TROLLI AVOWED SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS PROMOTION. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Trolli Avowed Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) starts on 2/20/25 at 12:00PM CT Time (“CT”) and ends on 2/24/25 at 11:59PM CT (“Promotion Period”). Sponsor will have the sole discretion in determining the timeliness of any action or inaction related to this Promotion.
2. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older, or the age of majority in their state of residence, whichever is older as of date of entry and possess a web-enabled mobile device as of the beginning of the Promotion Period. Employees and their immediate family members (spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those residing in the same household (regardless of whether they are related) of Ferrara Candy Company (“Sponsor”), and of its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising agencies, promotional agencies, and judging agencies and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, agents, assigns, and all others associated with the development and execution of this Promotion are not eligible to participate or win. Promotion is void where prohibited.
Persons who have won a prize in another sweepstakes or promotion of any kind from the Sponsor within the 30-day period immediately preceding the start date of this Promotion are not eligible to participate. Only one person per family or household (whether related or not) may win in any promotion from the Sponsor during any 30-day period. 3.
3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Promotion Period, there is in one way to enter. Entrants must comment on Trolli’s Instagram sweepstakes post describing what is most exciting to them about Avowed (“Submission”) in order to receive one entry in the Promotion. An Instagram account is required to enter via this entry method and can be opened for free at www.instagram.com or by downloading the Instagram application onto your smart phone from the appropriate app store.
Please Note: The content and quality of your Submission will not be judged and therefore will not increase or decrease your chances of winning a prize. By entering, entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and its judges, which are final in all respects. You may use only one social media account ID to enter. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same social media account to submit an entry. You must have a non-private social account to enter and have your account privacy setting set to “Off.” Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder of the social media account associated with the entry. Limit one entry per person and per social media account. Entries in excess of that limit will be disqualified if discovered by Sponsor. The person uploading the entry will be deemed the entrant. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the entrant will be deemed the authorized account holder of the social media account used to enter. “Authorized account holder” of a social media account is defined as the person who is responsible for joining the applicable social media platform and who manages the email address associated with the account. Submission must be “family friendly”, appropriate for all audiences, and must meet the below-listed Entry Requirements. Any text in the Submissionmust be in English. Any entry not in compliance with the above and that does not meet the other requirements of these Official Rules will be disqualified. If you choose to enter using your mobile phone, standard data rates may apply. See your wireless service provider for pricing plan details and capabilities. Automatic or pre- programmed entries are prohibited.
4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Submission must not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that:
- is sexually explicit or suggestive; violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
- promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message;
- is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group;
- defames, misrepresents, or contains disparaging remarks about Sponsor, Sponsor’s brands, other people, or other companies;
- infringes any third party’s intellectual property right;
- contains any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses, or street addresses;
- contains materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities, and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission;
- contains look-alikes of celebrities or other public or private figures, living or dead;
- communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images, and/or good will with which Sponsor wishes to associate;
- violates a social media platform’s terms of service; and/or
- violates any law.
By submitting a Submission, each entrant represents and warrants that the Submission meets all of the Submission Requirements and that the distribution, reproduction, display and any other uses of any part of the Submission by Sponsor as permitted herein will not infringe any third-party rights. Each entrant further agrees to indemnify and hold Released Parties (defined below) harmless from and against all claims, demands, damages, costs, liabilities and causes of action of whatsoever nature that are based upon or arise out of any breach by such entrant of such warranties or representations made by entrant or of these Official Rules.
By submitting a Submission, entrant grants to Sponsor and its licensees a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable, and transferable right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon (including, without limitation, translations), publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish the Submission (in whole or in part) as Sponsor, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate including, without limitation, (a) in connection with Sponsor’s business; and (b) in connection with the businesses of Sponsor’s successors, parents, subsidiaries, and their related companies, without prior notice, approval, or compensation. Sponsor may exercise this grant in any format, media or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such Submission. Furthermore, entrant also grants other users permission to access entrant’s Submission and to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish entrant’sSubmission for personal, non-commercial use as permitted by the Terms of Use on Sponsor’s website. Entrant otherwise will retain all rights in the Submission.
If Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion and at any time during the Promotion, that any Submission violates the Submission Requirements, is otherwise unsuitable, offensive, or in poor taste, or violates these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right to remove and disqualify the Submission. Sponsor retains sole discretion as to whether any Submission satisfies the Entry Requirements and the Official Rules.
5. WINNER SELECTION: The prize winners will be selected in a random drawing after the close of the Promotion Period, from among all eligible entries. Odds of winning a prize are dependent upon the number of eligible entries. Please note that the quality of entrants’ Submissions will not play a role in the determination of prize winners.
6. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION: Sponsor will attempt to notify potential winners by direct message on the social platform on which entrant entered, and each potential winner must follow the instructions outlined in the direct message within 48 hours of notification attempt. Each winner may be required to return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release and Submission Release and provide identification (e.g., via valid state-issued driver’s license, passport or other government-issued I.D. containing the person’s name, date of birth, and photograph). Winners will be sent their prizes within six to eight weeks after winner verification. If potential winner does not follow the instructions outlined in the direct message within 48 hours of the first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if potential winner is not in compliance with the Official Rules (including eligibility requirements), and/or if potential winner fails to sign and return any required documents or provide required identification by the deadlines set by Sponsor, that potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be selected by random drawing from among remaining eligible, non-winning entrants, time permitting..
7. PRIZES: There are 10 prizes. Each prize is a digital code redeemable for the standard edition of Avowed on Xbox. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each prize is $69.99. The total ARV of all prizes is $699.90. Limit one prize per person. Prizes are awarded “as is” without any warranty or guaranty of any kind. To the extent that prize elements are provided by third-party providers, winner agrees to look solely to applicable prize providers with respect to any claims, losses, or disputes in connection therewith. Prizes are nontransferable, and no substitutions are allowed except by the Sponsor, which reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value. Federal, state, and local taxes on prize, if any, and any other costs, fees and expenses not listed above as specifically included as part of the prize are the sole responsibility of winner. An IRS form 1099 and other tax-related forms and documents may be issued by Sponsor if required by law. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received, but under no circumstances will more than the advertised number of prizes be awarded.
8. GENERAL: Prize winners and all entrants, as a condition of entry into the Promotion agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, any prize provider, any applicable social media platform (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or Pinterest), any other entity involved in the development or administration of this Promotion, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, agents, and assigns (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons or propertythat may be sustained in connection with submitting an entry or otherwise participating in any aspect of the Promotion, the receipt, ownership or use of prize awarded or any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or the announcement or offering of the prizes. Prize winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused by participation in the Promotion or use or redemption of a prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use prize winners’ names, likenesses, and entries for promotional purposes (including any possible public relations opportunities) without further compensation except where prohibited by law (TN residents need not so consent). Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion; violates the Official Rules; acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner; or acts in an annoying, abusive, threatening, or harassing manner. If a dispute arises regarding compliance with these Official Rules, Sponsor may consider, in its sole discretion, data reasonably available to Sponsor through information technology systems in Sponsor’s control, but Sponsor will not be obligated to consider any data or other information collected from any other source. Any failure by Sponsor to enforce any of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules. If there is a conflict between any term of these Official Rules and any marketing or other materials used in connection with the Promotion, the terms of these Official Rules will govern. The Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic communications, whether caused by the sender, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the Promotion that may limit the ability to participate, or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Promotion. Entries generated by script or bot are not eligible. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it cannot be completed as planned for any reason, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or corruption of any sort. In such event, Sponsor will award the prizes in a random drawing from non-suspect, eligible entries received prior to cancellation as outlined above, provided it is able to do so, and will announce the termination on the applicable social media platform. Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Promotion.
9. IN CASE OF DISPUTE: As a condition of entering the Promotion, entrant agrees that: 1) under no circumstance will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, other than for out-of-pocket expenses; 2) all causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion, or prizes awarded, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and 3) all claims, judgments, and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event will entrant be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees or other legal costs. Some jurisdictions do not allow for limitations on the ability to pursue class action remedies, or certain kinds of damages, and so these limitations may not apply to you. All entrants expressly agree that any legal proceedings arising out of or relating in any way to this Promotion or these Official Rules must be brought only in the federal or state courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and entrants consent to the mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts with respect to any such legal proceedings. This Promotion will be governed and enforced pursuant to Illinois law, excluding choice of law provisions.
10. SEVERABILITY: If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
11. ENTRANTS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION: Information collected by Sponsor from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, located at https://www.ferrarausa.com/privacy-policy.html.
12. WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, available for a period of 60 days after the close of the Promotion Period, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Trolli Avowed Sweepstakes, 404 W Harrison Street, Suite #650, Chicago, IL 60607. Requests must be received within 60 days of the close of the Promotion Period.
13. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of the Promotion is Ferrara Candy Company, 404 W Harrison Street, Suite #650, Chicago, IL 60607.
This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, or Pinterest.