OFFICIAL RULES
OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF ONTARIO, MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA ONLY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Swipe for a chance to Win Free Gas for a Year Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Shell Canada Products (the “Sponsor”) The Contest begins at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on September 04, 2023 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on November 05, 2023 (the “Contest Period”). Loyalty One, Co. and Coca-Cola Ltd. are in no way connected to the management of this Contest.
1. ELIGIBILITY To enter and be eligible to win, an entrant must (a) be a legal resident of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta or British Columbia who has reached the age of majority at time of entry in the province in which they reside and (b) not be an employee of the Sponsor, LoyaltyOne, Co., Coca-Cola Ltd. and/or Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited or their affiliated legal entities or agents, their respective advertising or promotional agencies, the independent contest organization, or a member of any such employee’s immediate family (regardless of where they live) or persons with whom they are domiciled (whether related to the employee or not). In these Official Rules, “immediate family” means mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and/or legal or common-law spouse.
2. HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST: There are two (2) way to enter the Contest:
i. Purchase Entry: During the Contest Period, within the above provinces in Canada, at a participating Shell station, purchase any two (2) participating products (Coca-Cola® 500ml, Powerade® 710-946ml, glaceau vitamin Water® 591ml, Nestea® 500ml and smartwater® 591ml) (see rule 12 for complete list of participating products) and swipe (or key in) a valid AIR MILES Collector Number at the time of transaction. Upon doing so, you will receive one (1) entry (a “Purchase Entry”) into the Prize Draw (see Rule 4). There is no limit on the number of Purchase Entries.
ii. No Purchase Entry: During the Contest Period, on a plain piece of paper, hand-print your full name, complete mailing address (including postal code), daytime telephone number (including area code), a valid email address, Airmiles collector number, write a maximum 50-word essay on “Why Coca-Cola® is my favorite beverage”, and mail to: Swipe for a chance to Win Free Gas for a Year Contest, Dept. 4390, Box 9500 Lakeshore West PO, Oakville ON, L6K 0G4. Requests must be received by the Contest Closing Date (defined below). There is no limit on the total number of mail-in entries during the Contest Period, however only one (1) mail-in entry (a “Mail-In Entry”) can be made per external envelope.
Purchase Entries and Mail-In Entries are both referred to as “Entries” in these Official Rules. Entries must be received on or before 11:59:59 PM ET on November 05, 2023 (the “Contest Closing Date”).
3. PRIZES: There are one hundred and five (105) prizes (each a “Prize” and collectively the “Prizes”) available to be won and they are as follows:
i. Grand Prizes: There are five (5) Grand Prizes available to be won, each consisting of “Shell Fuel for a Year” ($4,000.00 in Shell gift cards).
ii. Secondary Prizes: There are one hundred (100) Secondary Prizes available to be won, each consisting of one (1) $50.00 (CDN) Shell gift card.
Total approximate retail value (“ARV”) of all Prizes awarded is $25,000.00 (CDN). Shell gift cards are subject to separate terms and conditions. Without limiting the generality of any other terms set out in these Official Rules, the following general conditions apply to each Prize: (i) By accepting a Prize, each winner agrees to waive all recourse against the Releasees (as defined below) for any reason whatsoever including if a Prize or a component thereof does not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part; and (ii) Prizes must be accepted as awarded without substitution, are not transferable, not for resale and have no cash surrender value. The Sponsor reserves the right at any time to: (a) place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of a Prize or any component thereof; and (b) substitute a Prize or a component thereof for any reason with a Prize or a prize component of equal or greater value, without advanced notice and liability. A maximum of one hundred and five (105) Prizes will be awarded (5 Grand Prizes and 100 Secondary Prizes). Limit of one (1) Prize per person during the Contest Period.
4. PRIZE DRAWS: A random draw for the Grand Prizes and Secondary Prizes (the “Prize Draw”) will be held on November 08, 2023 (the “Draw Date”) at approximately 10:00 AM ET in Oakville, ON from among all eligible Entries received by the Contest Closing Date. Odds of being selected for a Prize depend on the total number of eligible Entries received by the Contest Closing Date. The selected entrants will be contacted by email within seven (7) business days of the Draw Date. If the selected entrant (a) cannot be reached by email within seven (7) business days of the Draw Date; (b) fails to correctly answer the mathematical skill testing question (see rule 5); (c) fails to complete the properly executed Release Form within the specified time (see rule 5); or (d) is unable or unwilling to accept the applicable Prize as awarded in full for any reason, then the selected entrant will be disqualified and another entrant will be randomly selected until such time as contact is made by email with a selected entrant or there are no more eligible Entries, whichever comes first. It is the entrants’ responsibility to ensure that their information (including a valid email address) associated with their AIR MILES Collector Number is up to date. The Sponsor will not be responsible for failed attempts to contact a selected entrant. Each selected entrant is subject to verification of eligibility by the Sponsor and compliance with the Official Rules before receiving the Prize, and the Sponsor’s decisions in this regard are final and binding.
5. CONFIRMATION OF WINNERS: Each selected entrant will be emailed a PURL link (Personal URL) (the “Selected Entrant PURL”) to complete a mathematical skill testing question within 48 hours of the date and time stamp of receiving the email. The selected entrant must click on the Selected Entrant PURL to answer the mathematical skill testing question. In order to be confirmed a winner, the selected entrant must correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, the mathematical skill-testing question. Upon submission of the correctly answered mathematical skill testing question, the selected entrant will be required to complete an electronic Declaration and Release Form (the “Release Form”) confirming compliance with the Official Rules, acceptance of the Prize as awarded, without substitution, and releasing the Sponsor, its dealers, agents, parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, LoyaltyOne, Co., Coca-Cola Ltd. and/or Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited, the independent contest organization, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with a Prize or this Contest. Release Forms must be completed and submitted within the time period specified on the Release Form or the Prize may be forfeited. Upon receipt and verification, Prizes will be shipped to the confirmed winners by the independent contest organization within four (4) weeks of verification.
6. GENERAL: By entering the Contest, entrants agree to abide by the Official Rules and all decisions of the Sponsor with respect to any aspect of the Contest. Decisions of the Sponsor are final.
7. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrants. By entering the Contest, each winner consents to the use of his/her name and address (city and province), voice, photograph and/or likeness without further remuneration, in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed throughout the world in perpetuity, in connection with any publicity carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor in connection with this Contest.
8. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. This Contest is void where prohibited by law.
9. The Releasees accept no responsibility for loss, damage or claims caused by or resulting from the Contest or acceptance or use of a Prize. The Releasees will not be responsible for late, lost, illegible, incomplete, falsified or destroyed entries and all such entries are void. Entries that have been falsified, tampered with or altered are void. The Releasees do not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer lines or networks, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry material/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. In the event it is determined that an entrant has entered in a fashion not sanctioned by these Official Rules and/or has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these Official Rules, the entrant will be disqualified, and all of the Entries submitted by the entrant will be disqualified. The use of an invalid email address will disqualify an entry. Users spamming the same email address will disqualify the Entry. Users using an automated script or program to send to a friend will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned an email address by an internet provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder associated with the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The selected entrant may be required to provide proof that they the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected entry name change. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of a valid entry in this Contest will be the contest server machine(s).
10. The Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or suspend this Contest or to amend the Official Rules at any time and in any way, without prior notice. Without limiting the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, the Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest and conduct a draw from all previously received eligible Entries. The Sponsor and the independent contest organization shall not be held responsible for any problems, errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest.
11. The Sponsor respects each entrant’s right to privacy. Personal information collected from entrants will only be used by the Sponsor to administer the Contest and, only if consent is given at the time of entry, to provide the entrants with information regarding upcoming promotions and/or events from the Sponsor. If entrants provide consent when entering the Contest, entrants consent to the manner of collection, use and disclosure of personal information as set out in the Sponsor’s privacy statement, which is available at: https://www.shell.ca/en_ca/privacy.html
