Win a million pound house

BindyB

Hi all,
I’ve just remembered that I bought a ticket last year for a chance to win a house. I’ve found my email receipt and gone to the website to see when the draw is/was, but there’s nothing there! I’ve tried opening the ‘invoice’ and that won’t work either!

I bought the £3 ticket in September and the competition was at: winamillionpoundhouse.co.uk I think the house was in Yorkshire.

I’ve googled it but cant find anything! Anyone know anything about it?

Thank you!

One-Eye

Most of these sell nowhere near enough tickets for the house to be won. Typically they get extended, sometimes more than once, and end up with a cash prize (small in relation to the house value), but sometimes in refunds. Loquax maintain a list: https://www.loquax.co.uk/win-a-house.htm

There is a good article about house raffles HERE

In the past 18 months, competition website Loquax has listed 50 house competitions of which 41 are now closed. Only two of these resulted in anyone winning a property, one of which was in Ireland

mjm3346

One from earlier this year perfectly illustrates just one of the reasons not to spend money on them

(They sold about £750,000 worth of the £25 tickets and paid a substitute £110,000 cash prize)


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-46839621

Value of alternative prizes is something the ASA ruled on a case last year (with all their usual "authority")

https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/win-your-dream-home-uk-ltd-a18-452077.html

BindyB

Well that’s frustrating reading! Maybe I should run my own raffle, rather than enter one next time, looks to be more profitable!
Thank you for your help