BUD LIGHT® BEER FOR A YEAR SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES
1. No Purchase Necessary. Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States (except CA), who are 21 years of age or older. Void where prohibited.
2. Sweepstakes begins at 3:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time on May 29, 2009 and ends at 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on December 17, 2009. (“Sweepstakes Period”)
3. To enter, go to www.sirius.com/thefoxxhole or www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=149 (“Website”), during the Sweepstakes Period, and look for the “Bud Light Beer For A Year Sweepstakes” mention. Click on the sweepstakes banner or link and follow the online instructions to complete and submit an online entry to include your answer for the “Question of the Week” (correct answers are not required for a chance to win). All entries will be taken and processed through Sponsor’s Website and must be received and recorded during the Sweepstakes Period. Sponsor’s designated official judging organization’s computer is the official time keeping device for this sweepstakes. No other forms of entry are valid. Limit one (1) entry per person/email address per Week (“Week” as defined in Rule #5), regardless of entry method.
4. Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, misdirected, unintelligible, returned or undelivered entries, email, or for interrupted, malfunctioned, or incomplete phone calls, 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, will be disqualified. Neither sponsor nor its agencies are 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. Neither sponsor nor its agencies are 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 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 reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes, and randomly select the winners from valid 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, 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, Inc. and will not be returned.
5. One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received each Week during the Sweepstakes Period. A “Week” is defined as a Friday through the following Thursday (a “Week”). Drawings will be conducted every Friday, beginning June 5, 2009 and ending December 18, 2009, by an independent judging agency, whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes. Entries do not carry forward to subsequent drawings. Winners will be notified by mail. Winner may not substitute or transfer prize but sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with a prize of equal or greater value. Limit one (1) prize per household.
6. All prizes will be awarded. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release within seven (7) days of notification. In the event of noncompliance within this time period, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. 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 winner.
7. Employees and the immediate families of employees of SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. and XM Radio, Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Inc., their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, wholesale distributors and individual retail licensees are not eligible. This sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law, and subject to federal, state and local regulations. Taxes, if any, are solely the responsibility of the winner.
8. Acceptance of prize offered constitutes permission 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.
9. Grand Prize (29 total; 1 per Week): Winner will receive one (1) Bud Light hat, one (1) Bud Light Lime hat, and “Beer for a Year”, consisting of one (1) case of Bud Light® beer and one (1) case of Bud Light® Lime beer for twelve (12) consecutive months, starting with the first month in which beer is redeemed. Winner will receive a certificate redeemable at the authorized Anheuser-Busch wholesaler that services winner's area. Certificate expires on December 21, 2010. Winner must comply with all terms and conditions stated on the certificate. Winner is responsible for picking up prize at the specified wholesaler location. Transportation to/from wholesaler location is solely the responsibility of the winner. If winner resides in a state where the “Beer for a Year” portion of the prize is prohibited, winner will receive $480.00 (awarded in the form of a check, payable to winner) in lieu of “Beer for a Year”. Winner must accept prize as stated by sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) is $494.00 each. Total ARV of all prizes is $14,326.00.
10. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release and hold sponsor harmless from any and 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. By participating in this sweepstakes, participants agree to be bound by the Official Rules.
11. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release and hold sponsors harmless from any and 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. By participating in this sweepstakes, participants agree to be bound by all the Official Rules of this sweepstakes.
12. For a winners list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Bud Light Beer For A Year Sweepstakes Winners List, PO Box 3000, Young America, MN 55558-3000. Requests must be received by February 17, 2010.
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