Grand Prize
2026 Toyota Camry LE Hybrid
(Valued at $30,285 as of October 7, 2025)
To see the car specs, click here.
Alternate Prize Option:
Winner of the grand prize may choose an “Alternate Grand Prize” of a certified check in the amount of $20,000.00 USD.
Eligibility & Ticket Details
- Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
- A maximum of 10,000 tickets will be sold.
- Tickets are $50 each.
- All sales of raffle tickets are final and there will be no refunds.
- No limit on ticket purchases by one person.
Winner Information
- Need not be present to win.
- Grand prize winner must claim prize within 30 days of the event: on or before Sunday, February 15, 2026.
- By entering, winners consent to promotional use of their names and likeness without additional compensation.
Liability
FLPB maintains no control of the personnel, equipment or operations of any supplier and assumes no responsibility for any financial loss, personal injury, property damage, other loss, accident, delay, inconvenience or irregularity which winners may experience by reason of:
- Performance or nonperformance of prize; or
- Wrongful, careless, negligent, or unauthorized acts or omissions on the part of any supplier or its employees, or on the part of any other party not under the control of FLPB.
FLPB shall in no event be liable for special or consequential damages arising from the use or ownership of any prizes. Participants hereby release FLPB from any such claims.
Eligibility Restrictions
- LPB Board members and their immediate family, as well as employees of LPB and Friends of LPB and their immediate family, will not be eligible to participate in any raffles organized by Friends of LPB.
“Immediate Family” is defined as the spouse, parents, grandparents, great grandparents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This definition also includes individuals for whom an employee is the current legal guardian.
Entry Information
- Entry form must be filled out completely and submitted with payment.
- NO facsimiles or copies of entry forms will be accepted.
- Raffle begins Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
- All electronic entries must be received by Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM to be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
- All mail-in entries must be received by Wednesday, January 14, 2026 to be counted in the grand prize drawing.
- The drawing will be held and the winner of the grand prize will be announced on Friday, January 16, 2026 on LPB's website and social media.
Payment
- Accepted forms of payment: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, cash, and checks.
- Prize will not be awarded and will be forfeited if the ticket was issued in exchange for a check returned for “insufficient funds” or for a credit card charge deemed “declined,” “invalid,” or “stolen.”
Taxes & Legal Requirements
- Winner is subject to all Federal and State income taxes and any other taxes payable due to acceptance of the prize and the law, regulations, procedures, rules and directives applicable to raffles.
- All federal, state, and local laws relating to the transfer, ownership, or use of the prize apply.
- Prize shall not be transferred until all legal requirements have been met.
- Winner of car agrees sticker (list) price will be used to determine the value of car for income tax and all other purposes.
- The IRS requires that taxes on prizes valued greater than $5,000 must be paid upon acceptance and before FLPB will arrange pickup at Bubba Oustalet Toyota in Jennings, LA.
- Winners are encouraged to consult a tax professional.
Additional Terms
- The prize is non-transferable and non-assignable.
- Friends of LPB is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization.
- All entries must include a valid email address. Friends of LPB is not responsible for any change of email address, email unsubscribed, mailing address or telephone number of an entrant.
- Entry purchasers providing the raffle with a valid email address will receive email confirmation.
- For all other entry purchasers, ticket confirmation will be mailed within thirty (30) business days of purchase.
- This is the only confirmation that will be provided.
- Friends of LPB shall not bear any responsibility or liability for failure to provide notice due to a participant’s failure to maintain as current his or her contact information nor due to participant's unsubscribing from our emails.
Privacy
By entering the raffle, the entrant agrees to receive periodic emails from Friends of LPB and/or Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Friends of LPB agrees not to sell nor to share information collected from entrants with third parties aside from Louisiana Public Broadcasting.