Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 25 - BINGO/RAFFLES/MONTE CARLO › Section 137-025-0290 - Conduct of Raffles in General

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Tickets for entry into a raffle shall
			 constitute a separate and equal chance to win with all other tickets sold or
			 issued. No person may be required to obtain more than one ticket, or to pay for
			 anything other than the ticket, in order to enter a raffle.
(2) No person may be required to be present
			 at a raffle drawing in order to be eligible to receive a prize.
(3) In conducting a drawing in connection
			 with any raffle, each ticket seller shall return to the organization stubs or
			 other detachable sections of all tickets sold. Except for duck races as
			 provided for in OAR 137-025-0291  and alternate drawing formats approved by the
			 Department in section (8) of this rule, the organization shall place each stub
			 or other detachable section of each ticket sold in 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			 be the one withdrawn.
(4) No unsold
			 ticket or stub shall be entered in the draw container or be otherwise
			 considered for the draw to determine the winner or winners of any
			 prize.
(5) Where prizes for a
			 raffle are unclaimed, the prizes shall be held in a trust for a period of six
			 months from the date of the draw. If at that time the prizes are unclaimed, the
			 prize shall be donated to the licensee. The licensee shall make reasonable
			 efforts to notify the winner. Once the prize is claimed by the winner, the
			 prize must be awarded within a reasonable period of time.
(6) A raffle licensee shall not sell tickets
			 more than twelve months in advance of the draw date.
(7) If due to circumstances beyond an
			 organization's control a raffle cannot be completed or the prizes cannot be
			 awarded on the scheduled drawing date, the sponsoring organization must take
			 all steps necessary to notify ticket purchasers of that fact and return all
			 money received from ticket purchasers within 30 days. The fact that ticket
			 sales failed to meet the organization's projections or expectations is
			 generally not considered to be a circumstance beyond the organization's control
			 and does not, in itself, provide a basis for cancellation of a
			 raffle.
(8) An alternate drawing
			 format, including use of random number generators, may be used to determine the
			 winner(s) if such a format is approved by the Department prior to the sale of
			 any ticket or other form of raffle entry. The alternate format must meet the
			 definition of a drawing as defined in OAR 137-025-0020
(9) To be approved, an alternate drawing
			 format request must be submitted to the Department in writing at least 30 days
			 prior to the sale of entries and must contain at a minimum, the following
			 information:
(a) The time, date and location
			 of the drawing;
(b) The type of
			 random selection process to be used and complete details of its
			 operations;
(c) A description of
			 how game integrity will be ensured so that each participant has an equal chance
			 of winning.