Anheuser-Busch – Cutwater Backyard Oasis – Win one patio set

CUTWATER BACKYARD OASIS SWEEPSTAKES
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 SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING
IN AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD,
ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA,
WA, WI AND WY ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY UNITED STATES LAW. VOID
WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The “Cutwater Backyard Oasis Sweepstakes” (“Sweepstakes”) is open to legal
residents of AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA,
MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT,
VA, WA, WI and WY 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, Cutwater
Spirits, LLC, its affiliates and subsidiaries; advertising and promotion agencies, wholesale
distributors, retail licensees, and all other service agencies involved with the
Sweepstakes, and members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling), are
not eligible to enter or win. The Sweepstakes 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 and Sponsor’s and
Administrator’s decisions which are final and binding in all matters related to this
Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements as set forth
herein.
2. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD:
Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time (“CDT”) on June 17,
2020 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CDT on September 8, 2020 (“Sweepstakes Period”).
Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes.
3. TWO (2) WAYS TO ENTER:
(a) Internet: Visit http://cutwaterbbq.absweeps.net (“Website”) during the
Sweepstakes Period and follow the online instructions to complete and submit an online
entry.
Automated entries are prohibited and any use of automated devices will cause
disqualification. Entrants may not enter with multiple email addresses, nor use any other
device or artifice, to enter multiple times or as multiple entrants. Any entrant who attempts
to enter with multiple email addresses under multiple identities, or uses any device or
artifice to register multiple times, will be disqualified and forfeits all prizes won, in
Sponsor’s sole discretion. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email
address. Should multiple users of the same email account enter the Sweepstakes and a
dispute thereafter arise regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account holder
of said email account at the time of entry will be considered an entrant, and must comply
with these Official Rules. The authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is
assigned the email address by the ISP or other organization responsible for assigning
email addresses. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized
account subscriber.
(b) Text Message: Use your SMS-enabled mobile phone to text
“SETYOURCOCKTAILFREE” to shortcode 78896 and you will receive information on
how to submit an entry.
Participants must have a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities to enter
by text message. If you wish to opt out, text STOP to 78896. Text HELP to 78896 if you
would like more information. Participants entering this Sweepstakes via text message
may incur a standard text message charge from their wireless service provider for each
message sent and received. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these
and other applicable charges. You may receive reply messages, and by entering, you
expressly consent to receiving such messages. Participants are solely responsible for
any such wireless charges. Not all wireless carriers participate.
For all entries: All entries must be received and recorded during the Sweepstakes
Period. No other forms of entry are valid. Limit one (1) entry per person.
4. SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING:
Potential winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on or about
September 9, 2020 from among all eligible entries received by Administrator, whose
decisions are final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend
on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION:
All prizes will be awarded. Potential winners will be notified by email, phone call
and/or text message (depending on their method of entry) 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 will be randomly
selected. Any alternate potential winner selected will also be required to respond to the
notification within the time frame stated above.
Potential winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of
eligibility and liability and, unless prohibited by law, publicity release to Sponsor or
Sponsor’s representative within seventy-two (72) 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 Sweepstakes. 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 will be randomly
selected.
In the event of noncompliance within any stated time period, the prize will be
forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be randomly selected. 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 or its agencies as
undeliverable will result in disqualification and the awarding of that prize to an alternate
potential winner.
Released Parties 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:
Grand Prize (1 total): Winner will receive one (1) patio set, one (1) BBQ Grill, one
(1) Cutwater cooler and one (1) $150.00 pre-paid debit card. Terms and conditions
received with delivery of pre-paid card apply. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) is
$3,000.00.
First Prize (10 total): Each winner will receive Cutwater merchandise (exact items
to be determined by Sponsor, in Sponsor’s sole discretion). ARV is $25.00.
For all Prizes:
If winner cannot accept the prize as specified, prize will be forfeited and awarded
to an alternate winner. Total ARV of all prizes is $3,250.00. Any difference between
stated value and actual value will not be awarded.
Limit one (1) prize per person. Prizes are 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 winners 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 will be awarded to an alternate winner.
7. PUBLICITY:
Acceptance of prize offered constitutes permission for Sponsor to use winner’s
name, voice, biographical information and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and
promotion without further compensation in all media now known or hereafter discovered
worldwide and on the Internet without notice or review or approval as permitted by law.
8. RELEASE:
By accepting a prize, winners agree to release and hold Anheuser-Busch, LLC,
Cutwater Sprits, LLC and Administrator harmless from all losses, damages, rights, claims
and actions of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize,
including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage.
9. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Anheuser-Busch, LLC, Cutwater Spirits, LLC, Administrator, and their respective
affiliates, subsidiaries, and agencies (collective the “Released Parties”) are not
responsible for lost, late, misdirected, unintelligible, returned or undelivered entries,
telephone calls, text messages, 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
Sweepstakes 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 Website’s terms of service, as solely
determined by the Sponsor or Administrator, will be disqualified. Released Parties are not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by Website users,
tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used
in this Sweepstakes, 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
participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from
participating in this Sweepstakes. Should any portion of Sweepstakes be, in the
Sponsor’s or Administrator’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
Sweepstakes, or submission of entries, Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right at
their sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes, and randomly
select the winner from valid entries received prior to action taken, or otherwise as may be
deemed fair and equitable by the Sponsor. Text message entries will be deemed to have
been submitted by the registered owner of the wireless number used to enter. In the
event of a dispute regarding the identity of an online entrant, the authorized subscriber of
the email account used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant, and must comply with
these rules. The authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the
email address by the ISP or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.
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 OR ADMINISTRATOR’S NEGLIGENT, FRAUDULENT OR
RECKLESS ACT(S) OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.
10. 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,
Administrator, and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, or any claim or dispute
that has arisen or may arise between you, Administrator 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.
11. PRIVACY POLICY:
See Sponsor’s privacy policy located at https://cutwaterspirits.com/privacy-policy/
for details regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this
Sweepstakes. 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.
12. SPONSOR:
Anheuser-Busch, LLC, One Busch Place, St. Louis, MO 63118.
Cutwater Spirits, LLC, 9750 Distribution Ave, San Diego, CA 92121.
13. ADMINISTRATOR:
Rio Creative, 16630 Old Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield MO 63017
14. WINNER’S LIST:
For the names of the winners, hand-print your name and complete address on a
3″ x 5″ card and mail to: Cutwater Backyard Oasis Sweepstakes Winners List Request,
16630 Old Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017, for receipt by November 8, 2020.
Ó 2020 Anheuser-Busch, LLC, St. Louis, MO
Ó 2020 Cutwater Spirits, LLC, San Diego, CA