Terms and Conditions

St Ann's Hospice Summer Raffle 2024 Rules

General Rules

• This Raffle is only open to residents of Great Britain over the age of 18 (this excludes Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and BFPO addresses according to Gambling Act 2005 regulations)
• No tickets can be sold to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 years
• The cost of each entry is £1. Players may purchase more than one entry, and payment must be in advance
• If a ticket is sold unknowingly to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 they will be exempt from the raffle and will forfeit their prize and the stake will be returned
• All proceeds from this raffle will be used for the charitable purposes of St Ann's Hospice
• The prizes for the Raffle are 1st Prize £5,000, 5 x Runners-up £50. There are no alternatives to any prize
• We operate a combined online/offline draw ensuring that each entrant has an equal chance of winning each prize. The draw will be conducted by utilising a Random Number Generator that has been tested and approved by an independent, Gambling Commission approved, third party test house in combination with a blind draw in plain sight of staff. The results of the draw are final
• Based upon the number of entries in our Winter Raffle 2024 the average the chance of winning a prize for a single ticket is approximately 1 in 2,894
• Of the £17,369 received in ticket sales in the Winter Raffle 2024, just 44% went on expenses, 30% on prizes and a fantastic 26% came back to Charity to fund our work
• Entries must be received by 4 August 2024
• Late entries will be treated as donations
• The draw will be held on 14 August 2024
• Winners will be notified by post, email or telephone no later than two weeks after the draw date. Please keep your ticket number as proof of purchase
• A list of winners will also be published on the website within two weeks of the draw date. These will only be in summary, for example Ms Smith from Berkshire
• Winners may be asked to take part in St Ann's Hospice PR and promotional activity
• If a prize is unclaimed after reasonable efforts have been made by St Ann's Hospice to contact the winner, then St Ann's Hospice will be entitled to dispose of the prize as it thinks fit. The winner has one month after notification to claim the prize
• The St Ann's Hospice policies for raffles can be found here. This includes our policy on responsible gambling, underage gambling, protection of customer funds and our complaints procedure

Online entries

• To enter the online raffle an entrant must self-certify that they are the required age to play. A confirmation email will be sent to the entrant confirming their numbers in the draw and thanking them for their participation. Random age verification checks are carried out at regular intervals. If an entrant is found to be under the required age their payment will be returned and they will not be entered into the draw
• Entries must not be bought on behalf of somebody else
• In order to promote responsible gambling, it is recommended that no more than 60 chances are to be purchased per person for the Raffle
• Material changes to this raffle are not predicted to happen, but in the event that this occurs you will be notified by email 14 days in advance of any changes

General Information

St Ann's Hospice is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5171. Responsible person: Trudi Ogden, St Ann's Hospice, St Ann's Road North, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3SZ.

For more information about the Charity, our raffles and other ways to donate please visit www.sah.org.uk

Requests to be removed from future raffle mailings should be addressed to info@raffleplayer.com

If you would like more information about raffles and lotteries please go to www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk

If you or a family member feel that you are experiencing problems with gambling, you can seek advice and support from GambleAware on 0808 8020 133 or via their website begambleware.org