Rules of Play - Variety 50/50

  1. The 50/50 lottery will take place online from December 1st to December 25th and in person on December 3rd from 10:00am to 4:00pm at World’s Greatest Christmas Party event.
  1. 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
  1. 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.
  1. All tickets are nonrefundable, and any voids will be processed at the backend.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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/
  1. Early bird prize: Adult Blundstone gift certificate. The gift certificate can be redeemed for one pair of Adult Blundstone at Australian Boot Company. This gift certificate can be redeemed at 4 locations as below:
  • 2644 Yonge St, Toronto | 698 Queen St. W, Toronto.
  • 1969 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver | 104 Water St, Vancouver
The gift certificate will be automatically drawn on the BUMP Dashboard on December 15. Tickets sold from Dec 1 to Dec 15 at 8am will be eligible for the early bird prize draw. The early bird winner prize will still be eligible for the main draw.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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).
  1. 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.
  1. While one lucky winner wins half of the Jackpot, while the other half goes directly to Variety to fund sport programs for children with a disability. It’s a win-win!
  1. The above set of rules will be posted online, and copies will be available at the event.
  1. The ticket will contain our license number.