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I had an idea this weekend that I wanted to throw out there for abuse/critisism/Kudos...
What would be the legal issues, legislative process etc to create a "Energy Lotto" or Raffle.
Here's what I mean.
Sell entries for $1.00 each. That money would be escrowed until it reached around $30k (or whatever the final delivery price of a Civic GX). At that point, a random drawing would be conducted and a GX would be purchased for the winning entry. Any remaining funds would become the seed in the next drawing.
This would be a non-profit, transparent accounting venture, soley for the purpose of getting these great cars in peoples hands. The only "cut" out of the ticket sales would go to pay actual expense of running the website and advertising costs. Any staff would be purely volunteer based, so it should be qualifiable as a non-profit.
Another thought would be to have multiple drawings running. 1 for a CNG vehicle, one for home solar energy installation, etc.
I'm sure there would be obstacles to this idea, but I'm looking for a way to get these vehicles and other green solutions out to folks who would otherwise not take the initiative to do so.
Is it a stupid idea, or is there merit.
I submit myself for the flogging to begin
What would be the legal issues, legislative process etc to create a "Energy Lotto" or Raffle.
Here's what I mean.
Sell entries for $1.00 each. That money would be escrowed until it reached around $30k (or whatever the final delivery price of a Civic GX). At that point, a random drawing would be conducted and a GX would be purchased for the winning entry. Any remaining funds would become the seed in the next drawing.
This would be a non-profit, transparent accounting venture, soley for the purpose of getting these great cars in peoples hands. The only "cut" out of the ticket sales would go to pay actual expense of running the website and advertising costs. Any staff would be purely volunteer based, so it should be qualifiable as a non-profit.
Another thought would be to have multiple drawings running. 1 for a CNG vehicle, one for home solar energy installation, etc.
I'm sure there would be obstacles to this idea, but I'm looking for a way to get these vehicles and other green solutions out to folks who would otherwise not take the initiative to do so.
Is it a stupid idea, or is there merit.
I submit myself for the flogging to begin
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