University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Raffle Guidelines Policy
Policy #34
1. The student organization
raffle must be pre-approved by the Director of Student Life.
2.
A ticket request form must be completed 10 days prior to the start of ticket
sales for the raffle. All information must be completed for ticket printing.
Student organizations are responsible for the duplicating charges for the tickets
and for making arrangements to use the consecutive numbering stamp located in
Student Center 209. (The stamp cannot leave the office.)
3.
The raffle must comply with State of Wisconsin Guidelines for Raffles. Complete
information is available in the University Activities Office. Following are
specific section from the Guidelines:
Class A Raffle Rules, Regulations
163.93 Tickets; calendars; drawings.(1) All raffle tickets and all calendars shall be identical in form and include:
(a) The number of the license issued by the board.
(b) The name and address of the sponsoring organization.
(c) The price of the ticket or calendar and the discounted price, if any, applicable to multiple ticket or calendar purchases.
(d) A place for the purchaser to enter his or her name and address.
(e) The date, time and place of the drawing or drawings.
(f) A list of each prize to be awarded which has a retail value of $500 or more.
(1m) Subsection (1) (a), (b) and (c) does not apply to raffle tickets for a raffle in which one or more drawings are held and prizes awarded on the same day on which tickets are sold.
(1s) Each raffle ticket and each calendar sold by an organization shall include a separate identification number, printed on both the purchaser;s and the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar, numbered consecutively in relation to the other tickets or calendars for the same drawing.
(2) No raffle ticket may exceed $10 in cost.
(2m) No calendar may exceed $20 in cost for each month covered by the calendar.
(3) No person may sell a raffle ticket or calendar unless authorized by an organization licensed under this subchapter.
(4) Tickets for a proposed raffle may not be offered for sale more than 180 days before the raffle drawing.
(5) All raffle drawings shall be held in public.
(6) All prizes shall be awarded. The purchaser of a ticket or calendar need not be present at the drawing to win a prize.
(7) If a raffle drawing is canceled, the organization shall refund the receipts to the ticket or calendar purchasers.
(8) The organization that holds a raffle drawing shall furnish a list of prize winners to each ticket or calendar holder who provides the organization with a self-addressed stamped envelope and requests the list.
163.94 Profits.
All profits from raffles shall be used by the organization conducting the raffles to further the organization's purpose for existence and no salaries,fees or profit shall be paid to any other organization or individual in connection with the operation of a raffle. This section does not prohibit the printing of raffle tickets or calendars or the purchase of equipment or prizes for a raffle.
4. See the Director of Student Life for additional information.
