Super Bowl Raffle for PS3/Wii [for Red Cross]!

[unwinddesign]

I'm going to do a raffle for a Playstation 3 (60 GB) and a Nintendo Wii. Tickets are $15 each, with 100 available. The $15 will purchase you a lot of information on the Wii/PS3, which will be delivered to you via email. As a bonus for doing that, you will be entered in the charity raffle. That's just to avoid any legal problems.

The raffle winners will be determined by the Super Bowl.

The Playstation 3 raffle winner will be determined by how many yards passing the AFC starting quarterback accumulates. It will be the last two digits. I.e. if he has 265 yards passing, raffle ticket #65 will win the Playstation 3.

The Wii raffle winner will be determined by how many yards rushing the NFC team has. It will be the last two digits. I.e. if the team has 125 yards rushing, raffle ticket #25 winning the Wii.

Not my idea [thank eBay for it], but I thought it'd be a great way to raise some money for the Red Cross. All of the profits of the raffle will go to the Red Cross. The PS3 60GB + Wii, at retail, cost $910 (including tax). With $1,500 in tickets, minus the cost of shipping/Paypal fees/the items, the Red Cross donation will be around $450 - $500.

If anyone is interested, post here or PM me. I'd have to sell all 100 tickets for it to be fair. I have this listed on a few forums, so hopefully I can gather some support. So, if you like the idea, and want in, just post here (no obligation to pay required). Also, if you do like the idea please tell your friends/family/other forums.

[Kejoriv]

i dont know if this will be allowed here. you may have to PM the mods. But, if they let you go through with it, count me in for a ticket.
i like how its based on something other than you pulling a name from a hat.

[FABombjoy]

Running an unlicensed interstate raffle/lottery is probably not a good idea from a liability standpoint. You may want to research your state's particular raffle laws before deciding if this is something you really want to do.

[unwinddesign]

Running an unlicensed interstate raffle/lottery is probably not a good idea from a liability standpoint. You may want to research your state's particular raffle laws before deciding if this is something you really want to do.

I looked it up, saw nothing prohibiting a private raffle/giveaway, so I think I'm cool. Plus, I'm not competing with the local government, anyway, since the money is going to charity.

[FABombjoy]

Really? Which state are you in. I'm not playing the part of a whistleblower here, I'm really just curious because generally if the 501(c)(3) entity itself isn't holding the raffle it's considered a lottery.

[Flack]

Typically the way lotteries like this are handled (in order to skirt around the law) is that for your $20 you would be purchasing something -- say, a sucker. And then with that purchases you are entered for free in the drawing. They've done a few lotteries at our daycare and that's generally how they do it. I'm pretty sure I got a happy face sticker for $10 which then got me entered into a drawing for a car once.

[unwinddesign]

I've gotten about 6 or 7 people interested so far, which isn't much, but there's still time. If anyone who is interested would like to help me out, post it on some other forums you frequent. I posted it on Digital Press, DCEmu and DCH.

About $500 will go to charity if the raffle goes through.

By the way, in terms of legality, each participant will receive a personal email with lots of information on the PS3/Wii. What you're buying with the $20 is that. The raffle is just an incidental bonus. Just as a way to get around the suits.

[unwinddesign]

Updated! I have about 10 people interested, decided to push it back to the Super Bowl, which gives about a month to gather enough entries. If you're interested, post!

Buy-in lowered to $15 as well, with $500 still going to the Red Cross.