Wow. Nice one! I like it when people I know win things.
At uni, I was part of the students residents commitee. We organised nights out etc. The main event was the Summer ball. That's when I learnt that raffles are fixed. I went into the meeting and someone said "ok, how shall we distribute the prizes among ourselves and who deserves what?"
I was gobsmacked. I guess I'm naive. I understood their point of view. We, the commitee members, had put in the graft: designing posters, handing out leaflets, budgeting, contacting the coach companies etc. and the "public" (other student s) just paid a quid to enter. So, why not fix ourselves/our friends as raffle prixe winners. But I couldn't go along with it. Since that day, I got the feeling a lot of "competitions"/raffles are a bit dodgy.
Nice one Fido!