ISSUE:

The seller has a parcel of land valued at $500,000. The seller wants to have a raffle in which five-hundred people buy tickets of $1,000 each. Can the seller conduct this raffle?

ANSWER:

No. The conducting of the raffle is gambling and is illegal under A.R.S. §13-3302 (B)(C), unless a historical society or charity such as United Way is conducting the raffle.