Contest Rules

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) and Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) contests are subject to the following conditions.

How to Enter: Complete and submit the entry form for the named MCCS and MCX giveaway event. Drawing entries are limited to once per day by individual. All entries must be received by 11:59PM EST on the last advertised day of the contest. The MCCS nor MCX is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, incomplete, or misdirected online entries. The MCCS nor MCX are also not responsible for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions. All entries become the property of the MCCS and MCX.

Selection of Winner: Winners will be selected by total number of entries by the following Unit construct (Active and Reserve):

• Five total winners for Remote and Isolated Units, e.g., Districts, Recruiting Stations, and Inspector-Instructors.
• Four total winners for Small Units, e.g., Battalions and Squadrons.
• Two total winners for Medium Units, e.g., Marine Aircraft Groups and Regiments
• One total winner for Large Units, e.g., Marine Logistics Group, Marine Divisions, and Marine Aircraft Wing
• One total winner for Marine Expeditionary Forces.
• Headquarters, Marine Corps Birthday Ball and Birthday Balls hosted by Deputy Commandants (DC) are not eligible.

The frequency of such drawing(s) is provided on the giveaway event flyer. The likelihood of winning is dependent on the number of eligible entries per Unit. MCCS and MCX will contact the winning unit(s) using the information provided on the entries to award the prize to the Unit Birthday Ball Committee and coordinate fund transfer to Birthday Ball accounts.

Conditions: Should the MCCS and MCX be unable to identify, contact, or verify eligibility of Unit, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate Unit after 7 days. By accepting the prize, winners agree to release the MCCS and MCX from any and all liability for injuries and/or damages of any kind sustained in connection with the award of the prize, traveling to, or participating in, any prize activity. By accepting the prize, MCCS and MCX will publish the Unit’s name in MCCS and MCX media as winner of the MCCS and MCX contest. Prizes are nontransferable and are nonredeemable for cash. MCCS and MCX contest decisions shall be final and binding in all matters related to the drawing. 

Eligibility: Marine Corps Headquarters level Commands are not eligible. No purchase is necessary to enter. All authorized MCCS and MCX limited and unlimited patronage customers 18 years or older (as of the date of entry) are eligible to participate in this drawing, excluding MCX and MCCS employees and military personnel assigned to the MCX and MCCS; (collectively the “Employees”). This sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.  

Entry Information: The MCCS and MCX are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information caused by Internet users’ technical or human error or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes, which may occur in the processing of the entries in this sweepstakes. MCCS and MCX reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this sweepstakes drawing for any reason, including should viruses, bugs, or other impediments beyond the MCCS and MCX control corrupt the administration, security, or proper play of the sweepstakes.