Tickets on-sale August 18-20!

Variety 50/50 - Rules of Play

  • The 50/50 lottery will take place in person on 19th August 2023 at Wheels on the Danforth 2023.
  • The 50/50 lottery will also take place online starting in 18th August to 20th August 2023 at the following portal: https://varietyontario.ca/variety5050/ which is connected to the 50/50 System. Players will be required to comply with the instructions on the website in order to purchase a ticket.
  • The following individuals are not eligible to participate in 50/50 draws, both online and in-venue:
  1. Employees of Variety – the Children’s Charity of Ontario
  2. Volunteer ticket sellers
  3. Intoxicated persons (In-person sales)
  4. Persons under the age of 18
  5. 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).

          At a cost of: $10 for 10/ $20 for 30/ $35 for 50/$50 for 100/

  • Players are solely responsible for maintaining and preserving the ticket(s) once it has been issued by the 50/50 system. All tickets sold are non refundable. If sellers have any voids during the event and tickets were printed. Please keep those tickets with you. The voids will be managed at the end of each event.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • No progressive jackpot.
  • 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.
  • The above set of rules will be posted online and copies available at the event.