FULL CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS
Jameson St. Patrick’s Day: Night out with 5 Friends Contest
1. ELIGIBILITY: The sponsor of this contest is Corby Spirit and Wine Limited (the “Sponsor”). To enter and be eligible to win, a person must be a legal resident of Canada. A person must be of legal drinking age in their province of residence at the time of entry, and must not be an employee of, or member of the immediate family of an employee, or domiciled with an employee of: the Sponsor, provincial liquor boards, provincial liquor agencies, retailers and their employees (the “Liquor Boards”), liquor licensees, the promotion agency (the “independent contest organization”), prize suppliers, or their respective agents or associated companies. Void where prohibited by law.
2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter scan the QR code found in participating venues. Enter your birth date to confirm you are of legal drinking age in your province of residence, and provide your name, email address and telephone number on the official entry form on the website. The Contest Start Date is March 1, 2025 12:00AM ET. All entries must be received by March 17, 2025 by 11:59PM ET. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means which subvert the entry process are void. By entering the contest, each entrant agrees to abide by these contest rules & regulations (“Contest Rules”), which are available at jamesonwhiskey.com. Limit one entry per person per day during contest period.
3. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter without visiting a participating venue, send a 100-word essay explaining why you would like a Night out with 5 Friends to JAMESON St. Patrick’s Day Contest, 245 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 305, Toronto ON, M2J 4W9. All entries must be received by March 17, 2025 by 11:59PM ET.
4. PRIZE(S): A Night out for you and 5 Friends. There are five (5) prizes available to be won, one in each region as identified below. Approximate retail value $2,500. Each prize consists of pick up for you and 5 friends from one location within 40 km of the participating pub locations in your region and return back to the same location at the end of the evening. Anticipated “Night Out” date is a Friday or Saturday evening between March 28th – April 28. Date to be mutually agreed upon. A Jameson Brand Ambassador will accompany the winners throughout the evening. Vehicle will transport winners between the participating four or five locations in your region [as necessary, and as identified below] throughout the evening. Any additional cost exceeding $1,000 at all participating venues (whether food, beverage, taxes or tip) are the responsibility of the patron.
Participating Locations:
Region |
Participating Locations |
Prizes Available |
Calgary, AB |
Blowers & Grafton Brix + Barrel Elephant & Castle Trolley 5 |
1 |
Quebec City, QC |
Chez Murphy’s D’Orsay Pub St-Alexandre Pub St-Patrick Shaker Vieux Quebec |
1 |
Toronto, ON Bloor St |
Hemingway’s Madison Avenue Pub Paupers Pub The Pilot |
1 |
Toronto, ON John St |
Charlotte’s Room Fox on John Saint John’s Tavern Score on Queen The Snug |
1 |
Vancouver, BC |
Blarney Stone LOCAL Gastown Portside Pub Smith’s Irish Pub Lamplighter Pub |
1 |
The prize must be accepted as awarded, cannot be sold, modified or transferred, and cannot be converted to cash. Limit of one prize per person or household. The winner(s) shall not be entitled to receive, in cash, certificate or otherwise, the balance of any amount representing the difference between a prize retail value and actual cost. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prizing described above at their discretion. The Sponsor does not make any representations or warranty regarding the prizes. The prizes may differ from those shown on any advertising material. The prize winners are responsible for all other expenses not specifically described herein.
If a Prize Winner is unable to attend the “Night Out” event due to reasons including but not limited to residing more than 40 km away from the participating pub locations, inability to travel, or any other reason deemed valid by the Sponsor, the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize at its sole discretion. Such substitutions may include, but are not limited to, a cash equivalent or an alternate prize of equal or greater value.
5. WINNER SELECTION: 5 random draws will be made by an independent organization located at 210 Pine Drive, Barrie ON, L4N 4H5 by March 19th, 2025 from all eligible entries received by March 17th, 2025 by 11:59PM ET. Eligible entries will be grouped by city of residence into one of the following 4 draw pools (based on proximity to the city in which the prize will be fulfilled): AB, BC, ON and QC. 1 draw will be held for each of AB, BC and QC and 2 draws will be held for ON. To be declared a winner, selected entrants will be required to have correctly answered the mathematical skill-testing question unassisted on either the entry materials or the release form, complete the contest declaration and release form and must comply with these Contest Rules. The potential winners will be notified by telephone number or email provided at time of entry within five (5) business days of Contest Draw. If a selected winner cannot be contacted or fails to respond within five (5) business days from the date contact is first attempted, he or she will forfeit his or her prize, and an alternate winner may be selected, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and time-permitting. The odds of being selected will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the promotion period. All prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be exchanged for cash or transferred. All decisions of the Sponsor and the independent contest organization are final. Prizes will be delivered to winners within two to six (2-6) weeks of being declared as a winner.
6. APPLICABLE LAW: The contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws and regulations. Any dispute relating to this contest must be resolved before the Courts of the Province of Ontario sitting in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the entrant hereby irrevocably submits and attorns to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of those Courts in respect of any such dispute or matter.
7. PRIVACY & PERSONAL INFORMATION: By entering the contest or accepting a prize, entrants consent to the collection, use, storage and internal distribution of their personal information, including without limitation their name, address, telephone number, age and/or photograph by the Sponsor, in reference to all matters related to this contest or in any publicity carried out by them without compensation and agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent contest organization, and the Sponsor, which are final. Such information is stored for only so long as required to complete the purpose for which it was collected. The entrant’s personal information shall not be provided to any third party by the Sponsor without the entrant’s consent. If an entrant would like their personal information removed from the Sponsor’s database at the conclusion of the contest, send this request in writing to the Privacy Officer, Corby Spirit and Wine Limited, 1100-225 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3M2. Please see Corby’s Privacy Policy at http://www.corby.ca/Privacy, for information on its policy towards maintaining the privacy and security of personal information. No further informational or marketing communications will be received by the entrants unless entrants provide the Sponsor with explicit permission to do so by checking the information check-box on the official entry materials. By specifically checking any additional third-party information check-box on the official entry materials, entrants consent to that third party using the personal information submitted with such entry including, but not limited to, contacting the entrant in the future to provide electronic newsletters and mailings, and other promotions and product and/or service offerings by the third-party organization. Please see the third party’s privacy policy and/or contact the third party directly to unsubscribe from any future electronic newsletters, mailings and other promotions. Receiving informational and marketing communications does not improve the odds to win a prize in the contest. By specifically checking a communication preference check-box on the official entry materials, the entrant agrees to be contacted via electronic address (e.g. direct message, e-mail, SMS) for the purposes of the administration or promotion of the contest.
8. RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION: By entering the contest, each entrant releases and holds harmless the Sponsor, the Liquor Boards, liquor licensees, the independent contest organization, prize suppliers, their respective agents, representatives and associated companies, and all of their respective directors, officers and employees (the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for injuries, loss or damage of any kind whatsoever including without limitation personal injury, death or property damage resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in this contest, or participation in any prize related activity and agrees to fully indemnify the Sponsor, the Liquor Boards, liquor licensees, prize suppliers, their respective agents, representatives and associated companies, and all of their respective directors, officers and employees from claims by third parties without limitation.
9. RELEASE: Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant will be required to sign one or more declaration, indemnity and release forms in a form acceptable to the persons listed below, confirming compliance with the Contest Rules and acceptance of a prize as awarded and indemnifying and releasing the Sponsor, the Liquor Boards, the on-premise Account, the independent contest organization, prize suppliers, their respective agents, representatives and associated companies, and all of their respective directors, officers and employees from any liability in connection with this contest or occurring as a result of the prizes being awarded.
10. GENERAL: All entries become the property of the Sponsor who assumes no responsibility for entries that are lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected for any reason whatsoever or for any computer errors or malfunctions. Neither the Sponsor, prize suppliers, the Liquor Boards, liquor licensees or their respective agents shall be responsible for any errors, negligence, losses or damages of any nature whatsoever that may arise or occur in connection with this contest or a prize. The Sponsor does not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, seeding or printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, this contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of this contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, the Sponsor reserves its right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend this contest including canceling any method of entry, and select a winner from previously received eligible entries. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Contest Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof. The Sponsor in its sole discretion, further reserves the right to terminate any on-line portion of the contest and conduct the drawing from all on-line entries previously received during the entry Period. The 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 Contest Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Any attempts to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. The Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with this contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest web site, where applicable. The Sponsor may modify or withdraw this contest, without liability if any printing/production errors occur, without public notice. For residents of Quebec, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
11. LIQUOR BOARDS/AGENCIES/RETAILERS The Liquor Boards are not connected with this contest in any manner whatsoever, and are not liable in any way whatsoever in regard to any matter that relates to this contest.