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Jennie Bailey's friends thought she was "bonkers" when she told them she was raffling her family's £325,000 home for £5 a ticket.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Affected by her friend’s gratitude, she then sent a tweet, raffling off another $100 Venmo payment to another WGA member.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2023

They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023

He's already selling greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, wine glasses, footballs, placemats and Christmas ornaments, along with raffling off tickets to see him perform.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2022

With the raffling of the mule, Petra Cotes and he bought some more animals with which they managed to set up a primitive lottery business.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez