Give Away Rules
Please read these Official Rules before entering any charity raffle (the “Grand Prize Raffle”) held by Mon Mania, Inc. (the “Organization”). By purchasing a ticket, you represent that you meet all of the below-stated requirements and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Organization, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, or its representative.
Definitions
Venue shall mean any location designated to host the drawing of the Raffle.
Raffle means the raising of money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.
Participant means a qualified purchaser as defined below, of a Raffle ticket.
Net Proceeds of a given Raffle means the total sales of Raffle tickets for that game Raffle minus any related expenses from the Raffle ticket sales for the applicable Raffle Period.
Raffle Period means the duration of the game which commences and concludes at specified times and dates as announced and dictated by the Organization on marketing materials, social platforms, at the Venue, or online at www.monmania.com/2026-boat-give-away.
Prize may be one or several as calculated and defined by the Organization for the specified Raffle Period and prior to the scheduled draw.
Prize Claimant means the holder(s) of the randomly selected winning Raffle ticket number(s)
1. THE Grand Prize RAFFLE: The Raffle to be held at the named draw location (“Venue”) is a raffle whereby tickets are offered in advance of the drawing (tickets available from April 1, 2026 to July 25, 2026) in Pennsylvania, surrounding states, and online. Each ticket shall carry a unique identifying ticket number. The announcement and commencement of the drawing shall start following the race event, on July 25, 2026 at Greene Cove Yacht Club (Venue). The winning Raffle ticket number will be randomly selected and announced live and posted on the Organization’s top prioritized social media platforms (Instagram and Facebook) and the Participant will be contacted with the information provided. All Raffle ticket sales are final. Making a purchase will not improve your chances of winning. The Giveaway boat for this year’s event, A 1998 Nautique Sport Boat with matching cover trailer, is sponsored by Mon Mania in partnership with N3 Boatworks.
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Raffle is open to all adults aged 18 or older at the time of the giveaway, July 25, 2026. Employees, officers and agents of the Organization are not eligible to participate in the giveaway in any way. Families and friends of the officers and agents are permitted to participate. The Raffle is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, and is void wherever prohibited by law.
3. ENTRY: If you meet the eligibility requirements, you may enter the Raffle by agreeing to be bound by these Official Rules and acquiring ticket(s) at $50 donation per entry via the Mon Mania website or from one of Mon Mania’s agents in person up to the day of the race event and prior to completion of the race and announcement of Raffle closing. Drawing will be conducted on or about July 25, 2026 at 12pm. Participant need not be present to win. All Raffle ticket purchases must be completed by the end of the applicable Raffle Period. The Organization and any related entities are not liable for any lost, stolen, late, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undelivered, or destroyed tickets regardless of cause including, but not limited to, any problem or technical malfunction of any computer, online system or server or technical problem. Further, Organization and any related entities are not liable for tickets redeemed in error by their respective employees, members or agents.
Online entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified. Online entries containing offensive, obscene, derogatory, lewd, or other inappropriate content, as determined by Organization, in its sole discretion, are prohibited and will be disqualified. Entrants assume all risk of lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries.
4. DRAWING: The Raffle Prize winner (s) will be selected in a random drawing. A single or multiple Raffle ticket number (s) as specified, shall be randomly selected from all eligible Raffle ticket numbers sold during the Raffle Period. The drawing will be held at the time specified by the Organization (unless another time frame is designated for the drawing by the Organization, in its sole discretion). The random selection will be conducted by the Organization whose decision is final and binding. The odds of winning will depend on the total number of donation tickets, with goal not to exceed 999 tickets. The randomly selected winning Raffle ticket (s) will be announced as specified in these Official Rules in Section 1 “The Grand Prize Raffle”.
5. CLAIMING A PRIZE: Potential winners need not be present to win and will be contacted via phone call within 24 hours. Each Prize Claimant must provide Organization with all information required to claim a prize (including, without limitation, eligibility and identification information). In the event that a Prize Claimant either: (a) does not notify Organization (b) is ruled ineligible for any reason; or (c) refuses the Prize, then, in each such event, the Prize will be forfeited and a secondary number will be chosen, posted to social media and that Participant will be contacted; this procedure will continue down the line until a winner has been contacted and prize has been accepted.
6. TRANSFER OF RAFFLE TICKET: Raffle tickets may not be resold, or permitted by a Participant to be resold. Any Raffle ticket which has been resold in violation of these Official Rules shall be void and such Raffle ticket numbers shall be ineligible to win. All individuals who re-sell, purchase, or receive a Raffle ticket in violation of these Official Rules shall be ineligible to participate in the Raffle or to win a Prize. The eligible individual in physical custody of the winning Raffle ticket shall be deemed the winner unless the ticket was re-sold or otherwise transferred in a manner in contravention of these Official Rules, in which case the winning ticket shall be voided and a new winner shall be randomly selected.
7. PARTICIPANT’S GRANT OF LICENSE: By participating in the Raffle or accepting a Prize, each Participant and Prize Claimant hereby irrevocably and perpetually grants to the Organization and their designees, a worldwide license to use, publish, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute and publicly display any images or likenesses taken or captured of the Participant or Prize Claimant in connection with their participating in the Raffle or receiving a Prize (collectively, the “Images”), in any form, media or content which now or hereafter exists, for advertising, promotional or any other commercial purposes as well as non-commercial purposes. Participant and Prize Claimant each waive any compensation for any use of such Images. Participant and Prize Claimant each hereby release and waive any claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities and causes of action arising from the Organization or their designee’s, uses of the Images, including, without limitation, any claims for defamation, libel, invasion of privacy, publicity, personality, or exploitation of the Participant’s name or likeness.
8. RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY: By participating in the Raffle, Participant and Prize Claimant, both on each of his or her own behalves and on behalf of each of his or her spouses, assigns, guardians, administrators, executors and legal representatives, hereby release, waive, discharge, covenant not to sue, and indemnify the Organization or the Venue, together with all of the past, present or future predecessors, successors, assigns, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, related entities and persons, owners, shareholders, members, partners, trustees, elected officials, directors, managers, employees, servants, principals, agents, consultants, contractors, representatives, Organizations, and insurers of each of the foregoing from any claim or loss arising out of or related to the Participant’s or Prize Claimant’s participation in the Raffle, acceptance of the Prize, or any exercise by the Organization of any of its rights set forth herein or the Official Rules of the Raffle, including, but not limited to, any claims related to (i) any injury to the Participant (including death) or the Participant’s property that occurs in connection with participation in the Raffle, receiving the Prize or any related activities, (ii) any failure to report any taxes arising from acceptance of the Prize, and (iii) the Participant’s acts or the acts of any other party with respect to the Participant’s receipt of the Prize, or participation in the Raffle, regardless of whether any such claims are caused in whole or in part by the negligence of any entity or person released hereunder.
9. DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW: The Raffle shall be governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rule of any jurisdiction. As a condition of participating in a Raffle, Participant and Prize Claimant agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Raffle, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively by arbitration in a location selected solely by Organization in Washington County, PA. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney fees, other than Participants’ actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering the Raffle), and Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Any claims regarding the Raffle that are not deemed released, and in the event arbitration is not enforced, must be brought in the State or Federal Courts in Washington County, PA, and Participant and Prize Claimant hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for purposes of any such action. The Raffle is void outside the United States and where prohibited by law. IN NO EVENT SHALL ORGANIZATION OR ANY RELATED ENTITY BE LIABLE TO FOR DAMAGES THAT EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE PRIZE AWARDED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT IN THE RAFFLE.
10. DISQUALIFICATION; CHANGES: Organization reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual that tampers or attempts to tamper with the ticketing process or the operation of the Raffle, re-sells their Raffle ticket, violates the Official Rules, or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Organization reserves the right to, at its sole discretion, cancel, suspend and/or modify the Raffle or these Official Rules or disqualify any individual or ticket for purposes of protecting the integrity of the Raffle or addressing changes in business operations or other circumstances, to the extent allowed under applicable law. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE RAFFLE IS A VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, ORGANIZATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM AND/OR PROSECUTE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
11. ORGANIZATION; WINNERS LIST: The Organization of the Raffle is Mon Mania Inc, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and the address of its headquarters is 30 Donati Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. You may obtain a list of the winning raffle ticket number(s) by sending a request titled (identifying the “Raffle”) via email to mon.mania20@gmail.com.