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[ta0]

First raffle of the year. Just 50 tickets!!!

ITSA is a non-profit association (registered in the state of Texas, USA) and its purpose is:
To promote the sport, game, art and hobby of playing with spinning tops, a universal toy.

As every year, ITSA would like to support spintop festivals, contests and other spintop related activities around the world. I think the main reason to buy tickets should be to contribute to the grow of the spintop community. But you may also get compensated with some nice prizes if you are lucky!

You DO NOT have to be an ITSA member: anybody can buy tickets.

There are two prizes. The first winner can chose either one. The second winner takes the other one.

1st prize, donated by Jose Madrigal/Trompos Relampago. It's a translucent red light up top of the new Relampago design. The size is 3.2", which is great for playing.







The 2nd prize is a very hard to find complete Aristocrat Siren King kit from the 1940's. I has four tops of different colors, a starting gizmo, instructions sheet and the original box (not in great condition, but still a great display). The Siren Kings are steel tops that whistle nicely and have tips that can be used for tricks. As proof that the set is rare, I did not see a complete set in any of the huge collections I have visited: Olney, Lassanske, Cyril, Lourens or Nagoya's  ! I don't think I saw it either in Richy's collection or the video from collectop's collection.







There is also a secret prize that you can swap for your prize. It's a great playing prototype from a well known and highly regarded company. But I cannot disclose it publicly because they may get upset.

Rules on next post.

Thanks for your support and GOOD LUCK!

[ta0]

RAFFLE RULES:

Only 50 tickets from 00 to 49 at $10 each!
Tickets will be available for purchase starting NOW,  June 2nd, until the drawing date (10 days).
The ticket numbers will be distributed in chronological order.
You will be notified of your ticket number(s) as soon as possible and the list of tickets sold will be periodically posted on this thread.
The closing time is 2 hours before the drawing.

Payment

Send Paypal payments to treasurer@spintops.org. For example, a payment of $20 will be assigned two consecutive numbers.  You do not need to have a Paypal account, you can also pay with credit cards on their website (www.paypal.com).
If you are in the US and prefer to pay by check, you can also do so (send me a pm or email top (at) ta0.com for the address). Checks received after the closing time or after all the tickets have been sold will be destroyed without cashing.

Prize selection

The owner of the first ticket drawn will be able to chose among the 3 prizes the one he/she prefers (I will share the alternative secret prize with him/her at that time). The second ticket will chose among the 2 remaining prizes.

Drawing

The winning ticket will be determined as follows, based on the Texas Pick-3 game from the Texas Lottery, to be held on Tuesday June 12 at 10:00 AM CDT. The official website for the game is: www.txlottery.org/export/sites/default/Games/Pick_3 where you can watch the drawing live.  Note that there are 4 drawing per day and this would be the first one.

The FIRST TWO numbers of the drawing will form the digits of the winning number. However, if the resulting number is between 50 and 99, the number 50 should be subtracted to determine the winning ticket between 00 and 49. For example, if the drawing is 3-3-8 the winning ticket would be 33, if it is 0-9-2 the winner is 09, if it is 7-7-5 the winner is 27 (i.e., 77 minus 50). If not all tickets are sold and there is no winner, the following Pick-3 game will be used (that same day) and so forth if necessary.

The second prize will be determined in the same way by the following Pick-3 games after the previous prize has been won. So, if all tickets are sold, the 2 prizes will be given based on the Morning and Day Pick-3 drawings of June 12th.

For example if the drawings are:
June 12th drawing: Pick 3 (morning): 6-7-6, Pick 3 (day): 4-5-1
then the winners would be:
1st _  17
2nd_ 45

Good luck! But as you are supporting the growth of the spintop community, you always win!

[mailman]

My check is in the mail!   

[Softspin]

Dang that is a sweet light up top!!!!

[butterfingers]

I'm in for two. Thanks to the folks who donated raffle items.

[Softspin]

Two forsure!!

[ta0]

Thanks a lot guys!
The raffle started slow, so right now you have a great chance of winning!
If you don't buy a ticket you will miss the fun of the drawing!

I remind everybody that there is a secret prize that is very unique and playable.

If you are a fan of the Miamisburg festival and are excited about having US nats there this year, that's one of ITSA's targets to contribute.
We will support as always Worlds. We do want the Chinese to notice tops!

I forgot to mention that if you make your Paypal payment selecting "To a Friend", you save us about $0.40 per ticket.

As of 6/10 at 10:00 AM, these are the tickets sold:

00 - ta0
01 - ta0
02 - ta0
03 - ta0
04 - ta0
05 - mailman
06 - mailman
07 - softspin
08 - softspin
09 - butterfingers
10 - butterfingers
11 - jmadrigal
12 - jmadrigal
13 - jmadrigal
14 - Renee
15 - Renee
16 - Renee
17 - Hroch
18 - Hroch
19 - Cyril
20 - Cyril
21 - Cyril
22 - Cyril
23 - Cyril
24 - Cyril
25 - Cyril
26 - Lourens
27 - Lourens
28 - Kirk
29 - Cuper
30 - Cuper
31 - Cuper
32 - butterfingers
33 - butterfingers
34 - pops
35 - Bob
36 - Bob
37 - JNeff
38 - JNeff
39 - Shootist
40 - Shootist
41 - Shootist
42 - Shootist
43 - Shootist
44 - Shootist
45 - Shootist
46 - Shootist
47 - Shootist
48 - Shootist
49 - The Earl

Last updated 6/11 at 11:29 PM

SOLD OUT!

THANKS A LOT!  GOOD LUCK!

[ta0]

If you don't have a ticket you cannot win. Just one ticket will get you in the fun, plus you will support the international spintop community and maybe get you a cool top(s).

[ta0]

Less than one day left!!!!
Still, 1/3 of the tickets are unsold!

You don't have to be an ITSA member to win.

[ta0]

It ends this Tuesday at 10:00 AM Central time.

17 hours left!

This is a photo of the Zaranda festival in Venezuela that was almost canceled last year until Cuper and ITSA made contributions:



Dale received an ITSA lifetime award (that actually spun, like all the worlds competitor's awards):



We helped US Nats happen last year:



Don't feel lucky? If you love tops, you cannot lose!

[the Earl of Whirl]

ok!  Ok!!  OK!!!  You have talked me into it, although I have spent some top money already in Rochester.    You can put me down for the same number of tickets as you, but not as many as Cyril.  He is the champ.  I will have my wife Dawn PayPal you tomorrow from work.

[ta0]

Thanks a lot everybody!!!!

There was a last minute surge but shootist shoot to the stars!
Mike: We ran out of tickets, but you can have the first 4 of the second raffle.

Good luck everybody! You are all winners!!!

[Softspin]

Close but no cigar congratsB.F

[ta0]

The Morning Texas Pick 3 number was: 0-9-1.  The first 2 numbers are:

09 - butterfingers is the winner!

Congrats!
He will need to select what prize he wants among the three available (Relampago top, Aristocrat set, or secret bearing top prototype).

The drawing for the second prize will be at 12:27 p.m, Central Time (in 2 hours). You can see it live here:

https://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Web_Cast.html (you can see past drawings too).

[mailman]

Congratulations, butterfingers!  Can't wait to see which prize you pick....