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 1 year ago

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

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Are you wanting anecdotal evidence?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

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

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What is a 50/50 raffle?

by Anonymous 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

by Anonymous 1 year 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 1 year ago

I wasn't talking about raffles

by Anonymous 1 year ago

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

by Anonymous 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Oof

by Anonymous 1 year 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 1 year ago

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by Anonymous 1 year ago