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| Update on Win a Devon Property with Fishing competition |
| Written by The Editors | |
| Friday, 19 September 2008 | |
 Congratulations to Brian and Wendy Wilshaw, who reportedly successfully sold all 46,000 tickets they were aiming for to give away their £1 million property, Oldborough Retreat. The competition was intended to last until the beginning of December, but it seems that the Wilshaw's marketing paid off early. At £25 per ticket, the couple successfully raised the targeted £1.15 million they were targeting.
At the same time, given its popularity and the emergence of plenty of other similar 'win a house' competitions in recent weeks, the competition has been scrutinized by the Gambling Commission and generated some controversy over the last few days.It seems that the advice given to the Wilshaw couple may not have been totally in line with the Gambling Commission's own view on what constitutes a prize competition, versus an illegal lottery. This news follows a confusing set of events where the Gambling Commission originally told a member of the public that the competition was legal, before retracting this statement, according to Out-Law.com. It turns out that according to the Gambling Commission, it is illegal to run a lottery for profit, as opposed to a prize competition that involves a sufficient degree of skill and judgement. Although the Oldborough Retreat competition was a success in terms of marketing, we have yet to see what will happen to the other similar 'win a house' competitions, that have adopted a very similar system of asking a simple question to allow entry for players. While many of these competitions aim to also raise funds for charity, this latest news may also compromise their ability to deliver the prize as originally hoped. We'll be interested to follow the developments in this space, given so many similar competitions have cropped up in recent weeks.
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