Couple forced to close raffle for their £500,000 North Yorkshire home
I thought this was a brilliant idea – such a shame it was deemed this piece of great local initiative an invalid competition! This story of rural innovation tells us:
A retired couple who offered the chance to win their £500,000 four-bedroom home and swimming pool with a £10 raffle ticket have had to close the competition with “sincere regret and upset”.
Robert and Avril Smith announced last year that they were hoping to sell 60,000 of the £10 tickets, giving the public a chance to win their home in Grosmont, North Yorkshire.
The winner was originally to be drawn on Thursday, but the couple said they were “back to square one” after being told by the Gambling Commission that it was not a legal prize competition.