R Kings and other car raffles

bigpink · 31-03-2020 7:58pm #1

Have gotten a lot of sponsored posts about this on Facebook
Is it legit?
Seems to have a lot of winners from Limerick

SQ2 · 31-03-2020 8:07pm

Not going into the friend of a friend story, but it would appear to be real

Kevwoody · 31-03-2020 8:10pm

Totally legit, I know several people who have won cars and other items.

Great prizes and live draws on Facebook almost every day.

kieran. · 31-03-2020 8:11pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Totally legit, I know several people who have won cars and other items.

Great prizes and live draws on Facebook almost every day.

Know one person who won a range rover on it.

Kevwoody · 31-03-2020 8:17pm

kieran. wrote:

Know one person who won a range rover on it.

90% of people who win a car or whatever are tagged on Facebook, a quick look will show all profiles are genuine.

theoneeyedman · 31-03-2020 8:21pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Totally legit, I know several people who have won cars and other items.

Great prizes and live draws on Facebook almost every day.

I had the same suspicions as the OP, kept seeing a lot of winners from Co Roscommon where I'm from - the son reckons it's legit though, he knows a lad won a car on it a few weeks ago seemingly.

colm_mcm · 31-03-2020 8:22pm

Am i right in saying they advertise multiple draws for random cars, but they actually only give a certain amount of them away as they’re all the same draw?

Anyone know which charity they’re affiliated with?

Kevwoody · 31-03-2020 8:28pm

colm_mcm wrote:

Am i right in saying they advertise multiple draws for random cars, but they actually only give a certain amount of them away as theyâ€™re all the same draw?

colm_mcm wrote:

Anyone know which charity theyâ€™re affiliated with?

They will advertise a certain car and it will have a countdown timer for a set amount of days for the draw, almost always it will sell out in a few hours, or a day or 2. If this happens, they will have the draw the following day.

On any one day you could have 2 or 3 cars being drawn, along with some smaller prizes, all of which are separate draws with separate tickets.

As I said, everything is very transparent and above board. I too was sceptical until I recognized some of the winners, and then a few friends won.

Carodh · 31-03-2020 8:30pm

I know a recent winner of a car from Co Clare.

Kevwoody · 31-03-2020 8:33pm

colm_mcm wrote:

Anyone know which charity theyâ€™re affiliated with?

Why would they be affiliated with a charity?

bigpink · 31-03-2020 8:33pm

Now im getting posts for two other car draws lol.Are they Irish based?

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 31-03-2020 8:33pm

I won a Ferrari Le Ferrari on it last week :rolleyes:

Toyotafanboi · 31-03-2020 8:36pm

Was thinking similar lately. I personally know two different people who have legitimately won cars from them.

Seems to be just very successful. Wouldnt be interested personally, €30 or whatever for a 1 in 900 shot of winning some tastelessly modified Caddy van. Plenty of people are though and they seem to sell out quick, which is why I think Kings is so successful vs others trying to replicate it.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 31-03-2020 9:10pm

I know a girl that won a BMW 420d in December and another one the exact same model and colour in February!

I’ve entered a few times but Unfortunately no luck yet but I was close a few weeks ago. My number was 763 and 764 won a Nissan GTR!

colm_mcm · 31-03-2020 9:18pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Why would they be affiliated with a charity?

As far as I know, any raffles which do not have a charitable purpose aren’t legal in Ireland.

There were amendments to the gaming and lotteries act discussed in the Seanad before Christmas but I don’t know if that bit was changed recently.

Darksoul · 31-03-2020 9:20pm

It's real, a lad has won a scrambler and a red Audi back to back raffles couple of months ago, fair play to him but insane luck.

_Brian · 31-03-2020 9:20pm

My cousin won a BMW on it.

Toyotafanboi · 31-03-2020 9:26pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

As far as I know, any raffles which do not have a charitable purpose aren’t legal in Ireland.

There were amendments to the gaming and lotteries act discussed in the Seanad before Christmas but I don’t know if that bit was changed recently.

They are Northern Irish based if that makes a difference? All the games are priced in pound sterling and most prizes are UK reg'd. Just seems to have a large following in the republic.

biko · 31-03-2020 9:28pm

https://www.mayonews.ie/news/34742-lucky-liam-lands-westport-house

Liam admits that he had felt his luck was in before Christmas, when he won a Mercedes E350 and £2,000 on the R Kings Competitions Facebook page, after he bought a ticket for that draw for just £22.

Eoinbmw · 31-03-2020 9:42pm

I think you answer a simple question when you enter this some how makes it a competition and not technically a raffle?

ted1 · 31-03-2020 9:45pm

The cars aren’t worth much. They probably get them cheap off trade and raffle them off for a good mark up

Wheety · 31-03-2020 9:46pm

As far as I know they're legit. I read somewhere that they sell enough tickets to cover cost of car plus profit and that they only buy the car after the draw, so they can't really lose.

Edit to say: I may not be talking about this exact company but a similar car draw one

bigpink · 31-03-2020 9:55pm

Do they raffle new cars or they all boy racer yokes

Toyotafanboi · 31-03-2020 10:02pm

ted1 wrote: »

The cars aren’t worth much. They probably get them cheap off trade and raffle them off for a good mark up

To be fair, most of the stuff is high enough value. They've done Escort Cosworths, R35 Skylines, an i8, loads of f10 5 series and new model A6's. Evo's, AE86's etc.

If they do raffle a low value car, there's usually a couple of grand cash or a holiday lumped in.

selectamatic · 31-03-2020 10:21pm

theoneeyedman wrote: »

I had the same suspicions as the OP, kept seeing a lot of winners from Co Roscommon where I'm from - the son reckons it's legit though, he knows a lad won a car on it a few weeks ago seemingly.

Ya 100% legit.

Quite a few winners from Roscommon lately. There was another rossie purple patch before the Christmas as well. A month or two ago quite a few people from cork were lucky.

The mind tends to note patterns subconsciously hence certain counties coming up a few times in the space of a few weeks sticks out but in reality it is just random.

I personally know 2 people who've won. One of them won an f10 M5.

I've never entered one of the raffles myself though.

Dravokivich · 31-03-2020 10:59pm

I'd hate to win one and get stuck with VRT!

bigpink · 31-03-2020 11:07pm

Dravokivich wrote: »

I'd hate to win one and get stuck with VRT!

Oh they all northern cars?

Duke O Smiley · 31-03-2020 11:07pm

I’m sure I’ve seen them raffle the odd Irish car, but I think most stuff is UK registered. I do wonder if they give the winner the option of cash instead of their car, kinda like what they do on winning streak!

[Deleted User] · 31-03-2020 11:14pm

selectamatic wrote: »

Ya 100% legit.

Quite a few winners from Roscommon lately. There was another rossie purple patch before the Christmas as well. A month or two ago quite a few people from cork were lucky.

The mind tends to note patterns subconsciously hence certain counties coming up a few times in the space of a few weeks sticks out but in reality it is just random.

I personally know 2 people who've won. One of them won an f10 M5.

I've never entered one of the raffles myself though.

They may be legit in the sense that the raffle really happens, but afaik they are actually illegal, as you need approval from the District Court to run them for that sort of value (and the value of District Court raffles tops out at 25 or 30k), and should be some element of charity to them.

Makes no odds as there's no real will from the Gardaí or Revenue to prosecute whoever is running them.

Duke O Smiley · 31-03-2020 11:16pm

Honestly I reckon if they were doing something wrong they wouldn’t have been allowed to get as big as they have gotten.

bigpink · 31-03-2020 11:18pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Honestly I reckon if they were doing something wrong they wouldn’t have been allowed to get as big as they have gotten.

I dont know anything about cars was just wondering when i saw all the sponsored posts

R Kings and other car raffles

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