Rules of Play - Variety 50/50
The 50/50 lottery will take place online from October 1st to December 25th and in person on October 26th and 27 at Halloween Food Truck Festival, and December 8th from 10:00am to 4:00pm at World’s Greatest Christmas Party event.
The following individuals are not eligible to participate in 50/50 draws, both online and in-venue:
- Employees of Variety – the Children’s Charity of Ontario
- Volunteer ticket sellers
- Intoxicated people (In-venue sales)
- Persons under the age of 18
- Persons who are physically not in Ontario, Canada at the time of purchase
Tickets will be sold using electronic raffle systems supplied by Canadian Bank Note Company (BUMP) Limited, an approved vendor of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
Players are solely responsible for maintaining and preserving the ticket(s) once it has been issued by the 50/50 system.
All tickets are non refundable, and any voids will be processed at the backend.
After purchase, sellers will give the purchaser a receipt with their 50/50 registered numbers from a Random Number Generation System. No specific numbers can be assigned.
The winning number will be selected by a Random Number Generation (RNG) system from all raffle numbers sold for the draw of that specific draw event.
There will be 2 early bird draws on October 28 and November 26 for noncash prizes. All the tickets will still be considered eligible for the main jackpot on December 25.
The winning number will be announced on our social media channel- Variety Ontario’s Twitter account (@Variety_Ontario). It will also be posted on the Variety Ontario website within 48 hours at https://varietyontario.ca/variety5050/
How to claim a prize:
The winner can claim their prize, which will be awarded to them via cheque within 30 days of the claim date by contacting Tanishka Warekar at twarekar@varietyontario.ca or 416-699-7167 x 292 and then to arrange a date and time to come to Variety Ontario office and claim the prize.
All prizes will be paid by cheque within 30 days of claiming a prize in the amount of the declared prize which is, at minimum, 50% of the total sales for that game. If the winner cannot provide photo I.D., then the winning proceeds will be held until such identification can be provided.
The winning ticket holder has six months to claim their prize from the date of the draw, after which the prize will be donated to a charity other than Variety – the Children’s Charity of Ontario, with the approval of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
If no winner comes forward after six months, funds will be donated to a charity other than Variety – the Children’s Charity of Ontario, with the approval of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
It is not a Progressive Jackpot. While one lucky winner wins half of the Jackpot, while the other half goes directly to Variety to fund sports programs for children with a disability. It’s a win-win!
There will be a non-cash prize awarded for two secondary winners. The first early bird draw will take place on Oct 28 at 9am, the second early bird draw will take place on November 26 at 9am and Jackpot will be drawn on December 25 at 9am.
The above set of rules will be posted online, and copies will be available at the event.
The ticket will contain our licence number.