DUNKAROOS TRIVIA INSTAGRAM SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MANY WILL ENTER, FEW WILL WIN.

A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

 

Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55426 (“General Mills” or “Sponsor”).

 

  1. How to Enter: The Dunkaroos Instagram Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) starts at 9:00 A.M. Central Time (CT) on July 13th , 2021 and ends at 11:59 P.M. CT on August 6th, 2021 (the “Total Sweepstakes Period”). Each week for four (4) weeks, 07/12/21-07/16/21, 07/19/21-07/23/21, 07/26/21-07/30/21 and 08/2/21-08/6/21 ( each a “Sweepstakes Period”) one (1) winner will be chosen. During each Sweepstakes Period, follow @Dunkaroos on Instagram, if you are not a follower already. Each Tuesday in July beginning on or about July 13, 2021, @Dunkaroos will post a trivia question in their Instagram Stories(“the Post”). Select your answer to the trivia question on Dunkaroos Instagram stories to receive one (1) entry (the “Entry”). Answer does not need to be the correct answer to the trivia question to be eligible. Must choose a response within 24 hours of the Dunkaroos post. An Instagram account is required to enter this Sweepstakes. Entry Method is available for free at http://instagram.com.  All terms and conditions of Instagram.com apply. You must have a data service plan with your wireless service provider or wireless internet service for your web-enabled mobile device and a device that supports the Instagram application to enter. By entering this Sweepstakes, you understand that data rates may apply.  See your wireless provider for pricing plan details and mobile device capabilities.

 

By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason at any time, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.  By submitting your Entry, you accept all Sweepstakes rules and agree to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor, which will be final.

 

By submitting an Entry, each entrant grants, and represents and warrants that the entrant has the rights and authority necessary to grant Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable license and right to exploit, edit, modify, adapt, copyright, publish, transfer, use and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party.

 

Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Instagram account.  Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the above-stated number of Entries by using multiple/different Instagram accounts/usernames, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s Entries and that entrant will be disqualified.  Sponsor will not verify receipt of Entries.  Automated, script, or macro Entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices or programs, or any method which subverts the entry process, will cause disqualification.  Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, garbled, inaccurate, incomplete, misdirected or stolen Entries, hashtags or @mentions, or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic. In the event of a dispute of any Entry, the authorized account holder of the Instagram account used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant.  The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an Instagram account by Instagram.

  1. Eligibility: Open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age or older and who have a valid Instagram account at time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of General Mills and its respective parent companies, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, the judging organization, and immediate family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) or household members (whether or not related) of each are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  This Sweepstakes is intended for viewing in the United States only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to United States law.
  2. Prizes:

Four (4) Prizes: Four (4) prizes will be awarded during the Total Sweepstakes Period, One prize per week.  Prize: one (1) of each of the following: One box of Dunkaroos,a Dunkaroos watch and bucket hat.  Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of Prize is approximately forty dollars ($40.00), Approximate Total Retail  Value of all Prizes is approximately one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00); Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.  Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.  Winners are responsible for any applicable federal, state, and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with the prize receipt and/or use not specified herein as being provided.  All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  Prize will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor.  Limit one prize per person/household during the Total Sweepstakes Period.  No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.

 

  1. Drawing and Awarding of Prizes; Verification of Winner: Sponsor will select one (1) potential winner (each, a “Potential Winner”) by a random drawing from all eligible Entries received during each Sweepstakes Period: 07/012/21-07/16/21, 07/19/21-07/23/21, and 07/26/21-07/30/21, and 08/02/21 -08/06/21 . Potential winners will be notified on or about the day after the prize drawing via Instagram message consistent with the Potential Winner’s winning Entry, and in the post announcing the Sweepstakes. Potential Winner will be required to contact or respond to Sponsor via Instagram message within twenty-four (24) hours. A Potential Winner is not an official winner (“Winner”) until his/her eligibility has been verified and he/she has been notified that verification is complete.  Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process.  If the Instagram application fails or becomes corrupted for any reason, any Entry during that time will be deemed a defective Entry and is void.  Drawing will be conducted by an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes, including random drawing of winners. If a Potential Winner cannot be contacted, prize is returned as undeliverable, or he/she refuses his/her prize for any reason, that Potential Winner forfeits the prize and Sponsor will select an alternate winner by random drawing from all remaining eligible entries.

 

  1. Publicity; Release; Limitation of Liability: Winner agrees that (except where prohibited) Sponsor may use such Winner’s name, picture, likeness, voice and Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the photo and any descriptions, for advertising and promotional purposes including in any publicity, promotion, or advertising in any form of media, including websites without further compensation or notification to, or review or permission of entrant and/or any third party. Sponsor, Administrator, Instagram and each of their respective promotion and advertising agencies, and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support and the judging organization and all respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, “Released Parties”) shall have no liability and shall be held harmless by Winners for any damage, loss, rights, claims or liability to person or property, due in whole or part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize (or portion thereof) awarded or participation in this Sweepstakes, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend part or all of this Sweepstakes should virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes.  In such event, Sponsor may select Potential Winner in a random drawing from all non-suspect, eligible Entries received up to the date of cancellation or suspension.  Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled, delayed or faulty computer transmissions, whether caused by Sponsor, entrants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of Entries, photos, uploads, hashtags or @mentions which may damage a user’s or any other person’s device or other property or limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Sweepstakes.  If for any reason your Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, your sole remedy is another Entry in the Sweepstakes.  Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, or threaten any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. The Sponsor reserves the right, at their sole discretion and without prior notice, to amend, cancel, close, suspend or reinstate this Sweepstakes at any time and for any reason whatsoever.

CAUTION — ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK ANY AND ALL AVAILABLE REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY TERM OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THAT PROVISION.

  1. Entrant’s Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at http://www.generalmills.com/en/Privacy_Policy.aspx .
  2. Winners’ Name: The Sweepstakes’ winner will be posted on Dunkaroos Instagram story with the winners permission. https://www.instagram.com/Dunkaroos.

 

This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram.

Sweepstakes sponsored by:

General Mills Sales, Inc.

One General Mills Boulevard

Minneapolis, MN 55426

 

 

Short Form Rules

 

MANY WILL ENTER, FEW WILL WIN.  NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Subject to full Sweepstakes rules. Sweepstakes runs from July 9, 2021-July 30, 2021 Must be age 18+ on or before July 9, 2021.  The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of United States and void where prohibited by law. Limit of one entry submitted per person/household per week. One prize per week for  a total of four prizes. Approximate retail value of each Prize is $40.00 USD. Full rules visit www.dunkaroos.com/trivia