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Fundraising Vail Style: Private School Offers House In Raffle

Filed under: Charity

School fundraising hits a new luxurious level at The Vail Academy, a private school located between Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado. The school has launched the 2009 Vail Home Raffle to raise money and the grand prize is a $1.3 million ski home plus $450,000 cash to pay the IRS. The home is located less than one mile from Vail Village and was renovated from top to bottom in 2008. It is a four-bedroom duplex that includes a great room, dining room, separate family room, laundry room and a sundeck overlooking the backyard.

The raffle tickets are $100 each and the grand prize drawing will occur on December 31, 2009. Early-bird cash drawings are an incentive to enter early and $70,000 has already been awarded to participants. The next drawing is December 4th. The raffle website also includes a way to refer a friend. Whoever refers the grand prize winner also picks up $25,000.

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Tags: colorado, house, private school, PrivateSchool, raffle, vail

English Millionaire Raffling Off His Life

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wealth

Tired of your life? Why not raffle it off? That's what English banker Andrew Paul is doing. He decided to jettison his millionaire lifestyle after his recent divorce and he's getting creative about it. His Win A New Life website is giving away his home, car and boat in a competition that anyone can enter for £20. Up for grabs are his £1.1m five-bedroom house, a £160,000 Aston Martin DBS and his £200,000 Sealine 35 Sport motor boat. The first prize is either the property or the car plus the speedboat and £85,000 in cash to help with insurance and fees. The first prize winner can also choose opt for £1 million in cash. There are also ten runner up prizes of his and hers sets of Omega Seamaster watches.

Like our Florida couple from yesterday, Paul has a set number of tickets in mind. He's hoping for sales of 200,000 which would work out to £4 million, a pretty tidy haul even after the prizes are doled out. There will be a lower cash prize if fewer than 150,000 tickets are sold.

In order to win you need more than luck, you also need a little skill. Once you pay the fee you need to estimate where a golf ball would end up in a photograph. Winners will be determined based on who ever is closest to the actual placement. The competition is scheduled to end August 19th but could end sooner if the tickets are all sold.

[via Daily Mail]

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Tags: andrew paul, AndrewPaul, banker, millionaire, raffle

San Francisco Dream House Raffle

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

For a $150 raffle ticket you could win a $2.4 million home in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Dream House Raffle is a fundraiser to build funds for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The raffle is giving away a total of 370 prizes and the grand prize is a $2.4 million San Francisco dream home or $1.8 million in cash. A total of 37,000 tickets will be sold. There are a total of 369 other prizes valued at $25,000 to $300 so you have a 1 in 100 chance of winning something.

The property includes a newly-built main house and a guest cottage which have not been lived in.There is a four-bedroom main house of approximately 3,150 square feet and a separate two-bedroom guest house that is around 1,150 square feet. Both homes are decorated and the main home includes a baby's room.

[Thanks, Elizabeth!]

Gallery: San Francisco Dream House Raffle

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Tags: dream house raffle, DreamHouseRaffle, house raffle, HouseRaffle, raffle, san francisco, SanFrancisco

Rhode Island's First Million Dollar Raffle

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

The small state of Rhode Island will have an added dose of excitement this New Year's Eve as it hosts a drawing for its first million dollar raffle. The raffle's 120,000 tickets at $20 a piece are all sold out. The tickets were issued in sequence and there are also 10 drawings for $10,000, 100 chances to win $500 and 500 chances to win $100. The overall odds for winning one of the 611 prizes is 1 in 196. The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. in Twin River's Lighthouse Bar and will be aired live on television.

[via Providence Journal]

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Tags: lottery, one million dollars, OneMillionDollars, raffle, rhode island, RhodeIsland

Raffle Offers Spanish Property And A Wild West Show

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Ever fancied yourself a Spanish entrepreneur/showman who rides a Harley? This is quite the unique package offered until January 5th, 2009 from British expatriate Wayne Connell as he raffles off his Spanish villa, Wild West Show business and Harley Davidson motorcycle. My first thought is a bidding war on eBay but Connell is only asking that interested persons purchase a raffle ticket for a measley £25! A maximum of 200,000 tickets will be sold and Connell plans to pull the winning ticket in April now due to a little red tape. If less than 175,000 tickets are sold the winner will be given the cash raised by the raffle tickets instead...personally, I think I'd take that over managing a Wild West Show. Approximately 10,000 tickets have been sold so far.

[via International Herald Tribune]

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Tags: Benidorm, new year millionaire, NewYearMillionaire, raffle, Spain, Wayne Connell, WayneConnell, Wild Wild West Show, WildWildWestShow

Marin Dream House Raffle, Charity of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Charity of the Day

Today is the third day in our look at various charities worth your money this holiday season. If you are feeling lucky or want to give a friend the chance to win a $2.1 million house in California's Bay Area then you might want to pick up a ticket in the Dream House Raffle. Each raffle ticket is $150 and is a fundraiser for Community Action Marin, an anti-poverty organization that operates 15 programs for low-income people throughout Marin County. The raffle ends on January 25 and the winner can opt for the house or $1.7 million in cash. They are also raffling off another 349 prizes ranging from $25,000 to $300 in cash. Unfortunately the raffle tickets aren't tax deductible but donations to Community Action Marin are.

[via SF Gate]

Gallery: Marin House Raffle

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Win A Southern California House For $200

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Charity

The Irvine Public Schools Foundation in California has announced their annual house raffle two months early so holiday shoppers can buy their gift list a chance to win a house and other valuable prizes. For $200 you have a chance to win two 2006 MINI Coopers, ten cash prizes, from $25,000 to $2,500, other prizes including jewelry, vacation packages and gift certificates. The big prize is a new $600,000 John Laing Homes townhome in the Village of Woodbury in Irvine, California. The home is a 1,706 square-foot, 2-story townhome with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a 2-car attached garage. The raffle raises funds for the Irvine Unified School District. No more than 20,000 tickets will be sold.

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Tags: irvine, raffle, real estate, RealEstate, southern california

$100 For A Chance To Win A Mercedes McLaren

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Which would you rather have, a Mercedes SLR McLaren or $300,000? For just $100 you may win the chance to make that decision. The Pohanka Automotive Group in Salisbury, MD is auctioning off the rare car for a good cause. The car retails for around $465,000. Pohanka will sell 5,000 tickets at $100 each. Most of the money will pay for the car, but the remaining cash will be donated to Toys for Tots. So far they have sold more than half of the tickets. The car can't be registered in several states and gets just 17 miles to the gallon so for those who are more practical, the winner can also choose the $300,000 cash if they prefer. The deadline is December 10 and you don't have to be local to play.

[via Delmarvanow.com]

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Tags: auto, car, mercedes mclaren, MercedesMclaren, raffle

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