BassBucks

BassBucks $1Million Challenge

OFFICIAL RULES

These are the official rules (the "Official Rules") that govern the BassBucks $1 Million Challenge (the "Game") and the relationship between you and the Sponsor (as defined in Section 1 below) in relation to the Game. By participating in this Game, you confirm you have legal capacity to take part in the Game, and you agree to comply with and abide by these Official Rules.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

YOU MUST HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS TO PARTICIPATE.

PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY POLICY BEFORE PARTICIPATING; SEE BELOW AT SECTION 16.

ELIGIBILITY: GAME OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND CANADA WHO ARE (1) AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR COUNTRY/PROVINCE/STATE OF RESIDENCE, WHICHEVER IS OLDER, AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION AND HAVE MENTAL CAPACITY TO ENTER INTO A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT AND (2) WHO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND A VALID AND ACTIVE EMAIL ACCOUNT. VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

1. Sponsor

BassBucks, LLC, 1201 Main Street, Suite 815, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A. ("Sponsor").

2. Eligibility

The BassBucks $1Million Challenge is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and Canada, who have mental capacity to enter into a legally binding contract and are at least eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in their country, province, or state of residence, whichever is older, at the time of registration. Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six (6) months, performed services for Sponsor, Administrator, or any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Game or awarding any prize and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated, and successor companies (collectively, the "Promotion Entities"), and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to register or participate. In addition, current Bassmasters competitors, as well as their coaches, practice partners, and other assistants, management/representation are not eligible to register or participate. Further, the immediate family and household members of any individuals of any of the preceding categories are not eligible to register or participate. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three (3) months a year, whether related or not.

Registrants may not have been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude.

FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND CANADA ONLY:

By registering, each Game Registrant ("Registrant") understands and agrees that, if selected as a potential Winner, he/she will be required to consent to a background check to verify eligibility; and, failure to sign such consents and authorizations and/or to furnish all required information will result in disqualification.

In addition, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify a potential Winner if the results of such background check reveal that such Registrant is not eligible to participate in the Game (for Registrants who are residents of the United States or Canada) or if the Registrant has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If disqualified, a potential Winner will not receive any compensation of any kind, nor will Sponsor or the other Promotion Entities have any liability to him/her under any legal theory.

3. Objective & Overview of Game

In the Game, Registrants predict the winning angler of the seven selected Professional Bass Tournament events for the 2026 season. If the Registrant correctly predicts the winner for each event, they will win the Grand Prize.

For all purposes, Sponsor's computer (at its offices in 1201 Main Street, Suite 815, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.) is the official clock for the Game.

4. Registration

During the Promotion Period, navigate the internet to www.million-to-win.bassbucks.com ("Website"). You will be directed to complete the online registration form. You will be asked to provide your full name, date of birth, email address, city, and state/province/country, as well as to create a username and password for the entry and submission of rosters to BassBucks contests, subject to verification.

Your username is subject to approval by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Obscene, hateful, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate usernames will NOT be accepted. BE SURE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PASSWORD SO AS TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO YOUR REGISTRATION. Your email address will be used to contact you if you are a potential prize Winner, if you forget your password and/or username, or if you need to reset your password and/or username.

CLICK THE CHECK BOX SIGNIFYING THAT YOU MEET THE GAME'S ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES. IF YOU DO NOT CHECK THE BOX INDICATING YOUR CONFIRMATION OF AND AGREEMENT TO THE ABOVE, YOU WILL NOT BE REGISTERED FOR THE GAME, CANNOT ENGAGE IN GAME PLAY, AND CANNOT WIN ANY PRIZES IN THE GAME.

THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE (1) REGISTRATION PER PERSON DURING THE PROMOTION PERIOD. ANY ATTEMPT TO REGISTER MULTIPLE TIMES VOIDS ALL REGISTRATIONS/GAME PLAYS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE GAME AND PERHAPS OTHER PROMOTIONS OFFERED BY SPONSOR OR ITS AFFILIATED/RELATED ENTITIES.

In case of a dispute over the identity of a Registrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the Registrant. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

5. Game Schedule

United States Eastern Time ("E.T.") (e.g., New York time), corresponding to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minus four (4) hours. For example, where the stated time is 12:00 p.m. E.T., this time corresponds to 4:00 p.m. UTC of the same day, and where the stated time is 11:59 p.m. E.T., this corresponds to 3:59 a.m. The E.T. corresponds to UTC minus five (5) hours.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS: ALL TIMES LISTED THROUGHOUT THE OFFICIAL RULES ARE IN ET. REGISTRANTS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE CORRESPONDING TIME IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

Users are able to register to play starting March 14, 2026. Users must have their selections for each of the seven Professional Bass Tournament winners submitted by March 25, 2026.

The Promotion Period consists of seven "Tournaments" starting March 26, 2026, and ending August 30, 2026 ("Promotion Period"). The tournaments that users need to correctly pick each winner for are:

  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 3 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Miss., March 26-29, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 4 Arkansas River, OK, April 16-19, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 5 Lake Murray, S.C., May 7-10, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 6 Santee Cooper Lakes, S.C., May 14-17, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 7 Pasquotank River/Albemarle Sound, N.C., June 11-14, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 8 Lake Champlain, N.Y., August 13-16, 2026
  • Professional Bass Tournament Stop 9 St. Lawrence River, N.Y., August 27-30, 2026

6. Game Play

Registrants pick a winner in each of the seven Professional Bass Tournament events for 2026 starting with the March 26, 2026 event on Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi and concluding with the event on August 26, 2026 on St. Lawrence River, New York. Selections for all seven tournaments need to be submitted by March 25, 2026 by 11:59 pm Eastern Time.

7. Scoring

To win the Grand Prize, Registrants need to predict the winners of all seven selected Professional Bass Tournament events.

A REGISTRANT IS NOT A POTENTIAL WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL HE/SHE IS PERSONALLY NOTIFIED TO SUCH EFFECT BY SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR AS PER SECTION 11 BELOW. THE CONTENTS OF LEADER BOARDS ARE NOT IN ANY WAY BINDING UPON SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF WINNING ANY PRIZE.

8. Additional Restrictions on Registration/Game Play

Registrations/Game Plays must be manually key stroked by Registrant; use of automated entry devices or programs, or submissions by third parties on a Registrant's behalf are prohibited and subject to verification.

Registrations/Game Plays that do not conform to or that violate these Official Rules or are submitted in any manner other than as stated in these Official Rules will be disqualified.

Proof of submission of Registration/Game Play does not constitute proof of receipt of same. Sponsor/Administrator will acknowledge receipt of Registration/Game Play as required by applicable law. Such acknowledgment of receipt of Registration/Game Play does not constitute any representation as to eligibility, notification of winning nor is it otherwise binding upon Sponsor or Administrator under any legal theory.

Registrations/Game Plays that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, jumbled, delayed, inaccessible, improperly recorded (or not recorded at all) or unintelligible for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promotion Entities, including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion, are void and will not be accepted.

By accepting prize(s) (except where prohibited by law) Winner consents to use by Sponsor and its assignees/designees of their name, city, state/province/country, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world, without further compensation, notification, permission, or approval. For residents of the United States and Canada, the foregoing consent shall last in perpetuity.

If you choose to participate in the Game by using your wireless mobile device, data rates may apply for each message sent or received from your handset according to the terms and conditions of your service agreement with your wireless carrier. Other charges may apply (such as normal airtime and carrier charges as well as charges for wireless internet access) and may appear on your mobile phone bill or be deducted from your prepaid account balance. Wireless carriers' rate plans may vary, and you should contact your wireless carrier for more information on messaging rate plans and charges relating to your participation in this Game. Mobile device service may not be available in all areas. Check your phone's capabilities for specific instructions. The Sponsor will not reimburse any charges incurred by Registrants to register for or participate in the Game.

9. Prizes and Approximate Retail Values ("ARV")

The total value of all prizes in this Promotion is $1,000,000.00 US ("ARV").

One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected for correctly predicting all seven Professional Bass Tournament events winners and receive a $1,000,000 forty (40) year annuity that pays out $25,000 per year for forty (40) years without interest in the form of check or ACH/direct deposit (medium of prize award to be determined by Administrator in its sole discretion). The One (1) Grand Prize winner may elect to take a $550,000 immediate cash prize in lieu of the forty (40) year annuity at his or her discretion.

THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE (1) WINNER IN THIS CONTEST.

The Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, include additional prizing after these Official Rules have been posted; in which case Sponsor reserves the right to update these Official Rules to include descriptions of additional prizes. In the event that there are multiple Registrants that correctly predict all seven Professional Bass Tournament events, then the value of the one (1) Grand Prize will be divided evenly among such registrants.

THE TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES IN THE GAME IS $1,000,000 (USD).

All applicable federal, state, foreign, provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of Winner except where prohibited by local laws in a given country.

Winners will receive either (i) if a U.S. resident, a 1099 tax form reflecting actual value of prize as it is valued at $600 (USD) or over, or (ii) if not a U.S. resident, an IRS Form 1042-S, W-8Ben, or any other applicable tax forms. A non-U.S. resident Winner may be responsible for U.S. foreign withholding tax on prize(s) in addition to any taxes that may be levied by his/her country of residence on the value of prize(s) won. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the Winners.

10. Winner Notification

Winners will be contacted by email. Grand Prize Winner will be contacted on or about September 15, 2026. Winners will be required to sign and return by email, within three (3) business days of notification, an Affidavit/Certificate of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification, a Publicity Release where allowed by law, and (if a resident of the United States or Canada) the necessary paperwork for a background check (collectively, "Game Documents"). If the Affidavit/Certificate of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification, and Publicity Release, or any other portions of the Game Documents are not returned to Sponsor within the specified time period and the Winner cannot be contacted after two (2) attempts within three (3) business days of first attempted notification, the applicable Winner may be disqualified. If a Winner is disqualified for any reason, there will be no prize of any kind awarded to him/her.

If a Canadian resident predicts the winners of the seven events, he/she will be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without mechanical or other assistance of any kind, within a predetermined time limit, as a pre-condition to becoming the potential winner of the prize(s).

11. Conditions and Limitations of Liability

Subject to liability in relation to any "Non-Excludable Guarantees" as defined below and as long as this is not prohibited by mandatory local law or public policy by participating in this Game, Registrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and the Promotion Entities, as well as each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives, and each of their respective successors, representatives, and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss, or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Game and/or acceptance, receipt, possession, use, or misuse of any prize. All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply.

Nothing in these Official Rules excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify any statutory consumer guarantees or any implied condition or warranty the exclusion of which from these Official Rules would contravene any statute or cause any part of these Official Rules to be void ("Non-Excludable Guarantees") or any other liabilities which shall not be excluded under mandatory local law or public policy. Subject to the limitations in the preceding sentence, the Sponsor excludes from these Official Rules all conditions, warranties and terms implied by statute, general law or custom. Except for liability in relation to a Non-Excludable Guarantee or any other liabilities which shall not be excluded under mandatory local law or public policy, the Released Parties exclude all liability whether arising in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise, for any personal injury or any other loss or damage (including without limitation loss of opportunity or loss of profits), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the Game, including for failed, partial, or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind affecting the Game in any manner, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware, or software.

The foregoing also includes any malfunction, error, or failure deemed by Sponsor or Administrator in the discretion of either party to impact the availability or accessibility of Registrations and/or Game Plays submitted by Registrants or the transmission or receipt of winner notification or any Prize. If for any reason the Game is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical failures beyond Sponsor's control that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Game, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Registration and/or Game Play process.

THE PRECEDING EXPRESSLY INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO ANY EVENT BEYOND SPONSOR'S REASONABLE CONTROL THAT INTERFERES WITH OR INTERRUPTS THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED CONDUCT OF ONE (1) OR MORE OF THE SELECTED PROFESSIONAL BASS TOURNAMENTS DURING THE PROMOTION PERIOD.

In such an event, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct the Game and make the prizes available to be won in a manner which is fair, appropriate, and consistent with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Notice of termination, modification, or suspension of Game will be posted on the Website. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or loss, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Registrations and/or Game Plays; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email, Registration or Game Play to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to any person's computer or wireless mobile device related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this Game. Failure of Sponsor or Administrator to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute the waiver of such provision.

You agree not to damage or cause interruption of the Game and/or prevent others from registering for and/or participating in the Game.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE ANY ONLINE SERVICE OR WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME, OR TO DEFRAUD SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR IN ANY MANNER RELATIVE TO REGISTRATION FOR AND/OR PARTICIPATION IN THE GAME VIOLATES CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY ANY PERSON MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT, PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE PROMOTIONS OFFERED BY SPONSOR OR ANY AFFILIATED/RELATED ENTITIES AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

12. Disputes

For Registrants who are legal residents of the U.S. or Canada: These Official Rules shall be governed by the law of the U.S. state of Delaware and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the U.S. state of Delaware.

Except where prohibited, Registrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action arising out of or connected with this Game or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and, to the extent permitted by compulsory local law in the relevant State or Territory of the Registrant's country of residence, expressly waiving any right of forum non conveniens, change of venue or the like; (b) any and all claims, judgments, or awards, to the extent permitted by compulsory local law in Registrant's country of residence, shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Game, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will Registrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Registrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased, except where compulsory local law in Registrant's country of residence provides otherwise.

13. Severability

If any part of these Official Rules shall be declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of the balance of these Official Rules. In such circumstances, the provision declared invalid or unenforceable shall be re-drafted as closely to the original provision as allowed by law, so as to give effect to Sponsor's intent.

14. Language Discrepancies

Should there be any discrepancy between the English language version of these Official Rules and the version of the Official Rules as translated into another language, the English language version shall prevail, govern, and control in all respects.

15. Data Protection; Privacy Policy

Your personal information will be collected for the purposes of conducting this Game. Use of personal information shall be subject to the privacy policy located at URL ("Privacy Policy"). The Privacy Policy contains information about how a Registrant can access or correct personal information held about them or to make a privacy complaint.

16. Winners' List

The surname, county/region and country of residence of each prize winner will be made available on request unless a given winner objects to this. To request the surname, county/region and country of residence of winners, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: "BassBucks $1 Million Challenge Winners", PO Box 1559, Social Circle, GA 30025-1559. All such requests must be received by September 30, 2026. Persons other than U.S. residents may omit return postage. To object to your surname, county/region and country of residence being made available in this manner in the event you are a winner please let us know prior to accepting any prize.