raffle

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Rector of St Mary's, the Reverend Nigel Prior, said the raffle fundraising was a "fantastic result".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

To help towards that, the church sold raffle tickets to win the painting by Suffolk-born Hambling, which initially it hoped would raise £10,000, but had brought in £13,000 by January.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

When the two-hour movie ended, one attendee won the big raffle prize, which included “Waiting to Exhale” on DVD — and a DVD player to play it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

The firm’s insurance chief of 39 years, Ajit Jain, once crafted a policy insuring Pepsi against having to award a $1 billion raffle prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

She liked him so much from that first meeting that she fixed things so that he would win the accordion in the raffle.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez