Raffle winners

Local couple win Northwest Indiana House Raffle

This year's Northwest Indiana House Raffle attracted 4,002 entries at $150 each, helping raise funds for St. Jude House and Southlake YMCA. The winners, local couple Ritchard and Debra...

San Francisco Dream House Raffle winner

The winner of this year's San Francisco Dream House Raffle was finally announced, after receiving lots of interest from across California and beyond. Set up to benefit Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the charity...

Laguna Beach Home Raffle kicks off

The Ocean Institute has already run four Laguna Beach Million Dollar Home Raffles in past years. This year's raffle kicked off today and runs until October, when one lucky person will win a stunning new home with...

Palm Springs Dream Home Raffle winners announced

The results of the 2009 Palm Springs Dream Home Raffle were drawn at DesertArc's campus in Palm Desert yesterday. Rudy Maus, from R. Palos Verdes, won the top prize: a $1.2 million Spanish-style...

How do house raffles work?

Win a house raffles are not new and in essence are a relatively simple concept. If it is legal to do so, in theory one can sell a property at the appraisal value by selling a fixed number of raffle tickets to the public. Once the...

What's so great about win a house raffles

Who doesn't dream of winning a house someday, for the price of a restaurant meal? While house raffles are not new and have been run by charities around the world for a number of years, recently with the sharp slowdown in the...

Unemployed couple wins Marin Dream House Raffle

San Fransisco Bay Area website cbs5.com reports on the latest house raffle to have closed successfully, Marin Dream House Raffle in San Rafael. Organized to help support non-profit organization Community...

House raffles take off in Europe

A recent television report on house raffles explains how homeowners in Europe are organizing property raffles in an effort to sell their home. CNN provides an insight into some of the motivations...

House raffle brings charity back into profit

The Ocean Institute in Dana Point recently ran a successful house raffle offering players a chance of winning a $1.2 million house in return for a $150 raffle ticket. According to...