Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Lotteries to sell homes

In California is it legal to privately hold a lottery where people buy tickets and the prize(s) are homes they win?


Asked on 6/06/09, 2:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Re: Re: Lotteries to sell homes

No. Lotteries are illegal in California, with two exceptions: the one the state runs itself, and lotteries operated by non-profit organizations that meet certain strict criteria, one of which is that the organization have already been in existence for a while before it operates a lottery, which prevents folks from organizing "charities" on the spot.

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Answered on 6/06/09, 2:36 pm


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