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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018) by ggm on Sunday July 03, 2022 @09:25PM (#31972555)
In Australia, the thing called an "art union" used to be how to raise money for charity, and the prize was often a home, and they really exist, and people did win and live in them, and some of them were classics of the low spot of the 60s and 70s, shag-pile carpet, sunken entertainment pit, volcano-stone fireplace...

They still take place. I suspect the buildings have moved with the (architectural) times.

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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018) by jimmux on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:39PM (#31973265)
They certainly aren't as common as they used to be, but I still see them. I think maybe Royal Life Saving Society still do it? Gold Coast apartments are typical properties now. I'll never enter though - not since they sold my details and I got spam calls for years.
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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018) by michaelhoney on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:20PM (#31973169)
I think you mean the apogee of architectural refinement. I would love an entertainment pit.
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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018) by ggm on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:38AM (#31973536)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5473090/ (swingin' safari: 2018) is a coming-of-age film set in Australia, which includes an exploding whale, Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, and a beautiful shag-pile den with sunken pit. It was shot on the GC.
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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018) by bombcar on Sunday July 03, 2022 @10:40PM (#31972969)
In the US there is (was) some way of using the home raffle thing to bypass capital gains tax but I’m unclear on the details.
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