Sale Of Raffle Tickets.

[hellywelly4]

If I buy a strip of 5 raffle tickets I think I am buying 5 goes in the raffle. However, in the area where I live, people seldom separate the individual tickets and the whole strip is drawn out so there is only one chance to win,
Is this legal? Surely they should just sell one ticket at a time as I am only getting one go?

[Toorak]

I am not sure about the legality or otherwise of it but it seems unfair

[douglas9401]

Not sure if the law covers what you "think" HW :-), but they do the same thing in my area.
When selling them the seller always says 'a pound per strip' or words to that effect. I've always understood that to mean that the strip's the ticket

[naomi24]

If you buy a strip of 5 for say, £1, and the strip is not split you have five numbers and therefore every time a strip of tickets is drawn you have five chances of winning. If you buy one ticket for £1 you only have one chance of winning each time a ticket is drawn. You are not being hoodwinked. It’s legal.

[Mamyalynne]

Bewildered of Bolton here...

If they pull out a strip of say - 101 - 105 inc, what number is called out as the winning one?

[Buenchico]

What is definitely illegal is to, say, offer tickets at "25p each or 5 for £1". The legislation requires that all chances to win are sold at the same price.

I agree that where a strip of 5 raffle tickets is sold there should be 5 chances to win but I doubt that the legality of leaving the tickets as a single strip has ever been tested in the courts.

[gness]

This has caused bickering in our group, Hellywelly.......I say we split the tickets into five separate tickets......some want to leave the strip as five and when the strip is drawn call the top number...then discard the strip......
That means you buy five tickets but have only one chance of winning which seems daft to me.....
The odds of winning remain the same but you have been deprived of winning more than one prize.....x

[douglas9401]

"If they pull out a strip of say - 101 - 105 inc, what number is called out as the winning one?"

It will be called as (say) green 101-105. It's really that easy.

[hellywelly4]

Naomi - the strip of 5 is only drawn once, so there is only one chance of winning. It's the same as buying one ticket at a time. Not sure if you understand what I mean?

[Mamyalynne]

So they could save on cost and sell one ticket at the same price then , daft idea.

[murraymints]

in the past at local bowling club..you keep the strip but individual tickets go into the "hat" so you still have 5 gos to win

[gness]

It's exactly the same as buying one ticket, Helly so I would suggest we just sell one ticket.....but a strip is traditional.......

As is men saying when you tell them £1 a strip.......go on then luv, get them off.......grrrrrrrr........ :-)

[murraymints]

EEK !

[Mamyalynne]

Heads up Helly, if they organise any brewery outings - don't go.

[douglas9401]

It saves the organisers time and sanity tearing entire books down to individual tickets.
The number of tickets in a strip is immaterial if that strip is sold as one ticket.

[EDDIE51]

Every raffle I have ever seen has the individual numbers drawn out.
They sell them individually or a strip at a discount. For example I have just bought some that were 50p each or a strip of 5 for £2. If one strip was drawn out and the holder won 5 prizes there would be a big row .
But if they only sell strips and only strips are drawn then a strip is in reality a single ticket. That would be legal , it has to be one way or the other. You can't have a raffle where you can buy singles or a strip and only strips are drawn out that can't be legal.

[Mamyalynne]

Sanity?

It's a raffle not UN negotiations.

[naomi24]

hellywelly4, I understand perfectly what you're saying. You're not being cheated, but if you think you are ask the organisers to split the strip and charge you £1 for each ticket.

[douglas9401]

I agree mamyalynne, but there's a determined effort to make it so.

[Mamyalynne]

Ooooh ♫ Make it so ♫ again.

[EDDIE51]

Hellywelly Do they only sell and draw the tickets as strips? if so it is legal as a strip is a single chance.
Otherwise it is not legal.