[Janelle Ward]

Raffles/lotteries for cars, houses, trips and so on are regular fundraisers for big and small. But like many things in life now, you need to check the fine print.

A young woman who thought she’d won her dream car was left empty-handed, 7News reports.

She’s spent $120 on online raffle tickets, won a Nissan Patrol worth $113,000 and took it home.
But she had “a feeling something was wrong”.

“I started contacting them [the lottery organiser] probably a month after I got it because I figured out I didn’t have the spare key and because I had to change it into my name and get a roadworthy here in Victoria,” she said.

Then the car was repossessed.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says consumers should check for a lottery’s permit number before entering a competition.

“If a consumer wins a high-value prize such as a car, they should make sure that the lottery organiser provides them with the legal paperwork to accompany that prize,” the ACCC said.

Do you routinely check for a permit number? Will you check now?

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