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auction idea

I am thinking about doing an auction on another cp forum... the prize would be something rare like a hamata or adrian slack. Everyone would buy one or more tickets valued at 10 dollars and I would do a drawing to see who wins... can i do this?
 
A raffle for a prize benefitting yourself or donating the proceeds to someone/somewhere??
 
That'd be a raffle, not an auction. And so long as it's OK with said forum's rules, I don't see why not. Why are you asking here though? I would think the place to ask would be at the forum where you'll be holding the event... o_O
~Joe
 
Probably just to make sure it was alright. :)

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From lots of different people. I say sure.
 
If the proceeds go to you for profit, I think this could be considered online gambling.

The reason I think this is because if you change just a few words in the description, you get the definition of a lottery.

Raffle,
Hey I got a hamata worth 100, I am going to sell 20 tickets at 10 bucks each. The winner gets the hamata.

Lottery,
Hey I got a hundred dollar prize, I am going to sell 20 tickets at 10 bucks each. The winner gets the 100 bucks.

But, I am no expert. Just my two cents.
 
i was thinking though that maybe that could be like a way of fundraising for NASC so people could get like a chance to win something big
 
Sounds like an intriguing idea, but 10$ for the mere /chance/ of getting a plant sounds a bit steep.
 
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