Anybody Else Dying to Know the Raffle Results!!!

[HoofsandWings]

Bobcat,
Due to a clerical error, you won't be notified that you won the raffle until 12/30/2011.

[Sawbuck]

The phone calls to the winners must have already been made, I'd bet all we are waiting for is to find out how big of losers we are.

[cjensen]

I call hopin they'll tell me a definative day the results will be posted so that I can stop checking until them.  Of course that never happens.  I guess I'm a kid at Christmas...although back then i did have a better than 1% chance of actually getting a present.

[cjensen]

Finally a straight story from the WDFW.  I called and talked to a guy this time.  He said they hired a new vendor to do the computer generated results.  Apparently the drawing was supposed to be last week, but they had "technical difficulties".   The guy said they are scrambling and are saying they'll have results mid week at the latest.  He said they might be posted as early as today, but I think the vendor is fired after this. 

[bobcat]

cjensen-  do you have a lot of money invested in this?

[YellowDog]

cjensen-  do you have a lot of money invested in this?

Haha, he must.  Actually I think he said he and his friends had a fair amount wrapped up in the raffles.  Kinda makes a guy wonder though because in order for that to happen he and his buddies (or at least one of them) had to go to a licensed dealer to buy them so I'm not sure how "honest" they could possibly be (see earlier posts).   

For the record the "new regulations" are not really new.  The law was in place in years passed but the WDFW was conducting these raffles contrary to Washington law and when it was brought to their attention they changed the way raffle tickets could be purchased in order to be in line with the law.  I don't think it really has much if anything to do with chronic gambling.  I think it has more to do with "fairness" in the raffle process.    

Either way, I don't see how hard it could be to go to the dealer and buy a ticket if you want one.... or 10,000 and I really don't care either way.  Your odds are better this way and the real loser is the state because the raffles will end up generating less money for them to mis-manage. 

[cjensen]

Yellowdog - Thank you very much for clearing up the record on the history of state gambling laws as it relates to the WDFW raffle!  Fascinating!!!!   

Bobcat - I have quite a bit invested into it, but not enough to give me that good of odds.   Mostly though...I guess I'm impatient and the suspense is killing me.   See...I've already got my money's worth in suspense...

[Wea300mag]

No news yet??? Nobody has a friend or a friends-uncles-cousins-dad who received a call from the WDFW?

I can see it already, they will use this as an excuse to increase the fees again (on top of the increase on Sept 1). They need more people to pull off this gradeschool raffle 

[seth30]

No news yet??? Nobody has a friend or a friends-uncles-cousins-dad who received a call from the WDFW?

I can see it already, they will use this as an excuse to increase the fees again (on top of the increase on Sept 1). They need more people to pull off this gradeschool raffle 

[Huntnphish]

 I think there is more to this whole illegal activity angle than they are willing to admit to.

[Elkaholic daWg]

How could they wait until after September 1st? The raffle permit seasons begin on September 1st?   

Sarcasm!
 Resident
 Moose tag 08/31/11= $122.
 Same........O9/01/11=$300
 they would also probably prefer that residents do NOT win these draw$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[Recurve-Elk]

I came out empty this year. Knew it was going to be the case because I drew last year.  Yay for 1 point!

[time2hunt]

Is it posted???

[Elkaholic daWg]

I came out empty this year. Knew it was going to be the case because I drew last year.  Yay for 1 point!

 see the mistake? he's mistaken S/P for raffle

[raghorn69]

reminds me of a old Navy saying "Hurry up and wait"