John_M Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Win a 1994 Nissan skyline R33 GTST for just £20 300/1 chance of winning. Raffle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 didnt Richie from the 200sx board try this trick with his 200sx (its the Norris 600bhp one)? He still has the car so I assume it didnt work out.. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Brother Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I hope he realises he's breaking the law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 He is? Whys that? Gambling licence or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Brother Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Yep. Very briefly (and I'm typing from memory), The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (as amended by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993) effectively made it illegal for commercial lotteries, i.e. buy a ticket(s) in a game of chance, to operate unless they were for charitable purposes, in support of sporting endeavours, and a few other exceptions as well. The way to 'sidestep' the legislation would be to change participation in the auction from a game of chance as it is presently, to entry on the basis of a game of skill. For example, the seller could ask an entry question of, 'What year was my car manufactured?', the participants would know it was 1994 from the advert and that would then constitute a game of skill, not a lottery. Of course, it's rather unlikely that the 'authorities' would even be bothered with him even if they were aware of it. A more pressing concern for him, though, should be how he's going to handle the administration of his auction. What if he doesn't sell all the tickets on this current auction? Does he run another after that? What if they don't sell then? How long does it try to keep it running? He's also got to keep copious amounts of records to ensure that he can prove that everyone who purchased a ticket was actually entered in the draw, etc. It's not so much selling a car but buying a major headache instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piehound Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 heres an update in case anyone bought 1, if this is the same 1 http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=168963&page=7&highlight=raffle and more over at the soc makes for a good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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