50/50 raffles are a scam, amirite?

Usually its played for raising money for charity. I've done some small ones and won an item, more than I paid for the ticket.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

This is a lie and a scam *anecdotal evidence*!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Are you wanting anecdotal evidence?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

You gave me anecdotal evidence "nobody I know has won one". Good for you? Sucks to suck.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

What is a 50/50 raffle?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

They are popular at sports events. Basically tickets are sold, half the proceeds of the tickets sold go to the organization running the raffle and half go to the winner of the draw.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The only 50/50 I am familiar with I always lose- Always Qiqi

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I'm just saying, I have season tix to a few different sports, and I know a lot of the other STHs. No one has ever said or admitted they won.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I wasn't talking about raffles

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's more of scam in the way state lotteries are a scam. Not how you're thinking.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

My mom won a really expensive grill from one that a company did when I was a kid. She paid like $5 for the ticket. Maybe some of them are scams, but a good chunk are real.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

If you're playing the 50/50 and actually care about winning it, then you probably can't afford to play it.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I won a 50/50 raffle 2 years in a row at a crab feed fund raiser for a local fire department. The 1st year was just chance, the second year I bought a couple hundred tickets(playing cards torn in half from different decks of cards) to increase my odds, and for a good cause. I told myself if I won I'd use my winnings toward the down payment on a super cheap house. People had mixed reactions to me winning twice. I bought the house in spring 2008.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Oof

by Anonymous 2 years ago

My wife and I won $600 on a 50/50 raffle at a fund raiser. We let them keep it, it was a good cause and I was really drunk. 😄

by Anonymous 2 years ago

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by Anonymous 2 years ago