We take news like this very seriously. We ask Chris to keep us updated with his findings and if involves Stripe, our Payment Processing Company, for these Rally-up Raffles. I have never heard of any cases with this company, but I will check again, now. If anybody else has any issues with unknown charges.

Thank you,

Daniel Spolar
Project Pinball Charity

Thank you very much. I wish you and to everyone here, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Same here multiple attempts to my card
Thank god bank caught it all
Just the hassle of a new card when I’m heading on vacation on the 26th

I noticed that for these last 2 raffles that the processing fees were different even though I purchased 2 tickets in each. Also I noticed that the first one did list Project Pinball Raffle in credit card statement but charge for second raffle in credit card statement just lists FLORIDA for charge...not sure if that means anything.

Same here. I bought single tickets for Deadpool Premium and both Monster Bash raffles. Tickets were $78.68, $83.06 and $80.93. The last one simply reads Florida but has the same reference numbers as the other transactions (12392875497). I'm guessing that is the vendor code from my card company. So, I don't think the change in name means much.

Good news is there has not been strange activity on my card.

We have just started a Brand-New Pinball Machine Raffle for 2019!

That's right! We are ringing in the New Year with a special Premium Pinball Machine Raffle!

Use the link below to enter Today:
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Our Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 18-105 is at 61% Sold! You can enter for just $50 and have a chance to win a brand-new stern pro pinball machine of your choice!

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Each and everytime you donate to The Project Pinball Charity you are helping make a child's day when they see the wonder of pinball for the first time!

#projectpinball #forthekids #supportprojectpinball #projectpinballraffle #therapeuticpinball #pinballtherapy The Beatles (Gold Edition)

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First Weekly Raffle Updates for 2019!

Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 18-105:
(67% Sold! Limited to 200 entries! $50 an entry!)
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Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019:
(11% Sold! Limited to 200 entries! $75 an entry!)
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New Year means New Goals for The Project Pinball Charity! Support our mission today by grabbing yourself a raffle entry! We have very exciting things coming for 2019!

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Just got 3 more tickets, Lets do this guys!!! Awesome cause! Good people!! GO!!!

I am determined to win one of these days....

Same here, good luck to both of us.
Just picked up 2 more.
75% sold now. Let's finish this off!

How do these "processing" fees work?
$7.90 for 2x $50 ($100) tickets seems acceptable.
$15.80 (double) for 2x $75 ($150) tickets seems ridiculous though.

How many tickets do they sell a year.
200 per game, 10 games, just a guess, don’t jump all over me
2000@8$
16k a year for processing. Cough
I might wait for this issue to be solved before I purchase another ticket.

Ticket master is handling the transactions
Seriously though. If these fees were going to charity I wouldn't care so much but I seriously doubt it. At least lay out how the fees are tallied. It's pretty random.

81% sold....37 tickets left.

We need another option to avoid these fees imo. Venmo? Electronic Check?

I’m in !

85% sold! 30 tickets left.
Get them while there hot.

Attention Project Pinball
Are you aware that current raffles are no longer displayed on your homepage? I know about them though pinside but my friends were completely unaware of the Premium raffle and wondered what happened to the Pro raffle. The links on your homepage are gone. You should get them back on the front page to draw attention. Good luck. Take care. Keep up the good work.

88% sold, 23 tickets left.

We have Pinball Raffles listed under Pinball Raffle Tab on our Home Page. Are you saying that those links were not working? Can you clarify for me? I just completed testing those links and they were working fine for me.

Thank you,

Daniel Spolar

Last chance to get entries for our Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 18-105!

Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 18-105:
(97% Sold! Limited to 200 entries! $50 an entry!)
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Get your entries in now before we sell out!

Don’t forget we have our new Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019!

Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019:
(15% Sold! Limited to 200 entries! $75 an entry!)
https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/premiumpinballmachineraffle-2019

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2 tickets left. 99% sold.
Lets finish this one off.

203 tickets sold? 101.5% complete lol

Some folks donate a bit more than the ticket price. That leads to a higher percentage but does not affect the number of tickets sold.

When is the drawing?

Yup, says 203 tickets sold.

Feb 3rd drawing I now see, but since it sold out early, perhaps they draw sooner?

When I click on raffles, it only shows previous winners. I'm not techy enough to tell you any more. It used to be there until monstwr bash 2 ended.
Glad to see tickets selling. Good stuff.

http://projectpinball.org/pinballmachineraffles

Just double checked. Nope Didn't win yet. Thanks for the post.

Can someone confirm that there are only 200 entries? It appears that on rallyup.com that "Tickets Sold: 203". The last 4 tickets all appear to be purchased at the same time which would make sense why it is 3 over.

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It’s happened in the past. Those extra 3 will move on to the next raffle.

We have officially sold out all of our 200 entries to our Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 18-105!

The live drawing for this raffle will be held this Sunday, January 13th at 8 PM EST! We will be in California for Indisc 2019! We will be having a special guest with us for the live drawing so stay tuned!!

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yes, I can confirm this to be true. We limit this pinball machine raffles to only 200 entries. So we offer to refund these extra people or give them a choice to purchase entries to the next raffle that is offered.

We are very happy to announce our new Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 19-100 is officially open!

This raffle gives you the chance to win a brand-new Munsters Pinball Machine that was just released!

For just $50 an entry you can be the lucky winner!!

Enter Here:

https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/winapinballmachineraffle-19-100

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The Premium raffle should also move quickly now with Munsters in the mix!

Another raffle. Another 2 tickets. One of these days.....

Now included in our Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019... The Munsters!!!

Enter to win a brand-new Munsters Premium Pinball Machine that was just released yesterday! For $75 you could be the lucky winner of this awesome new title!
Winner gets a chance to win any available Stern Premium Pinball Machine! Enter today for your chance to win!

Enter using the link below:

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Just purchased 1 for both auctions! Let’s make it happen this week!! GO!!!

Special Raffle Updates!

Since including The Munsters pinball machine to both our Pro and Premium Raffles we have seen a tremendous amount of support in our raffles! Thank you all so much for your shares, kind words, comments, likes, and more! We are so very grateful for all of our incredible followers and supporters! #forthekids

Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 19-100:
(62% Sold! ONLY $50 an entry! Limited to 200 entries!)
https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/winapinballmachineraffle-19-100

Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019:
(55% Sold! $75 an entry! Limited to 200 entries!)
https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/premiumpinballmachineraffle-2019

#projectpinball #childrenshospitals #ronaldmcdonaldhouses #supportprojectpinball #pinballtherapy #pinballmachineraffles #munsterspinball #therapeuticpinball Munsters (Premium) Munsters (Pro) Pinball

IN Again!!
What, this is 5 raffles in 30 Days?
67% Premium Sold!
61% Pro Sold!
These are Going Fast Thanks to the Munsters!

Cross posted to Munsters Thread

I am surprised there are any left. That premium looks incredible!

These raffles are neck and neck! Keep up the great support! Thank you all for your kind words, updates, and shares on Facebook!

Win a Pinball Machine Stern Pro Model 19-100:
(75% Sold! ONLY $50 an entry! Limited to 200 entries!)
https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/winapinballmachineraffle-19-100

Premium Pinball Machine Raffle 2019:
(78% Sold! $75 an entry! Limited to 200 entries!)
https://projectpinball.rallyup.com/premiumpinballmachineraffle-2019

#projectpinball #childrenshospitals #ronaldmcdonaldhouses #supportprojectpinball #pinballtherapy #pinballmachineraffles #munsterspinball #therapeuticpinball #munsters-premium-le #munsters #pinball

This is an awesome charity event!

And processing fees went up again from last time.....

I was going to ask about that...

My ticket had almost $9 worth of processing fees attached to it. I also didn't receive any type of purchase confirmation.

I got my email confirmation within 10 minutes of tix purchase.

My spam filter ate it and it was sitting on the server in quarantine.

But $8.66 on a $75 purchase is excessive if you ask me.

and $3.95 on $50 tix, I had to enter in both, you know, just in case.