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NITTANY MINITMART 2025 SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
 
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND DOES NOT AND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. TERMS AND PRIZES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
 
SWEEPSTAKES DESCRIPTION: The Nittany MinitMart 2025 Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) consists of a random draw sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes starts on December 1, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time and ends on January 8, 2026 at 11:59:59 AM Eastern Time (the “Sweepstakes Period”). The Sweepstakes provides entrants with sweepstake entries for the opportunity to win the prize set forth below.  By participating, you unconditionally accept and agree to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Nittany Oil Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”) which shall be final and binding in all respects.
 
ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of Pennsylvania who are at least age 21 at the time of entry and have a valid, registered Nittany MinitRewards® loyalty account with a valid email address linked to the account (the “Participants”). To open a free, Nittany MinitRewards® loyalty account, visit any Nittany MinitMart location and ask to join or go to https://www.nittanyminitmart.com and click on “join.”  Employees of Sponsor and of its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate. ALG Vacations and Hyatt Hotels & Resorts staff and family members are not eligible to win or travel.  Void where prohibited. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Milk, eggs, lottery, money orders, gift cards, alcohol and other age-restricted items are not considered qualifying purchases.
 
TO ENTER: Participants can receive a total maximum of twenty-two (22) entries per day with a maximum total of eight hundred thirty-six (836) entries by the close of the Sweepstakes Period regardless of which entry method used as provided below. Obtain entries as follows:
 

1. Method One:  One (1) entry will be provided for visiting a Nittany MinitMart convenience store and purchasing any item inside the store or fuel entering the phone number associated with a valid, registered Nittany MinitRewards® loyalty account.  A maximum of two (2) entries per person, per day.  Alcohol and other age-restricted items are not considered qualifying purchases.

2. Method Two: Ten (10) entries will be provided when purchasing store merchandise using the Nittany MinitMart app with a transaction total of at least $5 pre-tax in a single transaction.  A maximum of twenty (20) entries per person, per day.

    
 

3. Method Three:  Entries may be received without a purchase, by completing the form located on the Nittany MinitMart app.  A maximum of one (1) entry per day.

 
ENTRY GUIDELINES: An entry will not be eligible to win if the Nittany MinitRewards® loyalty account to which the entry is linked does not have a valid email address. To ensure that you have registered a valid email address, review your profile at nittanyminitmart.com. Multiple Participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any Participant, to obtain entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods will void that Participant’s excess entries and Participant may be disqualified at the discretion of the Sponsor. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used that is linked to the registered Nittany MinitRewards® loyalty account will be deemed to be the Participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Eligibility determinations are subject to Sponsor’s sole discretion. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
 
WINNER VERIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION:  A Participant who is randomly selected as the potential winner (a “Potential Winner”) will not be awarded any prize, even after being notified as Potential Winner, unless and until the Potential Winner’s eligibility has been verified. Potential Winner will be notified via email and/or telephone. If the Potential Winner is deemed ineligible or does not respond in a timely manner, an alternate winner may be selected and notified.  The Potential Winner will be announced through Nittany MinitMart web site and social media pages.  A Potential Winner must complete and submit all necessary paperwork, such as a verification of eligibility and identity or any liability or publicity release, within 5 days the date of notification in order to be certified as the winner of the Sweepstakes drawing.  If a Potential Winner fails to respond to any notification attempt or return verification documents within the time period specified by Sponsor, or if any attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, or an undeliverable or other error message is received by Sponsor from the Potential Winner’s internet service provider—even if sent by the internet service provider in error and even if the notice is actually received thereafter, the Potential Winner will be disqualified and forfeit the Prize (defined below). All decisions of Sponsor shall be binding and final.
 
PRIZE:  The winner will receive a seven (7) night, trip for two (2) adults to Dream Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic between January 9, 2026 and December 8, 2026, restrictions apply (the “Prize”) with an approximate retail value of Four Thousand Five Hundred ($4,500.00) Dollars. The Prize includes round-trip airfare from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shared ground transfers to and from Punta Cana Airport to the resort, seven (7) nights in a standard room, meals and house beverages. The Prized DOES NOT include tips, checked baggage, passport costs, upgraded entrées, alcohol selections and trip insurance.  The winner and guest are solely responsible for obtaining valid passports for travel to the Dominican Republic.  The winner is required to contact L + S Travel to make the travel arrangements.  Once travel arrangements have been made, they cannot be changed. The winner is solely and fully responsible for any and all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes) on the value of the Prize, and, if applicable, will be issued an IRS 1099-MISC tax form for the retail value of the Prize.  Prize is non-refundable, non-transferable and no substitution will be made except at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. 
 
ODDS:  Odds of winning the Prize depends on the number of eligible entries received.
 
PRIZE PRESENTATION:  The Prize will be formally presented to the winner at Nittany Oil Company, Inc., located at 1540 Martin Street, State College, Pennsylvania. At the prize presentation the winner will be responsible to pay the taxes on the Prize.  
 
GENERAL: All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All applicable federal, state, and local taxes on each prize are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.  Potential Winners may be required to sign and return a liability or publicity release prior to awarding of the Prize. Acceptance of the Prize shall be construed as and signify the winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner’s name, voice, address (city and state only), likeness and/or prize information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further consideration, review, approval or payment, except where prohibited by law. By participating in this Sweepstakes, Participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Prize winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in the Sweepstakes. By accepting the Prize, the winner agrees to release Sponsor and each of its respective affiliates, parents and subsidiaries, and its respective advertising, promotion and production agencies (the “Sweepstake Entities”) from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property, including but not limited to damage to reputation, property damage, personal injury and/or death, which may be sustained in connection with acceptance or use of the Prize or participation in the Sweepstakes. Winner acknowledges that the Sweepstakes Entities have not made and are not in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Prize.  Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing, the offering, or the announcement of Prize
    
PRIVACY: For information about how Nittany MinitMart uses your personal information, please see its privacy policy, located at https://www.nittanyminitmart.com/privacy-policy/.
 
WINNERS’ LIST: For the list of winners of the Nittany MinitMart 2025 Sweepstakes, send a request in writing by February 1, 2026 to Nittany MinitMart 2025 Sweepstakes Winners’ List, 1540 Martin St, State College, PA 16803, Attn: Marketing with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
 
SPONSOR: Nittany Oil Company, Inc dba Nittany MinitMart, 1540 Martin St, State College, PA 16803

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