House raffle rip off
Pictured: Mother who missed out on £3m home she 'won' in raffle
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Winner of £3m riverfront mega-home revealed as mother-of-two Carina Alcock, from Christchurch, Dorset
Mark and Sharon Beresford launched competition last year to raffle off the six-bed property in Hampshire
But last week they revealed they would give away 'six figure' cash prize after failing to sell enough tickets
They still sold 30,000 tickets raising £750,000 but the value of the prize was revealed to be just £110,000
Couple maintain they spent £450,000 in advertising, marketing, PR and legal bills and up to £187,000 in time