Watched a movie over the weekend - Brazilian I think - called "Love for Sale" Concept was simple - girl decides to have a lottery - starts selling tickets for "A Night in Paradise" in order to get herself and her baby out of poverty living. Now - if there were a lottery here - prize - a night with a top provider would you buy a ticket for $50 - assume 80 tickets to be sold and SP to cover all costs at a luxury hotel.
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- Thread starter drrogers
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I would, but not for $50.00. $10 or $20 maybe......
I don't know about a lady accepting this deal though. They lose all choice in spending that long a time with someone they don't know.
I don't know about a lady accepting this deal though. They lose all choice in spending that long a time with someone they don't know.
Whats the limit-if any-on how many tickets for $50 each she will sell ?
Seems like she like to kick back and just keep selling tickets
Then if and when theres a winner is she going to marry the guy or spend a few weeks with him and then have another lottery, lol.
Seems like she like to kick back and just keep selling tickets
Then if and when theres a winner is she going to marry the guy or spend a few weeks with him and then have another lottery, lol.
Just a min..."A Night in Paradise", so shes going to spend ONE night with the winner after raising enough money to buy like a home-- to lift her out of poverty....boy I hope this doesn't catch on.
Jade4u
It's been good to know ya
If this idea was feasible, it would have been done by now....
The limiting factor is how to advertise the lottery, create an easy and safe form of payment and then provide secure verfification not only of the ticket sales but of the actual winning ticket drawing as well.
This is not a business that lends itself to trust, so very few SPs have the reputation to be able to pull it off. Think for a second - if you saw this idea posted on CL, you'd immediate see a thread called "Latest CL Ripoff Scam".
Having said that, if it was a top-tier independent SP with a impeccable reputation (i.e. Badkat), I'd do it.
The limiting factor is how to advertise the lottery, create an easy and safe form of payment and then provide secure verfification not only of the ticket sales but of the actual winning ticket drawing as well.
This is not a business that lends itself to trust, so very few SPs have the reputation to be able to pull it off. Think for a second - if you saw this idea posted on CL, you'd immediate see a thread called "Latest CL Ripoff Scam".
Having said that, if it was a top-tier independent SP with a impeccable reputation (i.e. Badkat), I'd do it.
drrogers said:
Note that the lottery laws in Toronto(maybe ontario) require proof(and statement) of the value of the prize as well as the time and date of the drawing.
I would be happy to help establish the value of the prize.
Jade4u
It's been good to know ya
S.C. Joe said:
I doubt if she would raise enough at 50 dollars a ticket to buy a house. Not all men would jump at the chance. 50x80=$4,000.00 not even quite 4 months rent. Plus if she is paying the hotel bill too that can also be deducted.
Not too sure, $50 for a all nighter, thats reg. $2,000 and with the internet now-if she could use like e-bay-which she can't-she could make more than we can guess. And maybe if it was $20 she sell 100 times more tickets, if it was $2, maybe a 1,000 time more. And if she could wait 1 or 2 months to sell tickets and would be willing to travel to go to them-this way all of Canada and the USA would be buy tickets and some would buy more than 1 ticket, she just might pull in-depending on looks, say a cool 1 million bucks.
Don't matter, it never happen around here, the police in both Canada and the USA-along with e-bay-will never allow it.
Don't matter, it never happen around here, the police in both Canada and the USA-along with e-bay-will never allow it.
Hell, even if I bought one chance and they sold 1 000 000 tickets, my odds of getting laid by anyone remotely attractive would still be better than real life.
