Official Rules
No Purchase Necessary TO ENTER OR WIN. A Purchase WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR Chances Of Winning. Open only to legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, who are of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence and at least 18 years of age at the time of entry, and who have not won a prize from a Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, d/b/a Universal Ads Sweepstakes within the past six (6) months. Void outside the location(s) specified above and where prohibited. To participate in the Sweepstakes, Entrants must have an active public account on Instagram.com (free to create via Instagram.com). Employees, their immediate families (parent, child, spouse and/or sibling and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside), and those living in the same households (whether or not related), of Universal Ads (“Sponsor”), and each respective parent, affiliate, subsidiary, and advertising and Sweepstakes agency, are not eligible to enter or win.
Entry Period: Sweepstakes is open between Monday, September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and 11:59 PM ET on Sunday, September 28, 2025. (the “Entry Period”).
How to Enter: To receive one (1) entry during the Entry Period, visit the Universal Ads page on Instagram at www.instagram.com/universal.ads and follow the specified instructions to enter the Sweepstakes. You will be required to (a) follow Universal Ads on Instagram; (b) like the Instagram giveaway post and (c) tag at least one (1) user in the comments. Entry requests generated by script, macro or other automated or improper means are void.
Random Drawing: One (1) potential winner will be selected in a random drawing held on or about Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from all eligible entries received throughout the Entry Period. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Prizes - One (1): One-thousand dollars ($1,000) in Redeemable Universal Ads credits. Prize recipients are responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes, if any. Prize recipients will receive a direct message from Sponsor requesting their email address for prize fulfillment. Prize will be emailed within two (2) weeks from date of email address receipt. Limit of one (1) prize per person throughout the Sweepstakes.
Additional Eligibility Criteria: The following restrictions apply to eligibility and Prize usage:
Universal Ads reserves the right to exclude advertisers that do not meet the above criteria. No further explanation is required in the event of exclusion. Prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other existing credit or promo code. Prize is subject to the current terms and conditions listed on the Universal Ads website.
Entries may be deemed void if Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that an entry (i) is sexually explicit or suggestive; violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; (ii) depicts or identifies a child that is not the child or legal ward of the entrant; (iii) promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, or firearms/weapons; promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; (iv) is obscene or offensive; (v) contains defamatory or disparaging remarks about other people or companies; (vi) contains personal identification, such as personal names or e-mail addresses; (vii) contains materials owned or controlled by others, without permission; (viii) communicates messages inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which Sponsor wishes to associate; or (ix) violates any law.
General Conditions: By participating, each entrant agrees: (a) to abide by these Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects relating to this Sweepstakes; (b) to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, Instagram, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives of the forgoing (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes related activity or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any awarded prize or prize element; and (c) to the use of his/her name, voice, performance, photograph/video, prize information, image and/or likeness for programming, advertising, publicity, trade and promotional purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter known, worldwide and on the Internet, and in perpetuity by Sponsor and its designees, without compensation (unless prohibited by law) or additional consents from entrant or any third party and without prior notice, approval or inspection, and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so. By participating, participant also agrees not to release any publicity or other materials on their own or through someone else regarding their participation in the Sweepstakes without the prior consent of the Sponsor, which either may withhold in its sole discretion.
Sweepstakes may be withdrawn without prior notice. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, or undelivered entries, posts or photos, incorrect, changed or non-functioning Instagram accounts; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, printer errors, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entry requests, posts, photos, or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified. Should any portion of the Sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’ sole opinion, compromised by bugs, virus, worms, non-authorized human intervention or other causes, which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or submission of information, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries/posts/photos received prior to action taken. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. Sponsored by Universal Ads, 1407 Broadway, Floor 12, New York, NY 10018. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
License/Use of Entries: By submitting an Entry, and to the extent allowed by law, you grant the Released Parties a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub licensable, unconditional and transferable license to edit, modify, cut, rearrange, add to, delete from, reproduce, encode, store, modify, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse your Entry, name, photo, tweet, retweet, comment and/or post and biographical material including, but not limited to, all materials submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes in any and all media, throughout the world, and in any manner, for trade, advertising, promotional, commercial, or any other purposes without further review, notice, approval, consideration, or compensation to entrant or any third party.
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