Sweepstakes Period consists of two separate drawing periods (each a “Drawing Period”). Non-winning entries from one Drawing Period carry over into subsequent Drawing Periods. The entry and drawing for each Drawing Period are as follows:

Drawing Period

Start of Drawing Period

End of Drawing Period

Drawing Date

Number of Winners

1

September 1, 2023

January 31, 2024

February 1, 2024

1

2

February 2, 2024

August 31, 2024

September 3, 2024

1


At the conclusion of each Drawing Period, one (1) potential winner will be selected from the eligible entries received. Following the drawings, potential winners will receive an email informing them that they have won a prize and the approximate arrival dates of their prize package. POTENTIAL WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESPOND WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS OF NOTIFICATION.  

Except where prohibited by law, potential winners must complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release (“Affidavit”) in accordance with the instructions listed in the prize notification correspondence. If potential winner fails to provide the Affidavit within the required period of time, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, disqualify potential winner and select an alternate potential winner. Non-compliance with these Official Rules, failure to return all required documentation by the stated deadline or Sponsor’s inability to contact a potential winner, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion, may result in disqualification. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. 

  1. PRIZE AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARV”): A total of two (2) entrants will be eligible to receive a prize. Each winner will receive a six-month supply of Tasty Bite products (ARV: $800). The aggregate retail value of the prizes is $1,600. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received prior to the Drawing. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prize is allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in whole or in part, of equal or greater monetary value if the prize or any portion of the prize cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. Actual retail value of the prizes or prize components may differ from stated ARV and Sponsor will not award any difference between actual value and ARV. Actual prizes may differ from any promotional images. Prize winner is responsible for all federal, state, or local taxes associated with prize acceptance. 

  2. DISQUALIFICATION: If an entrant is found to be ineligible, or if he/she does not comply with the Official Rules, then such entrant will be disqualified. If the prize, prize documentation or prize notification is returned as undeliverable or unclaimed, this will result in disqualification. In the event an entrant is deemed ineligible or disqualified for any reason under the provisions of the Official Rules, then an alternate potential winner may be selected via a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period, if time permits. If, after a good-faith attempt, Sponsor is unable to award or deliver the prize, the prize may not be re-awarded.

  3. PRIVACY:  Entry in the Sweepstakes constitutes consent to the transfer of the personal information collected from the entrant to the Sponsor for the purposes of administering the Sweepstakes and for such other purposes to which entrant may consent as outlined herein or on the Sweepstakes website.  All information submitted to Sponsor as part of this Sweepstakes will be treated in accordance with the privacy policy located at http://www.mars.com/global/policies/privacy/pp-english.aspx.

  4. SWEEPSTAKES CONDITIONS: By entering, each entrant agrees: (a) to be bound by these Official Rules and any other documents required by Sponsor herein and by the decisions of the Sponsor, and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in this Sweepstakes, the Official Rules or any other documents required by Sponsor herein,  (b) to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sponsor and its respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, demands, causes of action, penalties and expenses arising out of or related to any statement, action or failure to act by entrant during or in connection with his/her participation herein and/or any breach or alleged breach of these Official Rules or of any other documents required by Sponsor and, (c) not to sue and to hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all liabilities, claims and demands of any kind or nature whatsoever, in law or equity, whether known or unknown, which entrant (or entrant’s successors-in-interest, heirs and/or agents) ever had, now have, or in the future may have against the Released Parties, including, but not limited to claims arising out of or related to personal injury (including death) and/or damage, theft, loss or any other harm resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (i) participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes related activity, (ii) the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize, (iii) the use of any of the rights granted herein (including, without limitation, the use and exploitation of the entrant’s entry, name, address [city and state], biographical information, statements, photograph, and/or other likeness), (iv) any malfunction or other problem with any Sweepstakes website or webpage, (v) any error in the collection or retention of entry information, and (vi) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize.

  5. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, deleted, misdirected, undeliverable or incomplete entries due to system errors or failures or faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions; and/or entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system/human errors and failures, or faulty transmissions, or for any problems or technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cable connections, or satellite transmissions, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, or entries not received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at a website, or any combination thereof, including other telecommunication, cable, digital or satellite malfunctions which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate. Proof of transmission does not constitute proof of entry. The Released Parties are also not responsible for any malfunction of any Sweepstakes website or webpage or error in the collection, processing or retention of entry information.   

    WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AND EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING THE PRIZE, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

  6. TERMINATION/SUSPENSION/MODIFICATION OF SWEEPSTAKES: If for any reason this Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, fulfillment or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and to select the winner by conducting a random drawing from those eligible entries received up to the time of the termination/suspension. Sponsor may also disqualify or prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize in this or any other promotion conducted by Sponsor if, at its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant has violated the Official Rules or has threatened or is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick-entry programs), or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor’s representatives. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

  7. DISPUTES: The Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of [Connecticut], without regard to the conflicts of law provisions. All disputes, claims or demands that relate to these Official Rules will first be brought to the attention of the other party and will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.  The receiving party shall have sixty (60) days from the date of such notice to remedy the described breach or violation and notify the complaining party in writing of the resolution.  If the dispute, claim or demand is not resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant within 60 days, the complainant may request an informal resolution conference (mediation), which if agreed to by the other party will be scheduled to occur within 21 days of the written response.  Each party shall have the right to be represented at such a conference by counsel and will ensure that a decision-maker with full and complete authority to resolve the dispute attends the conference.  Such conference will be in front of a third party mediator chosen by the parties.  If the parties do not agree to conference or are unable to resolve a dispute after such a conference, the parties agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute, claim or demand related in any way to these Official Rules will be decided by binding arbitration.  All disputes between the parties, of whatsoever kind or nature arising out of these Official Rules, shall be submitted to JAMS for binding arbitration under its applicable rules then in effect, before one arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by both parties.  The parties agree to share equally in the arbitration costs incurred.

  8. WINNERS LIST: For a complete list of prize recipients, please contact Sponsor at Mars, Inc., 6885 Elm St, McLean, VA 22101 no later than [September 1, 2024]. 

®/™ Trademarks © Mars, Incorporated 2023. Any third party trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective trademark owners. The use or mention of such third party trademarks in these Official Rules or in the Sweepstakes is solely for descriptive purposes and shall in no way imply an endorsement or Sponsorship of the Sweepstakes. You are providing your information to the Sponsors and the information you provide will only be used in accordance with the Official Rules of this Sweepstakes.

Tasty Bite Sweepstakes
Abbreviated Rules

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must enter between 9/1/23 and 8/31/24. Must be legal resident of the U.S., age 18+. Void where prohibited. To enter, visit [TastyBite.com] and follow instructions. Prizes (2 winners): Six-month supply of Tasty Bite products (ARV: $800. Total ARV: $1,600). Odds depend on number of entries. Governed by laws of [Connecticut]. Sponsor: Mars, Inc., 6885 Elm St, McLean, VA 22101. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and Official Rules, available at: https://tastybite.com/pages/sweepstakes-official-rules.