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Questionable Raffle for Obama

The state of Minnesota is taking ridiculous to new levels with the state’s concern over an Obama fundraising raffle that may allegedly be illegal. Many states have specific restrictions on the regulations and specifications surrounding land and online casino gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes, and raffles, but new headlines in Minnesota can only lead one to shake their head. The Minnesota Gambling Control Board has announced that the government and the Control Board are investigating a new promotion from the Obama campaign that acts as a raffle – something that is only legal for non-profit organizations in the state.

Basically, the U.S. is just bound and determined to nickel and dime the land and online casino gambling regulations to death – and the Minnesota State government is no different. Obama’s current promotion encourages supports to donate a sum of money to his campaign ($5 through $2,300), and as an added benefit, one of the lucky donors will win a chance to meet Obama first hand when he is appearing in Denver, Colorado.

The problem arises because of the raffle nature of the promotion says the Minnesota Gaming Control Board – because there is a fee to enter the raffle (a donation) and the winners are chosen by chance, the promotion falls under the guidelines of a promotion. The Obama campaign though has successfully avoided all encounters involving land and online casino gambling, and we suspect that this run-in with raffle gambling will be soon neutralized. The campaign responded to the Board noting that there was no element of sheer chance involved because the winner would be chosen based on the merit of the entry and the accompanying story.