eATLAS, the self-guided “Adventures To Go” app, held its third annual Chicago Scavenger Hunt over the May 31st weekend. By completing the 12-stop ScavHunt in only 84 minutes, the Chicago Skyliners scored 835 points, handily beating out the second-place The Bald and the Beautiful by 200 points. Each of the four members of the winning ScavSquad takes home $500 for a total of $2,000. The Chicago Skyliners beat out 11 other teams and 31 individuals to win first prize. Among the participants were local influencers Dario Durham and Sara Faddah of the popular 77 Flavors history and culture podcast.

The winners were presented at a winners’ celebration party with a 13” x 13” 3D trophy that depicts nearly two square miles of downtown Chicago’s landscape—including its architecture, roadways, and waterways—in astonishingly accurate and up-to-date detail. The Chicago Skyliners, who created customized t-shirts for the ScavHunt, also won $500 for Best Costume.

Three other prizes were awarded. The Deep Dish Detectives, who finished in third with 560 points, won $300 for Best Team Name. The duo of Rode to History picked up $250 for Best Team Spirit, stating “…we had an incredible amount of fun completing this hunt and hope to do it next year as well.” Chan Clan, champions of the previous two ScavHunts, take home $600 for Best Influencer for their multiple social posts.

The theme for this year’s ScavHunt was CHIstory (pronounced “SHY-story”). Each stop required hunters to draw upon their knowledge of all things Chicago, including history, inventions, architecture, sports, food, and music. Answering correctly at five stops awarded players discounts at local businesses.

“The third annual Chicago ScavHunt was a great success,” says eATLAS President Jon Matuzak. “As in the past, ScavSquads spread out across the city doing their best to win first place and the other prizes. We can see from the photos submitted that they had a great time scavhunting, which was our goal from the start. Bringing a sense of adventure into the world is what we’re all about, so my thanks go out to the ScavHunters and the eATLAS team behind the scenes who made this year’s event the best ever!”

Special thanks to our partners in this event: Barbara’s Bookstore, Necessary Coffee, Go Brewing, Doorways of Chicago, and Micropolitan.

Scavenger hunt enthusiasts can play CHIstory ScavHunt, now a permanent Adventure on the eATLAS app for $10. Use discount code “CHIstory24” to get 50% off through the end of June 2024. View other scavenger hunts on the eATLAS app or follow their Chicago Meetup Group for monthly scavenger hunts. Anyone interested in creating their own scavenger hunt for work or leisure can contact eATLAS through the website. eATLAS will host the 2025 ScavHunt in the spring of next year, with dates to be determined.

See below for the ScavHunt Rules.

Updated on March 15th, 2024

RULES AND REGULATIONS

No purchase necessary to enter or to win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. All federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited.

Eligibility

The Chicago ScavHunt 2024 – CHIstory (the Hunt) is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC, partners of the promotion and other companies associated with the promotion of the Hunt, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Hunt is subject to federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations.

Sponsor

The Hunt is sponsored by eATLAS (the Sponsor), located at 872 S Milwaukee Avenue #139, Libertyville, IL 60048.

Agreement to Official Rules

Participation in the Hunt constitutes entrants full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these official rules and fulfilling all other requirements set forth herein.

ScavHunt Period

The Hunt begins on Friday, May 31st, 2024 at 10:00am CDT and ends on June 2nd, 2024 at 9:00pm CDT (The Hunt Period). Entries before or after the Hunt Period will not be qualified for inclusion. Entries will be accepted for the duration of the Hunt by downloading the eATLAS App and successfully completing each Stop and/or the requirements within the Hunt. Entries will still be accepted if you skip Stops; however, skipping Stops can impact your chance of winning. See How to Play for more details.

How to Enter

Download the eATLAS app. Register as a user on the app. Ensure location and camera services are enabled. Search for and open the ‘ScavHunt 2024 – CHIstory’ Adventure. Select ‘JOIN TO PLAY, and then ‘Join as a team’ to enroll a team of 2 – 5 members, or ‘Join as an individual’ to enroll as an individual.

How to Play

At least one person from each team (or individual players) must download the app and register for the hunt. This person must be 18 years of age or older.

Teams can be made up of 2, 3, 4, or 5 players. Each team MUST come up with a team name.

DO NOT START GAME UNTIL YOUR TEAM IS TOGETHER IN THE LOOP. The Individual Player or Team Leader will start the timer and ScavHunt by selecting ‘START TO PLAY’. The minute the team starts to play, the timer starts ticking. There is a map included in the ScavHunt Adventure. If you select the map, you will see the APPROXIMATE center of the overall ScavHunt area.

Play fair. Follow the clues and don’t cheat. Treat other teams with respect. Be respectful and do not disrupt business activities or customers within partner businesses.

You can use all resources (including search and transportation) which are available to you to determine the answer or arrive at a location.

Hints may be provided within the Scavhunt on various Stops (tap on ‘Need A Hint?’). There may be more than one hint per Stop. Tap on the arrows within the hint box to see all of the hints.

Work on the Hunt should take place within the hours of 10am-9pm when most partner businesses are actively open. The ScavHunt will take place rain or shine.

You can pause for breaks and restart anytime within the Hunt Period, including on another day. The Individual Player or Team Leader can pause the timer for the ScavHunt by selecting the ‘back’ arrow from the top left of the objectives list. When the Individual Player or Team Leader is ready to restart the timer, they should select ‘CONTINUE TO PLAY’.

When the ScavHunt Individual Player or Team Leader selects ‘MARK ADVENTURE AS COMPLETE’ the game has ended for this Individual Player or Team, and the timer will not be able to restart.

Stops throughout the scavenger hunt include businesses, parks, monuments, etc. You must attempt to accurately complete the clue or question at each Stop in order to get credit. You can use the ‘SKIP’ option to temporarily move on to the next Stop, but not going back to complete the skipped Stop will negatively affect your team’s ranking. If you do go back to complete skipped Stops, your score will not be negatively affected beyond any timing impacts.

It is strongly recommended that you read through the eATLAS FAQs on the website or the app. There are details around functionality of the app that could help your ScavHunt performance.

One Person should be registered as the Team Leader and another person as the Alternate Leader for each ScavSquad. The Team or Alternate leader can reassign their roles to any Team Member who has joined the Adventure at any time after enrollment and during the ScavHunt by following the steps below:

1. The Team or Alternate Leader must go to the ‘Team Adventures’ screen in the ‘My Profile’ tab.

2. Find the ‘ScavHunt 2024 — CHIstory’ Adventure and select the three vertical dots.

3. Select ‘Edit Team’ and select the three vertical dots next to the Team Member who is being assigned the Team or Alternate Leader role.

4. Select ‘Make Leader’ or ‘Make Alternate Leader’

5. Select ‘SAVE’.

Only the ScavSquad Team Leader can submit the official team answer for each Stop; the Alternate Team Leader and all Team Members must accept the invitation in the App to join the Team in order to be eligible for prize money. The ScavHunt may contain the following types of Stops: location challenges, photo challenges, points of interest, or text challenges.

You may be asked to find a particular place, such as a statue or building for a location challenge. Once you think you’re within 15 meters (or ~49 feet) of the location, select ‘GUESS’ at the bottom-right of the screen.

For photo challenges you will be asked to go to a particular place and take a photo that you submit thru the app, and which can then also be submitted to social media if you choose. If a selfie is required for that question … all members of the team MUST be included in the selfie.

For a text challenge you will be asked to respond to a question related to that point of interest. For example, “What was the first name of the US president during the Civil War?” Answer the question to the best of your ability.

Once each Individual Player or ScavSquad has completed all the Stops, tap ‘MARK ADVENTURE AS COMPLETE’ to end the ScavHunt.

Additional prizes will also be awarded for:

• Best ScavSquad Social Media Influencer
• Best ScavSquad Gear costumes
• Best ScavSquad Team Spirit
• Best ScavSquad Name

Elapsed Time Bonus Points

Teams or individuals are awarded bonus points for completing the Hunt more quickly than their competitors. The Team / individual with the shortest elapsed time is awarded 500 points; 2nd best time receives 400 points; 3rd best time receives 300 points; 4th best time receives 200 points; and the 5th best time receives 100 points. Any elapsed time bonus point award is multiplied by the percentage of Stops completed; a team which had the 5th best time but completed only 5 of 10 Stops will be awarded 50 points.

Point Deductions

For location challenge Stops, where the ScavHunter must get within 15 meters (~49 feet) of a particular place (a statue, the front entrance to a building, etc.), 5 points will be deducted for each incorrect guess with a maximum penalty of 20 points.

For text challenge Stops, where the ScavHunter must enter the correct answer to a question, 10 points will be deducted for each incorrect guess with a maximum penalty of 40 points.

For photo challenge Stops, the teams with the top timing and accuracy scores as noted on the Leaderboard will be reviewed manually by eATLAS staff judges. If you are at the top of the Leaderboard, but the photo you submit to a Photo objective does not include the right answer, then 20 points will be deducted for the incorrect photo submission. This may impact your overall standing on the Leaderboard.

For Technical Difficulties

Just like all eATLAS Adventures, the ‘ScavHunt 2024 – CHIstory’ Adventure is an app-guided event. If you have any technical difficulties, please contact eATLAS for help at 224-202-7536 or adventures@playeatlas.com.

How to Win The ScavHunt

Be sure to submit any applicable photos within the app to get credit for your work on the ScavHunt, as well as completing any other requirements for the Hunt. Your progress will be automatically recorded as you complete the Hunt.

PRIZE: $500 per participating individual or team member; up to a total of $2500/team.

If more than one team or individual has completed all the scavenger hunt clues accurately and has a tied score with another team or individual, then a random drawing will be conducted at the Addison, IL office of Thompson & Associates by Steve Thompson, CPA.

Team winners of the overall Chicago ScavHunt 2024 contest are still eligible to win the other contest prizes, such as best costume, social media pics, etc.

Individual winners are still eligible to win the other contest prizes, with the exception of Best ScavSquad Name, for which they are not eligible.

Additional prizes will be determined as follows:

Best Social Media Influencer:

• ScavSquad Name must be submitted when enrolling in the ScavHunt.
• At least 2 squad members must be included in each pic to count for credit.
• Pics must be posted between May 31st and June 2nd, 2024 while participating in the ScavHunt.
• @playeatlas, #chiscavhunt and #CHIstory must be included when submitting images to social media.
• Winning ScavSquad will be chosen based on three factors:
  • The humor, kookiness, creativity, and quirkiness displayed.
  • Through the pics you share, show us your energy and HOW MUCH FUN you had!!
  • And, on the top-ranking submissions for #chiscavhunt and #CHIstory.

Prize: $150 per participating individual or team member; up to $750/team

Best ScavSquad Gear Costumes:

• ScavSquad photos must be posted to FB and IG between May 31st, 2024 and June 2nd, 2024 while participating in the Hunt, tagging your ScavSquad and @playeatlas, #chiscavhunt, and #CHIstory. All ScavSquad members must be included in the pic – and all must be dressed for in their ScavHunt costume to qualify for this prize.
• Prize: $125 per participating individual or team member; up to $625/team
• A committee of three eATLAS employees will review submitted photos and social media shares and then will vote to determine the winner.
• Use common sense and don’t ruin your fun by taking risks to get a photo that may leave someone injured or worse.

Best Team Spirit:

• Factors that will go into consideration:
  • Coordination or overall costume along with any level of branding, such as hats, matching printed t-shirts, etc.
  • Creativity with antics and actions through media (e.g. via videos, photos, reels, stories, etc.) shared via Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter
  • Media must be posted or shared between May 31st and June 2nd, 2024 while participating in the Hunt, tagging your ScavSquad and @playeatlas, #chiscavhunt, and #CHIstory.
  • Volume of social media shares
• Prize: $125 per participating individual or team member; up to $625/team
• A committee of three eATLAS employees will review submitted photos and social media shares then will vote to determine the winner.
• Use common sense and don’t ruin your fun by taking risks to get a photo that may leave someone injured or worse.

Best ScavSquad Name:

• Name must be submitted when enrolling your team in the ScavHunt.
• Prize: $100/team member; up to $500/team
• A committee of three eATLAS employees will review the registered ScavSquad names and will vote to determine the winner.

Single Participants:

• All requirements that apply to teams will apply to individuals participating independently. Be sure to submit any applicable photos within the app or other requirements to complete the Hunt. Your progress will be automatically recorded as you complete the Hunt.

All scoring and results from the Hunt will be reviewed during the week starting June 3rd, 2024.

Results will be published on the eATLAS Facebook and Instagram pages and the eATLAS website (https://playeatlas.com) no later than June 7th, 2024.

How to be Disqualified

Teams who are found to have participants that have done any of the following will automatically be disqualified from the opportunity to win:

• Cheat
• Damage property
• Sabotage the app, competing teams, partner businesses and/or locations
• Harass competitive teams, partner businesses and/or location employees or customers
• Break the law in any capacity while participating in the hunt.

Prize Announcement

Winning teams / individuals will be notified by email, phone call and social media post no later than June 10th, 2024,

If the winning team / individual does not claim their prize within 30 days of announcement, then the next team / individual with the highest number of Leaderboard points and correctly photo responses will be notified that they are the winners. If this occurs, the runners up will be contacted by email and by phone. This winning team / individual will also have 30 days to respond to receive their prize. If another 30 days passes and the runners up do not claim the prize, then the prize for the Contest will be null and void. A third runner up team / individual will not be selected.

Prizes

ScavHunt Prize: $500 per participating individual or team member; up to a total of $2500/team

ScavSquad Social Media Influencer Prize: $150 per participating individual or team member; up to $750/team

ScavHunt Costume Prize: $125 per participating individual or team member; up to $625/team

Team Spirit Prize: $125 per participating individual or team member; up to $625/team

ScavSquad Team Name Prize: $100 per participating individual or team member; up to $500/team

Winnings will be divided up and distributed equally and directly to team members.

If a participant or team from out of state wins a prize in the Chicago ScavHunt 2024, any applicable promotion, prize, and tax laws will apply to their winnings.

Winning team agrees that in the event the prize is lost, stolen or destroyed for any reason after the winning team has claimed such prize, eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC shall be held blameless. Prize is the sole responsibility of the winner once the prize is claimed.

Prize Subject to Taxation

Contest winning ScavSquads / individuals may be required to provide their IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent for tax purposes. Prizes may be considered income, and payment of any and all taxes associated with the prize is solely the responsibility of the winner of the prize. All state, local, federal or other taxes, duties, tariffs, and fees that apply for prize award become the sole responsibility of the winner. eATLAS may issue a 1099 form if required by applicable tax regulations.

Liability

All entrants and winners agree that eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC and affiliates shall be held blameless and not liable for any injury, misfortune or damage to either persons or property by entering, participating in, winning or losing any contest or by use or non-use of any prize received.

Promotion

All participants and winners agree that eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC may broadcast, publish or promote winning team members name, city of residence, photo, likeness and/or video and audio recordings for any reason deemed necessary for promotion of the Hunt and winners, without compensation. All entrants further agree to hold eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC blameless and without liability for such publication, broadcast, promotion or use for a period of one year following the acknowledgement and acceptance of winning prize.

Limitations

eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC reserves the right to end the Hunt at any time without advance notice to the public.

eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdings, LLC reserves the right to limit the number of times an individual may enter a contest or drawing.

Violation of any of these rules, or attempts to win the Hunt by fraud, deception, or cheating shall be grounds to disqualify that team from participating in all current and future contests, hunts, promotions, and events, at the sole discretion of eATLAS and Inciteful Games Holdin