re: Anyone ever won anything from a raffle ticket?

I won a $1,000 scholarship for having a Troy State tag on my truck in college. We didn't have to pay to enter the drawing but ok Alabama you already pay an extra $50 for specialty plates and that money goes to the school. They drew my name at a football game that I didn't go to because it was flooding and I was sick. Took my picture behind my truck showing the tag, and me receiving a check from someone in the administration.

I also know the guy who won a rifle last year at this big sportsmans blast thing at our church. That is one of those must be present to win things because they don't charge to enter it. Door prizes is more like it. You pay $12 and you get a meal and entered to win things like a scope, a rifle, or a trip somewhere.