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Originally Posted by SSLarry
Here's the math...
Lets say you won and had to dump that fugly thing on Ebay for say, $35,000. Your one-in-2500 chance means the true value of the ticket is 1/2500 * 35,000 = $14. You are paying $100 per ticket for a loss of $86.
But hey, Vegas exists for a reason.
Go fot it  |
For one, I'm sure that car would go for more than 35k at auction. Second, when is the last time you heard of a raffle where the ticket cost equaled the total value of the prizes? That would be a pretty pointless raffle
