4 year old won a raffle
By callahanb78
@callahanb78 (529)
United States
March 6, 2009 11:24am CST
Ok so here is the story, from what I gather...
There was a drawing in Taiwan on Thursday to increase spending. The grant prize winner would win the rights to a tropical island in Penghu. So the drawing was held and a winner was chosen.....a 4 year old boy named Yeh Chien-wei.
How does a child of 4 years old enter a raffle?
Are the rules for lotteries, raffles, and such that different?
6 responses
@emilie2300 (1882)
• United States
6 Mar 09
Wow thats crazy how dose that happen thats the question. Are there rules for such thing in these countries? Do they just let any one register for prizes.
@callahanb78 (529)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Makes ya wonder huh?!?! Maybe me and mine should take a vacation over there and play some lotteries....lol
@emilie2300 (1882)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Yeah we all should go check it out. Its weird though. So lets pack our bags and get going to win some lotteries. LOL
@jessieturtle (13)
• United States
6 Mar 09
What is a 4-year-old going to do with a tropical paradise, anyway?
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
6 Mar 09
As long as it says that kids can enter legally (which for raffles sometimes it does) I say go kid. Congratulations! I entered raffles at church picnics when I was that age. Often, you had to earn tickets to buy raffle chances by performing community service or memorizing Bible verses so I understand how this may have happened.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
6 Mar 09
The four year old boy won the raffle so that is amazing and quite surprising given his young age. I wonder if the rules said all age groups could take part. The boy will be able to take one of more of his parents to the tropical island of Penghu. I wish him well because I know some children are so talented that they will go far in life.
@ellen_mom (174)
• United States
6 Mar 09
Whew.....I misread the title of your article and thought you said he was won in a raffle.....
I think his parents will probably have to hold it in trust, I don't think other countries are as strict about age limits as America is.
@callahanb78 (529)
• United States
6 Mar 09
Must be nice to win something like that. Maybe they will just allow his parents to go with him. Hope they take lots of pics so he remembers it! :)
