I just saw a newspaper article on the house lottery for a million dollar riverside residence/mansion and how it turned into a cash draw. will post shortly.    Here we go, found it in my browser history from national newspaper in UK and this is for a lottery regulated by UK law.   It does sound a bit off in the details ( I wouldn't be happy either) but basically they didnt sell enough tickets in this scenario:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6911209/Couple-failed-raffle-Mega-Home-property-sale-2-5m.html



Its the same one I referenced on the front page actually.   I have seen a few over the years resembling this