MINEXPO 2024 CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
Bridgestone’s MinExpo 2024 CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
1. Eligibility: Bridgestone’s MinExpo 2024 Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States plus the District of Columbia who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Employees, officers, directors, and representatives of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (the “Sponsor”), any prize supplier, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates and their advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies are not eligible to enter or win. Immediate family members and household members of such individuals are also not eligible to enter or win. Immediate family members means parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. Household members are those people who share the same residence at least three months per year.
2. Entry Period: The Contest begins on September 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific and ends on October 3, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific (the “Entry Period”). All entries must be received by October 3, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Pacific. Sponsor’s database clock is the official timekeeper for the Contest.
3. How to Enter: During the Entry Period, engage with Bridgestone at MinExpo by taking a picture or boomerang (video) at the booth #8613 with the Bridgestone MasterCore VREV using the method provided by Bridgestone and post the image or video on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #bridgestone8613 included. Visit https://commercial.bridgestone.com/en-us/off-the-road/minexpo-2024-terms and follow the links and instructions to complete and submit the entry form. Upon completion, the entrant will automatically receive one (1) Contest entry. Limit one (1) entry per person/email address/household per day. Multiple entries from the same person violating the rules will be disqualified. Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. [You may enter only once.] You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities, or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. Using any automated methods to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules, your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Entrants must have a valid email address, and it is the entrant’s responsibility to update the Sponsor of any change in email address. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the prize will be awarded to the authorized account holder of the email address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service provider, online service provider, carrier, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning the email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
4. Prize: One Winner will receive a lightweight Bridgestone Golf Stand Bag model (Lightweight – color may change based on product availability) with an estimated retail value of $249. The actual value of the prize is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the approximate retail value is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. No cash or other substitution, assignment, or transfer of any prize is permitted except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with cash or another prize of comparable or greater value. The winner is responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. The prize will be awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, offered by the Sponsor.
5. Odds: The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
6. Potential Winner Selection: The potential Winner will be selected on or about October 4, 2024, in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. In the event the Sponsor does not receive any eligible entries, the Sponsor has the right to cancel the Contest. The random drawing will be conducted by the Sponsor, whose decisions are final.
7. Potential Winner Notification: Potential Winner will be notified within thirty (30) days after the last day of the Contest by e-mail, phone, postal mail, or any other means at Sponsor’s discretion. Potential Winner will be required to provide his/her mailing address (P.O. Boxes are not permitted) for prize fulfillment purposes, which must be received by Sponsor within seven (7) business days of the date notice is sent, in order to claim his/her prize. In the event that the potential Winner fails to respond as stated above, declines the prize, or fails to provide any other requested information within the time period, such potential Winner will forfeit the prize and Sponsor will select an alternate potential Winner by random drawing from remaining eligible entrants. If an alternate similarly fails to respond or declines the prize, Sponsor will use a reasonable number of attempts, in its discretion, to award the prize to another alternate. But if it is unable to do so, the prize will be finally forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability in connection with this Contest. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Contest.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes Winner's consent to Sponsor’s use of Winner's name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown, and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to change these Official Rules or cancel, modify, terminate, or suspend the Contest if fraud, technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such an event, the Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. 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 Contest 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 damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is 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.
10. Release: By receipt of any prize, Winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and any promotional partners, each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliate, and related companies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against any losses, damages, rights, claim, or cause of action of any kind arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Contest or resulting directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the Contest, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy.
11. 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 Contest; (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 Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) 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 Contest, or receipt, or use of any prize or while traveling to or from any prize-related activity. If, for any reason, an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Contest, if it is 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.
12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in Nashville, Tennessee; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"); and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. Tennessee State law, without reference to Tennessee’s choice of law rules, governs the Contest and all aspects related thereto. Entrants hereby agree that any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with the Contest or these Official Rules shall be resolved by arbitration pursuant to this provision and the code of procedures of either the judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) or the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), as selected by the entrant.
13. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an entry is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy https://commercial.bridgestone.com/en-us/privacy-policy.
14. Miscellaneous: The names of individuals, groups, companies, products and services mentioned herein, and any corresponding likenesses, logos and images thereof reproduced herein, have been used for identification purposes only and may be the copyrighted properties and trademarks of their respective owners. The mention of any individual, group or company, or the inclusion of a product or service as a prize, does not imply any association with or endorsement by such individual, group or company, or the manufacturer or distributor of such product or service and, except as otherwise indicated, no association or endorsement is intended or should be inferred. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision of the Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. For entrants, to the extent there is a conflict between these Official Rules and any terms of use or other agreement posted, these Official Rules control.
15. Winner List: “One Winner” name will be posted online at https://commercial.bridgestone.com/en-us/off-the-road/minexpo-2024-terms on or around October 4, 2024, for a period of 30 days.
16. Sponsor: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, 200 4th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37201. This contest is neither sponsored by nor endorsed by the owners or operators of Facebook, Instagram, or the MinExpo conference.