As with previous property raffles, the competition must contain an element of skill to distinguish it from a lottery, which would be illegal. Lotteries can only be run for good causes, while prize draws can be run for personal gain, according to rules set out by the Gambling Commission. The Knightsbridge home, which is being sold on competition site Your Laddr, will be won by the person who is able to mark the exact location of the cricket ball that has been digitally removed from a photograph. Once all entries are received, a professional cricket player will determine where he thinks the middle of the ball is and the winner will be chosen.
UK competition site Your Laddr is offering a Knightsbridge flat valued at £3.2m ($4.3m) in a "spot the ball" raffle, with tickets priced at £10. The site said buyers can purchase up to 150 tickets for the three-bedroom home, which comes with a share of freehold, no stamp duty or legal fees, a year's worth of council tax paid and a black Jeep worth £56,000. A similar offer has been made on another London property - an apartment block in London's exclusive Mayfair neighbourhood that sold out within hours after going on sale last week. The sale will end when 380,000 tickets have been sold or the 10 September deadline is reached.