Raffles for new houses

Ally Dick · 31-12-2018 06:19PM #1

Sounds disgusting to me. Is it legal to do this? I have seen a few of them advertised. Was Barney Curley sent to prison from doing something similar?
This should be stopped. It sounds so crass in a housing crisis.

Fiftyfilthy · 31-12-2018 06:28PM

Why?

There is a housing crisis, 100e could you win you a house that you could never afford

If you win, you win a house

If not, it was worth a shot

Money goes to a deserving charity

Not crass at all in my eyes

Bubbaclaus · 31-12-2018 06:29PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

Sounds disgusting to me. Is it legal to do this? I have seen a few of them advertised. Was Barney Curley sent to prison from doing something similar?
This should be stopped. It sounds so crass in a housing crisis.

How is it disgusting?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 31-12-2018 06:32PM

Where’s it on, I want a ticket.

kneemos · 31-12-2018 06:32PM

A raffle has to be for a charity I think.

iamwhoiam · 31-12-2018 06:34PM

There was a raffle ( lottery ) every year in Berlin for a house . I thought it was a fabulous idea and see nothing at all wrong with it

31-12-2018 06:37PM

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Where’s it on, I want a ticket.

What if it’s too far from your family, work, school, pub....

yabadabado · 31-12-2018 06:42PM

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

How is it disgusting?

Probably because it's not free.

thelawman · 31-12-2018 06:45PM

I remember a few GAA clubs doing it back in the day,

Stheno · 31-12-2018 06:46PM

thelawman wrote: »

I remember a few GAA clubs doing it back in the day,

There's a soccer club doing it near me

31-12-2018 06:46PM

yabadabado wrote: »

Probably because it's not free.

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What a nonsensical statement

Do you apply this logic to everything that is not free?

KERSPLAT! · 31-12-2018 06:46PM

kneemos wrote: »

A raffle has to be for a charity I think.

That's definitely not the case. There was one for Roscommon GAA yesterday and I've seen a few others advertised recently.

KathleenGrant · 31-12-2018 06:46PM

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What if it’s too far from your family, work, school, pub....

You sell it and buy one closer with the proceeds. :rolleyes:

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 31-12-2018 06:46PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What if it’s too far from your family, work, school, pub....

IDGAF, it’s a gaff for €100. I’ll go and live in it.

KERSPLAT! · 31-12-2018 06:48PM

2011 wrote: »

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What a nonsensical statement
Do you apply this logic to everything that is not free?

I think you're misinterpreting the post. They're saying that the OP thinks it's disgusting because it's not a free house. Entitled to a free house, etc. Not that I agree, just pointing it out.

kneemos · 31-12-2018 06:49PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

That's definitely not the case. There was one for Roscommon GAA yesterday and I've seen a few others advertised recently.

Really.

https://www.justanswer.com/ireland-law/51sms-law-relation-running-raffle.html

KERSPLAT! · 31-12-2018 06:49PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What if it’s too far from your family, work, school, pub....

It's an asset... You could sell it...

heroics · 31-12-2018 06:50PM

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Where’s it on, I want a ticket.

Winakoolhouse.ie

Peter Denham · 31-12-2018 06:53PM

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

Money goes to a deserving charity

My GAA club is doing it. All proceeds go to the club.

KERSPLAT! · 31-12-2018 06:53PM

kneemos wrote: »

Really.

https://www.justanswer.com/ireland-law/51sms-law-relation-running-raffle.html

Yes, really. You said it has to be for charity, I said it doesn't have to be for charity.

It might not be legal, according to your source, it does however take place. One literally took place last night for Roscommon GAA, as I said.

KathleenGrant · 31-12-2018 06:54PM

Peter Denham wrote: »

My GAA club is doing it. All proceeds go to the club.

How much are the tickets and how many are being sold?

kneemos · 31-12-2018 06:57PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Yes, really. You said it has to be for charity, I said it doesn't have to be for charity.

It might not be legal, according to your source, it does however take place. One literally took place last night for Roscommon GAA, as I said.

We can have murder for fun then by that reasoning

LirW · 31-12-2018 06:58PM

KathleenGrant wrote: »

How much are the tickets and how many are being sold?

They sold for 100€ and they sold I think close to 9000, maybe even more.

Peter Denham · 31-12-2018 06:58PM

KathleenGrant wrote: »

How much are the tickets and how many are being sold?

€100, no idea how many are being sold.

KathleenGrant · 31-12-2018 07:03PM

LirW wrote: »

They sold for 100€ and they sold I think close to 9000, maybe even more.

Peter Denham wrote: »

€100, no idea how many are being sold.

I am sure I have spent 100 euro on worse!!

tabby aspreme · 31-12-2018 07:05PM

Most sports clubs have charity status I would think. Is there a loophole for having a raffle for members only, if the ticket includes membership of the private entity.
The guy who set up tayto park, hunky dorys etc, raffled a large farm many years ago and raised multiples of what he would have got selling the farm on the open market at the time.

Plumbthedepths · 31-12-2018 07:05PM

Roscommon GAA raffled off a house yesterday. Worth 400k in some estate in Dublin. 100 euro a ticket 14,000 tickets sold. After expenses the club made 943k profit. A lucky sod called Kumar from Lucan won the house.
OP if you think it's disgusting don't enter such draws, however the winner and those wishing to support the club would disagree with you.

heroics · 31-12-2018 07:08PM

https://www.winakoolhouse.ie/ Is our local clubs one. Benefits the soccer and GAA clubs in the village. All the details are in the link in case anyone is interested ðŸ˜€

The Tetrarch · 31-12-2018 07:12PM

The tickets should be free, and if you don't win you get a consolation prize of a free house.
Everything should be free. Free 2019 cars for all.

yabadabado · 31-12-2018 07:18PM

2011 wrote: »

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What a nonsensical statement
Do you apply this logic to everything that is not free?

Whoosh

mikeecho · 31-12-2018 07:18PM

Only a % has to go to charity.

It's the same with Bingo.. the proceeds have to go to charity, but not all of the proceeds, only a %.

There was a garda superintendent in cork that had a bee in his bonet about a local bingo hall run by multinational that only gave a very tiny % to a charity that wasn't anywhere near where the bingo hall was operating.
The garda superintendent failed in his objection to their licence in the district court.

If the organisers only gave 0.05% to a named charity, it would all be above board.

Raffles for new houses

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