Do you ever win raffles?

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Over my life time I have bought hundreds of raffle tickets.
Cars, Holidays, Houses etc.
Never have I won any prize. Over 45 years :frowning_face:

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Lotteries and raffles are a tax on people who are bad at maths.

However I did win a blender as third price in the War Veterans lottery in the mid 70s.

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I have won raffles,bingo many years ago and the lottery,albeit it was not a lot.

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Won hundreds of pounds over many years. But that’s because I never waste money on buying tickets. AKA Gambling.

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I’ve won a few raffles, but just minor prizes. The most recent one was a portable speaker.

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Hello mooweiris, a warm welcome to Over50sChat… :grinning:

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Yes, several prizes in rapid succession at a primary school Christmas fair some years back. If looks could kill, so much for the festive spirit! :snowflake::snowman::hocho::skull_and_crossbones:

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Wotcha mooweiris!
Welcome to the fun factory :+1:

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Welcome to the forum mooweiris.
I hope you enjoy your time here.
Thank you for posting. :slightly_smiling_face:

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When I go with family to eat at the club we usually each put in $5 for Keno, we know we are going to lose it but it is just a bit of fun and lasts all evening, it is far less boring than playing the pokies.

One birthday I bought $20 worth of meat raffle tickets going halves with my son because you get $50 worth free (birthday gift) - that time we won six meat trays, never bought tickets before or since.

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When I was a child I won a jar of lemon curd at the church raffle. I was very excited because I had never tasted lemon curd. I have never bought a jar of lemon curd since.

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Do scratcher lottery tickets count? i’ve won some of those.

I don’t think I’ve bought any raffle tickets that I can remember so I didn’t win any of those.

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Chiang Ching’s is blue
They all have hills to fly them on
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It’s a knockout

f looks could kill they probably will
In games without frontiers
War without tears
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In games without frontiers
War without tears
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War without tears

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Thought I was going bonkers till I saw this :laughing: A fair while ago there was a thread about “Meat” raffles :smile:

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Several years ago I won a DVD player in a raffle, that’s all I’ve ever won though.
They used to have meat raffles at our village sports and social club, I don’t think they do anymore, or at least I haven’t seen them advertised.

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I don’t think I’ve ever won anything, outside of small wins on the lottery. I guess I must be jinxed.

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I always win raffles

Not the big money ones, or where you win a car or house or something

But the little raffles they have in the office or at social clubs etc, I almost always get a prize, it’s almost embarassing!

If I win two prizes, I always tell them to put it back and pull out someone else’s ticket

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I never win Raffles. What would I do with a hotel in Singapore anyway?

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Would you prefer Applecross, Perth.
Raffles on the river here.
Rather more modest than Singapore’s Raffles. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I tend not to win raffles, could be something to do with not entering any!