Bud Light® Party Cruise Sweepstakes Official Rules

  No Purchase Necessary. Promotion open to residents of the United States (except California) who are 21 years of age or older. Sweepstakes begins at 3:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time ("CDT") on March 15, 2008 and ends at 3:00 p.m. CDT on July 31, 2008 ("Sweepstakes Period"). Void where prohibited.

  1. To enter, go to www.budlightpartycruise.com ("Website") and follow the online instructions to complete and submit an official online entry form. Entries must be received and recorded within the Sweepstakes Period. No other method of entry is acceptable. For a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (VT residents may omit postage) by July 18, 2008 to: Bud Light Party Cruise Sweepstakes Official Rules, P.O. Box 3000, Young America, MN 55558-3000. Only one request per envelope. Limit one (1) entry per person/email address/household.

  2. Neither the Sponsor nor its agencies are 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 Game 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 Game, 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 participants’ or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Game. Should any portion of Game 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 Game, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Game, 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 account, 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 or mobile phone number by the ISP, mobile carrier or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses/phone numbers. All materials submitted become the property of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and will not be returned.

  3. Winners will be selected via a random drawing to be held on or about August 8, 2008 from among all eligible entries received by an independent judging agency, whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes. Winners 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 person/household/address.

  4. All prizes will be awarded. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified by phone and will be required to respond to the phone call within 48 hours indicating whether he/she would like to accept the prize. If no return call is received within the time allotted, an alternate winner will be selected. Any alternates selected will also be required to respond to the phone call within 48 hours. Selected winners and their guest will be required to access www.budlightpartycruise.com and follow the online registration process. The online registration process consists of completing/submitting the following forms: Registration Process for Winner and Guest, Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release for Winner, Liability and Publicity Release for Guest, nonrefundable payment confirmation of $348 for costs associated with acceptance of the prize. Credit card required. The online registration process must be completed by September 3, 2008 in order for Winner and Guest to qualify for the prize. Winner’s guest must be at least 21 years of age. In the event of noncompliance with any of the registration process, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may 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. There will be a variety of Bud Light Party Cruise promotions occurring between March 15, 2008 and July 31, 2008. If you are identified as a potential winner of a Bud Light Party Cruise prize in one of these promotions, you are not eligible to participate and/or win a prize in this sweepstakes.

  5. Employees and the immediate families of employees of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, wholesale distributors, and individual retail licensees are ineligible. This promotion is void where prohibited by law, and is subject to federal, state and local regulations. Taxes on prize, if any, are the responsibility of the individual winners.

  6. 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 world wide and on the World Wide Web without notice or review or approval as permitted by law.

  7. Prizes (5): A Bud Light Party Cruise for winner and one guest for $174 per person (or for $348 for winner only, if winner chooses not to take a guest). Trip consists of round-trip coach air transportation from gateway city nearest winner’s residence to city of port (Cape Canaveral or Miami, as determined at Sponsor’s sole discretion), transfers to/from ship and airport, standard double-occupancy ship accommodations for three (3) nights (unless winner chooses not to take a guest, in which case winner will have the entire cabin), all inclusive food, beverages and gratuities on board the ship and admission to a private concert for winner and one guest. Travel expected to occur between October 31, 2008 and November 3, 2008. Exact travel dates to be determined/communicated at a later date, by sponsor, in sponsor’s sole discretion. Travel/accommodations are subject to change and restrictions may apply. Sponsor is responsible for any necessary hotel accommodations for winner and guest prior and/or after the Bud Light Party Cruise. Winner and guest must have valid passport upon boarding the ship. Winner and guest must travel on the same itinerary, and comply with all security requirements. Any additional ground transportation, passport fees, trip cancellation insurance, personal purchases and all other expenses not specified herein are solely the winner’s responsibility. If winner cannot accept prize as specified, prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Approximate Retail Value $525.00 (for winner and one guest). Actual value depends on city, day, and time of departure. The difference between any stated value and the actual value will not be awarded. Total ARV of prizes is $2,625.

  8. By accepting a prize, winners agree to release and hold sponsor harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from acceptance of prize and prize travel, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage. By participating in this promotion, participants agree to be bound by all the Official Rules of this promotion.

  9. For a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Bud Light Party Cruise Promotion, P.O. Box 3000, Young America, MN 55558-3000 for receipt by October 8, 2008.

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