Wingstop Bring the Flavor to the Bay Sweepstakes

Official Rules

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

 

1. Eligibility: Wingstop Bring the Flavor to the Bay Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV and WY (each, an “Eligible State” and collectively, the “Eligible States”) who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry. Employees of Wingstop Restaurants Inc. (”Sponsor”), Merkle Inc. (“Administrator”), NBA Properties, Inc. (“NBAP”), the National Basketball Association (the “NBA”), and the NBA member teams (“NBAT”, and collectively together with NBAP and the NBA, the “NBA Entities”), Squarewave, LLC, and all of their respective 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. NOTE: THE SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID IN AK, HI, ME, MT, ND, RI, VT AND WHERE PROHIBITED. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules.

 

2. Sponsor: Wingstop Restaurants Inc., 2801 North Central Expressway, Suite 1600, Dallas, Texas 75204. Administrator: Merkle Inc. (previously known as HelloWorld, Inc.), 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.

 

3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on January 3, 2025, at 12:00 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) and ends on January 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT (the "Promotion Period"). Squarewave LLC’s servers are the official time-keeping devices for the Sweepstakes.

4. How to Enter: There are two ways to enter during the Promotion Period.

 

Make a $10 Purchase at a “Participating Location” and Register to Enter: Take the following steps to earn an entry:

 

A.            Make a purchase of $10 (before applicable Delivery Fees, Service Fees, Government-imposed Fees, Taxes, or Gratuities) or more at a Wingstop restaurant located in the Eligible States that are advertising this Sweepstakes (each a “Participating Location”, and collectively, the “Participating Locations”). You may place your order in person, by phone, on Wingstop.com or in the Wingstop App. NOTE: ORDERS PLACED THROUGH THIRD PARTY MARKETPLACES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

B.            Go to www.wingstopallstarsweeps.com (“Promotion Site”) and follow the links and instructions to accurately complete and submit the registration form, including:

·         First and last name (initials are not sufficient)

·         Email address

·         Phone number

·         Date of birth

·         Order number for your $10 (before applicable Delivery Fees, Service Fees, Government-imposed Fees, Taxes, or Gratuities) or more purchase found on your receipt or online order confirmation.

·         Checking the boxes that confirm you are a legal resident of an Eligible State and that you have read and agree to the Official Rules and give consent to be contacted by Administrator if your entry is selected and you are verified to be the winner.

 

You will also have the opportunity to check the following OPTIONAL checkbox: “I consent to Wingstop Restaurants Inc. (“Sponsor”) disclosing my personal information provided above to the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and/or NBA Properties, Inc. (“NBAP”) and agree to receive messages and advertisements from the NBA regarding NBA and NBA partners’ products and initiatives, consistent with the NBA Privacy Policy.NOTE: CHECKING THIS BOX IS NOT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES.

Upon submitting a completed registration that includes a valid order number for a purchase of $10 or more as set forth above, you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. 

 

Or, Enter by Mail: To enter without purchase, print your name, address, phone number, email address, and date of birth on a piece of paper and mail it in an envelope with proper postage to Wingstop Bring the Flavor to the Bay Sweepstakes,” c/o Merkle Inc., P.O. Box 5025, Department 865659, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5025. You will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. LIMIT: ONE ENTRY PER ENVELOPE. Your mail-in entry must be postmarked by January 27, 2025 and received by February 3, 2025. 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.

Entry Limit: You may receive one (1) entry during the Promotion Period by either entry method outlined above. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins or any other methods will void all of entrant's entries, and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and may result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, Sponsor and Administrator will rely on the information submitted by the entrant to register for this Sweepstakes. If any additional information provided by entrant is inconsistent with the information provided at registration, Sponsor and/or Administrator may disqualify such entrant and such disqualification may result in the forfeiture of any prizes won. Sponsor, in its discretion, may require additional documentation from entrant to show proof of entrant’s identity.

  

5. Prize Drawings and Winner Requirements: Administrator is an independent organization whose decisions as to the selection of the potential winners are final and binding. Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winners from all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period on or around February 5, 2025. The potential winners will be notified by email and phone call from the Administrator and will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and, where not prohibited, a Publicity Release ("Declaration"), which must be received by Administrator within forty-eight (48) hours of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required time period, or the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason or forfeits the prize, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Up to one (1) alternate drawing may be held, time permitting, after which the prize will remain un-awarded.

 

6. Prizes, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) and Odds of Winning:

 

A.         Prizes: Two (2) Grand Prizes: A trip for winner and one (1) travel companion to San Francisco, California, February 14, 2025, through February 17, 2025, to attend the NBA All-Star 2025 concerts and basketball game (collectively, the “Events,” relevant details of which are below). 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 San Francisco, California;

·         Round trip ground transportation from airport to hotel;

·         Two (2) general admission tickets to all three (3) days of NBA All-Star 2025 concerts taking place on Friday, February 14, 2025 – Sunday, February 16, 2025;

·         Two (2) tickets to the NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center on Sunday, February 16, 2025; seating and timing determined in the sole discretion of the NBA;

·         One (1) $1,500 prepaid card, intended to be used for spending money. Your use of the prepaid card is governed by the Cardholder Agreement, and some fees may apply. This is not a gift card. Please note that prepaid cards are subject to expiration, so pay close attention to the expiration date of the card; and

·         One $500 Wingstop e-gift code, terms and conditions apply.

 

Sponsor will also provide winner a USD$7,629 payment by wire transfer, which is intended to assist the winner with federal, state, or other tax obligations related to the Grand Prize (the “Tax Gross-Up Payment”). 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.  

 

Winners must travel on the dates determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion or prize will be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sponsor will make reasonable efforts to select travel dates acceptable to winner. Winners are obligated to work with Sponsor’s travel agent to book trip immediately upon winner confirmation or prize will be forfeited. 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 this Sweepstakes, 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: additional 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 responsibility solely of winner. Winner must have proper identification and a valid credit card for hotel check-in and to cover incidental expenditures. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure or a sibling/friend of winner with the appropriate parental permissions and releases and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. THERE EXISTS AN INHERENT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PRESENT. BY TRAVELING AND ATTENDING EVENTS, WINNER AND WINNER’S TRAVEL COMPANION VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL RISKS RELATED TO EXPOSURE TO COVID-19. 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 any Event 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.

 

For all Event tickets: Tickets may be subject to standard rain-check policies and procedures. Winner agrees to abide by any terms, conditions and restrictions provided by Event ticket. Sponsor is not responsible if winner does not use Event ticket on day of applicable Event.

 

ARV of each prize: USD$25,429. 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. Winners will receive an IRS Form 1099-MISC reporting the actual value of the prize received. Prizes are 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. Limit of one (1) prize per household.

 

B.         Total ARV: The total ARV of all available prizes in the Sweepstakes is USD$50,858.

 

C.         Odds of Winning: The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.

 

7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winners agree that Sponsor, Administrator, the NBA Entities, Squarewave, LLC and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, governors, owners, distributors, retailers, agents, assignees, advertising/promotion agencies, representatives, franchisees, and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) shall have no liability and will be released and held harmless from any claim, action, liability, loss, injury or damage, including, without limitation, personal injury or death to winner or any third party or damage to personal or real property due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by any reason, including the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize and/or participation in this promotion.

 

 

8. Right of Publicity Release: Participants in this promotion (or if a minor in their state of residence, their parent or legal guardian) agree that Sponsor, the NBA Entities and their designees and assigns may use the participant’s name, voice, city/state of residence, photos, opinions, video or film clips, and/or other visual likeness for advertising and/or trade purposes and/or for any other purpose in any media or format now or hereafter known without further compensation (financial or otherwise), permission or notification. Sponsor or the NBA Entities are not obligated to use any of the above-mentioned information or publicity materials but may do so and edit such information or materials at its sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.

 

 

9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, if any fraud, technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, wide spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism) interferes with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to fulfillment of the prizes, 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 and may modify the 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, including but not limited to submitting fraudulent entries, or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this Sweepstakes or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and 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. In no event will more prizes than are stated in these Official Rules be awarded. If, for any reason, more prize notifications are sent (or more claims are received) than the number of prizes offered as set forth in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right to award the intended number of prizes through a random drawing from among all eligible prize claims received. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between any other statements contained in any Sweepstakes-related materials and the Official Rules as posted on the Promotion Site, the Official Rules as posted on the Promotion Site shall prevail, govern, and control.

 

10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information either caused by printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or provided by entrants; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections to the internet, in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to the entry process; (d) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to the processing of entries; (e) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (f) 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 to the receipt, use, inability to 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 it is possible.

 

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (a) 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 or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (b) 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 (c) 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. Severability: If the application of any provision of these Official Rules to any particular facts or circumstances shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court, arbitration panel or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision as applied to any other particular facts or circumstances, and the other provisions of these Official Rules, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. In addition, if any provision contained in these Official Rules shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law.

 

13. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.

 

14. Winner List: See this Winner List for the Sweepstakes winners. The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.

 

THIS PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE NBA ENTITIES. ALL INQUIRIES REGARDING THIS PROMOTION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ADMINISTRATOR OR SPONSOR. WINGSTOP RESTAURANTS INC. IS THE SOLE SPONSOR OF THIS PROMOTION.

 

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