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Win a House competitions have been popular internet stories. They usually get press coverage along the lines of the idea being “unique” and with the housing market constantly in the news they possibly arouse public interest. Sadly, in almost every case I’ve been aware of, the public interest does not equate to participation and so far, again as far as I am aware of, not one house has actually been won through these kind of raffle competitions.
Winning a £315,000 house in Rugby for the price of a £5 raffle ticket sounds good, but in one competition players have kissed their money goodbye and now have no chance of winning the house. The company involved, MJ Prizes, has collapsed and according to Rugby Today only £9000 worth of tickets were actually sold. That’s just under 3% of the number of tickets required to be sold to just break even on the house price.
In the last few months a new Win a House competition started up at Winahouse.tv. This competition offers players the chance to win a house for £1. The first competition has closed (6th January) and what will be interesting is if the house gets awarded. The terms of the competition indicate that if less than 400,000 entries have been made then an alternative prize will be awarded. Two further draws are due this month too - and it will be interesting to see if another win a house competition ends up failing or whether finally a house is won through these kind of promotions.
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on January 8, 2007 at 9:10 am Rich Danby wrote:
Just saw on their blog (http://www.house4apound.tv/wordpress/?p=25) that they sold 5252 tickets and will be paying out £1000.
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on April 25, 2007 at 3:43 pm Simon Cooper wrote:
I have seen a similar competition to win a house - entry is only £1 online and are offering a free route by post. Is it a lack of interest or fear of a con that stops people entering these competitions ?
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