Got an email from General Cigar, with a Press release for a cool contest they are doing.  Here are the details for those interested!

For Immediate Release

September 15, 2009

Contact: Victoria McKee

General Cigar Co. Inc.

732 721 0317 or 732 580 5215

vmckee@gcigar.com

MACANUDO CONTEST FEATURES A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000,000

Richmond, VA—What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, unless you win the $1,000,000 prize in the Macanudo® Millionaire contest.

Macanudo®, America’s number-one-selling premium cigar brand is teaming up with Playboy to award one lucky consumer and three guests with the grand prize in the Macanudo Millionaire sweepstakes, an all-expense paid, three-day, two night trip to the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. While in Sin City, the winner and his or her guests will be treated to a VIP evening at the legendary Playboy Club, where they will be accompanied by two Playboy Playmates who will stand in for Lady Luck when the contestant gets a chance to spin a roulette wheel to win the $1,000,000 prize.

In the contest’s website (www.macanudomillionaire.com), Hope Dworaczyk, Playboy’s Miss April 2009, entices Macanudo smokers with the lure of Las Vegas and the chance to win a cool million dollars. Flanked by two fellow Playboy Playmates in her call to entry, Hope encourages consumers of legal smoking age to visit their favorite U.S. tobacco shop between September 14 and October 31, 2009 to purchase a specially-marked four-pack containing Macanudo Café, Maduro, Robust and Gold Label cigars. Inside the pack, consumers will find details about how they can enter videos, photos and brief essays expressing their need to win the trip to the strip and the $1,000,000 prize.

Consumers can also enter the contest by visiting macanudomillionaire.com or by purchasing cigars through participating online cigar retailers. No purchase necessary. For official rules, visit www.macanudomillionaire.com/official-rules.php

Debo Mukherjee, vice president of marketing for General Cigar, parent company of Macanudo, comments, “Macanudo Millionaire is the most exciting promotion we’ve created to date. The trip for the winner and three guests to a weekend in Las Vegas, complete with a VIP evening at the Playboy Club speaks volumes about the brand’s connection to socializing with friends. Of course, the $1,000,000 prize speaks for itself.”

The winner of the Macanudo Millionaire contest will be selected on or before November 21, 2009 and the “Big Spin” to win the $1,000,000 will take place at the Palms Hotel and Casino on December 12, 2009. Additional details about the Big Spin will be updated on macanudomillionaire.com.

About Macanudo Cigars

Since their introduction in 1968, Macanudo cigars have been a favorite among premium cigar connoisseurs. The brand continues to be the best selling premium cigar brand in the U.S. and also sells in more than 90 countries worldwide. In addition to the base brand of Macanudo cigars, the brand also features these collections: Macanudo Maduro, Macanudo Robust, Macanudo Gold Label, Macanudo Vintage and Macanudo 1968.

Macanudo cigars are produced by General Cigar Co. Inc., which manufactures and markets handcrafted cigars for the premium market. Committed to delivering cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar also produces Macanudo, Cohiba®, Partagas® Hoyo de Monterrey®, Excalibur®, La Gloria Cubana® and several other leading premium brands. In addition, the company grows its own premium Connecticut Shade wrapper tobacco, as well as natural and candela wrapper in the Dominican Republic. General Cigar also operates Club Macanudo®, a cigar bar in New York City. Based in Richmond, VA, General Cigar sells through tobacconists nationwide. For more information, please visit www.cigarworld.com.

® Macanudo, Cohiba, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey, Excalibur, La Gloria Cubana and Club Macanudo are registered trademarks of General Cigar Co. Inc.

Playboy, Playboy Club, PLAYMATES and Miss April are trademarks of Playboy and used with permission by General Cigar Co. Inc.  Playboy is not a sponsor of this contest. # # #

I know I’ll get into this contest. Sounds interesting!

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!

Scott

Thats right guys!  I’ve run one other contest on this site, and was approached by Brian at www.buylighters.com/www.cheaphumidors.com to do another one, with his help.  There are going to be two parts to this contest.  The first thing you need to do in order to be entered into this contest, is to subscribe to the E-Newsletter of www.buylighters.com/www.cheaphumidors.com.  They won’t send you any spam, just great deals on good lighters humidors, and lots of info about what’s going on in the world of cigars.  Once you enter to recieve their newsletter, you will be taken to a page where you can sign up for a free “e-book” that is a beginners guide to cigars.  I have read through this personally, and I have found some very useful info, even though I have been smoking for quite a few years now.  I encourage everyone to sign up for the free “e-book” as well as their newsletter.  You can enter the contest by simply emailing Brian@cheaphumidors.com with the subject line “Cigar Choice Contest”, then put your name and email in the body of the message, and you will be entered! Once again, the email address is:

Brian@cheaphumidors.com

The next item you’ll need to do to enter the contest is subscribe to my RSS feed, which will keep you abreast of all the information that I put up on this site.  You can subscribe to my rss feed by clicking the logo below:

Once both of these things are done, and here is how the prizes break down:

•     If there are 1-99 participants, one $15 gift certificate will be (randomly) given

•     If there are 100-199 participants, three $15 gift certificates will be given

•     If there are 200-299 participants, six $15 gift certificates will be given

•     If there are 300-399 participants, ten $15 gift certificates will be given

•     If there are 400+ participants, fifteen $15 gift certificates will be given

Gift certificates are for cheaphumidors.com.  On top of this, I will throw in a 5er of some of my favorite cigars to the winner as well, just because I feel like it.  The contest will run from now until 8/24/2009 at midnight, PST.

*Disclaimer* To make it fair, one entry per email address.  Please do not create 100 fake email addresses in order further your chances of winning.

Good luck, and look for this on Facebook and on Twitter!  You can follow me on twitter here: www.twitter.com/cigarchoice and you can follow buylighters.com here: www.twitter.com/buylighters

Good luck to everyone who enters the contest!