You Could Win This Car

Win a 2009 Saturn Sky Roadster–and dozens of other great prizes, including weekend getaway packages, fine jewelry, photography services, restaurant certificates, spa treatments, and more!

Support the Boonshoft Museum’s Planetary Science programs with the purchase of a $100 raffle ticket and you could own a brand new car!

Drawing will be held at the annual Boonshoft Gala on September 12, 2009. (Need not be present to win. Only 500 tickets will be sold.)

To buy raffle tickets visit the Museum's Admissions Desk, call 937-275-7431 ext. 146 or. The on-line ticket sales will close at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12.

Click here for a list of winning tickets

Between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, raffle tickets will be available only by calling the Museum at 937-275-7431 ext. 120, or by visiting the Museum's Admissions Desk.

For information on the Boonshoft Gala, click here or call 937-275-7431 ext. 136.

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
2009 Boonshoft Reverse Raffle
Saturn SKY Roadster and supplemental prizes

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES: By participating, you agree that:

1. These Official Contest Rules may not be waived, modified, or supplemented except in writing by the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (BMD). No modification of these official contest rules shall be enforceable unless made in writing by the BMD.
2. Grand Prize: 2009 Saturn SKY Roadster automobile, delivered from Saturn of Dayton South on the night of September 12, 2009 at the Boonshoft Gala, or within 7 days at Saturn of Dayton South for non-Gala attendees, or upon receipt of delivery from the manufacturer. Model year and vehicle options advertised are based on availability.
3. The limited-ticket (500 total sold at $100 each) reverse raffle drawing shall be held at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio, on September 12, 2009.  All tickets must be received by the announced close of ticket sales on the drawing date, which will be at approximately 7:30 p.m. to be eligible for the grand prize or supplemental prizes.  This reverse raffle drawing shall be conducted by first drawing the supplemental prizes, as well as losing tickets, followed last by the Grand Prize Saturn SKY Roadster automobile.  Winning tickets of a supplemental prize, as well as previously-drawn losing tickets, will be withdrawn from further prize eligibility.
4. Each ticket will be entered separately in the drawing. Each ticket is a separate and equal chance to win the Saturn SKY, except that winning tickets of a supplemental prize, as well as previously-drawn losing tickets, are no longer eligible for further prizes, including the Grand Prize.  
5. The reverse drawing will be administered and audited on behalf of the BMD by Corvette-Troy Charities, Inc., an independent, voluntary, ineligible party to the drawing.
6. Winner notification will be made by telephone and postal mail in the event that the winner is not present at the drawing on September 12, 2009.
7. Successive alternate backup winners will be drawn and held by the drawing administrator, but not announced in case the first winner does not claim the Saturn SKY within the requisite time period (see paragraph 9 below), or is otherwise ineligible.
8. Participant must be at least 18 years old. Winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility at the discretion of the drawing administrator or the BMD.
9. Winner has 7 days from date of notification to take delivery of the Saturn SKY at Saturn of Dayton South, Centerville, OH, State Route 725, or forfeits all rights and claims thereto.
10. Winner will have no claim to choice on color or automobile features.   Winner understands that any alteration to previously ordered and confirmed vehicle options may delay delivery of vehicle, or may add to the cost at the winner’s expense.  Winner has the right to choose a cash option of $15,000.
11. Tickets will be sold via Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Associate Board Members, authorized BMD employees or agents, at the Admissions Desk at the BMD and through the on-line service found at www.BoonshoftMuseum.org, as well as via authorized representatives of Saturn of Dayton North and Saturn of Dayton South. 
12. Due to postal regulations, raffle ticket stubs cannot be returned by mail for purchases through the mail, the Web or by telephone. When an order is placed via Gala invitation response, over the phone or through the Boonshoft Web site, an authorized representative from the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery will complete the ticket by filling in the name, address, and phone number, and will drop the ticket in the raffle barrel at the BMD. The evening of the drawing, the winner will be announced and contacted based on the name and information on the ticket. Purchasers do not need their ticket stubs for any reason. However, the stubs will be kept on file at the BMD. Purchasers can call the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery or email Diane Farrell ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ). to check when the order was processed and obtain their ticket number, if so desired. Additional tickets can be purchased, or original tickets picked up at the BMD during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with a scheduled appointment. A waiver must be signed and photo ID must be presented when taking possession of raffle tickets from the BMD.
13. To pick up the winning vehicle, two forms of identification, one of which must be a photo ID will be required.
14. Winner is solely responsible for all taxes, registration, title, transfer fees, license duties, documents, insurance and all expenses and documentation required in claiming, registering, receiving, owning and using a Saturn automobile or cash option. This may include income, sales, and property taxes. The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has no liability with regard to taxes and fees for the vehicle or cash option.
15. In the event the Saturn SKY is lost, damaged, destroyed, or otherwise not available, Boonshoft Museum of Discover’s liability shall be limited to refund of ticket price to participants. BMD’s liability for any other claim is limited to refund of ticket prices.
16. Winner agrees to the use of his/her name, address, photograph or videotape likeness and statements for publicity purposes by Boonshoft Museum of Discovery and agrees to sign a publicity release without any further compensation.
17. Boonshoft Museum of Discovery reserves the right to cancel this contest at any time, in which event its liability is limited to refund of ticket prices to participants.
18. Ticket sales to Boonshoft Museum of Discovery employees, board members, committee members, volunteers and their immediate families are permitted due to drawing administration by the retained independent, voluntary, ineligible party, Corvette-Troy Charities, Inc.  Corvette-Troy Charities, Inc. and its officers, directors, employees, agents, including immediate family members, are ineligible to participate.  
19. Any person who engages in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of a charitable gaming activity with the purpose to defraud, or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, is subject to criminal prosecution under all applicable federal and state laws.
20. THIS CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, AND IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED, OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTED.
21. All proceeds benefit the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, operated by the Dayton Society of Natural History, Inc., a private non-profit corporation.