May 17th, 2016

The 2016 Yamaha YZF-R1 Day @ the Races Raffle is now officially closed.  It is with great regret that we must report that we didn’t meet our goal of tickets sales, and therefore based on contest rules are marking this raffle as “CANCELED”. 

Here’s a quick recap and summary of ticket sales and allocations:

• The drawing was closed on April 30th, 2016
• Audit was completed on May 16th, 2016
• Total tickets allocated and made available for sale: 4850
• Total tickets needed for successful raffle goal attainment: 2350
• Total tickets sold (dealers and individuals): 479

Our goal was to offer a bike to the winning ticket holder, plus cover the IRS tax burden.  The gaming commission and liquor control board give strict guidance as to what we can and can not do.  Since our printed tickets don’t specify a 50/50 option, we must either award the R1 or exercise our right to cancel the raffle and offer contestants a refund on their ticket purchase.  The winning prize cannot be converted to a cash prize.

To request your ticket purchase refund, please fill out this (Refund Claim Form) that will be validated against your existing ticket purchase we have on file for you.  If you have purchased a mini-book ($47.50) or full book ($90), provide the ticket ranges (000-000), otherwise submit one (1) form for each ticket purchased.  (Free/Comp tickets are identified and will not be refunded)  Please allow 45 days for refunds to be processed.  All refund requests must be submitted by August 30th, 2016. 

If you’d like to take advantage of a tax deductible donation with your purchased ticket, please fill out the from and select the option “Please apply as a Donation, I decline a refund” and we will keep your ticket sales as a contribution to our organization to help offset all our expenses incurred to run and present the raffle.

On behalf of the Eastern Pennsylvania CSBA Chapter, I would like to personally thank-you for your participation and support of our program and efforts for this raffle.  We took on a huge project and while we presented a quality offering, we simply didn’t have the infrastructure to fully support the mission.

Best wishes from us to you. Remember, nothing ventured is nothing gained!     

Sincerely,

John E LaSure Jr.
Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter President
Christian Sport Bike Assn (CSBA)
www.pacsba.org