The following are the official rules (“Official Rules”) of the AdMeTech Foundation’s raffle for which you are ordering tickets.
OFFICIAL RULES
A. General:
1. Entrant must be 18 years of age, or older, to order or purchase a ticket.
2. The employees and immediate family members, (Spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), or anyone living in the same household of any such employee, of AdMeTech or anyone deemed by the AdMeTech Foundation, in their sole discretion, to be in the position to create even a perception of having an undue influence on the results of the Raffle, whether or not any such undo influence actually exists, is not eligible to enter.
3. To enter, complete the online Order Form on AdMeTech’s website and submit it to the AdMeTech foundation.
4. Agents, bulk sellers, professional fundraisers, dealers, or distributors of raffle tickets are not permitted to participate.
5. The Internal Revenue Service takes the position that no portion of the ticket price will qualify as a charitable contribution for income tax purposes.
6. All Order Forms and other material submitted by the Entrant become the sole property of the AdMeTech Foundation and will not be returned.
7. Entrant hereby acknowledges that he or she is aware that depositing the ticket; or any other material in connection with the raffle, in the federal mails is a violation of federal law and may lead to criminal penalties.
8. Entrant acknowledges that he or she has read the Official Rules of this Raffle and agrees that upon acceptance by the AdMeTech Foundation of the Entrant’s order, that he or she will be contractually bound by the Official Rules of the Dore Dress Raffle. Furthermore, the Entrant also acknowledges and agrees that by selecting the “I Agree” box on the Order Form that he or she is affixing his or her electronic signature to the Order Form, which is equivalent to his or her “written signature”, and that submission of the Order Form with the Entrant’s electronic signature certifies to the AdMeTech Foundation that the Entrant has read the Official Rules of this Raffle and agrees to be bound by them. Moreover, in certain circumstances, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires that the Official Tickets of the Raffle be signed by the person purchasing the ticket and the person selling the Official Ticket. In such circumstances, the Entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that, upon acceptance of the Entrant’s order and issuance of his or her tickets, that by having selecting the “I Agree” box on the Order Form, the electronic signature provided with the order is also the Entrant’s electronic signature to the
Official Tickets. Furthermore, each Official Ticket Issued by the AdMeTech Foundation, has attached to it the electronic signature of the President of the AdMeTech Foundation at the time of its issuance.
9. Entrant hereby authorizes and grants the AdMeTech Foundation an irrevocable durable limited power of attorney for the sole purpose to act as the agent, the “Entrant’s Agent” for the Entrant as an individual and the Entrants as a whole.
10. Entrant hereby authorizes and grants the Entrant’s Agent an irrevocable durable limited power of attorney for the sole purpose of receiving and holding the Entrant’s Official Tickets, which the Entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees will be transferred and stored in physical form.
11. Entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Entrant’s Agent will hold both the Entrant’s tickets as well as all the tickets of all the Entrants’ as a whole and agrees that this does not in any way create any conflict of interest with regard to the responsibilities the Entrant’s Agent.
12. The Entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Entrant’s Agent’s responsibilities are limited to the following: 1. receiving the Entrant’s Official Tickets on behalf of the Entrant, 2. holding and safeguarding the Entrant’s Official Tickets, in physical form, on behalf of the Entrant, and all of the Entrants as a whole, and 3. Upon the request by the AdMeTech foundation, printing a hard copy of the Official Winning Ticket for the AdMeTech Foundation. Furthermore, the Entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Entrant’s Agent is not responsible to produce a hard copy, or a copy in any other medium, of any Official Ticket prior to the Winner being drawn, or for any non-winning Official Tickets after the Winner has been drawn.
13. Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the AdMeTech Foundation will be reimbursed from the proceeds of the Raffle for AdMeTech’s prepayment, on behalf of the Entrant, of the Entrant’s Agent’s fees.
14. Entrant acknowledges and agrees to the following: 1. That by submitting his or her order that the Entrant is making an offer to purchase Raffle tickets from the AdMeTech Foundation. 2. That AdMeTech Foundation’s receipt of the Entrant’s order does not constitute AdMeTech Foundation’s acceptance the Entrant’s order. 3. That upon AdMeTech Foundation’s receipt of Entrants order, AdMeTech Foundation will send the Entrant’s credit card information, via a secure router, to the Entrant’s credit card provider, or a third party that provides verification services for the credit card provider, and await confirmation and a credit authorization number. 4. Upon receipt of a credit authorization number, AdMeTech Foundation will accept the Entrant’s order, at which time the Entrant and AdMeTech Foundation will be contractually bound by the Official Rules of this Raffle. 5. Once AdMeTech Foundation accepts the Entrant’s order, AdMeTech Foundation will charge the Entrant’s credit card account for the total amount of his purchase. 6. AdMeTech Foundation will then issue raffle tickets in the name of the Entrant, which will be held on behalf of the Entrant, and is fiducially bound to represent the interests of the Entrant. 7. AdMeTech Foundation will issue the Entrant an electronic receipt for his or her purchase that will provide reference numbers, which are the official ticket numbers for the raffle tickets that the Entrant has purchased.
15. Once the Entrant’s order has been accepted by AdMeTech Foundation, it cannot be cancelled by the Entrant. Furthermore, the Entrant’s purchase is final; no refunds or exchanges will be made.
16. No orders will be accepted after the specified Entry Deadline unless such Entry Deadline has been extended pursuant to section B4a of these official rules.
17. The odds of winning depend on the total number of raffle tickets sold.
18. The Drawing for this Raffle will be conducted on the specified Drawing Date, which may be extended pursuant to section B4b of these Official Rules, by randomly hand selecting a ticket from a container from the pool of raffle tickets that were sold.
19. Entrant does not need to be present at the drawing to win, AdMeTech Foundation will notify the Winner, who will be announced as the Winner contingent upon verification of Winner’s eligibility and Winner’s abidance with the official rules of the Raffle. Upon verification of Winner’s eligibility and Winner’s abidance with the official rules of the Raffle, AdMeTech Foundation will award the prizes or the prize certificates necessary for the Winner to claim the prizes of this Raffle.
20. Return of any prize or other notification to the Winner as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate Winner may be selected.
21. Entrant agrees that if selected as the Winner that he or she will either claim Prize Items in person, at Winner’s expense, or provide satisfactory power of attorney to another person to claim the Prize Items, at Winner’s expense, or provide the Entrant’s Agent with an irrevocable durable limited power of attorney to claim the Prize Items on behalf of the Winner, which will be done at no extra charge to the Winner.
22. Entrant agrees that if he or she is selected the Winner, regardless of whether or not he or she has yet been qualified as the Winner, that AdMeTech Foundation, the Prize Sponsors, and their agents are granted permission, without further notice, to use the Entrant’s name and or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without any further compensation to the Entrant.
23. The Winner may not give, sell, or otherwise transfer his or her prizes to anyone else without the express written consent of the AdMeTech Foundation.
24. By accepting the prize, winner will (A) release AdMeTech Foundation, and any Prize Sponsors, as well as any of their affiliates, related companies, successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees from any and all claims, liability and damages arising directly or indirectly out of the award of, participation in, or use of any Prizes; and, (B) authorizes AdMeTech Foundation, the Prize Sponsors, and their agents to make reasonable use, in all media without reimbursement, of the Winner’s name, likeness and biographical information.
25. The Entrant acknowledges that he or she is aware that the IRS, and applicable state taxing authorities, treat prize winnings as ordinary income for tax purposes and that the Winner is responsible for payment of any and all taxes related to his or her winnings.
26. If the Winner is disqualified for any reason, an alternate Winner will be drawn from the pool of tickets sold. This process will continue until a qualified Winner has been drawn and certified.
27. If disqualified, for whatever reason, the Winner is not entitled to a refund of any kind.
28. AdMeTech Foundation reserves the right to cancel or modify the Raffle if fraud, misconduct or technical failure destroy the integrity of the Raffle or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem, including the effects of hackers, corrupts the administration, security, data or proper administration of the Raffle as determined by AdMeTech Foundation, in its soled discretion. Should AdMeTech Foundation cancel the Raffle because of any of the forgoing reasons, AdMeTech Foundation, in its sole discretion, may refund the Entrants their money for their raffle ticket purchases, or if AdMeTech Foundation, in its sole discretion, determines such refunds to be impossible or too expensive to fulfill, AdMeTech Foundation may then announce, such announcement being fulfilled by posting such announcement on its website, that all ticket purchases for this Raffle have been reclassified as donations to AdMeTech Foundation. If AdMeTech Foundation declares that any such raffle ticket purchases are now donations, they will then become tax deductible, as charitable contributions, to the fullest extent of the law.
29. Entrant acknowledges that the Grand Prize Package contains certain prizes that cannot be duplicated or replaced, and agrees that should, for whatever reason and either before or after the Entry Deadline or the Drawing Date, all or part of the Grand Prize Package becomes, at the sole discretion of AdMeTech Foundation, unavailable or withdrawn, and substitute prizes acceptable to AdMeTech Foundation and the Winner, once the Winner is drawn if applicable, cannot be found, that AdMeTech Foundation may at its sole discretion replace the Grand Prize Package in whole or in part with a cash prize.
30. The Entrant agrees to hold AdMeTech Foundation, the Entrant’s Agent, and any Prize Sponsors, as well as any of their affiliates, related companies, successors, assigns, officers, directors, stockholders, employees, vendors and subcontractors, harmless from any and all claims, liability and damages arising from Entrant’s entry into this Raffle or use of prizes should the Entrant be drawn as the Winner. Furthermore, notwithstanding the forgoing, should the Entrant prevail in any cause or action against any of the aforementioned parties, the Entrant Agrees that the Entrant’s claim for damages, whether actual or punitive, will be limited to the total amount the Entrant paid to purchase his or her raffle tickets.
31. Entrant agrees that all decisions regarding the administration of this raffle are to be determined by AdMeTech Foundation, at its sole discretion, and the Entrant further agrees to abide by all of AdMeTech Foundation’s decisions as they pertain to this Raffle and that all such decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
32. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that any term or provision of these Official Rules or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, to be to any extent invalid or unenforceable, then these Official rules shall be amended to the extent necessary to make any such term or provision valid and enforceable. Furthermore, the finding by any court of competent jurisdiction that any term or provision of these Official Rules or the application thereof to any person or circumstance as invalid or
unenforceable shall not make that term or provision or application thereof to any other person or any other circumstance invalid or unenforceable.
33. This Raffle is void where prohibited by law.
B. SPECIFIC:
1. This Raffle is being held pursuant to a raffle permit issued by the city of Boston in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Entrant, AdMeTech Foundation, and the Entrant’s Agent, hereby agree and confirm that all the elements of the Contract created by and between these parties by these Official Rules and each party’s obligations pursuant to this Contract, have been formed and will be fulfilled and discharged solely within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
2. Tickets are $10.00 each. Prices are discounted for purchases of 3 or more tickets.
3. The preceding Main Raffle Page is incorporated in these official rules as follows:
a. The Entry Deadline for the Grand Prize is as referenced on the Raffle Main Page, However, AdMeTech Foundation, at its sole discretion, may, without any notice, penalty, or offer of a refund, and as often as AdMeTech Foundation, in its sole discretion, determines to be necessary, extend the Entry Deadline by up to thirty days from the original time and date of the original Entry Deadline by changing the Entry Deadline on the Main Raffle Page to reflect the new Entry Deadline.
b. The Drawing Date for the Grand Prize is as referenced on the Main Raffle Page at a time to be determined by AdMeTech Foundation. However, AdMeTech Foundation, at its sole discretion, may, without any notice, penalty, or offer of a refund, and as often as AdMeTech Foundation, in its sole discretion, determines to be necessary, extend the Drawing Date by up to thirty days from the original Drawing Date by changing the Drawing Date on the Main Raffle Page to reflect the new Drawing Date.
c. Net proceeds of this contest will benefit the AdMeTech Foundation.
d. The Grand Prize package includes all prizes as referenced on the Main Raffle Page.


