Section 901.743. Raffle tickets

(a) Tickets for entry into a raffle shall be sold or issued separately and each ticket shall constitute a separate and equal chance to win with other tickets sold or issued. A person may not be required to obtain more than one ticket, or to pay for anything other than the ticket, to enter a raffle.

(b) Tickets for use in a raffle must have a stub or other detachable section, be consecutively numbered and be accounted for separately through the use of a log book showing to whom the tickets were given to be sold. The ticket stub or other detachable section of the ticket must bear a duplicate number corresponding to the numbers on the ticket and contain the purchaser’s name, complete address and telephone number. Both parts must be imprinted with sequential numbers commencing with the number ‘‘1’’ through the maximum number of tickets to be sold; or in the case of a raffle where the winner is determined by a drawing conducted by the Department under the State Lottery Law, the universe of eligible ticket numbers must correspond to the universe of eligible numbers in the State Lottery drawing.

(c) A raffle ticket shall be sold for the price stated on the ticket.

(d) A person may not be required to be present at a raffle drawing to be eligible for the prize drawing or to claim the prize awarded.

(e) A ticket seller shall return the stubs or other detachable section of tickets sold to the eligible organization. The eligible organization shall then place each stub or other detachable section of ticket sold into a receptacle out of which the winning tickets are to be drawn. The receptacle must be designed so that each ticket placed therein has an equal opportunity with every other ticket to be the one withdrawn.

(f) If a ticket stub or other detachable portion was not placed in the receptacle from which the winners were drawn, prior to the drawing, the purchase price of the ticket must be refunded to the purchaser.

(g) The purchaser’s name, address and telephone number must appear on the stubs or other detachable section.

The provisions of this § 901.743 amended August 11, 2006, effective August 12, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 4475. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (265916) to (265917).