Terms
TERMS
By entering a draw or creating an account, Entrants confirm that they have read, accepted, and agreed to be bound by these Terms.
The Promoter
- All Competitions are operated by the Promoter, and the Promoter is the official sponsor of each Competition.
- How to Enter By submitting an Entry or a Postal Entry, Entrants agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not so agree to be bound, do not purchase TheRaffle Tickets, and do not submit an Entry or a Postal Entry.
- To validly purchase TheRaffle Tickets and validly enter a Competition, a Visitor must:
- pay an amount to purchase the desired number of TheRaffle Tickets and thereby make an Entry before the Closing Date of that particular Competition;
- submit a Competition entry via the free Postal Entry option (see terms 6 and 7 for more details on postal entry)
- Purchases of TheRaffle Tickets shall be processed by Stripe. This shall be subject to the payment providers' terms and conditions, which are available to view on their website.
- Purchasers of TheRaffle Tickets will be asked to provide their contact details, being either an e-mail address or a telephone number. This information will be processed in accordance with the provisions below and the Promoter’s Data Protection and Privacy Policy. The Promoter’s relevant payment provider will require the purchaser’s card payment details and may require their postcode. Once the purchase order for the TheRaffle Tickets is submitted, the Entrants card payment will be electronically approved and the Promoter will not retain any records of the Entrants card details.
- Entrants entering into a Competition for free via Postal Entry must provide their full name and a contact telephone number (including area code if providing a landline number) and their email, as well as the title of the Competition they wish to enter, to TheRaffle Ltd, 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE. The aforementioned information required must be printed in legible English. This information will be processed in accordance with the provisions in these Terms and the Promoter’s Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
- Postal Entries must be sent by first or second class stamp, and must be received by the Promoter at TheRaffle Ltd, 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE before the Draw Date of the relevant Competition or the point that the Competition sells out - whichever comes first - in order to be entered into the Competition. Postal Entries must be sent on an unenclosed postcard or letter. Attempted Postal Entries received on anything other than a postcard or in a letter will not be accepted. The Entrant must specify which Competition they wish to enter. In the case of multiple entries received on a single postcard or within a single envelope, only one entry will be entered into the relevant Competition. Postal Entries without correct and sufficient postage paid will be invalid and will not be considered. Personal and hand deliveries will not be accepted.
- The Promoter will store and process the Entrant’s personal information. The personal information must include details of at least one form of contact and will be used for the following purposes:
- to notify any Winner or Runner(s) Up that they have won a Prize in a Competition;
- to administer the Website and conduct the Competitions; and
- after a Draw, to post the Winner and, where applicable, any Runner(s) Up’s first name, town/county of residence and profile image or other provided photo on the Website, and in media communications about the Competitions.
- All Entrants are solely and completely responsible for providing the Promoter with accurate and current contact details.
- The Promoter will be in no way liable for any failure or inability to make contact with any Entrant due to any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the contact details provided by the Entrants or otherwise.
- The Promoter will not accept:
- responsibility for Entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, regardless of cause including, for example, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or
- responsibility for Postal Entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged, or delayed in receipt at the specified address until after the earlier of the Closing Date of the relevant Competition or the point that the Competition sells out, and this holds regardless of the cause including, for example, failure of postal service, natural disasters, and water corruption; or
- any other purported proof of entry to the Competition other than as recorded by the systems of the Website or receipt of a Postal Entry.
- An Entry, and/or a Postal Entry shall be declared void (without any refund being given) if the Entrant engages in:
- any form of fraud, whether actual or apparent;
- fraudulent misrepresentation;
- fraudulent concealment;
- hacking or interference with the proper functioning of the Website; or
- amending, or unauthorised use of, any code that constitutes the Website (for example, utilising any information from the Website's code to gain an advantage over other Entrants).
- Each individual Entrant may submit up to the maximum number of entries specified in total for any one particular Competition.
- Only valid Entries and Postal Entries will be entitled to participate in a Competition and be eligible to win a Prize in a Competition.
- All funds paid to the Promoter in return for TheRaffle Tickets, and all Entries and Postal Entries to any one Competition are final. Refunds shall not be given at any time apart from under the circumstances described in terms 25 and 36.
- For further help with Entries and Postal Entries, please contact us by using the support email.
- Eligibility Competitions are open for entry only to private individuals (i.e. not a limited company, partnership or limited liability partnership) aged 18 (eighteen) or over and residing in the United Kingdom, excluding the Promoter and their employees.
- In entering a Competition, all Entrants confirm that they are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any Prize awarded in the relevant Competition. The Promoter may require any Entrant, including any Winner and/or Runner(s) Up to provide evidence that they are and were eligible to enter a particular Competition.
- The Promoter will not accept and will not refund Entries that are:
- automatically generated by computer;
- completed by third parties;
- paid for using a debit/credit card belonging to someone other than the Entrant;
- altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with; or
- Incomplete.
- made by someone who is not a legal UK resident at the time of entry and when the winner is selected.
- made by someone under the age of 18 years old
- made by a prohibited person
- The Promoter will not accept and will not refund Postal Entries that are:
- completed by third parties;
- illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;
- incomplete;
- incorrectly sent by post;
- delayed in receipt at the Promoter's specified address (see term 7) until after the earlier of the Closing Date of the relevant Competition or the point that the Competition sells out, or are not received at the Promoter's specified address (see term 7) through whatever reason other than the Promoter's actions.
- made by someone who is not a legal UK resident at the time of entry and when the winner is selected.
- made by someone under the age of 18 years old
- made by a prohibited person
- The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify Entrants if their conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition entered.
- Entries and Postal Entries on behalf of another private individual will not be accepted, and joint submissions are not allowed.
- By entering the Competition, Entrants warrant that all information that they submit is accurate, true, current and complete. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant (entirely at the Promoter's discretion) if there are reasonable grounds to believe the Entrant has acted in breach of any of these Terms.
- The Promoter reserves the right to close or suspend an Entrant and prevent the individual from participating in any future competitions at any time and for any reason. Without limiting the preceding sentence, the Promoter shall be entitled to suspend an Entrants if:
- the Entrant is writing abusive, misleading, or factually incorrect statements to the Promoter's staff, on social media, review websites, and so on;
- the Entrant has become bankrupt;
- the Promoter considers that the Entrant has used the Website in a fraudulent manner or for illegal and/or unlawful or improper purposes;
- the Promoter considers that the Entrant has used the Website in an unfair manner, has deliberately cheated or taken unfair advantage of the Promoter or any of its other Entrants
- the Promoter is requested to do so by the police, any regulatory authority or court;
- the Promoter considers that any of the events referred to in ‘a.’ to ‘d.’ may have occurred or are likely to occur; or
- the Entrants Account is deemed to be dormant.
- If the Promoter suspends the Entrant for any of the reasons referred to in ‘a.’ to ‘f.’ above, the Entrant shall be liable for any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses incurred or suffered by the Promoter arising therefrom and shall indemnify and hold the Promoter harmless on demand for the same. In the circumstances referred to in ‘a.’, ‘b.’, ‘f.’ and ‘g’ above, the Promoter may choose to refund any outstanding entries to the Entrant. In the same circumstances in the preceding sentence, the Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any Entries that have already been entered into a Competition for which the Draw has not yet taken place.
- Prizes and the Draw The Winner and any Runner(s) Up for each Competition will be determined and awarded the relevant Competition Prize(s) so specified on the Website in accordance with these Terms.
- The Draw to determine the Winner(s) and, where applicable, any Runner(s) Up will be made on the Draw Date.
- The promoter may extend the Closing Date for any Competition.
- On a Competition's Draw Date:
- there will be a Draw to determine the Winner, and the Prize shall be awarded to the Winner subject to KYC checks being completed as outlined in term 32;
- where the Competition provides for one or more Runner Up Prize(s), there will be a Draw or Draws to determine the Runner(s) up, who shall be awarded the associated Runner Up Prize(s) subject to KYC checks being completed as outlined in term 32.
- If any Winner or Runner(s) Up cannot be contacted by the Promoter within 21 (twenty-one) days of being notified of their status as the Winner by e-mail and/or telephone provided in the contact details submitted in their Entry, the Promoter shall be entitled to award their Prize to the Entrant next Drawn, with the effect that the first Runner Up (as applicable) would become the Winner, the second Runner Up (as applicable) would become the first Runner Up, and so on. Any alternate Winner or Runner Up shall likewise comply with the above 21 (twenty-one) day contact requirement.
- The Promoter shall use its best efforts to ensure and preserve the random nature of the Draw. The Draws are currently operated using random.org. In the event that any defect occurs that relates to the draw, the draw will be cancelled and re-run once the defect has been remedied, or, failing this, using an alternative random draw method. The result(s) of the Draw are final and the Promoter shall not enter into any correspondence in relation to this.
- Upon the request of the Promoter, the Winner, and where applicable, any Runner(s) Up will be required to forward personal identification, such as a driver's licence or passport, as well as a recent utility bill or other official document confirming their address, to the Promoter to prove their identity and age, that their Entry or Postal Entry was made in accordance with these Terms, and that there is no lawful impediment (pursuant to any applicable UK or international law) to the Winner or any Runner(s) Up being awarded any Prize in the relevant Competition. The Promoter may refuse delivery of the Prize to the Winner and any Runner(s) Up if the requested personal identification is not received. In the event that the Promoter reasonably believes that there may be a lawful impediment to awarding a Prize to a Winner or any Runner(s) Up, the Promoter may suspend making such award until the legal issue is resolved or if, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter such issue cannot be resolved, to award that Prize in a like manner as set out in term 29.
- The Promoter is entitled to refuse delivery of a Prize to a P.O. box or any other location that may be used to conceal the identity of a Winner, in order to ensure that a Prize is not delivered to a fraudulent Winner.
- In cases where the Promoter reasonably suspects fraud has occurred, and/or an individual has taken steps to gain an unfair and unintended advantage over other Entrants in any Competition, the Promoter is entitled to refuse delivery of any Prizes that the individual under suspicion may have won. The Promoter is entitled to use any legitimate Competition wins to set off an amount owing to it from an individual, however that liability arises.
- In that the event that the Promoter sends the Winner or any Runner(s) Up a Prize that is greater than the value of the Prize advertised in the Competition and noted in the description, then the Winner or Runner Up, upon the request of the Promoter, must return the excess value that was sent in error. For example, if the Entrant has won a £100 Prize, and the Promoter sends the Entrant £1000 in error, then the Entrant must return £900 to the Promoter.
- The Promoter reserves the right to remove a Competition from the Website at any time, and in the rare event that this occurs, will refund all the Entries and any Postal Entry (relative to the value of the used stamps) to that Competition to the Entrant in the form of Site Credit or directly to their bank account.
- The Promoter reserves the right, at their sole discretion, to roll over any competition.
- Charity Entrants have the option to select to support one of the promoter’s Partnered Charities. At the end of each month, each charity will be paid the correct sum that was donated to them by ticket sales.
- If a ticket is purchased through a partnered charity's personalised landing page, 25% of the ticket value will be allocated to be donated to the relevant charity within 30 days of the competition's end. If the competition is cancelled for any reason, a full refund will be issued to the entrant, and the charities will not receive a donation
- If a ticket is bought via the website or via a postal vote, a charity must still be selected. In this case, 15% of the ticket price will be donated to the relevant charity within 30 days of the competition ending.
- Announcement of Winners and any Runner(s) UpThe Promoter has the right, with the winner's consent, to announce and publish any of the information outlined in term 8(c) pertaining to any Competition’s Winner and Runner(s) Up on the Website and via email marketing campaigns, as well as on the Promoter’s associated social media pages/sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The Promoter may also ask the Winner and/or any Runner(s) Up to participate in further reasonable publicity requests.
- Limitation of Liability Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any Entrant or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of submitting an Entry or Postal Entry or in relation to the use and enjoyment of a Prize by the Winner or Runner(s) Up gained through any Competition, except where death or personal injury is caused by the negligence or fraud of the Promoter, or that of their agents, distributors, or employees. The Winner’s statutory rights are not affected.
- The liability of the Promoter to each Entrant is limited to the aggregate value of the Entry Fees paid by that Entrant.
- The Promoter accepts no liability for errors or omissions contained within the description of any Prize awarded as part of any of the Competitions on the Website, or the Prize Value, or any other description or specification or any other part of the Website. It is the responsibility of each Entrant (and in particular the Winner and any Runner(s) Up) to satisfy him/herself as to the accuracy of any such details and/or any content of the Website.
- The Promoter accepts no liability for errors or omissions caused by human error or technical faults within the Promoter's technological infrastructure. This limitation of liability applies in situations such as where errors or faults lead to the system or the Promoter's staff wrongly paying out or promising to pay out Prizes or cash alternatives to Entrants, Entrants winning prizes in a reasonably unintended manner, the system drawing a Competition twice, raffles having the ticket selector available for use, and so on. In such situations, no prizes shall be paid out and, subject to a full refund issued to the Entrant (or Site Credit should the Entrant prefer), the Promoter shall have no further liability for any reason. Confirmation emails and other communications from the Promoter do not constitute acceptance of any transaction on the Promoter's Website.
- The Promoter accepts no liability for non-receipt or issues with receipt of a Prize due to errors in information provided by the Winner or Runner Up, such as incorrect bank account details or a wrong delivery address.
- General The Promoter shall not be a trustee of any Entry Fees received, unless it is subject to a specific contractual agreement with a TheRaffle Partner or Charity to act as such.
- The Promoter reserves the right to suspend or cancel any Competition at any time, either before or after Entries and/or Postal Entries have been received. In cases where a human or a technical error has resulted in participants being awarded one or more Prizes in an unfair manner or participants being disadvantaged, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel the Competition, not award any Prizes for that Competition, and refund Entry Fees paid directly to the Entrant. This applies even if the Prizes have already been won, as each participant must have the same chance of winning per ticket in every Competition. If a Competition is cancelled due to the Promoter’s actions and specifically not those of the TheRaffle Partner or any other entity associated with the Competition, the Promoter will return the Entry Fees paid by each Entrant to them as Site Credit or directly to their bank account, and return the relevant Entry Fee for each Postal Entry made by each Entrant to them as Site Credit (relative to the value of the ticket price in the Competition). Where all the Entry Fees have been returned, the Promoter shall have no further liability to the Entrant or to any other person.
- Without prejudice to the operation of term 48, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel any Competition in the event that an order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of the Promoter, or an order is made for the appointment of an administrator to manage the affairs of the Promoter, or circumstances arise which entitle a court or creditor to appoint a receiver or manager or which entitle a court to make a winding up order, or the Promoter takes or suffers any analogous action in consequence of debt or an application to court for protection from its creditors is made by the Promoter.
- The Promoter may occasionally run promotions where customers will receive benefits, such as but not limited credit, additional tickets or discounts. Unless otherwise stated, such benefits are to be availed of no more than once per Entrant, and the Promoter reserves the right to not provide any stated benefit if the Promoter, at their sole discretion, believes the promotion is being availed of beyond the intended limit. Where the Promoter runs promotions where a minimum spend is required to be entered into a competition, the spend required is deemed to exclude credit unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- The Promoter reserves the right to make reasonable amendments to these Terms at any time, with immediate effect upon publishing such amendments on the Website. Any such amendments shall not prejudice any Entries, Postal Entries or Telephone Entries received prior to the time of such changes.
- These Terms shall not create or be construed as creating any form of contract, joint venture or other agreement between any Entrant and the Promoter.
- All Competitions that the Promoter promotes, their administration and all associated activities shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, and all parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Definitions
Note that throughout the Terms, plural forms of the capitalised terms are used, and have the same meaning as given below.
Account: means the Entrants TheRaffle account.
Charity/Charities: means the charities or charitable causes that may be specified by a TheRaffle Partner or the Promoter for a particular Competition.
Charitable Donation: means the percentage of the TheRaffle Ticket sales for a Competition that will be paid to the Charity or Charities specified by the TheRaffle.
Closing Date: means the date on which a Competition closes.
Competition: means any free draw operated by the Promoter on its Website to which these Terms apply, wherein the Entrants submit Entries, and/or Postal Entries via the Website for a chance to win Prize(s).
Draw: means the random selection of an Entry and/or Postal Entry from the class of total entries, that occurs on the relevant Competition’s Draw Date to determine the Winner and, where applicable, any Runner(s) Up.
Draw Date: means the date at which the Draw takes place, which will be the earlier of the Closing Date of the relevant Competition, or the point that the Competition is sold out.
Entrant: means any natural person (not including a limited company, partnership or limited liability partnership) who validly submits an Entry, Postal Entry or Telephone Entry to a Competition, in accordance with these Terms.
Entry: means a validly submitted and completed entry by the Entrant through the Website in order to gain an opportunity to win a Prize.
Entry Fee: means the entry fee payable as a condition of submitting a valid Entry. The fee will be stated clearly for each Competition, and may vary between Competitions.
Linked Accounts: Any two accounts which are linked by any detail, whether that be name, bank details, payment details, activity patterns, and so on.
Partnered Charity: means one of the charities that can be selected to be sponsored by Entrants, to receive donations in accordance with the procedure laid out in term 38.
Postal Entry: means a validly composed and posted postcard or letter, in accordance with these Terms, that is received by the Promoter.
Prize: refers to the good or service so specified in each Competition that a Winner or Runner Up of that Competition may receive.
Prize Value: means the description of the value of a Prize of a Competition.
Product: means a good or service owned by a TheRaffle Partner.
Prohibited Person: "A 'prohibited person' includes, but is not limited to, employees of the Promoter, their immediate family members, any individual previously disqualified from entering the Promoter's competitions, and any other individuals restricted from participating by law or regulation."
Promoter: means TheRaffle, which is the trading name of TheRaffle Ltd, company number 15846555, whose registered office address is TheRaffle Ltd, 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE.
TheRaffle Partner: refers to a company or private individual that enters into an agreement with the Promoter to provide one or more Products.
TheRaffle Tickets: means the virtual tickets that Entrants purchase in order to enter into a Competition.
Entrant: means a Visitor that has bought a ticket and shared their contact details. Entrants are eligible to make Entries or a Postal Entry to any Competition, insofar as they are eligible to do so due to the nature of the Competition itself.
Runner(s) Up: Refers to the Entrant(s) selected as second, third, fourth, and so on as required by the Draw on the Draw Date. This term also includes Early Bird Prize winners.
Runner Up Prize(s): Refers to the Prize that a Runner Up will receive, as specified in a Competition. This term also includes prizes for Early Bird Prize winners, which are awarded when a certain number of tickets have been sold.
Site Credit: Site Credit: means a store of credit that can be applied to reduce an Entrants checkout balance.
Terms: means these terms and conditions.