Missoula Putt & Pull Music Terms/conditions

 Date of the raffle drawing: April 20, 2024

 Raffle sponsor: Missoula Putt&Pull/Wildland Firefighter Foundation, 2393 W. Airport Way, Boise, ID, 83705

 Must be 18 years of age to be eligible to purchase tickets.

 Cost of raffle tickets, $20 USD each

 Complete description of the prizes and values;

• ONE: A Ski & Snowboard voucher for $5000 to Gull Ski and Snowboard in Missoula, MT. Gull Ski and Snowboard stands as the oldest ski shop in Montana. Opened in 1952 and have carried a tradition of providing cutting edge technology, swift and accurate mounting and maintenance solutions, and a friendly knowledgeable and passionate staff ever since.
• TWO: 2024 NRS Slipstream 142 raft value $6,890. Complete with three padded seats  Fishing frame with thigh hooks and dual rod holders (120 lb. raft, 14'2" long X 6' 7" wide) with a 5-year warranty, and the Slipstream Rower's Package (35 lb. anchor, 9' oar shafts w/ Helix Oar blades, molded oar sleeves, oar rights, and, of course, a drink holder).

 2000 tickets will be available for sale

 Ticket sales close either when sold out or prior to the live drawing April 20, 2024.

 The method of drawing winning ticket(s). A drum containing raffle ticket stubs will be used for the selection process and the stubs will be thoroughly mixed before the drawing.

This is  a charitable raffle.

Statutes and rules related to nonprofit raffles. More resources can be found on our website (https://dojmt.gov/gaming).

23-5-112. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply to parts 1 through 8 of this chapter:

(29) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization established as a nonprofit to support charitable, religious, scholastic, educational,

veterans', fraternal, beneficial, civic, senior citizens', or service organizations' charitable activities, scholarships or educational grants, or

community service projects.

23-5-413. Raffle prizes -- investigations -- rulemaking. (1) (a) The department shall investigate all violations of this part.

(b) The department may adopt rules to require recordkeeping for receipts and payouts under this part and to establish procedures to

ensure the fair selection of winners.

(2) (a) A person or organization conducting a raffle shall own all prizes to be awarded as part of the raffle before the sale of any tickets.

(b) The value of a prize awarded for an individual ticket for a raffle conducted by a person or an organization may not exceed $5,000. Prizes

may not be combined in any manner to increase the ultimate value of the prize awarded for each ticket.

(c) The provisions of subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) do not apply to a nonprofit organization, a college, a university, a public school district as

provided in 20-6-101 and 20-6-701, or a nonpublic school as described in 20-5-102(2)(e). The proceeds from the sale of tickets for a raffle

conducted by a nonprofit organization, college, university, or school district may be used only for charitable purposes or to pay for prizes

and may not be used for the administrative costs of conducting the raffle.

(3) (a) The sale of raffle tickets authorized by this part is restricted to events and participants within the geographic confines of the state.

Nonprofit organizations may sell raffle tickets outside the state of Montana if the purchase is not prohibited in the jurisdiction in which the

purchaser resides.

(b) Except raffles sponsored by nonprofit organizations, the sale of raffle tickets may not be conducted over the internet. All raffle

announcements or advertisements conducted over the internet must include this sale restriction, the name of the organization offering the

raffle, and all raffle terms.

23.16.2602 RAFFLE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, AUTHORIZED RANDOM SELECTION PROCESSES, AND RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS

(1) A raffle sponsor must make all raffle terms available to the public prior to the sale of any raffle tickets. In all cases a raffle sponsor must

establish and make available the date of the raffle drawing. Other raffle terms may include:

(a) the name and contact information of the raffle sponsor;

(b) persons eligible or ineligible to purchase tickets;

(c) locations where sales are known to be prohibited;

(d) cost of raffle tickets;

(e) a complete description of the prize(s) and its value;

(f) an estimated number of tickets to be sold which may be unlimited;

(g) the date ticket sales close; and

(h) the method of drawing winning ticket(s).

(2) The following random selection processes are authorized for use in determining a winner of a raffle as defined in 23-5-112, MCA:

(a) a drawing from a drum or other receptacle containing raffle ticket stubs or other suitable indicators of the ticket purchaser's

identity that have been thoroughly mixed before the drawing; and

(b) selection by any other process if:

(i) the process is reasonably assured of being random and is not connected to an event that has its own intrinsic

significance (e.g., a sports event, game of chance, contest); and

(ii) the indicator of the raffle ticket purchaser's identity reasonably assures the random selection of a winner.

(3) Any raffle conducted by a nonprofit organization, college, university, public school district as provided in 20-6-101 and 20-6-701, MCA,

or nonpublic school as described in 20-5-102(2)(e), MCA, must be publicly identified as a charitable raffle.

(4) Prior to conducting a raffle on the internet, a nonprofit organization must first complete a one-time registration form (Form 46) supplied

by the department.

(5) A raffle sponsor's challenge to the department's intended action to refuse registration as a nonprofit must proceed under ARM

23.16.203.

(6) For each raffle conducted, the entity conducting the raffle shall maintain for a period of 12 months from the date of the raffle drawing,

and provide to the department upon request:

(a) a record of the total proceeds collected;

(b) a detailed description of the prize(s) awarded;

(c) a description of the selection process used to determine the winner(s);

(d) a record reflecting the source of the prize(s), including any money paid to purchase prizes;

(e) a record of any administrative costs paid with raffle proceeds;

(f) a description of how the raffle was publicly identified as a charitable raffle, where applicable;

(g) the name and address of the person(s) awarded raffle prize(s); and

(h) a detailed record of the distribution of the charitable raffle proceeds, where applicable.

(7) For any violation of this rule, the department may pursue remedies available under 23-5-136, MCA.