Cops: Alleged liquor thief fills out raffle ticket

An alleged shoplifter with a bottle of whiskey in his pants decided to take one more gamble before leaving a Washington County liquor store: filling out a raffle ticket. But the gamble led police right to him. The man was charged Thursday with misdemeanor retail theft, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.

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Bruce photo raffle to benefit FoodBank of NJ

Help fight hunger and you just might end up with a rare Bruce Springsteen photo.

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Woman wins house in raffle after husband laid off

Susan Wells was thrilled to learn she'd won a $2 million house in a raffle days after her husband had been laid off from his job. "I'm floored," said Wells, who bought the ticket as a surprise to celebrate the couple's 16th anniversary. "I can't believe this has happened. Needless to say, my husband is very surprised."

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Man wins Austrian luxury villa in unusual raffle

When Traude Daniel couldn't find a buyer for her luxury villa in southern Austria, she decided to raffle it off. It turned out to be quite a success: 9,999 tickets priced at euro99 ($128) each sold out within days in early December to raise nearly euro990,000 ($1,280,000).

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Police: Ohio man ran hooker-review Web site

Columbus police have arrested a man they say was responsible for a Web site where customers could post reviews of prostitutes.

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Police: Ohio college adviser ran prostitute raffle

An Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said.

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Man accused of rigging bingo raffle to split prize

A volunteer fire department president in western Pennsylvania is accused of rigging a bingo raffle and splitting the $1,500 prize with the winner. Roger Nogy, 56, of North Belle Vernon, has not returned calls for comment on the charges he faces, including theft by deception.

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Iraq vet questions gun raffle for Pa. kids league

An Iraq war veteran says a youth football league in central Pennsylvania is using inappropriate prizes in a raffle fundraiser: rifles.

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Slump Forces Md. Family to Raffle Home

Frustrated by a nationwide housing slump, a western Maryland couple is selling raffle tickets for their $390,000 house and hoping they'll sell enough $100 tickets to get the farmhouse off their hands. Dennis Kelly and Karen Crawford put the four-bedroom house for sale for $425,000 a year and a half ago. But they say the housing slowdown means they haven't had any takers. The house is now valued at $390,000.

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Horse rescue groups are getting creative in raising funds ahead of an expected hard winter amid an economic downturn.

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How would you like to have the chance to own a gorgeous, brand new South Tampa mansion for 50 bucks?

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neighBORROW, a community-based website which provides members of local networks access to a collective online catalog of the items they each own individually, and Eco-Libris launched a new raffle of green books, which is part of an initiative entitled 'From Read to Green'.

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His idea is making him famous. Ecuadorian Mauricio Coyago 41 is now a familiar face through many Spanish media sources.

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Karen McHale, 47, had just won a 6,000-square-foot house with an appraised value of $1.25 million.

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The winner of the $500,000 lottery drawing came forward Saturday to collect his prize, and the man who will pocket a half-million dollars from a raffle designed to benefit a sex abuse victims charity is a three-time sex offender.

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MADRID (AFP) – Health authorities in Spain Wednesday expressed outrage over a raffle being organised by a nightclub in which the prize is breast enlargement surgery.

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(Excerpt): Although Obama has already raised a record $640 million for his White House run, now he's trying to raise more by dangling a real prize in front of previous contributors.

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A coffin - complete with pillow and brass reading light - was put up as first prize in a raffle by a tourist board.

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A man who has found himself unemployed and therefore unable to keep up the mortgage payments on his house in Ciempozuelos, Madrid, has decided to sell lottery tickets at five € a time to sell it off. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

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The Queen shocked staff at a primary school after snapping up a ticket for their raffle and winning a prize of toiletries. Shocked organisers of the raffle could hardly believe it when they handed over a prize of two bars of soap and bath oil to her majesty.

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For a $100 raffle ticket you could win the $325,000 home in Granger. A one in 95% chance of winning a prize not too bad

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