Woman wins £545,000 house with a £2 raffle ticket

[Uther]

Nice result, she's only 23, and it's a 17th century farmhouse. Wonder if she'll keep it...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-51507723

 

[Uther]

Yep, could be a "your problem now!" kind of situation

I wonder if it's a listed building too.

If it is listed she'll need a better job...
Personally, much as it is a 'dream house' I think she'll try and move it on.

 

[Uther]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-no-one-wins-dream-home-raffles-rip-off.html






Nice business for the competition organisers... obvs they do have some costs but they do seem to build in some profit regardless of whether the house is actually awarded.

The sad thing is that on social media for this stuff you get people throwing in comments like:

iTs betTeR oDds tHaN tHe LloTteRy

Given the unknown number of free entries in some cases and/or the way that ones such as the above don't even award the main prize in the end... and with the resulting prize pool itself being a small chunk of the funds taken then... nah. At least the lottery gives away circa 50% of the ticket sales as prizes.

Also some of them have the cheek to add on an admin fee when selling the tickets but also plan to deduct costs from the prize pool too regardless.

Yes when you look at things like that you have to wonder about the legalities. It's got to be bordering on fraud surely?