Official Rules - MidwayUSA Vortex Month Giveaway

Important: Please read these Official Rules before entering this online Promotion (the "Promotion"). By entering this online Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and represent that you satisfy all of the eligibility requirements below.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the United States and District of Columbia (excluding NY and FL) who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees of MidwayUSA (the “Sponsor”) Sheltered Wings, Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics (“Vortex Optics”) and their respective subsidiaries, agencies, affiliates and members of the immediate families (spouses and parents, siblings, children and their spouses and in-laws) and persons living in the same household of such individuals are not eligible. Void in NY, FL, and where prohibited.
HOW TO ENTER: The Vortex Month Giveaway 2024 (“Promotion”) runs from 12:00am Central Time (“CT”) on December 1, 2024 through 11:59pm CT on December 31, 2024. To enter the Promotion, visit https://www.midwayusa.com/sweepstakes (the “Website”), complete the online entry form, and submit as directed. Doing so will earn one Entry (“Entry”).

All entries must be received by Website’s server by 11:59pm CT on December 31, 2024. Website’s server is the official clock for this Promotion. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, regardless of method of entry. No mechanical reproductions permitted.

Completing and submitting the entry form also constitutes your willful agreement to opt in to Sponsor’s email marketing list. You may opt out of Sponsor’s email marketing list at any time by using the “unsubscribe” link which will appear within any of Sponsor’s email marketing messages. If you decide to opt-out after receiving your first email from Sponsor, this will not affect your ability to enter the Promotion.
RANDOM DRAWING/PRIZES/ODDS OF WINNING: On or about January 6, 2025, a random drawing will be conducted by Promotion Mechanics, Inc., an independent judging organization, from among all eligible entries received to award the following prize:
1. Grand Prize: A Cibolo Creek Ranch Hunt for winner and one observer (non-hunter) and a Vortex Optics Package. Hunt portion of prize consists of standard accommodations for 6 nights, select meals and beverages, professionally guided Aoudad hunting, taxidermy and any required license(s) for the hunt (winner must qualify/be eligible for such license; if winner is ineligible to receive the required license(s), the prize will be forfeited in its entirety). Prize hunt dates are anticipated to be October 19-25, 2025. Winner must meet all federal, state and local regulations and requirements pertaining to obtaining, possessing and using a firearm. If winner does not meet such regulations and requirements, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. Trip must be taken on dates specified by Sponsor. In the event the winner and/or winner’s guest engages in behavior that (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) is obnoxious or threatening, illegal, unsafe or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the trip or other applicable experience early, in whole or in part, and send the winner and/or winner’s guest home with no further compensation. If winner is unable to accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited in its entirety and awarded to an alternate winner. Certain restrictions and blackout dates apply.
  
  Vortex Optics Package portion of the prize consists of a Razor UHD 10x42, Viper 5-25x50 FFP, Razor 4000 Rangefinder, Razor 13-39x56 Spotting Scope. Total combined approximate retail value of Grand Prize is $17,680.
  
  Grand Prize Winner and guest must comply with all security requirements and with Sponsor’s instructions. All travel accommodations and events are subject to availability, change, and certain restrictions. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. Winner and guest must travel together on the same itinerary. Airline tickets are non-refundable/non-transferable and are not valid for upgrades and/or frequent flyer miles. All airline tickets are subject to flight variation, pandemic, work stoppages, and schedule or route changes. For the avoidance of doubt, round-trip coach class air travel is limited to one plane seat per traveler. Releasees (as defined in Section 4 below) are not liable for any missed prize events, missed opportunities or expenses incurred as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay or ground transportation delay. Winner’s guest must execute a liability/publicity release prior to issuance of travel documents, by the date specified in Sponsor’s (or its designee’s) request, or such travel guest may be disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Once a travel guest is selected, he/she may not be substituted, except in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. If the winner lives within 200 miles of the Grand Prize trip destination (as determined by Sponsor), Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute ground transportation in lieu of airfare, and any difference in value will not be awarded. Winner and/or winner’s guest must provide Cibolo Creek Ranch with a major credit card issued in one of their names to cover room security and incidental expenses (if any). Cibolo Creek Ranch may require such person to be age 21 or older. If winner is unable to accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited in its entirety and awarded to an alternate winner. Certain restriction and blackout dates apply. No prize substitution except by Sponsor in its sole discretion, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.
  
  Further, to help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity will not bring the Sponsor, and/or Vortex Optics into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, potential Grand Prize winner and his/her guest may be required to submit to a confidential criminal background check as a condition of winning and receiving a prize. Such background check may include without limitation, civil and criminal court records and police reports. Any participant may be disqualified in the Sponsor’s sole discretion if: (1) he/she fails to reply or to provide any required information or properly completed documents within the required time period (as applicable); (b) he/she fails to comply with any of the terms of these Official Rules; (c) if any prize notification is returned as undeliverable; or (d) if the results of his/her background check are deemed unsatisfactory in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
  
  Specific items for the Vortex Optics package to be awarded are to be determined by Vortex Optics. The depiction of prizes in any advertising, promotional materials, or displays may not reflect the actual prize items.
  
  Winner will be notified by phone, email, or mail at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Odds of winning will be determined by the number of eligible entries received.
GENERAL: Taxes on prize and expenses not specified, are the sole responsibility of winner. By participating, entrants agree (a) to these rules and decisions of judges which shall be final in all respects; (b) to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Vortex Optics, their respective subsidiaries, affiliates and agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (aforementioned individuals and organizations collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, liability, losses or damages of any kind resulting from their participation in the promotion or their acceptance, use or misuse of a prize, including liability for personal injury or death; (c) if a winner, to the use by Sponsor, Vortex Optics and its designees of name and/or photograph for advertising and publicity purposes without compensation (unless prohibited by law) and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so, and to the announcement of their name, city and state; and (d) that Sponsor, Vortex Optics and its agents have not made any representation, warranty or guaranty, in whole or in part, in law or in fact, relative to the prize. Winners will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and (where legal) a publicity release, and a W9 Form, which must be returned within the time period specified by Vortex Optics or an alternate winner may be selected. The values of the prize will be taxable to prize winner as income. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification of winner and selection of an alternate winner. Releasees are not responsible and shall not be liable for: (a) any telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction or by any human error which may occur in the processing of entries; (b) failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; (c) late, lost, illegible, postage-due, incomplete, damaged or misdirected entries or mail; and (d) any condition caused by events that may cause the promotion to be disrupted or corrupted. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the Promotion or any portion thereof should viruses, bugs, or other causes corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the promotion; in which case prize will be awarded via a random drawing from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation. In case of dispute, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address used to participate at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email address for the domain associated with the submitted email address. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS 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. In no event will Releasees be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of your access to and use of the internet site https://www.midwayusa.com/sweepstakes or other sites promoting the Promotion or the downloading from and/or printing material downloaded from said sites. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Entries become the property of Sponsor. No prize transfer. No prize substitution except at Sponsor and/or Vortex Optics’ sole discretion, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: As a condition of entering the Promotion, participants agree and consent to Sponsor’s collection, use and retention of their personal and other information for all purposes related to the Promotion (including, without limitation, processing and administering entries or prize claims, sharing participant’s personal information with third parties, including Sponsor’s service providers, contractors, prizing partners, etc. as necessary to conduct and operate the Promotion, communicating with and awarding prizes to winners, making public announcements about winners, and advertising, promotion and publicizing the Promotion), and to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including the storing of your information for purposes of complying with state record retention requirements. Information collected from entrants via paper entries in-store, or by completing the online entry form, will be subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, published at https://www.midwayusa.com/help/midwayusa-privacy-notice#PrivacyRights. If you object to anything stated in these Official Rules, do not participate in the Promotion.
ARBITRATION/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited, entrants agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this promotion, or any prize awarded, or the determination of the winners, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective, in Boone, County, Missouri, (b) any and all claims, judgements and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this promotion but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will entrant will be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim 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 entrant and/or Sponsor in connection with the promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard for conflicts of law doctrine, and all proceedings shall take place in Boone County, Missouri.
WINNER’S NAME: For winner’s first name, last initial, city and state, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by March 31, 2025 to: MidwayUSA Vortex Winner, c/o PMI, PO Box 172, Newtown, CT 06470-0172.

Sponsor:: MidwayUSA, 5875 W. Van Horn Tavern Road, Columbia, MO 65203.
Administrator:: Promotion Mechanics, Inc., 22 Bayview Avenue, Ste. 85, Stonington, CT 06378.