OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void outside the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances. The Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.
1. Promotion: The Jersey Mike’s® “Halloween Costume Contest” Promotion (the “Promotion”) begins on October 21, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on November 3, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Period”). The winners will be announced on November 4, 2024.
Entries received outside the Promotion Period will not be accepted or be eligible to win a prize. Sponsor’s (as defined below) computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion.
2. Eligibility: The Promotion is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Any parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, trustees, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies, employees and agents of Sponsor (as defined below) are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. Winning a prize (as defined below) is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the eligibility of any entrant, and all decisions regarding eligibility shall be made by Sponsor in Sponsor’s sole discretion
3. Sponsor: Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems, Inc. (JMFS), 2251 Landmark Place, Manasquan, NJ 08736 ("Sponsor").
4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, tag Sponsor in an Instagram (the “Platform”) Post or Story (@jerseymikes) that depicts you in a Jersey Mike’s themed Halloween costume. By following the instructions above, you will receive one (1) entry in the applicable Promotion. Each entry must comply with the Submission Requirements set forth below. If you do not have Instagram, you can sign up for free by visiting www.instagram.com.
LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER USERNAME, PER PROMOTION PERIOD. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES ON THE PLATFORM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. Entrants must provide all requested information on their entry and all information provided must be accurate; incomplete entries and entries with inaccurate information will be disqualified.
All entries comply with the Submission Requirements set forth below:
MUST be in the English language;
MUST be the entrant’s original idea (modification of an original work is not an original idea), where applicable;
MUST be viewable and accessible for at least thirty (30) days following the expiration of the Promotion Period;
MUST comply with all guidelines and terms of using each Platform, as applicable;
MUST NOT contain material which is (or promote activities which are) sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, self-mutilating, discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, natural origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age), illegal (e.g. underage drinking, substance abuse, computer hacking, etc.), offensive, threatening, profane, or harassing;
MUST NOT include mention or performance of any copyrighted media production, including, but not limited to, music, films, books, television programming, etc., or identifying descriptions of any media property, except to the extent that such use constitutes a clear fair use or the copyright owner has expressly consented to such use;
MUST NOT contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including, but not limited to, material that violates privacy, publicity, or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. Entries must not include third-party trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, photographs, artwork, sculptures or music; and
MUST NOT include any automated entries or third parties.
Normal Internet, phone and usage charges imposed by your online or phone service may apply. Sponsor is not responsible for late or unsuccessful attempts to enter. Incomplete, corrupted, or untimely entries are void and will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections; or miscommunications, computer or software malfunctions, telephone transmission problems, technical failures, garbled transmissions, damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware), incomplete uploads, or other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Automated entries or entries submitted by third parties will be disqualified. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the permitted number of entries by using multiple and/or different identities, forms, registrations, addresses or any other method will void that entrant’s entries, and that entrant may be disqualified at Sponsor’s discretion.
Entrant explicitly acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor reserves the right to publish in any media, including on its social media accounts, entrant’s entry without first and last name or username credit to the entrant. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry that it believes is inappropriate or not suitable for publication, that does not comply with these Official Rules or the Submission Requirements set forth above, or that is not consistent with the spirit or theme of the Promotion.
5. Winner Selection, Verification and Notification: Following the Promotion Period, Sponsor will select Five (5) potential winners in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received through the Platform (“Prize Winners” or “winners”). Odds of winning a prize will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted by Sponsor, whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Promotion. For any Promotion Post that asks a question to which there could be a right/wrong answer, all eligible entries received, regardless of the answer cast, will be entered into the random drawing for that Promotion Period if no entries responded correctly to the question. Determining what answer is “correct” will be done in Sponsor’s sole discretion, and any determination by Sponsor that is later proven “incorrect” will result in a subsequent random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the applicable Promotion Period, regardless of the answer provided.
All potential winners will be informed via direct message on Instagram at 12:00 p.m. ET on November 4, 2024. Potential winners must send Sponsor a direct message to its account @jerseymikes on Instagram to claim their prize. All potential winners may be subject to verification of eligibility, and may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form within seven (7) days of notification. If a potential winner cannot be reached (regardless of reason), does not send Sponsor the required message within seven (7) days, or there is a return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable, he/she will be disqualified. Upon disqualification, no further compensation will be given. Failure to comply with any term or condition in these Official Rules may result in disqualification at Sponsor’s sole discretion. In the event that the potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the applicable prize will remain unawarded.
EACH WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
6. Prizes: Each Prize Winner will receive one (1) $100 Jersey Mike’s® gift card. The approximate retail value for all prizes to be awarded during the Promotion is Five Hundred Dollars 00/100 Cents ($500). All prizes will be awarded “as is.” Gift card prizes are subject to the terms and conditions listed thereon (including, without limitation, expiration dates).
Any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of the prize not specifically stated herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. Prizes cannot be substituted, assigned, transferred, or redeemed for cash; however, Sponsor reserves the right to make equivalent prize substitution at its sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes or components of a prize(s). Only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules is available to be won in the Promotion. If, by reason of a print or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these Official Rules, an alternate winner will be selected in accordance with the winner selection method described above from among all eligible claimants making purportedly valid claims to award the advertised number of prizes available.
7. General Conditions: This Promotion is governed by the laws of the United States. Void where prohibited by law and outside the United States. Neither Sponsor nor anyone acting on its behalf will enter into any communications with any entrant regarding this Promotion, except as expressly set forth in these Official Rules. If, for any reason, all or a portion of the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, void any suspect entries and/or (a) cancel or terminate the Promotion (or any portion thereof); (b) modify the Promotion or suspend the Promotion to address the impairment and then resume the Promotion in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; or (c) award the applicable prize(s) from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment in accordance with the winner selection process described above. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY SUCH ENTRANT AND TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
8. Releases and Limitations of Liability: By participating in the Promotion, entrants agree that Sponsor, Instagram, Inc., and its and their members, parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (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 Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion 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 Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any Promotion 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 Promotion.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR PROPERTY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE, OR USE OF THE PRIZE, ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION OR IN ANY PROMOTION-RELATED ACTIVITY, OR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANY PRIZE CANNOT BE AWARDED DUE TO TRAVEL CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ACTS OF GOD, ACTS OF WAR, NATURAL DISASTERS, EPIDEMICS, WEATHER, OR TERRORISM. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROMOTION, PARTICIPANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DAMAGES, OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING DEATH, OR TO PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY INTERNET SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROMOTION OR SPONSOR, OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY SUCH SITE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS PROMOTION, INCLUDING ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROMOTION AND ALL 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. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
9. Publicity Release: Except where prohibited by law, each winner grants to Sponsor (which grant will be confirmed in writing upon the request of Sponsor) and all other Released Parties, the right and permission to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including, but not limited to, the world wide web, at any time or times, each participant’s entry as well as any submitted portrait, picture, voice, likeness, and biographical information for advertising, trade, and promotional purposes without additional consideration, compensation, permission, or notification.
10. Disputes: As a condition of participating in the Promotion, entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively by mandatory, binding arbitration by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”). Entrants further agree that under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrants hereby waive all rights to claim any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, punitive, consequential, direct or indirect, or any other damages. JMFS reserves the right to modify award procedures. All issues and questions concerning the validity, construction, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of the Promotion and these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and JMFS, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey.
11. Privacy: All information submitted to Sponsor as part of this Promotion will be treated in accordance with Sponsor's privacy policy, available at https://www.jerseymikes.com/privacy-policy.
12. Winners List: The names of the winners may be obtained after December 1, 2024 by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Jersey Mike's® “Halloween Costume Contest” Promotion Winners, 2251 Landmark Place, Manasquan, NJ 08736. Requests for winner’s list must be received by February 1, 2024.
This Jersey Mike’s Halloween Costume Contest Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
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