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Buying a ticket to win a house

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Mr.Sir wrote: »
    Yes and the next €100 he may save buy some 804 or a few blocks. This is basic building blocks to building a house.

    Alright. Then the free land he gets and free labour and there’s a house built in no time.


  • #33
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Only one person had to concern themselves about the terms and conditions in the Roscommon draw. I hope they were a "natural" person. The other 99,999 lost their money.

    https://winahomeinlondon.com/terms-and-conditions/

    Interesting. A question was asked so not a full lottery then. There’s quite a lot of bypassing the laws as designed there. The ticket buyer automatically joins a club etc.

    A natural person means not a corporation.


  • #34
    Harry Palmr
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    https://twitter.com/Dawncusack4/status/1391505096618414081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1391505096618414081%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FDawncusack42Fstatus2F1391505096618414081widget%3DTweet


  • #35
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Would many non locals buy a ticket for a house in Roscommon from a GAA club..maybe GAAers would come to think of it

    You may also no longer be considered a 1st time buyer.
    I wouldnt mind seeing the legal paperwork on one of these 'lotteries'

    If you win a free house in anywhere, you can rent it out of sell it!


  • #36
    Ninthlife
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    bubblypop wrote: »
    If you win a free house in anywhere, you can rent it out of sell it!

    Id be more inclined to keep 100eur in my pocket than give it to some unknown entity in the arsehole of Roscommon


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  • #37
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Id be more inclined to keep 100eur in my pocket than give it to some unknown entity in the arsehole of Roscommon

    Well, I wouldn't mind spending 100 euro, and then having an income of 600+ euro a month!


  • #38
    Mr.Sir
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    fvp4 wrote: »
    Alright. Then the free land he gets and free labour and there’s a house built in no time.

    Well pup won’t last forever.


  • #39
    Curse These Metal Hands
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    GAA clubs should be stopped from shamelessly profiting off of a housing crisis. There are a lot of desperate people out there looking for homes but of course they know this, that's where the money is.

    Was it Carlow GAA that delayed the draw several times to keep the money train going?


  • #40
    Mr.Sir
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    Curse These Metal Hands wrote: »
    GAA clubs should be stopped from shamelessly profiting off of a housing crisis. There are a lot of desperate people out there looking for homes but of course they know this, that's where the money is.

    The gaa are the new Catholic Church.


  • #41
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    lintdrummer wrote: »
    You're way off. First off we don't know the cost of the house but if it's a new build and it's anywhere near Dublin it's going to be closer to €500k.

    Secondly the payment providers take a decent chunk of the revenue. Probably around 5%. So that would be €40k in this example.

    Lastly selling 8000 tickets @ €100 a pop would be hard work and would need a lot of advertising. You could easily be looking at €30k for advertising and that would be on the low end.

    Pretty accurate state of affairs. I know of a house that was raffled in Maynooth, a very desirable area, by a GAA club. The really struggled to sell tickets, and they ended up postponing the draw for a few months. Not sure what the rules are regarding competitions in Ireland, but I was surprised to hear that they were allowed to postpone it.


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  • #42
    interlocked
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    Westport GAA ran a draw for a €325,000 house in 2019.

    They sold 10,000 tickets @ €100 each, half were bought from outside the county.

    These were the winners, a young local couple who were saving for a mortgage.

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

    The club is launching a second draw this week for a similar house. Both draws are in aid of a new pitch complex costing €3m.

    https://www.winahouseinwestport.com/

    http://westportgaa.com/golf-course-rd-development/


  • #43
    Real Donald Trump
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    interlocked wrote: »
    Westport GAA ran a draw for a €325,000 house in 2019.

    They sold 10,000 tickets @ €100 each, half were bought from outside the county.

    These were the winners, a young local couple who were saving for a mortgage.

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

    The club is launching a second draw this week for a similar house. Both draws are in aid of a new pitch complex costing €3m.

    https://www.winahouseinwestport.com/

    http://westportgaa.com/golf-course-rd-development/


    Unbelievable stuff, he won a Mercedes on a raffle two weeks before he won the house.


  • #44
    YFlyer
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    There be those raffles for bottles of spirits, beer and crisp.


  • #45
    Lawlesz
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    Whatever about these draws for charity, clubs, etc but I had a couple on my facebook (I know) advertising a "raffle" for the bonus ball on the lottery, tickets were a tenner each. First prize was €250. There is 47 numbers on the Irish lotto and they had clowns buying up these tickets for a 1 in 47 chance of winning, and the "hosts" pocketing the rest.

    On the back of that, another fella then put up a raffle for 2 electric sockets with USB plugs on them stating they were worth €80 in Woodies - he deleted the post (and I assumed called off the raffle) when someone shared a screenshot of the same socket for €30. I actually thought he was joking and taking the mick out of the first couple, until his wife and family started sharing the post too.


  • #46
    rn
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    Afaik the majority of the tickets were sold outside the county of roscommon for both Roscommon GAA draws. I think Dublin bought alot for the first draw and many over seas bought for the London one. They hit a snag in England when lotteries regulator made them refund all UK entries, this cost in region of 250k, but the draw still made a profit for the organisation. The GAA is as worthy an organisation as any to give money too and it wasn't really impacting the housing crisis by buying one house. The committee did serious work advertising and pushing the draw, the tickets did not sell themselves. Hence why clubs and orgs push back draws until enough entries.

    I believe Mr tayto Park did same thing with a farm back in the day. When he got in financial trouble, raffled off his original farm returning enough cash to pay off bank and get himself started again...


  • #47
    Wanderer78
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    Chuzzle7 wrote:
    Would you buy a ticket worth 100euro with 8000 tickets being sold for a chance to win a house?

    Yup, if I was desperate


  • #48
    chooseusername
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    Xander10 wrote: »
    Depends on status of owner who is selling / raffling it
    Like Barney Curley Wurley?


  • #49
    corks finest
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    chooseusername wrote: »
    Like Barney Curley Wurley?

    This gang are impossible to get a response from,contacted via Twitter, gmail several times no response ( changed from android to iOS and can’t remember password)
    No option on their site to get a new one , my little treat once a week is on hold( big spender e2-10)


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