Anheuser-Busch Bud Light – Easy Carry Contest – Social – Win $15000.00 awarded in the form of a check
BUD LIGHT® EASY CARRY CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN. A
PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
THE CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE, AT THE TIME OF ENTRY, LEGAL
RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND AT
LEAST TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The “Bud Light Easy Carry Contest” (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of
the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are twenty-one (21)
years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors,
officers and agents of Anheuser-Busch, LLC, its affiliates and subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies, wholesale distributors, retail licensees,
all other service and governmental agencies and their employees involved with
the Contest, and members of their immediate families (spouse, parent, child or
sibling; whether biological, adopted, step or in-law) or households (whether
related or not) are not eligible to enter or win. The Contest is subject to
all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void
where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional
agreement to these Official Rules (“Official Rules”) and Sponsor’s decisions
which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a
prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements as set forth herein.
2. CONTEST PERIOD:
Contest begins at 8:00:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) on March 14, 2023
and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on April 3, 2023. Sponsor’s computer is the
official time keeping device for this Contest.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
(a) Facebook: During the Contest Period, look for Sponsor’s Contest post
inviting followers to enter the Contest. “Grab A Round” of three (3) or more
glasses or three (3) or more cans and “Take A Video of Your Carry”. To enter,
reply to Sponsor’s Contest post and post your video and include the hashtag
#EasyCarryContest (“Entry” or “Facebook Entry”).
(b) Facebook: During the Contest Period, Contest, “Grab A Round” of three (3)
or more glasses or three (3) or more cans and “Take A Video of Your Carry”. To
enter, post your video and include the hashtag #EasyCarryContest (also an
“Entry” and also a “Facebook Entry”).
(c) Instagram: During the Contest Period, Contest, “Grab A Round” of three (3)
or more glasses or three (3) or more cans and “Take A Video of Your Carry”. To
enter, post your video and include the hashtag #EasyCarryContest (also an
“Entry” and also an “Instagram Entry”).
(e) Twitter: During the Contest Period, look for Sponsor’s Contest tweet
inviting followers to enter the Contest. “Grab A Round” of three (3) or more
glasses or three (3) or more cans and “Take A Video of Your Carry”. To enter,
reply to Sponsor’s Contest tweet and post your video and include the hashtag
#EasyCarryContest (also an “Entry” and also a “Twitter Entry”).
(f) Twitter: During the Contest Period, Contest, “Grab A Round” of three (3)
or more glasses or three (3) or more cans and “Take A Video of Your Carry”. To
enter, post your video and include the hashtag #EasyCarryContest (also an
“Entry” and also a “Twitter Entry”).
For all Facebook Entries :
You must be a registered user of Facebook
and follow Bud Light on Facebook in order to enter this Contest via Facebook
. Facebook registration is free and can be obtained by
logging on to
www.Facebook.com
and following the online instructions to open an account.
For all Instagram Entries :
You must be a registered user of Instagram
and follow @budlight on Instagram in order to enter this Contest via Instagram
. Instagram registration is free and can be obtained by
logging on to
www.instagram.com
and following the online instructions to open an account.
For all Twitter Entries :
You
must be a registered user of Twitter and follow @budlight on Twitter in
order to enter this Contest via Twitter.
Twitter registration is free and can be obtained by logging on to
www.twitter.com
and following the online instructions to open an account.
For all Entries :
All Entries must be received and recorded during the Contest Period. No other
forms of Entry are valid. There is no limit to the length of the Entry video.
There is no limit to the number of Entries allowed per person.
If entering with a mobile phone or other web-enabled device and using your
wireless carrier’s network, standard data charges from your wireless carrier
may apply. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and
any other applicable charges. Entrants are solely responsible for any such
wireless charges.
Your settings must be set to “unprotected” and/or “public” in order for your
posts to be viewable by Sponsor and its agents. Only posts that are viewable
by Sponsor and its agents will be considered an Entry. You must maintain that
setting through the winner notification period so that Sponsor will be able to
communicate with you via direct message.
See Appendix A for additional Entry Guidelines & Prohibited Content. Entry
must comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right, but not the
obligation, to review any Entry for violation of these Official Rules and may,
at its sole discretion, reject, delete, or otherwise exclude an Entry for any
reason, including without limitation, if the Entry contains any Prohibited
Content (as defined in Appendix A) or any other commentary or material which
Sponsor, in its sole discretion deems inappropriate.
4. CONTEST JUDGING:
All eligible Entries will be judged based on the following judging criteria
(“Judging Criteria”) by a panel of judges (“Judges”) selected by Sponsor. The
Judging Criteria includes: (1) Alignment to Brand (Personifying Easy
Enjoyment); (2) Effort into Attempting the Challenge; and, (3) Having Fun and
Positive Energy. The one (1) eligible Entry receiving the highest cumulative
scores awarded by the Judges will be deemed the Grand Prize winner and receive
the Grand Prize (subject to verification). In the event of a tie, tied Entries
will be re-judged by a new panel of Judges based on the Judging Criteria
stated above until the tie is broken. The decisions of the Judges are final in
all aspects of the Contest Judging. See Rule 6 for Prize details.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION:
The prize will be awarded. Potential winner will be notified vid direct
message on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and will be required to respond to
the notification within forty-eight (48) hours indicating whether they can
accept the prize. If a potential winner does not respond to the notification
within the forty-eight (48) hour time period, prize will be forfeited and an
alternate potential winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Any
alternate potential winner selected will also be required to respond to the
notification within the time frame stated above.
Potential winner will be required to complete, sign, and return an affidavit
of eligibility and liability and, unless prohibited by law, publicity release
to Sponsor within forty-eight (48) hours of prize acceptance. Subject to
verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official
Rules, including verification that the winner is twenty-one (21) years of age
or older, the potential winner will be declared an official winner of the
Contest. If Sponsor cannot verify that the potential winner is twenty-one (21)
years of age or older prior to winner notification, then the potential winner
will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be selected in
Sponsor’s sole discretion.
In the event of noncompliance within any stated time period, the prize will be
forfeited and an alternate potential winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Any alternate potential winner selected will also be required to
adhere to the time periods described herein. Any prize notification or prize
returned to the Sponsor as undeliverable will result in disqualification and
the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for suspended or
discontinued Internet, wireless, or land-line phone service or a change in an
entrant’s email, phone number or mailing address which may result in a
potential winner not receiving initial prize notification or his/her prize
information.
6. PRIZE DETAILS:
Prize (1 total): Winner will receive $15,000.00 awarded in the form of a check
or wire transfer made payable to winner. If winner cannot accept prize as
specified, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner
in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Approximate Retail Value is $15,000.00. Any
difference between stated value and actual value will not be awarded.
Prize is non-transferable and no cash equivalent or substitution of prize is
offered, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. If a prize, or any portion
thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Prize winner
will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for
any other fees or costs associated with the prizes they receive, regardless of
whether it, in whole or in part, is used.
If Sponsor so elects, potential winner may be required to submit to a
confidential background check. Such background check may include (but is not
limited to) investigation of criminal, sexual offenses, or other arrest or
conviction record, and any other factor deemed relevant by the Sponsor to help
ensure that potential winner will not bring the Sponsor into public disrepute,
contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Sponsor. If
requested, potential winner agrees to sign waiver forms authorizing the
release of personal and background information. In the event of noncompliance,
to be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor, prize will be forfeited
and may be awarded to alternate winner at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE:
Anheuser-Busch, LLC and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, and agencies
(“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected,
unintelligible, returned or undelivered Entries, email, or for lost,
interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service
Provider (ISP), Website, or other connections availability, accessibility or
traffic congestion, miscommunications, failed computer, network, telephone,
satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or technical failure, or
jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or
software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind
whether human, mechanical, electronic or network. Persons who tamper with or
abuse any aspect of this Contest or Website, or act in violation of the
Official Rules, or act in any manner to threaten or abuse or harass any
person, or violate Sponsor’s terms of service, as solely determined by the
Sponsor, will be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for any
incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by users, tampering,
hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in
this Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any errors, omission,
deletion, interruption or delay in operation or transmission or communication
line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized Website access. Any use of
robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all such
Entries, and may subject that entrant to disqualification. Released Parties
are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants or any other person’s
computer, or property related to, or resulting from participating in this
Contest. Should any portion of Contest be, in the Sponsor’s sole opinion,
compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other
causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair
administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Contest, or
submission of Entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to
suspend, modify or terminate the Contest, and determine the winners from
valid, non-suspect Entries received prior to action taken, or otherwise as may
be deemed fair and equitable by the Sponsor. In the event of a dispute
regarding Entries received from multiple users having the same email address
or Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account, the authorized subscriber of the
email address or Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account used to enter will be
deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The
authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email
address or Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account by the organization
responsible for assigning the email address or Facebook, Instagram or Twitter
account. All materials submitted become the property of Anheuser-Busch, LLC
and will not be returned.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES; AS A RESULT, THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPHS
SHALL NOT APPLY TO A RESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY TO THE EXTENT DAMAGES TO SUCH NEW
JERSEY RESIDENT ARE THE RESULT OF SPONSOR NEGLIGENT, FRAUDULENT OR RECKLESS
ACT(S) OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.
Entrants agree (a) that Sponsor and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated
companies, and advertising and Contest agencies, and their respective
officers, directors, employees, wholesale distributors, representatives and
agents, will have no liability whatsoever for, and are released and shall be
held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or
damages of any kind, to persons, including death, or property, or rights of
publicity or privacy, defamation, copyright infringement or portrayal in a
false light resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from
acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this
Contest or in any Contest-related activity, and (b) winner, by acceptance of
prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor (and
agrees to confirm such agreement in writing) and those acting pursuant to its
authority to use his/her name, submitted biography, voice and/or likeness and
prize information, and/or Entry (and assign the Entry, which may be altered,
changed, modified, edited, used alone or with other works, as solely
determined by Sponsor) for advertising, trade and Contest purposes without
further compensation, at any times or time, in all media now known or
hereafter discovered worldwide and on the Internet without notice or review or
approval.
8. PUBLICITY AND COPYRIGHT LICENSE:
You grant Sponsor an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable,
unrestricted, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferrable right and license
to exploit your Entry (including, without limitation, your name and likeness
and the names and likenesses of any and all persons in the Entry, and any
intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright, trademark, etc.) contained in
the Entry) in any media now or hereafter known, without any payment or other
consideration of any kind, or permission or notification, to you or any third
party, for any purpose, including, without limitation, your Entry and any
person’s property (physical, personal, intellectual property rights, and
indicia) contained therein. The foregoing grant includes, without limitation,
the right to reproduce, display, distribute, publicly perform, create
derivative works of, alter, amend, broadcast, edit, publish, use, merchandise,
license, sublicense, and adapt the Entry in any and all media now or hereafter
known, throughout the world, for any purpose, whether commercial in nature or
otherwise, including in contexts and circumstances that result in your Entry
being associated with a particular Sponsor or Sponsors. Accordingly, you
hereby waive any objection to, such use including without limitation,
distribution, reproduction, creation of derivative works of, public
performance, or display of your Entry, and any claim for compensation
whatsoever in connection therewith. Such waiver shall include any claim for
infringement of any so-called “Moral Right,” “Droit Moral” or similar right or
interest.
9. DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation
and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, or any claim or
dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and Sponsor, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Missouri without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
The place of arbitration shall be St. Louis, Missouri.
10. PRIVACY POLICY:
The information you submit in connection with this Sweepstakes may be used by
Sponsor for purposes of administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes, and
in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy located at
https://www.budlight.com/en/privacy-policy.html
(“Website”). If you are verified as a prize winner, your first name, last
initial, city and state will be included in a publicly available winner’s
list.
11. OFFICIAL RULES:
The Official Rules of the Contest are available for viewing at
https://Budlight.com/EasyCarryContest
(also a “Website”) during the Contest Period.
12. WINNER’S LIST:
For a list of the winners, hand-print “Bud Light Easy Carry Contest Winners’
List Request”, your first and last name, and your complete address on a 3” x
5” card and mail to: Bud Light Easy Carry Contest Winners’ List Request,
Anheuser-Busch, LLC, One Busch Place, St. Louis, MO 63118, for receipt within
sixty (60) days after the end of the Contest Period.
13. SPONSOR:
Anheuser-Busch, LLC, One Busch Place, St. Louis, MO 63118.
© 2023 Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light® Beer, St. Louis, MO
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or
associated with Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Any questions, comments or
complaints regarding this Contest shall be directed to Sponsor and not to
Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
APPENDIX A ENTRY GUIDELINES & PROHIBITED CONTENT
Entries must meet the following requirements:
· Entry cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about
Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies or communicate
messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to
which Sponsor wishes to associate.
· Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast,
display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material,
reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entry in any way and for any
purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known
or hereafter devised throughout the World in any manner whatsoever and for any
purpose.
· Entry cannot (a) be sexually explicit or suggestive, violent or derogatory
of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane
or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity; (b)
promote the excessive or irresponsible consumption of alcohol, or promote
illegal use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of
the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous or any
particular political agenda or message; (c) be obscene or offensive, endorse
any form of hate or hate group; (d) contain an image of anyone under 21 years
of age; (e) otherwise fail to comply with the Beer Institute Advertising and
Marketing Code as made publicly available at the following online location:
http://www.beerinstitute.org/assets/uploads/general-upload/2015-Beer-Ad-Code-Brochure.pdf;
(f) contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or
promote any brand or product of any kind (other than Bud Light), without
permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate
numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (g) contain
copyrighted materials owned by others without permission; (h) contain
materials embodying the names, likenesses or other indicia identifying any
person, living or dead, without permission; (i) refer to or depict any names,
logos or readily recognizable features of a retailer of alcohol beverages
(such as a grocery store, convenience store, restaurant, bar, or any other
retail location that sells alcohol beverages);or (j) depict, and cannot itself
be in, violation of any law.
· Each entrant warrants and represents that the Entry: (a) is his/her original
work, (b) has not been previously published; (c) has not received previous
awards; and (d) does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of
privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any
person or entity;
· Any entrant whose Entry includes likenesses of third parties or contains
elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of
persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal
releases for such use including Sponsor’s use of such Entry, in a form
satisfactory to Sponsor, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming
of entrant as a winner.
· Any Entry that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is not in accordance with
the guidelines as stated herein or on the Website or is deemed to be
inappropriate for publication is ineligible.
· Incomplete, illegible, deceptive or garbled Entries are not eligible.
· Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor from any claims
to the contrary.
All Entries are subject to Sponsor’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act policy,
as follows: Digital Millennium Copyright Act —Anheuser-Busch
is committed to respecting and protecting the legal rights of copyright
owners. As such, Anheuser-Busch adheres to the following notice and take down
policy, in full compliance with Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512
et seq.). If you believe any of the Entries infringes upon your
intellectual property rights, please submit a notification alleging such
infringement (hereafter a “ DMCA Takedown Notice”). To be valid, a DMCA
Takedown Notice must (i) be provided to the Anheuser-Busch designated agent,
(“ Copyright Agent”), as set forth below, and (ii) include the
following:
· A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
· Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or,
if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works;
· Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject
of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access disabled and
information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the
material;
· Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact
you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic
mail;
· A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in
the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent,
or the law; and,
· A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the
notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner
of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Anheuser-Busch’s Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Takedown Notices is: email:
trademarks@anheuser-busch.com
. For clarity, only DMCA Takedown Notices should go to the Copyright Agent;
any other feedback, comments, online purchases or other communications should
be directed to the applicable customer service links posted on the Website.
You acknowledge that in order for Anheuser-Busch to be authorized to takedown
any Content, your DMCA Takedown Notice must comply with all of the
requirements of this Section.
By submitting an Entry, you agree that your Entry is gratuitous and made
without restriction, that it will not place Sponsor under any obligation
other than as stated in these Official Rules, that Sponsor is free to
publish or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Entry on a
non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any
additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your
Entry, Sponsor does do not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas
previously known to Sponsor or developed by its employees, or obtained from
sources other than you.
By participating, you acknowledge that your Entry may be used in Sponsor’s
sole discretion. Entries are the views/opinions of the individual entrant and
do not reflect the views of the Sponsor in any manner. By entering, you
acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you
submit.
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