ELYSIAN SHOW US YOUR DUST 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 THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY UNITED STATES
LAW. NO ALCOHOL WILL BE AWARDED AS A PART OF ANY PRIZE PACKAGE.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The “Elysian Show us your Dust Sweepstakes” (“Sweepstakes”) 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, Elysian Brewing Co., 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 and 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 Standard Time on January 1, 2023 and
ends at 11:59:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on April 30, 2023 (“Sweepstakes Period”).
Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes.
3. THREE (3) WAYS TO ENTER:
(a) Internet: Visit https://airbaton.net/wZDe5QkLL1z80BSfUYVH (“Website”) during the
Sweepstakes Period and follow the online instructions to: (1) upload a photo of any food
item and a beverage and (2) complete and submit an online submission (“Submission”).
Upon verification of your Submission, you will receive one (1) entry into the sweepstakes.
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 winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized
account subscriber.
(b) QR Code: 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/wZDe5QkLL1z80BSfUYVH (also a “Website”) where 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.
(c) Text Message: During the Sweepstakes Period, use your SMS-enabled mobile
phone to text “DUST” 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.
For all Submissions:
All Submissions must be received and recorded during the sweepstakes period. No other
form of Submission is valid. Limit one (1) Submission per person per day.
If participating 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.
Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges.
See Appendix A for additional Submission Guidelines & Prohibited Content. Submission
must comply with these Terms and Conditions. Sponsor reserves the right, but not the
obligation, to review any Submission for violation of these Terms and Conditions and may,
at its sole discretion, reject, delete, or otherwise exclude a Submission for any reason,
including without limitation, if the Submission contains any Prohibited Content (as defined
in Appendix A) or any other commentary or material which Sponsor, in its sole discretion
deems inappropriate.
4. SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING:
Potential winner will be selected in a random drawing to be held on or about May 1, 2023
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:
Prize will be awarded (time permitting). Potential winner 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 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 forty-eight (48) 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 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 and guests are
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 and guests
are 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 three (3) guests 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 forty-eight (48) hours of prize acceptance. Winner’s
guests 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 forty-eight (48) 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 (1 total): A trip for one (1) winner and three (3) guests to the Elysian Dust
Festival in 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; four (4) tickets to the Elysian Dust Festival and one (1) $500.00
eCheck. “Terms and Conditions” received with eCheck apply. 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 three (3) guests 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 three (3) guests
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. Transportation (other than stated above), meals
(other than stated above), 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 $4,300.00. 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 three (3) guests 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
(3) guests will not bring the Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule
or reflect unfavorably on the Sponsor. If requested, potential winner and three (3) guests
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, winners agree 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, Administrator, and each of 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 participants 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.
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:
Please see Sponsor’s privacy policy located at http://www.elysian.com/en/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 winner, hand-print your name and complete address on a 3″ x 5″ card
and mail to: Elysian Show us your Dust Sweepstakes Winners List Request, 16630 Old
Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017, for receipt by June 1, 2023.
© 2023 Anheuser-Busch, LLC, St. Louis, MO
© 2023 Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
APPENDIX A
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & PROHIBITED CONTENT
Entries must meet the following requirements:
Submission 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 Submission 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.
Submission 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-
CodeBrochure.pdf; (f) contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or
advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (other than AnheuserBusch
products) 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 participant warrants and represents that the Submission: (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 participant whose Submission includes likenesses of third parties or contains
elements not owned by the participant (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 Submission, in a form satisfactory to Sponsor, upon
request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of participant as a winner.
Any Submission 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 participant 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 Submission, you agree that your Submission is gratuitous and made
without restriction, that it will not place Sponsor under any obligation other than as stated
in these Terms and Conditions, that Sponsor is free to publish or otherwise disclose the
ideas contained in the Submission 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 Submission, 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 Submission may be posted on the Website
or in any other form of publication, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entries posted to the
Website are not edited by Sponsor and are the views/opinions of the individual participant
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 Submission you submit.
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ELYSIAN SHOW US YOUR DUST SWEEPSTAKES
No Purchase Necessary. No photo submission required for entry. Open to US residents
21+. Begins 1/1/23 and ends 4/30/23. See
https://airbaton.net/wZDe5QkLL1z80BSfUYVH for official rules, free entry, prize info and
full details. Message and data rates may apply. Participant agrees to receive response
texts. Void where prohibited.
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