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when is a raffle not a raffle?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When I was a guide leader at a company of guides at a church years ago we got round this one with a bit of semantics.
Instead of selling raffle tickets, we asked for donations and gave the "ticket" as a receipt. We explained that the stubs from all the receipts would be put into a hat on a certain date and the three receipts selected would be given a present.
You do have to be careful what is printed on the tickets - normal cloakroom tickets that you can buy in books are OK, but if you get "receipts" printed, they cannot state they are tickets or mention the draw as this would contravene the gaming laws as well as offending the religious sensibilities of the hall owner.
What about one of those phone-in type questions, ie "What colour is the sky?". Put all the correct answers into a hat and pick the winner. Hey presto, a "competition of skill" rather than a "lottery of chance".
Incidentally, that is why lots of TV shows have incredibly stupid questions - they are not allowed to run lotteries, but are allowed to run competitions, so they just make them incredibly easy to get correct.