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I guess I was thinking whoever was holding the raffle would get publicity worth the $50,000 maybe so they should just pay?

Well this was a charity event so I doubt the organization holding the raffle would have the funds to pay out.

And if it was a raffle, don’t they have to pay out winnings to some one? If not was it a legal raffle? Because if no one wins isn’t buying a ticket just a donation disguised as a raffle? Would they need to pick another person’s name and let them take the shot?

I think it would depend on the terms and conditions set forth in the published rules for the raffle.

It seems to me that the prize was a chance to make the shot which if you made it you won the $50K.

From the article I am guessing that you had to be present to win (you had to be there to make the shot). I also figure that if the owner of the ticket pulled had not been present they would have pulled another ticket and some one else would have gotten to take the shot.

Now the only possible way this could be resolved is the wild chance that they still posses the remaining tickets from the raffle. If they do they could pull another ticket and that person could try to make the shot.

But I sincerely doubt that could happen. Given that this kid messed it all up I figure that the insurance company will never pay up. I am fairly sure that their contract would have specified a drawing on a specific day at a specific event. That day and event are passed so they are under no obligation to pay out.