563.935 The conduct of raffles under a Class B license.
563.935
563.935 The conduct of raffles under a Class B license. All of the following shall apply to the conduct of a raffle under a Class B license:563.935(1)
(1) All raffle tickets shall be identical in form.563.935(2)
(2) The tickets need not be numbered consecutively.563.935(3)
(3) No raffle ticket may exceed $10 in cost.563.935(4)
(4) No person may sell a raffle ticket unless authorized by an organization with a Class B license.563.935(5)
(5) All raffle drawings shall be held in public.563.935(6)
(6)563.935(6)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the purchaser of a ticket must be present at the drawing to win a prize, unless the purchaser gives 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. If the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser, the organization conducting the raffle and the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership of the ticket.563.935(6)(b)
(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.563.935(7)
(7) All prizes shall be awarded.563.935(8)
(8) The time of the drawing and the prizes to be awarded, the prize amount or the methodology used to determine the prize amount shall be posted or announced before the drawing.563.935(9)
(9) If a raffle drawing is canceled, the organization shall refund the receipts to the ticket purchasers.563.935(10)
(10) A raffle under a Class B license to which all of the following apply is one raffle for purposes of s. 563.91:563.935(10)(a)
(a) More than one drawing is held and more than one prize is awarded on the same date and at the same location.563.935(10)(b)
(b) Drawings for each prize or group of prizes are made from a container specific to each prize or group of prizes.563.935(10)(c)
(c) The raffle ticket purchaser places his or her ticket in the container of his or her choice.563.935 - ANNOT.
History: 1995 a. 27, 301; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 317.