2025 BIZ BEE RAFFLE RULES
 

• Tickets: 2,000 tickets will be available for sale at the Literacy Council of Alaska and online. Tickets will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. LCA Board Members and Staff are not responsible for lost tickets
   

• Eligibility: Employees of the Literacy Council of Alaska (LCA) and their direct relatives, members of the LCA Board of Directors and their direct relatives, and members of the LCA Staff and their direct relatives, are not eligible to purchase raffle tickets or receive prizes. Direct relatives are defined as spouse, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother, sister, child, or stepchild. Minors under the age of 18 are not eligible to purchase raffle tickets or receive prizes.
   

• Prizes: A total of 3 prizes will be awarded. 

  • Third prize (first drawing) is a $50 gift card to Forget-Me-Not Books.

  • Second prize (second drawing) is $500

  • Grand prize (third drawing) is 2 Alaska Airlines round-trip tickets.
     

• Raffle Procedures: The drawing to determine winners will be done at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel Gold Room at 8:15 pm on Friday, April 25, 2025. Ticket purchasers need not be present to win. three names will be drawn at random from a bucket containing all entries. Prizes will be awarded in reverse order, with the third prize awarded to the first ticket drawn, the second prize awarded to the second ticket drawn, and the grand prize awarded to the third ticket drawn.
   

• Notification: The Literacy Council of Alaska shall make every reasonable effort to notify winners that they have won a raffle prize. If attempts to notify a prize winner within 45 days of the drawing have not been successful, a new winner will be selected by random drawing from the original non-winning tickets.
   

• Claiming Prizes: Winners will be required to fill out a W-9 and a prize claim form before receiving their prize. If a winner has failed to pick up or otherwise arrange for the delivery or use of the prize within 45 days from notification, the prize shall be awarded to a new winner by random drawing from the original non-winning tickets.
   

• Taxes: The Literacy Council of Alaska must report to the IRS the name and taxpayer identification number of each winner of a prize along with the value of the prize awarded. Winners are required to fill out a W-9 and are solely responsible for any taxes assessed because of receiving a prize. Refusal to provide a completed W-9 will result in the forfeiture of any of the three prizes.
   

• Ticket Stubs: For all purchasers you will receive an email with your ticket receipt.
   

• Purchasing Ticket: Alaska residents can purchase tickets at the Literacy Council of Alaska located at 517 Gaffney Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99701 during business hours.

The 33rd annual Biz Bee Raffle is brought to you by the Literacy Council of Alaska, 517 Gaffney Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99701.

For more information please contact the LCA office at 907-456-6212 or admin@literacycouncilak.org.

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