Rules of Play
Carolina Hurricanes Foundation (“Foundation”) 50/50 Raffle (the “Raffle”)
OFFICIAL RULES
The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation will conduct up to two (2) 50/50 raffles throughout the 2026-2027 season commencing September 29, 2026. The first raffle period shall commence on September 29, 2026, and conclude when the Cash Prize is selected as further explained below. The next raffle period will commence on the home game immediately following the game at which the Cash Prize is selected and continue until the Cash Prize is selected. The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation reserves the right to reduce the number of 50/50 raffles during the season. The proceeds of the raffle ticket sales (“Sales”) will benefit the Foundation.
2. Ticket prices:
1 ticket for $20
6 tickets for $100
14 tickets for $200
Multi-ticket discounts are only available for purchases made at the same time.
The ticket pricing is subject to change based on special promotions or deals for individual events.
3. ELIGIBILITY. Participants must be (i) eighteen (18) years of age or older, (ii) legal U.S. residents, and (iii) present at the Lenovo Center at the time of ticket purchase in order to be eligible to win any prize(s).
At the end of the second intermission of each Hurricanes home game one participant winner will be drawn at random (“Home Game Winner”). Each Home Game Winner must be at the Lenovo Center at the time of the drawing and immediately either a) report to the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation staff located at section 124 on the concourse or; b) respond to a call and/or text from a Foundation representative (“NOTIFICATION”). If the Home Game Winner cannot be contacted within 5 min, then such Home Game Winner’s submission shall be voided, and the Foundation shall select an alternative Home Game Winner using the same method set forth above (this shall continue until a Home Game Winner is contacted). If a Home Game Winner cannot be contacted in a reasonable time frame during a home game (as determined by the Foundation), then the Foundation may unilaterally opt to suspend the Puck Drop Game for such game and apply the Cash Prize to the next home game.
The Home Game Winner will win the opportunity to drop a puck down the Hurricanes Puck Drop Board (“Puck Drop Game”). The Puck Drop Game shall be located on the 200 level at Lenovo Center.
The Home Game Winner shall receive the prize indicated at the final resting place of the puck. One of the slots of the Puck Drop Game will indicate the Cash Prize and the other slots will have various Hurricanes merchandise and experiences. If the puck does not land on the Cash Prize, the 50/50 raffle rolls over and continues to grow into the next game. For illustrative purposes only, if the Home Game Winner’s puck lands in the slot for a signed jersey, the Home Game Winner wins the signed jersey and the 50/50 raffle continues and carries over into the next home game. If the Home Game Winner’s puck lands in the slot with the Cash Prize, such winner wins the Cash Prize as of close of sales for that home game.
Volunteers, employees, directors, officers, temporary or contract employees, and agents of Carolina Hurricanes Foundation, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Hurricanes Hockey Limited Partnership, Hurricanes Holdings, L.L.C., DCP HH LLC, and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising or promotional agencies (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”) and immediate family members and members of the household of such employees are not eligible to win. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
4. PURCHASE LOCATION.
Tickets can be purchased only at the Lenovo Center during Carolina Hurricanes home games online at Canes5050.com. or at the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation kiosk located at section 101 (outside the West Priority Lounge) on the concourse and throughout Lenovo Center via mobile ticket sellers from the time that doors open (normally sixty minutes prior to game time). Ticket sales outside of Lenovo Arena shall not be permitted.
5.TICKET SALES.
Raffle ticket sales will commence approximately one (1) hour before the start of every game and conclude at approximately the end of the second intermission/prior to the start of the third period.
6. PRIZES.
The Home Game Winner will have the opportunity to win either Hurricanes’ merchandise, Hurricanes’ experiences or the Cash Prize consisting of fifty percent (50%) of the net proceeds (gross proceeds less direct hardware and software licensing costs) from the cumulative sale of Raffle tickets during the Raffle Period will be awarded (the “Cash Prize”). The Cash Prize(s) will be, in accordance with North Carolina law, a maximum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand dollars ($125,000). The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation will receive the remaining balance of the net proceeds, if any.
7. HOME GAME WINNER - SELECTION.
The winning ticket number for each Home Game Winner will be announced by the public announcer at the beginning of the third period, displayed on the scoreboard and other digital displays throughout the Lenovo Center, online at www.Hurricanes.com/5050, www.Canes5050.com.
8. ODDS OF WINNING. The odds of winning depend on the total number of Sales.
9. WINNER NOTIFICATION/RELEASES. Official Carolina Hurricanes Foundation 50/50 Raffle tickets are the only valid receipts and the only acceptable proof allowed to become a Home Game Winner. All Home Game Winners must be in person and sign and return a winner affidavit of eligibility, IRS Form W-9, liability/publicity release, and, if applicable, a Waiver and Release of Liability form or the prize will be forfeited and donated to the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. Except where prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes winner’s permission for the Sponsor and any of the Promotion Entities to use winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice, biographical information, statements and address (city and state) for advertising and/or publicity purposes worldwide and in all forms of media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Within forty-five (45) days following completion of the paperwork required by law and Sponsor, the Cash Prize will be distributed via a check made payable to the aforementioned winner which will be mailed to the winner. If any winner is deemed ineligible, the applicable prize will automatically be forfeited, not awarded, and all retained by the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation.
10. JURISDICTION AND RELEASE BY PRIZE WINNERS. The Raffle shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina applicable to raffles fully carried out within North Carolina. Except where prohibited by law, all winners, by acceptance of a prize, agree to release the Sponsor and the Promotion Entities from any and all liability for claims, actions or proceedings for injuries or damages sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while traveling to, preparing for or participating in the Raffle or any prize-related activity. In the event any such claims are allowed, any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Raffle but in no event attorneys' and/or experts’ fees; and winners hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages (including attorneys’ fees), other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Each winner acknowledges that no other party nor any agent or attorney of any other party has made any promise, representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, not contained herein concerning the subject matter hereof, to induce the winner to execute any document and winners acknowledge that they have not executed any document in reliance on any such promise, representation or warranty not contained herein. Any waiver by the Sponsor and its affiliates of any term of any document in a particular instance shall not be a waiver of such term for the future. Each winner agrees that the invalidity or enforceability of any part of any document shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any of the remainder of that document. By entering this Raffle, you consent to the laws of North Carolina as the governing laws and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of North Carolina.
11. ENTRANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATION: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club Privacy Policy located at https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/team/privacy-policy. Notwithstanding the immediately foregoing, by purchasing a Raffle ticket and providing personal contact information, each such purchaser opts-in and consents to the receipt of marketing materials, emails and telephone solicitations from the Promotion Entities and their respective affiliates. All future email communications will provide the opportunity to opt-out of all other future email communications. If you would like your name removed from telephone and other (non-email) Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club marketing lists please send a written request to Carolina Hurricanes 1400 Edwards Mill Road Raleigh, NC 27607, Attn: Mailing List Removal and your name will be removed within 90 days of the request.
12. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for (a) any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or for any faulty or failed electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of any ticket(s) at any point in the operation of this Raffle; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the Raffle; (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or any combination thereof. Entrants agree that the Sponsor (A) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Raffle or any Raffle-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize, and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or elsewhere, Hurricanes Hockey Limited Partnership d/b/a the Carolina Hurricanes and the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, and volunteers are not responsible for Raffle tickets which are lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed, mutilated, or rendered illegible or invalid due to any other condition. The Cash Prize for the Raffle will be fifty percent (50%) of the net proceeds (gross proceeds less direct hardware and software licensing costs) from the cumulative sale of Raffle tickets during the Raffle Period.
13. SPONSOR. Carolina Hurricanes Foundation, Inc., 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.
14. WINNER LIST. For the names of the prize winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Carolina Hurricanes Foundation 50/50 Raffle Winner List, Lenovo Center, 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.
15. TAXES. All winners are subject to IRS and North Carolina rules and regulations regarding gambling winnings. Winners of prizes over $600 will receive a W-2G form from the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. Sponsor will not distribute monetary prizes to any winner without having received such winner’s signed IRS Form W-9. Any winner of a prize greater than $5,000 will have federal income tax withheld from their winnings in accordance with IRS guidelines and regulations while also receiving form W-2G.
16. GENERAL RELEASE. All other expenses related to the receipt and use of the prize(s) not specifically mentioned herein are the sole responsibility of the winner. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Raffle; violates these Official Rules; or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Raffle may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Entry in Raffle constitutes your agreement to abide by these rules. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Raffle if it is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, the following reasons: infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other problems beyond the control of the Sponsor, and Sponsor will have the right to select the Raffle prize winning tickets from amongst the eligible entries as of the time that any action is taken. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the entry will be deemed made by the holder of the winning Raffle ticket, unless such winning Raffle ticket has been signed or otherwise endorsed by another person, in which case, such other person will be deemed the winner of the applicable prize. Neither the Sponsor nor any of the Promotion Entities shall have any liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Raffle or any prize awarded. Entrants assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Raffle or the redemption, use or misuse of any prize. In the event of any dispute regarding the Raffle rules, the decision of Sponsor is final.
17. SPONSOR CONTACT: Ms. Amy Daniels at: 919 861-5474.
18. GOVERNING LAW: This Raffle is governed by North Carolina law without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.