
SISTAS FRIENDSGIVING SWEEPSTAKES
Friends Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR WIRELESS DEVICE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OR D.C., AND AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD OR AGE OF MAJORITY, WHICHEVER IS OLDER IN STATE OF RESIDENCE, AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO A SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. IF YOU ARE ACCESSING THIS SWEEPSTAKES VIA YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE, DATA RATES MAY APPLY.
Sponsor, Administrator, and Prize Provider: Black Entertainment Television LLC (“BET”), 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (“Sponsor” and/or “Administrator”).
1. Acceptance of Rules. By entering to win with a Participant (as defined below) of the "Sistas Friendsgiving Sweepstakes" (the "Sweepstakes"), which is operated on https://www.bet.com/sistas-friendsgiving, (the "BET Service"), you (“you” and/or “your”) hereby accept and agree to these official rules for friends (the "Friends Official Rules") of this Sweepstakes and the decisions of the Administrator in connection with this Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final.
No purchase, entry fee, or use of a wireless device is necessary to enter or win. If you are a wireless service subscriber and have a smartphone, tablet, or other wireless device that allows you access to the Internet, you may also enter this Sweepstakes via any of those devices during the Promotion Period (as defined below). If you choose to access these Sweepstakes via any of those wireless devices, you may be charged data rates in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Service Agreement with your wireless carrier.
2. Eligibility. The opportunity to win with a Participant is offered and open to persons who are: (i) legal residents of one (1) of the United States or the District of Columbia (excluding residents of Puerto Rico and all U.S. Territories and Possessions); (ii) at least 18 years old or age of majority, whichever is older in their state of residence, at the date of Participant’s entry into this Sweepstakes; and (iii) received a link from a Participant. Employees, directors, and immediate family members of BET, BET Studios, Paramount Global, Skydance Corporation, Tyler Perry Studios, and Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart (the “Sweepstakes Entities”) and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and legal and financial advisors are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. For the purpose of the foregoing, "immediate family" means parents, spouses, children, siblings, or any members of the same households of such employees and directors (whether related or not). This Sweepstakes is void in Puerto Rico and all U.S. Territories and Possessions, and where prohibited by law.
Upon submitting their entry pursuant to the Official Rules, each Participant of the Sweepstakes (individually, the “Participant”, collectively, “Participants”) will receive an email with an invitation link to share with their friends (individually, a “Friend”, collectively, “Friends”) so that up to four (4) of their Friends may enter to win with the Participant to receive a Sistas (the “Series”) Friendsgiving prize, which will be fulfilled if the Participant is selected as a Sweepstakes Winner (individually, a “Sweepstakes Winner”, collectively, the “Sweepstakes Winners”), subject to the Official Rules. If Participants share the link with more than four (4) Friends, only the first four (4) eligible Friends to complete the Friends Entry Form (as defined below) will qualify for the possibility of winning a prize as a Friends winner (individually, a “Friends Winner”, collectively, the “Friends Winners”), subject to these Friends Official Rules.
3. Entering to Win with a Participant of the Sweepstakes: To receive an entry to win with a Participant of the Sweepstakes, you need to: (i) access, during the Promotion Period, the entry form for Friends accessible at https://www.bet.com/sistas-friendsgiving-referral (the “Friends Entry Form”); (ii) sign up for a chance to win a Friends prize by providing your name, email address, state where you reside, and the name of the Participant that sent you the link to enter; (iii) agree to these Friends Official Rules; and (iv) hit the "Submit" button. Only the first four (4) eligible Friends to complete the Friends Entry Form may qualify for the possibility of winning a prize as a Friends Winner, subject to these Friends Official Rules.
All Friend prizes are contingent upon the following: (i) the original Participant, who invited the Friend(s), being eligible to enter the Sweepstakes; (ii) the Participant being randomly selected as a Sweepstakes Winner; and (iii) the Friend Winner having entered correctly to win with Participant; and (iv) the Friend Winner being eligible under these Friends Official Rules. Participation is entirely optional, and each Friend can decide whether they would like to participate.
An invited Friend may also choose to enter the Sweepstakes independently through the official Sweepstakes entry form found on the BET Service. This will make them a Participant and eligible to be randomly selected as a Sweepstakes Winner, subject to the Official Rules.
Limit of one (1) Sweepstakes entry per Participant during the Promotion Period. The use of multiple email addresses by a Participant to gain extra entries will result in the voiding of such entries and disqualification of the Participant.
4. Promotion Period. The Sweepstakes begins on November 13, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends at 11:59pm ET on November 19, 2026 (the “Promotion Period”).
5. Prize. The Sweepstakes will award one (1) prize (individually the “Prize”, and collectively the "Prizes") each to ten (10) Participants, and one (1) Prize each for up to four (4) Friends per Participant, for a total of up to forty (40) Friends. The Prize consists of one (1) gift package consisting of: one (1) Two Hundred Dollar ($200) Instacart gift card; one (1) Series-branded kitchen apron; one (1) Series-branded oven mitt; one (1) Series-branded pot holder; and one (1) Series-branded kitchen towel. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each Prize is Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00). The total ARV of all the Prizes available to be awarded is up to Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).
6. Prize Restrictions. Prizes are non-transferable. Each individual, whether a Friend or Participant, may receive a maximum of one (1) Prize, regardless of how many times they are invited or whether they participate as both Friend and/or Participant. All income and other taxes, including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local, are the sole responsibility of the Friends Winners or Sweepstakes Winner(s). No assignment, transfer, conversion to cash or cash redemption, or substitution of any Prize, or any portion of the Prize, is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize, or any of its components, with a prize of comparable or greater value should the Prize, or any of its components, become unavailable or for any other reason needs to be exchanged. Prize is solely for personal use and may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion. Prizes’ details are at the sole discretion of the Sweepstakes Entities.
7. Odds/Drawings/Winner Notification. Odds of winning the Prize depends on the number of eligible Participant entries received during the Promotion Period. The Prize drawing will take place on or about November 20, 2026 from all eligible Participant entries received. The Prize drawing for the Sweepstakes Winners will be conducted at random by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. The potential Sweepstakes Winners will be chosen and notified by email via the address provided on their entry form. The potential Sweepstakes Winners will be asked to provide their personal information, such as their name, physical address, and date of birth in order to confirm eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. If no contact has been made with a potential Sweepstakes Winner after a reasonable effort has been made during the twenty-four (24) hours from the first notification attempt, Administrator will select an alternate potential Sweepstakes Winner at random from among all remaining eligible Participant entries. Administrator will select up to two (2) alternate potential Sweepstakes Winner(s). If no contact has been made with the alternates after a reasonable effort has been made during the twenty-four (24) hours from the first notification attempt to the last alternate, the Prize(s) shall not be awarded.
Once a Sweepstakes Winner has provided their personal information, as requested by the Administrator and in accordance with the Official Rules, and once the Sweepstakes Winner’s eligibility has been confirmed, their potential Friends Winners will be asked to provide their personal information, such as their name, physical address, and date of birth in order to confirm eligibility and compliance with these Friends Official Rules and the Official Rules. If no contact has been made with a potential Friends Winner after a reasonable effort has been made during the twenty-four (24) hours from the first notification attempt, then that potential Friends Winner will be disqualified from receiving the Prize. If a potential Friends Winner is disqualified, there will be no alternate Friends Winner.
8. Prize Taxes. All federal, state, local other tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, winning the Prize, will be the sole responsibility of each Friends Winner or Sweepstakes Winner. For a Prize valued at Two Thousand US Dollars ($2,000 USD) or more, the Friends Winner and/or Sweepstakes Winner will be issued an IRS 1099 tax form for the ARV of their Prize.
9. Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release. The Friends Winners and/or the Sweepstakes Winners may be required to complete, execute, and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Release Forms"), as well as a W-9 tax form, within twenty-four (24) hours of winning. Any of the following may result in disqualification of a potential Sweepstakes Winner with an alternate Sweepstakes Winner selected at random from among all remaining eligible Participant entries in accordance with the Official Rules: (i) failure to properly execute and return Release Forms in a timely manner; (ii) if the Prize notification(s) or the Prize is returned as non-deliverable; or (iii) if the Sweepstakes Winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with the Official Rules. If a potential Sweepstakes Winner is disqualified from the sweepstakes, then their potential Friend Winners would also become ineligible for the Prize.
10. Publicity Release Terms. Except where prohibited by law, the Friends Winner’s, and/or the Sweepstakes Winner's, acceptance of the Prize constitutes permission for the Sweepstakes Entities to use the name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state) of the Friends Winner, and/or the Sweepstakes Winner, worldwide and in all forms of media now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, without further compensation.
11. Improper Conduct. Administrator, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from participation in or use of any or all portions of this Sweepstakes, and refuse to award the Prize, if a Friends Winner, and/or Sweepstakes Winner, engages in any conduct Administrator deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Sweepstakes or detrimental to other entrants of the Sweepstakes. Such improper conduct includes, without limitation, falsifying personal information required during entrant registration or Prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating entries through methods such as automated computer scripts or any other programming techniques, allowing others to use entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating entries, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise tamper with the computer programs in connection with this Sweepstakes. Friends Winner(s), and Sweepstakes Winner(s), agree that Administrator may void the Prize or any part of the Prize that the Friends Winner, and/or Sweepstakes Winner, may have won and/or require the return of the Prize or any part of the Prize that the Friends Winner, and/or Sweepstakes Winner, may have won as a result of such improper conduct. Friends Winner(s), and/or Sweepstakes Winner(s), further acknowledge that any forfeiture of the Prize and/or return of the Prize shall in no way prevent Administrator from pursuing other avenues of recourse, such as criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, EACH OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. Integrity of Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Administrator, in its sole opinion, believes could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Administrator reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this Sweepstakes and select the Sweepstakes Winner(s) from Participant entries received prior to the action taken or in such other manner as Administrator may deem fair and appropriate.
13. Lost or Corrupted Entries. The Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, illegible or postage-due entries or mail, if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. The Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotion agencies, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Sweepstakes.
14. Damaged Property. The Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage to any entrants or to any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from this Sweepstakes.
15. Sweepstakes Errors. The Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary, companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with errors and/or ambiguity: (i) in the Sweepstakes; (ii) in any related advertising or promotions of this Sweepstakes; and/or (iii) in these Friends Official Rules and/or the Official Rules. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Friends Official Rules and/or the Official Rules, Administrator reserves the right to modify these Friends Official Rules and/or the Official Rules for clarification purposes or to correct any such ambiguity(s) or error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes.
16. Prizes and Winners. The Sweepstakes Entities and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you/entrant hereby forever waive(s) any rights to any claim in connection with, the selection and announcement of the Friends Winners and/or Sweepstakes Winner(s), the distribution of the Prize, the acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of any part of the Prize and/or any injury or damage to any entrant's or third party’s person (including death) or property related to or resulting from any part of the Prize or any part of this Sweepstakes.
17. Release and Indemnity. Each entrant in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the invited Friend(s) and Sweepstakes Winner(s) that enter, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the Prize, participation in this Sweepstakes, and participation in any activity related to this Sweepstakes.
18. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING, MARKETING, OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, AND ASSIGNS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
19. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SWEEPSTAKES AND THE PRIZE(S) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
20. Identity Disputes. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a Friends Winner, and/or Sweepstakes Winner, based on an email address, the winning entry will be declared made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the email address submitted at time of entry. For purposes of these Friends Official Rules and/or the Official Rules, "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
21. Binding Arbitration. The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Friends Official Rules, the Official Rules, and/or this Sweepstakes. Any controversy or claim, arising out of, or relating to, these Friends Official Rules, the Official Rules, and/or this Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of JAMS. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of California, in the city of San Francisco and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.
22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This promotion is governed by U.S. law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Friends Official Rules, the Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Administrator in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, U.S.A. without giving effect to the conflict of laws and rules thereof, and any matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in Section 21 of these Friends Official Rules, and/or the Official Rules, and/or for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the federal and/or state courts of the State of California, San Francisco County.
23. Winner's List / Official Rules. For the name(s) of the Sweepstakes Winner(s), send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by no later than sixty (60) days following the end of the Promotion Period to "Winner's List, Sistas Friendsgiving Sweepstakes" c/o Black Entertainment Television LLC, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. For Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by no later than sixty (60) days following the end of the Promotion Period to "Official Rules, Sistas Friendsgiving Sweepstakes" at the above address. Residents of VT may omit postage on the self-addressed envelope. The name(s) of the Sweepstakes Winner(s) may be posted, and the Official Rules will be available at: https://www.bet.com/sistas-friendsgiving-rules.