MEET MRBEAST SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
By entering the Meet MrBeast Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) you agree to abide by all terms and conditions referenced in these Official Rules.
- ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to legal residents who are physically located in the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (“DC”), who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and the age of majority in their place of residence at the time of entry. Employees of Yahoo Inc. (“Yahoo” or “Sponsor”), MrBeast LLC (“MrBeast”), GMR Marketing LLC (“GMR”), and any promotion, other vendor agency, or advertising partner involved in this Sweepstakes (and any other person engaged to work on this Sweepstakes) and each of the above’s respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, (collectively, the “Released Parties”) and the household and immediate family members (defined for the purposes of this Sweepstakes as a parent, spouse, child, and sibling) of such employees are not eligible to enter or win. This Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
- TIMING: This Sweepstakes begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on November 30, 2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on December 19, 2024 (“Sweepstakes Period”).
- HOW TO ENTER:
- To enter, you must (a) download the Yahoo Sports application (the “App”) if you have not already done so, (b) navigate to the Sweepstakes page in the App, and (c) input your valid email address during the Sweepstakes Period as instructed to automatically accept these Official Rules and the Yahoo Privacy Policy, and receive one (1) Sweepstakes entry (an “Entry”) per entrant (“Entrant”).
- The Sponsor reserves the right to invalidate any suspect Entries, in its sole discretion. Entrants may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Yahoo if they participate in this Sweepstakes using multiple Yahoo Accounts.
- Entry Limit: Limit one (1) Entry per person/email account holder. The use of automated devices to enter this Sweepstakes is prohibited. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for lost, late, or misdirected Entries or any computer, online, telephone, or technical malfunctions that may occur.
- WINNERS SELECTION/PRIZE: On or around January 10, 2025, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) potential winner from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. All random drawings will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor, whose decisions are final. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
- One (1) Grand Prize: One (1) trip to a designated city, to be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor, for the winner and one (1) guest which will include meeting MrBeast, a behind-the-scenes look at a MrBeast studio set, and a selfie with MrBeast (the “Influencer”). Trip includes round-trip, coach-class air transportation from a major commercial airport near the winner’s home (selected at the sole discretion of Sponsor) to the designated city; two (2) nights’ double-occupancy hotel accommodations at a hotel designated by Yahoo (includes room rate and tax only); and a $900 bank gift card (gift card is subject to gift card’s Terms & Conditions) intended to cover in-market costs including ground transportation, food and beverages, etc. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is $3,500.
- The total ARV of all prizes is $3,500.
The Grand Prize is not transferable, and must be accepted as awarded, with no substitutions of any kind.
All federal, state and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes) related to the Grand Prize, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the winner’s responsibility, regardless of whether the Grand Prize is used in whole or in part. The Sponsor/GMR will comply with all tax reporting requirements. All prize details are at the Sponsor's sole discretion.
Additional Grand Prize Terms:
Grand Prize winner must plan travel with GMR and travel must occur on dates presented by the Sponsor, or the applicable Grand Prize winner shall forfeit the Grand Prize in its entirety and an alternate winner may be selected, time permitting. Winner and their guest must possess any insurance and valid travel documents (i.e., valid government-issued photo ID) in order to travel.
Dates of departure and return, travel route, air carriers, seat selection, hotel accommodations, activities, and all elements of the Grand Prize will be arranged by and determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion and are subject to availability and change. Airline carrier’s regulations and conditions apply. Grand Prize trip may not be combined with any other travel and flights and hotel stays may not qualify for frequent flyer miles. No refunds or credits for changes are allowed.
All other expenses and costs, not expressly listed above, including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local taxes, airline optional services and baggage fees, tips, entertainment, transfers, meals, and transportation to and from Grand Prize winner’s/guest’s home residences are a winner’s/guest’s sole responsibilities.
Winner is responsible for providing any required credit card or deposit upon hotel check-in for personal use of incidental charges during hotel stay.
Released Parties are not responsible for changes in schedule of any element of the Grand Prize and the Released Parties are not liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay. Any change made by the Grand Prize winner or guest to the travel itinerary, including any cost implications, is the Grand Prize winner’s sole responsibility. For a Grand Prize winner who resides within three hundred (300) miles of the destination, air transportation may be substituted with another method of transportation by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, with no further obligation to the winner. In connection with the Sweepstakes, be advised that any and all policies, guidelines, and recommendations of the CDC, hotel, and airlines must be followed. In addition, Grand Prize winner and their guest should be aware of and comply with government guidelines regarding travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines.
The Grand Prize is not redeemable for cash or exchangeable for other travel. No substitution, transfer, or assignment of the Grand Prize permitted, except that the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute any portion of the Grand Prize with a prize of equal or greater value for any reason, including without limitation, prize availability.
Winner and guest (if applicable) must comply with all rules and regulations presented by the Influencer and their staff. Failure to do so may result in removal of the offending winner or guest from the Influencer’s premises.
Any and all federal, state, or local tax obligation or other expense that the winner may be liable for as a result of receiving the Grand Prize is the sole responsibility of the winner and Sponsor will comply with all tax reporting requirements. Winner will be issued a 1099-MISC tax form for the ARV of the Grand Prize delivered in a calendar year. Grand Prize winners will receive 1099-MISC tax forms for the 2025 calendar year. Winners are advised to seek independent counsel regarding the tax implications of accepting a prize. ARV of the Grand Prize may vary depending upon the points of departure, ground transportation, and/or airline fare fluctuations; any difference between stated ARV and final ARV of Grand Prize will not be awarded. All Grand Prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
These are estimated values only. The actual value of the Grand Prize is expected to vary, based on the point of origination, airfare fluctuations, and hotel pricing. If the actual value of the Grand Prize is less than stated, difference will not be awarded in cash, and no such claim will be honored.
Acceptance, participation in and/or use of a Grand Prize is at winner’s and guest’s sole risk and the Sponsor and Released Parties are not responsible for any damages whatsoever including special, indirect, or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use and/or misuse of a Grand Prize.
- GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The potential winner will be notified and confirmed as follows:
The potential Grand Prize winner (“Potential Winner”) will be notified via email on or about January 15, 2025 from info@GMRpromotions.com to the email the Potential Winner used to earn a Sweepstakes Entry. Entrants are advised to add info@GMRpromotions.com to their safe senders list to ensure delivery of any winner verification emails, or to check their email inbox and spam folder. It is the responsibility of the Potential Winner to ensure their contact details are correct in their Entry and to ensure email services are available and functional, and to check email messages for notifications.
The Potential Winner will have ten (10) calendar days from the date the first email notification attempt was deployed (the “Notification Period”) to reply via email and provide their response to the presented eligibility questions. If any Potential Winner is not reachable by the end of the Notification Period, the applicable Potential Winner will forfeit the Grand Prize in its entirety and another alternate Potential Winner will be randomly selected as the Potential Winner, who will be subject to the same process. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for undeliverable emails or other communication including but not limited to any form of filtering, be it active or passive, by an email or other service provider or for full or unavailable email services.
The Potential Winner will be required to complete, sign, have notarized and return the presented affidavit of eligibility, liability waiver, and publicity release, background investigation authorization form, and the appropriate tax documents (the “Documents”) via the secure electronic notary process provided by GMR or other method acceptable to the Sponsor, within ten (10) calendar days of delivery of the Documents, and may need to pass a background check prior to being confirmed as a Grand Prize winner, or the Grand Prize will be forfeited in its entirety.
- Background Investigations: The Sponsor reserves the right to conduct background investigations on the Potential Winner and their guest and reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Potential Winner and/or their guest based on the results of such background investigations, if the Sponsor/MrBeast determine in their sole discretion that awarding a prize to such winner or guest might reflect negatively on the Sponsor or MrBeast.
Potential Grand Prize winner agrees and understands that they and their guest must agree to authorize and cooperate with an independent background investigation by the Sponsor and/or its agents by completing background investigation consent forms in the designated timeframe for an investigation of their background, references, character, employment, education, social media, and without limitation civil and criminal court records or police records, including a review of social media, including those maintained by both public and private organizations and all public records, for the purpose of confirming information provided by the potential winner or guest and/or obtaining other information that may be relevant to qualifications as the potential prize recipient in the Sweepstakes. Potential Grand Prize winner and guest agree and understand that based on such results, they may be disqualified if the results are not acceptable to the Sponsor/MrBeast at the Sponsor’s and MrBeast’s sole discretion and that the specific reason(s) for any such disqualification will not be provided to any disqualified potential Grand Prize winner or guest. The results of such background investigation(s) will NOT be shared with the disqualified or potential Grand Prize winner or guest.
Grand Prize Winner’s Guest: The Grand Prize winner must designate one (1) guest within ten (10) calendar days of delivery of the Documents. The guest must be 18 years of age or older and the age of majority in their place of residence, and a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia. In addition, at the same time as the Grand Prize winner completes their Documents, the guest must fully execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability waiver, and publicity release and a background investigation authorization form, (the “Guest Documents”). Failure for a guest to fully execute and return the Guest Documents in time specified by the Sponsor may result in that guest’s disqualification and forfeiture of the guest’s portion of the prize.
If a notified Potential Winner is not eligible, forfeits the Grand Prize, or declines the Grand Prize, an alternate winner may be randomly selected as the Potential Winner, time and circumstances permitting, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Return of any prize notification or Grand Prize as undeliverable or failure to accept the Grand Prize within the specified time period may result in disqualification and forfeiture of the Grand Prize.
Within three (3) business days of receipt of the Potential Winner’s fully executed Documents, GMR will contact the Potential Winner with their final winner status.
- PUBLICITY RELEASE: Winners further grant to Sponsor and MrBeast in connection with the Sweepstakes, Yahoo Sports, and Yahoo Fantasy, the right to use of their name, picture, image, likeness, voice, video, biographical information and statements, at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes or for any other reason Sponsor sees fit, without limitation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, in perpetuity, and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without additional notice, consent, review or approval, and without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
- ADDITIONAL TERMS: By entering, Entrants agree to accept and abide by the Official Rules of this Sweepstakes and agrees that any dispute with regard to the conduct of this Sweepstakes, rule interpretation, or award of prize, shall be resolved by Sponsor, whose decision shall be binding and final, and not open to appeal. By entering, Entrant agrees to be notified by the Sponsor/GMR for the purposes of the administration of this Sweepstakes using the contact information provided by the Entrant/provided in the Entrant’s Entry, Yahoo ID Account profile, and contact information provided by any potential winner. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. By participating, Entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Released Parties from any injury, loss or damage to person, including death or property damage due, directly or indirectly to the acceptance, use, or misuse of a prize, participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity, or participation in the Sweepstakes. The Released Parties are not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing of this offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of prizes, including such error as may give an erroneous indication that a prize has been won. In the event the Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Sweepstakes, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Sweepstakes is undermined by any event including but not limited to fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, health concern or emergency, or any federal, state, or local government law, order, regulation or recommendation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within the Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event), the Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Sweepstakes without notice or further obligation. If the Sponsor, in its discretion, elects to abbreviate the Sweepstakes as a result of a Force Majeure event, the Sponsor reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to randomly select the winner(s) from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event. Such winner(s) will be notified via email from info@GMRpromotions.com via the email addresses associated with their Entry.
- DISPUTES/GOVERNING LAW: All disputes concerning the construction, interpretation, validity, effect, and enforceability of these Official Rules will be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws provisions. Entrant (i) agrees that exclusive jurisdiction over any legal action arising out of or in connection with the Sweepstakes will be in state or federal courts located in or nearest to the State of New York and by entering consents to such jurisdiction and venue; (ii) consents to resolve any such claims individually and without resort to class action; and (iii) agrees that all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event will attorney’s fees or punitive, incidental, consequential, or any damages other than actual out-of-pocket expenses will be awarded.
- INTERNET: If for any reason the Internet portion of this Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this Sweepstakes. Sponsor, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. In any such events, Sponsor, at its sole discretion, will randomly select the winner(s) from eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such termination, suspension, or cancellation. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Released Parties are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or Entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR APP OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
- USE OF DATA: Any personal data relating to Entrants will be used solely for purposes of administering the Sweepstakes and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. This includes any personal data an Entrant directly provides to GMR during the prize fulfillment process and winner data that GMR may retain in accordance with applicable law. Please note that by entering, you are accepting these Official Rules and the terms of the Yahoo Privacy Policy.
Entrants’ data will be used by Sponsor (770 Broadway, New York, New York, 10003) and by GMR Marketing LLC (5050 S. Towne Drive, New Berlin, Wisconsin 53151), and by any of their representatives or employees for the use and purposes to run the Sweepstakes as provided in these Official Rules. Entrants may have the right to exercise their rights of access and cancellation of their data by sending an email with the subject “Data Access Request-Meet MrBeast Sweepstakes” to data@gmrmarketing.com and by visiting Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
- WINNER LIST: The first and last name, and city and state of the confirmed Grand Prize winner will be available at www.thewinnerspage.com/meet-mrb. This list will be available for at least thirty (30) days after March 31, 2025.
- SPONSOR: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Yahoo Inc., 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
- ADMINISTRATOR: This Sweepstakes is administered by GMR Marketing LLC, 5050 South Towne Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151.