Terms and Conditions
1. To Enter Online:
Visit the current raffles page, click the raffle you'd like to enter, and click
the buy tickets link. Once you've completed your raffle ticket purchase your
name is officially entered into the raffle drawing you specified. Your name is
entered once for each individual ticket you purchase.
2. Prizes:
Each prize is outlined in the current raffles area of the Website
3. Winner Selection:
Each raffle will have one Grand Prize winner. At the start of every raffle an
end date and, if applicable, the number of available online tickets are
announced. The Website, reserves the right to decrease the amount of available
tickets and the right to end a raffle before all tickets have been purchased.
4. General Conditions:
Raffle prizes will be awarded and winners will be notified by electronic mail
(email), mail or telephone. Tickets and prizes are nontransferable.
By entering the raffle, each participant releases the Website and its agents
from all responsibility of liability for damages, losses or injury resulting
from acceptance or use of any prize.
By entering any raffle, participants recognize and agree that registration
information provided by the participant may be made available to the Website;
use of such information will be governed by the Website privacy policy.
Taxes, if any, related to the prizes are the responsibility of the individual
winner. Winners may be required to verify address or execute and return an
affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within 14 days of
notification attempt or the prize may be forfeited and an alternative winner
may be selected.
Entry constitutes permission to use the winners' names, stories, ideas,
suggestions and likeness for promotional purposes without further compensation
except where prohibited by law. No responsibility is assumed for lost, damaged,
incomplete, misdirected, illegible, postage due or late entries by mail.
The Website and its agencies assume no responsibility for any injury or damage
to participants or to any other person's computer relating to or resulting from
entering or downloading materials in connection with this raffle.
The Website and its agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware,
software or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network
connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed
electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in this raffle or by any human error
which may occur in the processing of the orders in this raffle.
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the online portion of the promotion if the raffle is not
capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, infection by
computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures
or any other problems beyond the control of the Website
By entering the raffle, you may occasionally receive announcements through
email.
By entering the raffle, you agree to be bound by these official rules. The
Website reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual it determines to be tampering with the order mechanism, to be
violating the official rules or acting in a disruptive manner.
5. Eligibility:
Only those 18 years or older are eligible to enter Raffles.
6. Local Law:
The player is responsible for determining the legality of Internet gambling in
the player's place of residence or location from where the player is accessing
the website and abiding by those laws. The Website and its management will not
be held liable if the laws of your locale prohibit this type of activity.
7. Awarding Prizes:
Every effort will be made to accurately describe any prize offered for Raffle
but no responsibility will be accepted for errors or omissions. No warranties
given or implied by the promoter, organizing committee or the designated
charity on any item raffled or promoted by this site.
8. Charitable Donations:
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers a raffle a form of a
lottery. As such, it is not considered a charitable activity and is
treated as taxable income to the winner(s).
9. Distribution of Income:
100% of the profits or surplus generated by this site, raffles and donations
will be donated to Our Cause(s) or other designated charities.
Costs associated with future raffles will be deducted from specifically
designated income relating only to that raffle or borne directly by the
designated Charity. Income intended for a designated charity will not be
diverted to non-designated charities or used for any other purpose.
10. Refund Policy:
Donations to a designated Charity or Money paid to enter a Raffle are non-refundable.
However, if you have a problem with the website and have justifiable grounds
for requesting a refund we will have no problem with issuing one to you. An
administration / handling charge of 5.00 will be deducted from any refund made
to a credit card used to place the order. No refund request will be considered
after 30 days from date of payment. No refund request will be considered after
the Raffle has taken place. Refund requests should be delivered in writing only
to the contact address.
11. Other:
This constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. If any provision of
this agreement is found to be void, unlawful or unenforceable for any reason,
the portion shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not otherwise
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. the Website
reserves the right to change this agreement. It is your responsibility to check
this agreement for changes and your continued use of the Website after that
time shall constitutes your acceptance of any new terms thereafter.