Character House in the North Yorkshire Moors
- Details
Status
Closed CompetitionClosing Date: 2-Jan-2019
The Property Prize
Property Type: HouseCountry: England
Location: North Yorkshire Moors National Park
Market Value: £500,000
The Competition
Ticket Cost: £10Target Ticket Sales: 60,000
This Victorian period property is located in the North Yoirkshire Moors national park not far from Whitby.
The house features four double bedrooms, an orangery and spacious reception rooms retaining their period features. Outside there is a heated outdoor swimming pool as well as a hottub and log cabin, the house is in a village called Grosmont just ten minutes from the sea at Whitby.
The competition requires a multiple choice question to be answered and a portion of the proceeds will be going to the owners chosen charity which is Cancer Research. 60,000 ticket sales is possible with good publicity so this competition will hopefully be giving away the house one lucky winner.
Competition Outcome
Winning Prize: CancelledTickets Sold: 6,000
The completion has been shut-down by the gambling commission, the following statement was posted on the competition website:
It is with sincere regret and upset that this competition has to close.
The Gambling Commission has deemed the competition a potential lottery and not a legal prize competition.
This is despite independent legal advice we obtained to the contrary. It is also after a period of over 4 months of silence from the Commission, despite being told of our competition on 30th July 2018. In their leaflet published 03/18 the Commission states that although they will not approve or help develop such competitions they will act IMMEDIATELY on any obvious concerns. They did not contact us immediately in spite of the fact that it is their role to monitor such competitions.
We understand the disappointment to you all and can only apologise sincerely as well as offer a full refund.
This eventuality is covered in clauses 5 & 6 of our terms and conditions.
We had hoped to be in a position to offer the house as the prize or, alternatively, cash prizes in accordance with our terms and conditions. The Commission will not let us do either.
As you will have seen my wife and I have been through a lot over the last three years and it was hoped that this would give us the break we need. Unfortunately, we are back to square one.
This property is open to offers to purchase.
To claim a refund for your ticket please visit www.wayh.co.uk/signin. You will be able to login to your account and there will now be a ‘Claim Refund’ button where money will be returned via bank transfer within 7-10 working days.