ELYSIAN GREAT PUMPKIN BEER FESTIVAL 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 CA AND WA ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY UNITED STATES
LAW. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The “Elysian Great Pumpkin Beer Festival Sweepstakes” (“Sweepstakes”) is
open to legal residents of CA and WA 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, Elysian Brewing Co., and its affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising and
promotion agencies, wholesale distributors, retail licensees, all other service or
governmental agencies and their employees involved with the Sweepstakes, and
members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child or 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 August
1, 2022 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CDT on September 20, 2022 (“Sweepstakes
Period”). Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this
Sweepstakes.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
(a) Text Message: During the Sweepstakes Period, use your SMS-enabled mobile
phone to text “Pumpkin” to shortcode 78896 and you will receive information on how to
submit an entry (“Entry”).
(b) Text Message: During the Sweepstakes Period, use your SMS-enabled mobile
phone to text “ELYSIAN” to shortcode 78896 and you will receive information on how to
submit an entry (“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.
(b) Internet: Visit https://airbaton.net/Ew3mE12Vfgyfkv67jywL (“Website”) and
follow the online instructions to complete and submit an online entry (also an “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.
(c) QR Code: During the Sweepstakes Period, use your smart phone or other
web-enabled device with data plan to scan the Sweepstakes quick response (“QR”)
code featured on signs or promotional materials at participating stores with the QR read
application already installed on your phone. You will be directed to a mobile Web page
at https://airbaton.net/Ew3mE12Vfgyfkv67jywLwhere you may complete and submit an
entry (also an “Entry”). Proof of scanning QR codes does not constitute proof of
completion or submission of an entry.
To scan a QR code, participants must have a smart phone or other web-enabled
device with a camera feature and/or QR scanner application and may incur message or
data charges from their wireless service provider for each message sent and received.
If you do not have a QR reader already installed on your phone, type ‘QR reader’ in
your mobile device’s application store search field to find available QR readers for your
smart phone or other web-enabled device. You will receive a response which will
contain a link to download a QR reader for your specific device. Check with your
wireless service provider for details on these and other applicable charges. Participants
are solely responsible for any such wireless charges. Not all wireless carriers
participate.
4. SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING:
Two (2) potential winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on or
about September 21, 2022 from among all eligible entries received by Administrator,
whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Potential winners
will be randomly selected from each “Group” of eligible entries as defined below. Odds
of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during per Group.
Group 1: Residents of CA.
Group 2: Residents of WA.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION:
All prizes will be awarded (time permitting). Potential winners will be notified by
email, phone call and/or text message and will be required to respond to the notification
within twenty-four (24) hours indicating whether they can accept the prize. If a potential
winner does not respond to the notification within the twenty-four (24) 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 winner will 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 twenty-four (24) hours of prize acceptance. Winner will
also be required to complete, sign, and return a Release of Liability, Voluntary
Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreement to Sponsor or Sponsor’s representatives
within twenty-four (24) 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
(time permitting).
Winner’s one (1) guest must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of the
end date of the Sweepstakes and may be required to complete, sign, and return a
liability and publicity release within twenty-four (24) hours of prize acceptance. Winner’s
guest may also be required to complete, sign, and return a Release of Liability,
Voluntary Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreement to Sponsor or Sponsor’s
representatives within twenty-four (24) hours of prize acceptance.
In the event of noncompliance within any stated time period, the prize will be
forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be randomly selected (time permitting).
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 (time permitting).
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. Note: Any communication between a potential
winner and Sponsor or its agencies regarding this Sweepstakes (e.g. phone calls, text
messages, chats, emails, etc.) may be recorded for quality assurance and training
purposes.
6. PRIZE DETAILS:
Prize (2 total; 1 per Group; See Rule #4): A trip for winner and one (1) guest to
Seattle, Washington. Trip includes round-trip coach air transportation from gateway city
nearest winner’s home; double-occupancy hotel accommodations for two (2)
consecutive nights; two (2) tickets to the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival (exact date of
festival to be determined by Sponsor but expected to occur in October 2022); one (1)
Elysian Merchandise Gift Card and one (1) $500.00 e-Check. If winner resides within
two-hundred (200) miles of Seattle, Washington a $200.00 prepaid card may be
awarded in lieu of airfare. Pre-paid debit card is subject to the terms and conditions as
stated on the pre-paid debit card. Travel and accommodations are at Sponsor’s
discretion and subject to availability and change. Winner and his/her one (1) guest
must travel on the same itinerary and on the dates specified by Sponsor or prize will be
forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner (time permitting). Winner and
his/her one (1) guest must comply with all travel requirements, which may include,
without limitation, presenting necessary identification (including a valid driver’s license)
at the time of travel. Flight schedules are subject to change without notice. Sponsor is
not liable for any missed events or opportunities or expenses incurred as a
consequence of flight cancellation/delay or ground transportation delay. Winner may be
required to provide a credit card at time of hotel check-in. Ground transportation, meals,
gratuities, trip cancellation insurance, personal purchases and all other expenses not
specified herein are solely the responsibility of the winner. Approximate Retail Value is
up to $2,000.00. Actual value depends on city/day/time of departure. If a winner cannot
accept the prize as specified, prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate
winner (time permitting). Any difference between stated value and actual value will not
be awarded.
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 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 and one (1) guest 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 and one (1) guest will not bring the Sponsor into public disrepute,
contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Sponsor. If requested,
potential winner and one (1) guest agree 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 (time permitting).
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, winner agrees to release and hold Anheuser-Busch, LLC,
Elysian Brewing Co. 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, Elysian Brewing Co., Administrator and each of their
respective affiliates, subsidiaries, and agencies (collectively 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.
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 at https://www.elysianbrewing.com/privacy-
policy.html 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.
Elysian Brewing Company, 6010 Airport Way S., Seattle, WA 98108.
13. ADMINISTRATOR:
Rio Creative, 16630 Old Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield MO 63017.
14. WINNER’S LIST:
For the name of the winners, hand-print your name and complete address on a
3″ x 5″ card and mail to: Elysian Great Pumpkin Beer Festival Winners List Request,
16630 Old Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017, for receipt by November 21,
2022.
© 2022 Anheuser-Busch, LLC, St. Louis, MO
© 2022 Elysian Brewing Company, Inc., Seattle, WA