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20 September 11:05:40	'Poachers Retreat' is a newly-built 6-bedroom mansion in Warwickshire which can be won for just £25 in what is described by owner Malcolm Cox as “possibly the largest win-a-house competition in the world” . Win a 3 million pound home
20 September 11:05:00	More on 'Poacher's Retreat' from Daisy Waugh writing in The Sunday Times. TimesOnline
28 August 11:24:32	The number of entries for the 'Win A House in Sandbanks' competition fell short of the required 52,000 so "the prize will now revert to a monetary sum." The result will be announced in aarly September. Sandbanks Life
7 August 05:47:50	The Sandbanks Life competition to win a £1,000,000 house on Sandbanks for £25 closed on July 31 2009. Last seen, there was no further news on the website. Sandbanks Life.
25 June 10:25:11	Expats Barry and Lorraine Wilson are offering the chance to win their two houses in South Africa. 2Homes2win (www.2homes2win.com) is "not a house lottery or a house raffle", but a prize crossword competition. Check out The Big House on YouTube. YouTube
16 June 11:05:28	Tim Bawtree now plans to give it away the "Underground House" in Cheltenham if he sells enough advertising pixels (www.pixahome.com). "A winner will then be chosen at random from the Twitter membership" - check out http://twitter.com/pixhome The Telegraph
16 June 11:00:46	Click on 'This Is Gloucestershire' for more info and the local take on the latest about the "Underground House" in Cheltenham. This Is Gloucestershire
16 June 10:59:40	Click on Channel 4 for the backstory the "Underground House" in Cheltenham. Channel 4
5 April 10:07:04	Tim and Zoe Bawtree sold only 5,706 tickets and so were unable to raffle 'The Underground House' but "are over the moon for Christine and her family." Christine Evelen won £83,000 and £14,500 is going to charity. Win The Cheletenham House
9 March 10:49:48	Londoner Stephen Lakey has won a London flat "worth £400,000" after buying 2 tickets costing £100 in the WinALondonPad property raffle. Developer MIA is understood to have given away the first flat "at a loss to kick-start interest in the raffle." Evening Standard
1 February 11:24:29	Nice publicity for Dave Mackie in the Daily Mail! Daily Mail
1 February 11:23:56	David Mackie is trying to raffle his 3-bed 4-bath + sauna and steamroom Lancashire home with 14,000 tickets at £50 a pop. He is using a Sudoku puzzle as the required competition element. Win Free Home
30 January 06:10:11	Tim and Zoe Bawtree have revised the entry conditions for 'Win The Cheltenham House'. Following intervention by the Gambling Commission, entrants must now attempt to "spot the frisbee" as this qualifies as a true test of skill. Win The Cheltenham House
13 January 05:24:42	Property developer Kirk Clugston is offering his chalet bungalow, which backs on to Ruislip Golf course and has been valued at £570,000, in a competition at £25 per entry. There is also a bonus prize of £10,000 for the 1st 5,000 tickets sold. Win My Bungalow
15 December 06:50:49	MIA Developments is offering 11 apartments in London worth £8,000,000 as the prize in its 'Win A London Pad' competition. Purchase of a 4GB MP4 player for £60.00 (RRP £89.00) ensures automatic free entry into the prize draw. WinALondonPad
15 December 06:03:46	Wayne Crowsley and David Davis are holding a 'Super Raffle' for San Blas, their property in Spain. The 4-bed main house and 7 self-contained units are worth around 1,500,000 euros. Tickets cost 25 euros. San Blas
31 October 11:52:04	The Evening Standard has a large piece on the Highgate flat of Samantha Grief which she is selling by reverse auction through Humraz. Evening Standard
27 October 06:54:56	An alternative to the prize draw property competition has emerged. Sam Donaldson is hoping to sell a half-a-million pound property for less than £25,000 through "reverse auction" operator Humraz. This Is Total Essex
27 October 06:54:12	Asmat Monaghan set up "reverse auction" operation Humraz with the intention of helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder. She is now getting 200 enquiries a week, compared with 2 a week back in April. Humraz
21 October 06:38:59	More on Ludlow Chapel from the Shropshire Star. Shropshire Star
21 October 06:38:27	More on Ludlow Chapel from the BBC. BBC News
21 October 06:37:27	Nicola Bibby is raffling off her converted Victorian chapel. Each ticket for the four-bedroom detached house in Ludlow, Shropshire, costs £25 and at least 12,000 must be sold by 31 December. Win a Ludlow Chapel
21 October 06:32:15	More on Fellows Hall from the BBC. BBC News
21 October 06:31:05	Simon Brown and wife vicky are selling 28,000 raffle tickets at £25 a pop for six-bedroom Fellows Hall in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside. Win Fellows Hall
17 October 09:50:13	Olborough Retreat - the draw has been postponed because the Gambling Commission is investigating the degree of difficulty in the question. Brian Wilshaw is posting info on the MySpace. MySpace
13 October 11:16:52	Torquay developer Cliff Rawlinson of Signature Homes is offering four luxury apartments in Newton Abbott worth more than £1,700,000 for a £50 ticket. Win A Development
13 October 11:16:14	Retired solicitor Gillian Fazan has launched a competition for her flat at Beacon Terrace, overlooking Torquay harbour. Win A Home UK
5 October 10:24:29	Sue and George Panis of 'Win A Devon Manor' are featured in a video on the BBC news site. BBC News
5 October 10:23:50	This Is North Devon has a piece about Sue and George Panis of 'Win A Devon Manor'. This Is North Devon
1 October 07:07:52	Brian and Michelle Jones are getting international publicity for their Bansko ski lodge raffle. Tribune Property
1 October 07:06:50	Brian and Michelle Jones are getting local publicity for their Bansko ski lodge raffle. Bridgwater Mercury
1 October 07:05:08	"Win Our Luxury Log Ski Chalet" - a property raffle for a Bansko ski lodge at just £3 per entry. Win A Cabin
1 October 06:41:02	Win a Manor House in Devon - sales heading towards 3,000 tickets last seen. Win a Manor House in Devon
1 October 06:37:25	Last seen, Tim Bawtree had sold 6,400 lottery tickets for The Cheltenham House. Win! The Cheltenham House
1 October 06:36:27	Solicitor Stephen Kuncewicz of Ralli, who advised on the Oldborough Retreat lottery, is reported to have had 300+ calls in 2 weeks from property owners wanting to sell by lottery / raffle. Stephen Kuncewicz
1 October 06:35:35	The Times has reported on the increasing interest in selling homes by lottery. The Times
1 October 05:22:58	Brian Wilshaw has sold all 46,000 tickets for the raffle of his £1,000,000 Devon estate. The draw will take place on the 16th October. Win A Devon Property With Fishing
1 October 05:20:44	The current trend for "raffling" a house requires legal advice. Apparently, it is illegal to run a lottery for private gain, but a simple question can turn a competition into a game of skill.

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