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.htmlIts the same one I referenced on the front page actually. I have seen a few over the years resembling this
Made researches about the house lottery and I thought so that lottery is legitimate. But, I'm really don't know about this one. What if somebody tried to used the person who won the lottery to that house and just put his face in this lottery.