All of the following shall apply to the conduct of a raffle under a Class B license:

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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 563.935

  • Drawing: means any of the following methods for determining a winner of a game of chance:
      (a)    Random selection of a ticket portion or calendar portion from a container housing portions of all tickets or calendars purchased for the selection. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Raffle: means a game of chance for which tickets or calendars are sold and one or more drawings for prizes are held, but does not include a savings promotion program under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Ticket: means an instrument that entitles the purchaser to one entry in a raffle other than a calendar raffle. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
  •    (1)   All tickets shall be identical in form.
       (1m)   The organization conducting the raffle shall prominently display, at each place where tickets may be purchased, a notice describing any state or federal law that imposes an age restriction on who may possess a prize that will be awarded in the raffle.
       (2)   The tickets need not be numbered consecutively.
       (4)   No person may sell a ticket unless authorized by an organization with a Class B license.
       (5)   All drawings shall be held in public.
       (6)   
          (a)    Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the purchaser of a ticket must be present at the drawing to win a prize.
          (b)    Any organization conducting a raffle may, according to procedures determined by the organization, allow the purchaser of a ticket not to be present at the drawing to win a prize.
          (c)    The purchaser of a ticket may give the ticket to another person who may claim the prize on behalf of the purchaser, but only if that other person is present at the drawing.
       (7)   All prizes shall be awarded.
       (8)   The date, time, and place of each drawing, the prizes to be awarded, and the prize amount or the methodology used to determine the prize amount shall be posted or announced before each drawing.
       (9)   If a drawing is canceled, the organization shall refund the receipts to the ticket purchasers.