Leeds United fan's £500,000 house raffle falls short but winner gets £168,000 cash prize

By Mark Lavery
Published 3rd Nov 2020, 16:45 BST
Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’
Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’
A Leeds United fan who was raffling off his £500,000 house failed to sell enough tickets and  the raffle winner from Leeds received a £168,000 cash prize.

Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’

Mr Goodridge , who launched the raffle on website raffall.com on July 23, was looking to sell a minimum 350,000 of the £2 tickets.

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He said he sold around 112,500 tickets before the Friday October 30 deadline.

Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’
Den Goodridge was raffling his five-bed Victorian semi detached house on a West Yorkshire street, which is said to be known by locals as Millionaires’ Row.’

Mr Goodridge said: "If you don't sell allocation of tickets raffall.com turn it intro a cash prize. They pay 75 per cent of ticket revenue to the winner."

The raffle winner, a mum from Leeds, wrote on raffall.com: "I entered the raffle to win the five bedroomed House. All the tickets didn't sell to win the house as the prize but I just won 168K cash instead. Lifechanging for my family, thank you so much."

Mr Goodridge, who works as a self employed consultant in the building industry, said he didn't make any money from the raffle.

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Mr Goodridge said he had hoped to donate thousands of pounds to hospital's charity Leeds Cares if the raffle had gone to plan.

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Mr Goodridge, who said he has made a small donation to the charity, added: "I don't really understand why it (the raffle) didn't work."

The dad-of-two had been trying to sell the house for about a year and said a couple of sales have fallen through, one failing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The house, which was built in 1868, has five double bedrooms, four bathrooms and five reception rooms, and also has large landscaped gardens.

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It also has a wine cellar containing more than 300 bottles of vintage wine which is being included as part of the raffle.

One of the other rooms in the property is currently being used as a games room and features a framed, signed Leeds United football shirt on the wall.

Mr Goodridge decided to raffle the house after reading how Dale and Kathy Tate of Ossett, Wakefield, recently successfully raffled off their home and car through an online auction site.

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