Vegas
03-24-2008, 06:26 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/24/earlyshow/main3961672.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._3961672
A Maryland couple whose house was on the market about two years with no takers decided to try an unconventional route -- they held a raffle, with their home as top prize.
And it worked -- and then some!
Starting in January, organizers sold 6,289 tickets at $100 a pop in 78 days, with buyers in every state, and even Puerto Rico, Japan and Iraq.
It got Karen Crawford and husband Dennis Kelly what they wanted for their four bedroom, 2,700 square foot farmhouse on four acres near Big Pool Md. -- with $225,000 to spare, which they are donating to the San Mar Children's Home in Boonsboro, Md.
A Maryland couple whose house was on the market about two years with no takers decided to try an unconventional route -- they held a raffle, with their home as top prize.
And it worked -- and then some!
Starting in January, organizers sold 6,289 tickets at $100 a pop in 78 days, with buyers in every state, and even Puerto Rico, Japan and Iraq.
It got Karen Crawford and husband Dennis Kelly what they wanted for their four bedroom, 2,700 square foot farmhouse on four acres near Big Pool Md. -- with $225,000 to spare, which they are donating to the San Mar Children's Home in Boonsboro, Md.