2025 Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association - Chase the Ace Rules of Play
COMPLETE RULES OF PLAY – Lottery Licence: LR25-0002
OFFICIAL RULES: By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association. Their decision shall be binding and final as to all matters related to the RAFFLE. The RAFFLE is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws.
NET PROCEEDS: All net proceeds of the Raffle will benefit the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, (hereafter known as LAEA) for facility upgrades and operational costs.
CHASE THE ACE GAME
TICKET AVAILABILITY: Ticket sales are restricted to those of 18 years of age and older. Tickets may only be purchased or sold in Saskatchewan and the City of Lloydminster. Tickets are available each week until the Ace of Hearts is drawn OR until the maximum number of available tickets has been sold. The resumption of a new draw after the Ace of Hearts has been drawn is at the sole discretion of LAEA.
PURCHASING RAFFLE ENTRIES: During the dates and times and other details specified below, tickets are available for purchase online at “lloydex.com.” Tickets can also be purchased at the LAEA office in person or by E-transfer to [email protected] (Password CTALEX required.) Ticket prices and corresponding “ticket numbers” available will be: 1 for $10.00, 3 for $25.00, 8 for $50.00 and 20 for $100.00.
ONLINE PURCHASES: Tickets will be available for purchase on our website www.lloydex.com every week starting Wednesday April 16, 2025 with the first draw being Wednesday April 23, 2025 and final draw no later than April 15, 2026. Cut-off for online ticket purchases will be at 7:00 pm every Wednesday with the draw being at 7:30 pm. Online sales will resume approximately 15 minutes after each draw for the following week for a maximum of 51 more weeks.
IN-PERSON PURCHASES: Tickets can be purchased in-person at the LAEA office during normal business hours and ending one hour before the draw.9
E-TRANSFER PURCHASES: E-Transfer ticket requests must include first and last name (one person only), cell # including area code, address, email address and ticket package desired 1 for $10, or 3 for $25, or 8 for $50, or 20 for $100. * Password CTALEX will be required* Any e-transfer tickets purchased after 5:00 pm will be processed the next regular business day. Tickets will be emailed to the purchasers. Cut-off for e-transfer purchases will be Wednesday noon. If a ticket package is not included in your memo on your e-transfer, LAEA will contact you to determine which one you would like to purchase. You must be located in Saskatchewan or the City of Lloydminster to purchase your tickets by E-Transfer. Note: Incomplete information on e-transfer ticket requests will result in the rejection of the e-transfer.
NUMBER OF TICKETS: Maximum 1,400,000 tickets available to be sold with a maximum total prize value of $3,550,000 consisting of a maximum weekly and progressive jackpot of $3,500,000 and two seeded jackpots, the first one $25,000 and a possible second one of $25,000.
ATTENDANCE AT DRAW: Ticket holders do not have to be present at the draws in order to win or to claim their prize. If the winner is not present a designated Proxy will pick a card on the winner’s behalf. The winner will be contacted by phone after the draw.
ELIGIBILITY TO ENTER: The following persons are prohibited from purchasing tickets: The Draw Supervisor, Proxy, Dealer, MC and Lloydminster Exhibition representative for that draw are not permitted to purchase tickets, as well as employees of Tap 50:50 Event Consultants Ltd. All other volunteers, including Lloydminster Exhibition staff, Directors and ticket sellers are permitted to purchase tickets.
DRAW PROCEDURE:
The initial draw will begin with a new deck of 52 cards.
a. The draw procedure will be visible for participants to see as well as be broadcast live on Facebook
b. A single ticket number for the weekly winner will be selected each week by a certified Random Number Generator (RNG) from all raffle ticket numbers sold during the week leading up to the draw. Draws will be made publicly every Wednesday @ 7:30pm at the LAEA Office Concourse at 5521-49 Avenue Lloydminster, SK.
c. The name drawn and ticket number will be announced verbally three times over a period of 15 minutes to confirm they are in attendance. That person can then come up and have the chance to pick the Ace of Hearts.
d. If the person whose name is drawn is not in attendance, we will contact the winner by phone and the winner will be given 15 minutes to come draw their own card, after 15 minutes the Proxy will then draw a card on behalf of the winner. The proxies for this raffle will be John Blair and Heather Klages. The Proxy’s only job is to select a card if the winner is not present.
e. Before the draw, the deck of cards will be displayed in such a manner as to confirm that the Ace of Hearts is in the deck.
f. After confirmation that the Ace of Hearts is in the deck, the weekly draw winner (or Proxy) must sit in the seat provided while shuffling occurs. Cards are to be shuffled, mixed sufficiently, and spread out on the table face down.
g. The ticket winner (or Proxy) will then put one finger on the selected card. The Dealer will remove all surrounding cards while the ticket winner (or Proxy) holds their finger on the selected card. Once the surrounding cards have been moved to the side, the selected card will be turned over by the Dealer. If the card drawn is not the Ace of Hearts, the card is marked with a line through the face of the card and is initialed by the Draw Supervisor. The card will then be posted for display each week. The amount in the Chase the Ace jackpot then carries forward to the next draw, adding another 30% of weekly ticket sales to the next week jackpot, and so on. The remaining cards will be displayed to prove the Ace of Hearts was indeed present and then the remaining cards will be secured in a locked safe at LAEA until the next draw.
h. All tickets from the previous week are then declared void and ticket sales commence for the next weekly draw.
DISTRIBUTION OF WEEKLY SALES:
a. One winning ticket will be drawn for 20% of the weekly ticket sales and a chance to draw for the Ace of Hearts from a deck of cards, which will begin as a standard 52-card deck of playing cards and will decrease by 1 card each draw date.
b. 30% of the weekly sales will go into the Chase the Ace jackpot
c. 50% of the weekly sales will go to the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association for facility upgrades and operational expenses.
PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT: The initial progressive jackpot will be seeded with $25,000. If the Ace of Hearts is drawn and a second Chase the Ace is started, the second raffle will be seeded with $25,000.00.
If the card selected by the weekly winner (or proxy) reveals the Ace of Hearts (including week 1), the weekly draw winner will receive the Chase the Ace Progressive Jackpot, consisting of 30% of all ticket sales collected over all weeks, plus the $25,000.00 seeded amount.
The weekly draws will be made at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays starting April 23, 2025 and streamed live on Facebook. Purchasers do not need to be present to win.
GAME PLAY OUT: If the game is not concluded by the end of the licencing period according to the dates of the SLGA licence, or we sell the maximum dollar value on our licence, we will have the final play out draw in which case advance notice will be announced as to the final play out date. The first name drawn will be awarded 20% of the weekly sales and the first chance to draw the Ace of Hearts. If they do not pick the Ace Of Hearts, the 2nd ticket drawn will then get a chance to draw and so on, until the Ace Of Hearts is drawn. Only the first name drawn will get 20% of the weekly sales, all others will only have a chance at the 30% of the weekly sales and the jackpot.
CLAIMANTS: The winner must provide proof of purchase, their full name, address and phone number and photo identification upon claiming their prize.
POSTING WINNERS: The winning ticket number will be posted to www.lloydex.com following each weekly draw, along with the weekly prize amount and the revealed playing card associated with the weekly winning ticket. Winning information will be announced and streamed live on Facebook.
UNCLAIMED PRIZES: Will be secured for a period of 1 year following each weekly draw. Unclaimed prizes after this time will be reported to SLGA; and a charitable group selected to receive the unclaimed funds, subject to SLGA approval.
PRIVACY: By claiming a prize, winner consents to the use of their likeness/photograph, first and last name, ticket number, city/town of residence and the audio/video recording (or written transcription) of the winner notification telephone call, for any publicity purposes by the LAEA. The LAEA respects the privacy of its raffle supporters; we do not sell, rent, or trade our supporter lists. The information we collect is used to process raffle ticket purchases, keep our supporters informed about the activities of LAEA, and ask for their support for our mission. If at any time you wish to be excluded from such contacts, email us at [email protected].
LEGAL
DETERMINATION OF OFFICIAL WINNER(S): The LAEA shall have the sole discretion to determine whether each Potential Winner is an official winner of a Prize (an Official Winner). The LAEA’s decision concerning the identity of all Official Winners shall be final and binding. A Potential Winner must be eligible to participate in the Raffle under these Official Rules and must not be in violation of these Official Rules as determined in the LAEA’s sole judgment.
AWARD OF PRIZE(S) TO OFFICIAL WINNER(S): A Prize will be awarded to each Potential Winner who has been designated by the LAEA as an Official Winner. All prizes will be sent to the Winner via Cheque within 30 calendar days of winning. For security and safety reasons, no cash payments will be made to winners.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: The Released Parties (defined below under RELEASE OF LIABILITY) are not responsible for: (1) Entries which are stolen, lost, damaged, illegible, given away or no longer in the purchaser’s possession, (2) Entries that have been or may have been tampered with or re-sold in violation of these Official Rules; (3) Entries or payments that are delayed, misdirected, undelivered, not fully captured, or garbled as a result of any failure or problem whatsoever with the availability, functionality, operability or use of any network, server, ISP, website, computer, telephone, cable or satellite modem or connection, handheld mobile device or any other computer equipment or connection, whether or not caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by viruses, worms, or malfunctions affecting a network, server ISP or any equipment or programming used in or associated with the Raffle; (4) any other errors of any kind, whether human, typographical, printing, mechanical, or electronic in nature, which relate to or are connected with the Raffle (collectively, as described in clauses (1) through (4), Errors), including without limitation Errors in Raffle-related materials or in the administration of the Raffle, such as Errors in processing Entries, identifying Potential Winners, determining Official Winners, or announcing or delivering Prizes; or if any portion of the Raffle is compromised, in the LAEA’s sole judgment, by a virus, worm, bug, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the LAEA’s sole judgment, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Raffle, or the proper submission or capture of Entries (collectively, a Compromising Event), then the LAEA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or terminate the Raffle, and to select winners from all eligible, non-suspect Entries received before the known occurrence or discovery of such Comprising Event. All Entry purchases shall be final, and no refunds or replacements will be issued by the LAEA. The LAEA has sole and final decision on admissibility of entries and the determination of prize winner.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY: Entrants, by participating in the Raffle, agree that the LAEA and Tap 50:50, each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, shareholders, members, consultants and agents (collectively, the Released Parties) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against any liability for injuries, losses, cost, expenses or damages of any kind, including damages for death, personal injury, property damage.
Questions, issues, or inquiries can be made by email at [email protected] ; by letter to LAEA Box 690, Lloydminster, SK, S9V 0Y7; or by calling our office at (306) 825-5571. The Association Contact for this raffle is LAEA Chairman Ray Foy.