Raffle Draw

[old_labour]

Say 5000 tickets are sold in a raffle. There are 3 prizes, $10 000, $5 000 and $ 1 000. Should the first winning ticket drawn out be for the $ 10 000 prize or the $ 1 000 prize ?

[ojread2]

does it matter? As long as you say 'this is for £10,000' and the pull a ticket you shouldn't run into issues

[BAKERS DOZEN]

The first ticket pulled out has to be for the main prize - ie $10,000. If done the other way the person who wins the $1,000 prize does not have a ticket in the draw and a chance to win the big prize.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

I was in a club one Christmas when they held their Christmas draw and just on a whim the club secretary decided to make it a "reverse" draw where the smaller prizes were drawn first. There were 50 prizes that night. When the main prize was drawn some people suddenly realised that they might have won a small prize previously but their ticket was not in the draw to win the big prize. There was nearly a riot as some people wanted the draw doing again but others who had won prizes were not ready to give them back. The argument went on for weeks and even reached the stage of solicitors' letter to the committee. Every ticket must have the same chance of winning the big prize.

[factor-fiction]

"Every ticket must have the same chance of winning the big prize."

Under either system they all do have the same chance at the outset don't they?

[mxyzptlk]

I agree the first one out should win the big prize always.
One way of building the suspense that i've seen used at a live draw is for the first 3 tickets pulled out put into seperate envelopes (clearly labelled 1st prize etc) and then announced in reverse order after all the minor prizes have ben drawn.