Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and DC age 21+ (excluding residents of MA, MI, RI, VA, and WA). Subject to Official Rules. Ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 8/31/14. Void in MA, MI, RI, VA, and WA, and where prohibited.

PUNCH® CIGAR BASSMASTER® PARTNERSHIP SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES

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

THE SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”) ONLY, EXCLUDING MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, RHODE ISLAND, VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON (STATE).  YOU MAY NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF AND LOCATED IN ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE STATES OR D.C.  THE SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID OUTSIDE THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C., IN MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, RHODE ISLAND, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON (STATE), AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED. 

1. ENTRY PERIOD:  The Punch® Cigar Bassmaster® Partnership Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) sponsored by General Cigar Co., Inc. (the “Sponsor”) begins at 12:00:00 PM (Noon) ET on June 1, 2014 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on August 31, 2014 (the “Entry Period”).  The Entry Period is further divided into three (3) Monthly Entry Periods, as follows: each Monthly Entry Period will begin at 12:00:00 AM ET on the first day of the corresponding calendar month (except for the first Month of the Sweepstakes which begins at 12:00:00 PM (Noon) ET on June 1, 2014), and end at 11:59:59 PM ET on last day of the corresponding calendar month.  Eligible entries received during a particular Monthly Entry Period will NOT be carried forward any subsequent Monthly Entry Period(s).

2. ELIGIBILITY:  The Sweepstakes is open to any individual who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the date of entry and a legal resident of (and residing at the time of entry in) one of the 50 United States or D.C. (excluding Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington [state]).  The following individuals are NOT eligible to enter or win a prize: employees of Sponsor and Sponsor’s parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, brokers, printers, distributors and the advertising, promotional and judging agencies of each; employees of B.A.S.S., LLC and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies; employees of participating retailers and their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies; Promotion Mechanics, Inc. (the “Administrator”) and any other entities affiliated with the development and administration of the Sweepstakes; (aforementioned individuals and organizations collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and the immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, spouse) of each such person, and persons living in the same household as each such person (whether related or not).  Eligibility may be verified by Sponsor at any time.  The Sweepstakes is void outside the 50 United States and D.C., in Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington (state), and wherever prohibited.

3. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES:  Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Promotion Parties, which are final and binding.  Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.  Any entrant may be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion if he/she fails to comply with any of the terms of these Official Rules. 

4. TO ENTER:  During the Entry Period, visit www.punchcigars.com and follow site instructions to complete the online entry form and submit your entry so that it is received by Sponsor’s server no later than 11:59:59 PM ET on August 31, 2014.

You can also unlock a second entry form (the “Game Entry Form”) by playing the interactive online fishing game at www.punchcigars.com (the “Game”).  To unlock the Game Entry Form, follow the site instructions to play the Game.  When your Game session ends, if you have caught a fish of any size, you will be presented with the option to complete the Game Entry Form to earn an additional entry into the Sweepstakes.  You must complete and submit the Game Entry From so it is received by Sponsor’s server no later than 11:59:59 PM ET on August 31, 2014.  Apart from unlocking the Game Entry Form, a Game player’s performance in the Game does not affect chances of winning a prize.

Limit two (2) entries per person/email address, per day.  Entries will be disqualified if they are late, incomplete and/or in excess of the stated entry limits.  Eligible entries received during a particular Monthly Entry Period will NOT be carried forward any subsequent Monthly Entry Period(s).  Any entries attempted through the use of agencies or robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar methods will be void.  No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or misdirected entries, and such entries will be void.  Entry information becomes the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.  In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the participant associated with a particular entry, the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry, at time of entry, will be deemed to be the participant.  The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to the email address by the email provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.  Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the applicable authorized account holder.

5. RANDOM DRAWINGS/PRIZE DESCRIPTION/ODDS:  Within approximately three (3) business days following the end of a particular Monthly Entry Period, an independent judging organization will conduct a random drawing to award one (1) Monthly Prize from among the eligible entries received for the applicable Monthly Entry Period of the Sweepstakes.  Each Monthly Prize will consist of a prize package of Punch Cigars and fishing gear selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion with a total approximate retail value of $2,500.  Potential winners will be notified in accordance with Section 6 below.  Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for each Monthly Entry Period.

6. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND GENERAL PRIZE RESTRICTIONS:  Each potential winner will be notified by phone and/or email, to verify his/her eligibility and ability to accept the prize.  If such a potential winner is not available or if there is no answer at the time any notification telephone call is made, a phone message will be left (if possible).  Any such phone message or email will instruct the potential winner to call a specified telephone number or reply by email within three (3) full business days (measured in the local time zone) after the time that the notification message was left.  Potential winner must reply as instructed to identify him/herself, confirm his/her eligibility and ability to accept the prize, and provide his/her complete contact information within such three (3) full business day period, or he/she will be disqualified.  In Sponsor’s sole discretion, such potential winners may only be notified one time as set forth above for attempted prize notification.  Each potential winner may subsequently be required to complete a notarized affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and (where legal) a publicity release, which must be returned within the time period specified in potential winner’s notification letter.  Winner will also be required to return an IRS W-9 form within the time period specified by Sponsor, and such winner will receive an IRS Form 1099 issued in his/her name for the actual value of prizes received.  Proof of identity, age, and legal residence may be required to claim a prize.  Any winner or potential winner may be disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion if: (a) he/she fails to provide any required information or properly completed documents within the required time period; (b) he/she fails to comply with any of the terms of these Official Rules; or (c) if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, any voicemail or message left is not timely returned, or any forms sent to potential winners are not timely returned as instructed.  In the event of disqualification of a winner, at Sponsor’s sole discretion the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner selected from among the remaining applicable eligible entries via the means of winner determination described herein, pending verification of eligibility.  If any prize remains unclaimed after three (3) potential winners have been notified for that prize, the prize may remain unawarded, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.  No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for any incorrect or missing postal address, email address or phone number associated with an entry, or any change of address, email or phone number of entrant after entry submission.  Any prize details not specified will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  No prize transfer.  Unless otherwise specified herein, no prize substitution except at Sponsor’s sole discretion due to unavailability, in which case a prize of comparable or greater value will be awarded.  All other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of a prize not specified herein as being awarded

are winner’s sole responsibility.  Sponsor will not replace any lost, damaged or stolen prizes.  Taxes on prizes and all expenses related to acceptance and use of prizes and not specified are the sole responsibility of the winners.  Limit one (1) prize per household.

7. RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:  By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Promotion Parties and B.A.S.S. LLC, together with the respective officers, directors, employees, and agents of each (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use/misuse of any prize, including, but not limited to:  (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors or any errors made in the advertisement of the Sweepstakes; (d) errors in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (e) claims based on publicity rights, defamation and/or invasion of privacy and the collection, use and/or sharing by Sponsor of personally identifiable information of the entrants; or (f) 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 receipt of any prize.  Entrants further agree that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees.  Entrants waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Sweepstakes, all prizes, and all materials provided on or through any Sweepstakes-related website are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. 

8. GENERAL:  Released Parties and Internet/wireless access providers are not responsible for: (i) incomplete, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, garbled, illegible or postage-due entries; (ii) any technical malfunction, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or line failure in connection with any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or other equipment related to or resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes.  Entries are void if unreadable, inaccurate, incomplete, mutilated, tampered with, forged, mechanically reproduced, irregular in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules.  Although Sponsor attempts to ensure the integrity of the Sweepstakes, Released Parties are not responsible for the actions of entrants or other individuals in connection with the Sweepstakes, including entrants' or other individuals' attempts to circumvent the Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes.  In the event of any conflict between any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules and Sweepstakes details contained in any Sweepstakes advertising materials, the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.  If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes (or portion thereof) is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical limitations or failures, by reason of any acts of God, terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, unusually severe weather, strikes or legal disputes (whether legal or illegal), industry conditions, bankruptcy or liquidation, marketplace demands, applicable law, unforeseen obstacles or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt, compromise, undermine or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend all or any part of the Sweepstakes, and to select winner(s) from among the applicable eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, as applicable, or to proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  Entry must be made by the entrant and via the means described in these Official Rules only.  You are not a winner until your entry has been verified and you have complied with these Official Rules.

9. CONDUCT:  By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants: (a) fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of Sponsor (which decisions shall be final and binding in all respects), including without limitation decisions regarding eligibility, winners and the interpretation of terms used in these Official Rules; (b) represent and warrant that all information provided by entrant in connection with the Sweepstakes is true, accurate and complete; and (c) agree to comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations.  Sponsor reserves the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify and/or deem ineligible to participate in this Sweepstakes or any future Sponsor promotions, any individual it suspects: (a) to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or any website; (b) to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or Sponsor’s privacy policy or other terms, conditions or guidelines; (c) to be acting in bad faith or in a disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; (d) to have failed to agree to these Official Rules; or (e) to be in violation of these Official Rules.  CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS WELL AS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SPONSOR BELIEVE OR BECOME AWARE THAT SUCH AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN, IS BEING, OR WILL BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY RESPONSIBLE ENTRANT(S) AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL(S) IN THE ATTEMPTED DAMAGE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

10. PUBLICITY:  By submitting an entry, you grant to Sponsor and its affiliated companies the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name, likeness, picture, address (city and state), voice, biographical information, entry and written or oral statements, for advertising and promotional purposes in promoting or publicizing Sponsor, its affiliated companies, and the products or services of each, in any and all media without limitation as to time or territory, without compensation unless required by law.  You shall have no right of approval, no claim to compensation, and no claim (including, without limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration, or use in composite form of your name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), biographical information, or entry. 

11. PRIVACY:  Information submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes will be treated in accordance with: these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (as may be amended from time to time), available via www.punchcigars.com; provided, that in the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and any such Privacy Policy, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail.  By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree that Sponsor may share your personal information with the Promotion Parties for the purpose of winner verification and prize fulfillment in the event that you are chosen as a potential winner. 

12. DISPUTES:  Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

13. WHO WON?:  To receive a list of winners, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Punch Cigar Bassmaster Partnership Sweepstakes Winner List Request, PO Box 750, Southbury, CT 06488-0750.
Requests must be received by October 31, 2014.

SPONSOR: General Cigar Company, Inc., 10900 Nuckols Road, Suite 100, Glen Allen, VA 23060.

© 2014 General Cigar Company, Inc.

Bassmaster is a registered trademark of B.A.S.S. LLC, and is used with permission.