How Much Does It Cost To Enter Omaze Draw Uk

Getting onto the property ladder in London without help from the Bank of Mum and Dad is near impossible for many. It makes the lure of a prize draw for a townhouse in Islington, worth more than £3m, difficult to resist – especially when entries cost as little as the price of a stamp.

But is it too good to be true? The impressive four-bed town house up for grabs has been heavily promoted on social media, with adverts featuring wide shots of its state-of-the-art open-plan kitchen, luxurious bedrooms and generous garden office. The fully-furnished house comes with £100,000 in cash to help the winner “settle in”, and there is no mortgage, stamp duty or legal fees to pay.

To top it off, a portion of the proceeds go to charity – but not all. This is because the company behind the prize draw is a for-profit business. It takes 20pc of the proceeds after costs. Omaze, which was founded in California in 2012, launched in Britain in 2020.

It says that it has raised over £9m for charities here already, including the likes of Teenage Cancer Trust and the RSPCA. But critics have raised concerns about how forthcoming the firm is about issues with its properties, how much commission it makes and how long it gives to winners to claim prizes.

Last year, an Omaze grand prize winner put his five-bedroom mansion back up for sale after it emerged that it was plagued with flooding issues. For its latest London prize property, the company estimated that running costs for the house would be £900 per month.

While it has been met with much buzz on social media, the home, which is marketed heavily as a modern Islington townhouse, is closer to Finsbury Park than leafy Highbury. Jane Hawkes, a consumer rights champion, said the firm’s 20pc take was an exceptionally high rate of commission. “Omaze is not very transparent about how much money actually goes toward the charity,” she said.

“It will easily make a profit on its prize draws, as there is a big final push in the last 24 hours before the deadline. Thousands more people will pick up tickets in that window.” Unlike a lottery, which has fixed odds of winning, at Omaze the chances of bagging the top prize will fluctuate depending on how many tickets are sold.

Online, it costs £25 for 40 entries, £150 for 320 entries, and there are rolling subscriptions to their monthly draws with cash prizes in between. Crucially, people can also enter for free, or at least the price of a stamp, by posting in a paper entry. This means that it does not count as a raffle or house lottery, which would then make Omaze vulnerable to gambling regulations.

However, this has not always been clear to entrants. In 2020 the advertising regulator reprimanded Omaze over confusion relating to its free entry route. Ms Hawkes argued that the postal entry was an arbitrary way of determining whether or not buying draw tickets counted as gambling.

• People get carried away and it can be easy to develop an addiction to this sort of thing.
• It does not help that Omaze plays to the fear of missing out, with a big clock counting down on their website.” Potential winners also only have 96 hours – just four days – to claim their prize.
• The National Lottery meanwhile gives its prize draw winners 180 days to claim.

Since Omaze first launched in Britain, there have been 12 “grand prize winners” and 54 cash prize winners. Only one cash prize winner has been declared as forfeit, as the winner did not respond to emails and phone calls within the 96 hour window. The prize was awarded to the person on Omaze’s next-in-line winners list.

Ms Hawkes added: “A window of 96 hours is very small when you consider how big a decision it is to take ownership of a house. You have to think of everything you are responsible for if you accept that prize.” A spokesman for Omaze said: “The Omaze fundraising model not only gives people the chance to win incredible houses, it also raises money and awareness for good causes, introducing charities to brand new audiences they wouldn’t otherwise reach.

“Each of Omaze’s prize draws closes according to a specified length of time after launch. The entry periods for each prize draw are clearly set out in the rules relevant to the particular house draw.” He added that Omaze purchases the properties and operates the prize draw at no financial risk or responsibility to its partner charities.

Do you have to pay to enter Omaze UK?

Official House Competition Rules | Omaze UK OMAZE PROMOTION OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR DONATION OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE PROMOTION AND WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR DONATION IN RELATION TO AN ENTRY WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

• RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM EXCLUDED.
• The promoter of the prize draws (the Promotion ) is Omaze, Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware with registered number 453767670 and registered office at 5735 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90016 (the Promoter, Omaze, we, or us ).
• Entries to the Promotion are void where prohibited by applicable law and entrants that submit entries that are prohibited by applicable law shall not be entitled to receive a Prize.

The Promotion is governed by these Omaze Promotion Official Rules ( Official Rules ). By entering any of our prize draws (together, the Promotion ), all participants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the terms of these Official Rules, our (the Terms ) and our ( Privacy Notice ).

• Four early bird prize draws, where one winner is drawn for each, culminating in the final winner being awarded a grand prize ( Grand Prize Promotion );
• a weekly prize draw, where a winner is drawn each week and awarded a cash prize ( Weekly Cash Prize Promotion ).
• occasional short-term “flash draw” prize draws, where a winner is drawn from all valid entries during the “flash draw” period ( Flash Draw Promotions )

If you make a monetary payment to us to enter the Promotion (an Entry Fee ), we will donate at least 80% of the Net Proceeds to the applicable Charity (each a Donation ) with a guaranteed minimum Donation of £70,000 irrespective of sales. Net Proceeds means 100% of your Entry Fee, minus the costs associated with providing the Prizes, and the reasonable costs of marketing and operating the Promotion.

• Timing :
• The Grand Prize Promotion will be conducted as six (6) periodic prize draws with separate entry periods ( Grand Prize Draw Periods ), drawing schedules ( Drawings ) and prizes ( Prizes ) as set forth in Table 1 below.
• All entries to the Grand Prize Promotion received during the Grand Prize Draw Periods will be automatically entered into all applicable Drawings for the Grand Prize Promotion.
• Table 1
• **See below for full prize descriptions and restrictions.

Grand Prize Draw Period:	Online Draw Period	Postal Draw Period	Draw Announcement Date	Prize(s)**
Early Bird Prize 1:	14/4/20-29/5/20	14/4/20-2/6/20	5/6/20	Mini Electric Cooper S (Level 3)
Early Bird Prize 2:	14/4/20- 26/6/20	14/4/20- 30/6/20	3/7/20	Mini Electric Cooper S (Level 3)
Early Bird Prize 3:	14/4/20- 24/7/20	14/4/20- 28/7/20	31/7/20	£10k Home Tech Hamper
Early Bird Prize 4:	14/4/20- 28/8/20	14/4/20- 1/9/20	4/9/20	Tesla Model 3 Long Range
Early Bird Prize 5:	14/4/20- 25/9/20	14/4/20- 29/9/20	2/10/20	£10,000 Cash
Grand Prize:	14/4/20- 13/11/20	14/4/20-17/11/20	20/11/20	Cheshire House 2,020 additional prizes outlined in Prize Details

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** See Prize Details below for full prize descriptions and restrictions.

The Weekly Cash Prize Promotion will be conducted as twenty nine (29) periodic prize draws with separate entry periods ( Weekly Cash Prize Draw Periods ), Drawings and Prizes as set forth in Table 2 below.

All entries to the Weekly Cash Prize Promotion received during the Weekly Cash Prize Draw Periods will be automatically entered into all applicable Drawings for the Weekly Cash Prize Promotion.

Table 2

Weekly Cash Prize Draw Periods:	Online Draw Period	Postal Draw Period	Draw Announcement Date	Prize(s)**
Weekly 1:	14/4/20-24/4/20	14/4/20- 28/4/20	1/5/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 2:	14/4/20- 1/5/20	14/4/20- 5/5/20	8/5/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 3:	14/4/20- 8/5/20	14/4/20-12/5/20	15/5/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 4:	14/4/20- 15/5/20	14/4/20- 19/5/20	22/5/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 5:	14/4/20- 22/5/20	14/4/20- 26/5/20	29/5/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 6:	14/4/20- 29/5/20	14/4/20- 2/6/20	5/6/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 7:	14/4/20- 5/6/20	14/4/20- 9/6/20	12/6/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 8:	14/4/20- 12/6/20	14/4/20- 16/6/20	19/6/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 9:	14/4/20- 19/6/20	14/4/20- 23/6/20	26/6/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 10:	14/4/20- 26/6/20	14/4/20- 30/6/20	3/7/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 11:	14/4/20- 3/7/20	14/4/20- 7/7/20	10/7/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 12:	14/4/20- 10/7/20	14/4/20- 14/7/20	17/7/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 13:	14/4/20- 17/7/20	14/4/20- 21/7/20	24/7/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 14:	14/4/20- 24/7/20	14/4/20- 28/7/20	31/7/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 15:	14/4/20- 31/7/20	14/4/20- 4/8/20	7/8/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 16:	14/4/20- 7/8/20	14/4/20- 11/8/20	14/8/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 17:	14/4/20- 14/8/20	14/4/20- 18/8/20	21/8/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 18:	14/4/20-21/8/20	14/4/20- 25/8/20	28/8/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 19:	14/4/20- 28/8/20	14/4/20- 1/9/20	4/9/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 20:	14/4/20- 4/9/20	14/4/20- 8/9/20	11/9/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 21:	14/4/20- 11/9/20	14/4/20- 15/9/20	18/9/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 22:	14/4/20- 18/9/20	14/4/20- 22/9/20	25/9/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 23:	14/4/20- 25/9/20	14/4/20- 29/9/20	2/10/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 24:	14/4/20- 2/10/20	14/4/20- 6/10/20	9/10/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 25:	14/4/20- 9/10/20	14/4/20- 13/10/20	16/10/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 26:	14/4/20- 16/10/20	14/4/20- 20/10/20	23/10/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 27:	14/4/20- 23/10/20	14/4/20- 27/10/20	30/10/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 28:	14/4/20- 30/10/20	14/4/20- 3/11/20	6/11/20	£1,000 cash
Weekly 29:	14/4/20- 6/11/20	14/4/20- 10/11/20	13/11/20	£1,000 cash

*See below for full prize descriptions and restrictions. The Flash Draw Promotions will be conducted as a limited number of short-term prize draws with separate entry periods (Flash Draw Periods). The opening and closing dates for each Flash Draw Promotion (which will include extended periods to allow for postal entries), and the Prize(s) available (including prize descriptions and any applicable restrictions), will be clearly publicised on the marketing materials for each Flash Draw Promotion.

All entries to the Flash Draw Promotions received during the Flash Draw Periods will be automatically entered into the applicable Drawing for the Flash Draw Promotion. Prize Details : Two thousand and twenty (2,020) additional prizes ( Additional Grand Prizes ) will be awarded in this Promotion, and thus two thousand and twenty (2,020) additional winners will be chosen after the Grand Prize has been awarded.

Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.

• The following Prizes will be awarded in connection with the Drawings as outlined in the Drawing schedule above.
• Grand Prize Promotion: Grand Prize Drawing
• The grand prize (the Grand Prize ) shall consist of the advertised property described below.

The Grand Prize consists of (i) the home located in Cheshire (the Property ) (excluding home furnishings, artwork, and merchandise contained therein) (approximate retail value ( ARV ): £1,150,000) and (ii) £10,000 for first year running costs associated with the Property.

Actual value of the Property depends on market fluctuations. Omaze will settle the following taxes and costs incurred by the winner of the Grand Prize in relation to their acceptance and use of the Grand Prize: stamp duty land tax (estimate £95,000); reasonable conveyancers fees (estimated £5,000). The specifics of all elements of the Grand Prize in the Promotion shall be solely determined by Promoter.

Some restrictions may apply. The Grand Prize cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash except at the Promoter’s sole discretion. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute all or part of the Grand Prize with a prize of comparable or greater value.

The Grand Prize winner will be eligible to win multiple Prizes in the Grand Prize Promotion (for example, the Cheshire House and the Mini Electric Cooper S) but will not be eligible to win any other grand prize or main prize (determined by the Promoter, acting reasonably) of any other campaign or promotion at omaze.co.uk (the Site ) for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date that the winner is notified that they have won the Grand Prize.

The following Additional Grand Prizes shall also be awarded in the Grand Prize Drawing in the order in which such winners are selected after the Grand Prize winner:

• Ten (10) Gift Cards, ARV: £500 each
• Forty (40) Gift Cards, ARV: £250 each
• One thousand nine hundred and seventy (1,970) Gift Cards, ARV: £20 each

1. Grand Prize Promotion: Early Bird Prize Drawings
2. Early Bird Prize 1: The following prize shall be awarded to one winner: one (1) 2020 model year Mini Electric Cooper S (Level 3) vehicle (ARV £30,000).
3. Early Bird Prize 2: The following prize shall be awarded to one winner: one (1) 2020 model year Mini Electric Cooper S (Level 3) vehicle (ARV £30,000).
4. Early Bird Prize 3: The following prize shall be awarded to one winner: a £10,000 Home Tech Hamper to include the items listed below; (ARV £10,000).

Samsung QE55Q90R (2019) QLED HDR 2000 4K Ultra HD Smart TV, 55″ with TVPlus/Freesat HD & Apple TV App, Carbon Silver

Microsoft Xbox One S Console, 1TB, with Wireless Controller and Star Wars Jedi, Fallen Order Deluxe Edition Bundle

2019 Apple iPad Air 10.5″, A12 Bionic, iOS, Wi-Fi, 64GB, Gold

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS, 6.5″, 4G LTE, SIM Free, 512GB, Space Grey

2019 Apple MacBook Air 13.3″ Retina Display, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Grey

Epson EF-100B 3LCD, Laser, Streaming Device, Bluetooth, Built In 5 W Speaker, Portable Projector – Black

Canon PIXMA TS9155 All-in-One Wireless Wi-Fi Printer with Auto-Tilting Touch Screen, Red

Sonos Play 5, 2 Room Pro Set, Black

ROBERTS Revival RD70 DAB/DAB+/FM Bluetooth Digital Radio with Alarm, Leaf Green

Sony WF-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling True Wireless Bluetooth NFC In-Ear Headphones with Mic/Remote, Silver

Ultimate Ears MEGABOOM 3 Bluetooth Waterproof Portable Speaker, Sunset Red

Nespresso Creatista Plus Coffee Machine by Sage, Stainless Steel

Magimix 4200XL BlenderMix Food Processor, Satin

Smeg KLF03 Kettle, Chrome

Dualit NewGen 4-Slice Toaster, Polished

Philips HX9954/53 DiamondClean Smart Sonic Electric Toothbrush with App, Blue

Hive Active Heating with Professional Installation

Hive View Outdoor Security Camera, White

Ring Smart Video Doorbell Pro with Built-in Wi-Fi & Camera plus Ring Smart Chime

iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Black / Brown

Lumie Bodyclock Glow 150 Wake up to Daylight SAD Light

Early Bird Prize 4: The following prize shall be awarded to one winner: one (1) 2020 model year Tesla Model 3 Long Range (ARV £50,000).

• Early Bird Prize 5: The following prize shall be awarded to one winner: one (1) cash prize of £10,000.
• Weekly Cash Prize Promotion: Drawings
• For each weekly Drawing outlined above, one winner will receive £1,000 in a cash payment.
• Flash Draw Promotions: Drawings
• For each Flash Draw Promotion Drawing, the Prize(s) available will be clearly publicised on the marketing materials for each Flash Draw Promotion, including prize descriptions and any applicable restrictions.
• ADDITIONAL RULES
• Entrant Eligibility :
• The Promotion is open to entrants who are at least 18 years of age and resident in the United Kingdom.

Employees, officers, and directors of the Promotor or the Charity or any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment, and marketing agencies, and website providers and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings and children) living in the same household are not eligible to enter or win.

Participation in the Promotion constitutes the entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules, the Terms and to the Promoter’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion except as set out on these Official Rules and the Terms. How to Enter : There are two ways to enter the Promotion: (1) Paid Method of Entry,

Visit omaze.co.uk and select the enter now button. Choose your Entry Fee amount(s). Each Entry Fee amount will come with a set number of entries into both the Grand Prize Promotion and the Weekly Cash Prize Promotion (and, if applicable, a Flash Draw Promotion).

1. Follow the instructions to enter your name, contact and payment information, and complete your payment.
2. Once your payment is complete, you will automatically receive the number of entries you selected.
3. You can enter by paying an Entry Fee as many times as you wish.
4. 2) Alternate Method of Entry.
5. Print your full name, address (no post office box addresses accepted), city, post code, date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy), phone number and email address on either a postcard or letter.

Post the completed entry to: Omaze Scrutineers, Civica Election Services, 33 Clarendon Road, London N80NW. Limit one entry per outer mailing envelope or postcard. Each entry made via the Alternate Method of Entry will automatically qualify for both the Grand Prize Promotion and the Weekly Cash Prize Promotion (and, if applicable, a Flash Draw Promotion) with effect from the date that an entry is received and processed.

No mechanically reproduced entries are permitted. Illegible entries are void. Omaze is not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, delayed, inaccurate, incomplete, postage due, misdirected entries or entries not received by the last day of the applicable entry period. Each entry received via the Alternate Method of Entry will be equivalent to a single entry into each of the Grand Prize Promotion and the Weekly Cash Prize Promotion (and, if applicable, a Flash Draw Promotion) that may be awarded via paying an Entry Fee.

You must provide all required information to be eligible to enter and win. Automated entries or entries submitted by third parties on your behalf will be disqualified. Entries must be submitted by the participant. No copies, facsimiles, or mechanical reproductions of entries will be accepted.

1. By entering this Promotion, you agree that the Promoter or its representative may contact you via email, phone, and mail in connection with this Promotion.
2. Winner Selection Process : On or about the Drawing date specified in the Timing section above, will select the number of winners stated above ( Conditional Winner(s) ) by random drawing by either independent adjudicator or automated computer programme from all eligible entries received on the applicable Drawing Date from all eligible entries.

Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received. Conditional Winner(s) will be notified by email or phone on or about the date specified in Timing. Winners will be announced within 14 business days of the specified draw date. No person is a winner ( Winner ) of this PROMOTION, and no person may receive any prize, until they have satisfied all requirements of these OFFICIAL Rules, been verified by THE PROMOTER or its representative and been notified of such completed verification.

During verification and except where legally prohibited, Conditional Winners may be required to sign paperwork confirming their eligibility and their ability to participate on given dates relevant to the Prize (if applicable), as well as other legal releases as may be reasonably required by the Promoter.

Omaze may also perform background screenings or security checks, at its discretion, and the Conditional Winner agrees to sign any necessary documentation required for such checks. If the Promoter is unable to contact the Conditional Winner within 5 working days in the United Kingdom, or if the Conditional Winner fails to sign and return any required paperwork within the reasonably required time period (if applicable), or in the event Conditional Winner is disqualified for any reason, the Promoter will award the applicable Prize to an alternate winner selected by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.

This process will repeat until the Prize is awarded. Additional Terms Governing Prize(s) : Unless expressly stated otherwise herein, any and all applicable taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of a Prize not specifically stated herein are the responsibility solely of Winner(s).

The Promoter will not replace any lost or stolen Prizes or components of a Prize(s). Prizes cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. Only the number of Prizes stated in these Official Rules is available to be won in the Promotions.

1. Requirements to Redeem Certain Prizes Involving Vehicles Omaze will settle the following taxes and costs incurred by the winner of any Prizes involving vehicles in relation to their acceptance and use of the Prize: title costs, licence fees, registration fees.
2. Winner will be solely responsible for any additional equipment/accessories not specified in the Terms or these Official Rules, insurance, fuel, vehicle maintenance and all other fees and expenses associated with the receipt and use of any vehicle-related Prize.

Actual Prize vehicle to be awarded is not the vehicle depicted in advertising but is of similar specification. The Winner may be required to show proof of valid insurance and driver’s licence prior to receipt of the vehicle. The Winner must take delivery of vehicle at a location and time of Omaze’s sole choosing.

Omaze reserves the right to delay vehicle delivery or substitute a similar vehicle of equal or greater value should the vehicle as described be unavailable for any reason. Transparency : At Omaze, we believe fundraising should be about impact, not percentages. Our model allows us to really make a difference and change the way society traditionally thinks about charitable giving.

Omaze offer incredible prizes and experiences that anyone can potentially win. You don’t have to make a payment to enter, but if you do, 80% of the Net Proceeds, will be used to make a Donation to the Charity. Irrespective of total payments received Omaze will donate a minimum of £70,000 to the Charity.

• General Conditions : Participation constitutes the entrant’s agreement to these Official Rules.
• The Promoter, and its agencies are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, misdirected, corrupt, or illegible entries; lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, garbled transmissions or miscommunications, telephone transmission problems; computer or software malfunctions or damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware); technical failures; or other errors or malfunctions beyond their reasonable control whether human, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise.

Proof of sending or submission of entry will not be deemed proof of receipt by the Promoter. The Promoter’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Warning: any attempt by an entrant or any other individual deliberately to damage any website associated with this Promotion or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a breach of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Promoter reserves the right to claim against and seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.

The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be attempting to tamper with or undermine the entry process, the Site, and/or the legitimate operation of the Promotion; to breach the Official Rules; or to act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.

If, for any reason, the Promotion cannot be run as planned, the Promoter may, in its sole discretion, void any suspect entries and (a) cancel or terminate the Promotion (or any portion thereof); (b) modify the Promotion or suspend the Promotion to address the impairment and then resume the Promotion in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; and/or (c) award the Prize at random from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment.

Limitation of Liability; Release : By participating in the Promotion, you agree that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing, website providers, web masters, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties ) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by you against, any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including personal injury or death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse, or use of the Prize, entry, or participation in the Promotion or in any Promotion related activity, or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, or merchandise delivery, in each case except to the extent such liability cannot be excluded by law.

The Released Parties are not responsible if any Prize cannot be awarded due to cancellations, delays, or interruptions due to acts of god, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, or terrorism. By participating in the Promotion, entrant agrees that the Released Parties will not be responsible or liable for any injuries, damages, or losses of any kind, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages to persons, including death, or to property arising out of access to and use of any website associated with the Promotion or the downloading from and/or printing material downloaded from such site.

• Publicity : Omaze reserves the right to publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place for each of the Prizes – for example, the surname and country and county of residence of the Winner.
• Affected Prize winners have the right to object to all or part of this information being published or made available – in such event they should inform Omaze in writing.

In such circumstances, entrants acknowledge that Omaze must nevertheless still provide the information and winning entry to the ASA or equivalent regulator on request. Omaze will also require that winners participate in any reasonable publicity required by Omaze.

Disclaimer of Warranties : Except for those warranties implied by law which cannot be disclaimed, Omaze makes no warranty as to the quality, accuracy, completeness or reliability of any content available through the Site, the Software or the Service (each as defined in the Terms). You are responsible for verifying any information before relying on it.

Omaze does not warrant that you will be able to access or use the Site, the Software and/or the Service at the times or locations of your choosing; that the operation of the Site, the Software or the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; that defects will be corrected; that the Site, the Software or the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

1. Except for those warranties implied by law which cannot be disclaimed, Omaze provides no warranty or guarantee of any kind that the Site, the Software or the Service will meet your expectations or requirements.
2. This Promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, approved, or affiliated with the manufacturer of the Prizes(s) being awarded.

Prize names and logos are the trademarks and property of the manufacturer of the Prize(s). Actual Prize(s) to be awarded may not be identical to those depicted which are intended to be only representative.

1. Privacy :
2. Information collected from entrants (and Guests, if applicable) is subject to the Promoter’s,
3. Official Rules and Winner(s) List:

Visit omaze.co.uk and select the applicable thumbnail for this Promotion to view a copy of these Official Rules. For a list of winners available after the announcement date specified in the Timing section above, email [email protected]. Copyright ©2020 Omaze, Inc. All third-party names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. : Official House Competition Rules | Omaze UK

What are the odds of winning the Omaze in the UK?

How hard is it to win Omaze? – If the contest has an A list celebrity, your odds are going to around a million to one. For cars and cash, the odds are slightly better, but still very high; lots of people enter these contests, so you’re looking about 500,000 to one.

Do you pay tax if you win Omaze House UK?

Is Omaze Tax-Deductible UK vs Do You Have to Pay Taxes on Omaze Prizes UK? – After addressing the issue, “Is Omaze Tax Deductible UK,” we turn to a closely associated inquiry: “Do you have to pay taxes on Omaze Prizes UK?” The UK tax system is typically lenient towards winnings from games of chance like those offered by Omaze.

Omaze Tax UK Topic	UK Tax Implication
Donations to Omaze	Not tax-deductible
Omaze Prize Winnings	Generally not subject to income tax
Ongoing Costs of Prizes	Possible tax implications
Gift Aid on Omaze Donations	Not applicable
Tax Deduction if Prize is Won	Not applicable (winning a prize doesn’t affect tax-deductibility of donation)

Omaze UK Tax

What are the odds of winning Omaze?

If 5 people enter (including you), your odds are 1 to 4; the probability you’ll win is 1 out of 5, that’s 20%. If 50 people were to enter, your odds are 1 to 49; the probability you’ll win is 1/50. That’s 2%. If 5,000 people enter, your odds are 1 to 4,999; your probability of a win is 1/5000.

Do free entries ever win Omaze?

Effective November 1, 2022. To view Official Rules for experiences launched prior to November 1, 2022, click here, NOTICE REGARDING DISPUTE RESOLUTION : THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAIN TERMS THAT GOVERN HOW CLAIMS BETWEEN YOU AND SPONSOR, RELATING TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY EXPERIENCE, WILL BE RESOLVED.

FOR EXAMPLE, SECTION 17 INCLUDES AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND WAIVER OF A CLASS ACTION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO SUBMIT ALL CLAIMS TO ARBITRATION (INSTEAD OF GOING TO COURT BEFORE A JUDGE AND JURY) AND LIMITS YOUR ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF (THAT IS, IT PROHIBITS YOU FROM BRINGING ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION OR PURPORTED COLLECTIVE OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING).

NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, OR DONATION OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. ALL ENTRIES INTO AN EXPERIENCE HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE OF WINNING. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT, OR DONATION WILL NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.1. THE SPONSOR : Omaze, Inc. (referred to herein as ” Omaze ” or ” Sponsor “) is a United States, Delaware corporation and a for-profit, commercial fundraiser, technology, and media company that leverages the power of storytelling and technology to radically change charitable giving.2.

• THE WEBSITE : The Omaze website ( www.Omaze.com ) (the ” Website “) allows eligible individuals (see restrictions below) to enter into the sweepstakes promotions hosted on the Website (each an ” Experience “).
• A portion of the funds raised through each Experience will support featured non-profit(s) and/or charitable causes (each a ” Charity “).3.

APPLICABILITY OF THE RULES : These Official Rules provide the general terms and conditions applicable to every Experience on the Website launched on or after November 1, 2022. Each Experience is subject to all applicable international, federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

(A) Experience Rules, Every Experience also has its own, additional, Experience-specific terms and conditions (the ” Experience Rules “). The Experience Rules can be found on each Experience’s webpage on the Website, under the section ” Stuff Our Lawyers Want You to Read,” The Experience Rules provide extra information and requirements for a specific Experience.

If there is a conflict or inconsistency between these Official Rules and the Experience Rules, the Experience Rules will govern. Any reference to the “Official Rules” with respect to any specific Experiences will mean both these Official Rules and the applicable Experience Rules, taken as a whole.

1. B) Binding Contract,
2. The Official Rules (including any Experience Rules) form a binding contract between Omaze and each Experience participant (a ” Participant,”) Entry into any Experience constitutes Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to the Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Website and all Experiences.

If you do not agree to these Official Rules (including the applicable Experience Rules) do not enter the Experience(s). (C) Updates to the Official Rules, These Official Rules may be updated from time to time. Please check these Official Rules (including all relevant Experience Rules) regularly to ensure that you understand the terms that apply at the time that you enter the Experience.4.

ELIGIBILITY : To be eligible to enter an Experience or be awarded the prizes(s) identified on each Experience’s webpage (each a ” Prize “), a Participant must fully comply with the Official Rules. Unless otherwise provided in the Experience Rules, Experiences are only open to individuals who (i) are at least 18 years of age or older at time of entry; (ii) are NOT in one or more of the “Prohibited Persons” categories listed in Section 4(A), below; and (iii) are legal residents of the United States or another country that is NOT listed as a “Prohibited Jurisdiction,” in Section 4(B), below.

Any entry submitted by any ineligible person(s) will be void. (A) Prohibited Persons, The following individuals are not eligible to enter or win any Experience: (i) Any individual who has won a grand-Prize in a Grand-Prize Experience (as defined in Section 5(A)), below) in the immediately preceding 18 months (calculated from the last date of the Entry Period of the last Grand-Prize Experience that such individual won); (ii) Any employees, officers, and/or directors of any of the following (collectively, the ” Experience Partners ” ): (a) Omaze; (b) the Charities supported by the applicable Experience (including, without limitation, Omaze’s charity clients: Charities Aid Foundation America, Global Impact and Our Change Foundation), (c) Omaze’s third-party contractors who participate in or provide services related to the Winner selection process for the applicable Experience, and (d) any contractor or other partner engaged by Omaze to supply and/or fulfill any portion of the Prize(s), including, without limitation, any Prize supply partners.

(iii) The immediate family members of (meaning, spouse, parent, child, sibling, and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in the same household as the employees, officers and/or directors of Omaze and/or the Charities (excluding Charity volunteers) supported by the applicable Experience (whether or not related).

(B) Prohibited Jurisdictions : All countries on the United States’ list of embargoed countries (which you can find here ), Afghanistan, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, the province of Quebec (Canada), Cambodia, Chad, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania (the United Republic of), Thailand, Trinidad, and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe, and any other country where local laws would prohibit the provision of or entry into an Experience.5.

HOW TO ENTER : Each Experience will have a starting date and time and ending date and time (the ” Entry Period “) specified in the Experience Rules. Only those entries received by Sponsor during the Entry Period will be valid. Sponsor will be the official timekeeper for all Experiences. (A) Grand-Prizes Experiences,

All grand-Prizes Experiences (each a ” Grand-Prize Experience “) will provide the following two (2) ways to enter: (i) Donate and Enter. To enter by this method, visit the Website, click the “Enter Now” button from the Experience webpage. Then donate by choosing a donation amount and following the instructions to provide your full, legal name, contact, and payment information and complete your donation.

Upon Sponsor’s receipt of a donation, a donor will automatically receive entries and be entered for a chance to win the Experience. The number of entries awarded may correspond to the dollar value of the donation, as specified on the Experience webpage at the time of Participant’s donation, and Sponsor reserves the right to amend the corresponding number of entries to be awarded for a particular dollar value of a donation from time-to-time in its sole and absolute discretion.

Participant will receive the corresponding number of entries indicated on the applicable Experience webpage at the time of Participant’s donation. Individuals may donate as many times as desired, but for each Experience, a Participant is limited to the maximum Entry Limit (as defined below), if applicable to the Experience.

(ii) Enter without contributing, To enter without contributing, visit the Website, click the “Enter Now” button from the Experience webpage. Then click on the “enter without contributing” link, follow the instructions to complete and submit an ” Alternative Method of Entry ” form pursuant to the instructions provided.

Upon Omaze’s timely receipt of a complete ” Alternative Method of Entry ” form, a Participant will receive two thousand (2,000) entries into that Experience. Individuals may submit an ” Alternative Method of Entry ” form as many times as desired, but for each Experience, a Participant is limited to the applicable maximum Entry Limit (as defined below).

• B) Secondary Promotions,
• F rom time to time, Sponsor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, host other, secondary Experiences on the Website (each a ” Secondary Promotion “).
• Secondary Promotions are those Experiences where the only method of entry is through entry into a specific Grand-Prize Experience, within a specific timeframe.

Participants who enter the specific Grand-Prize Experience during the specific timeframe will also be automatically entered into the Secondary Promotion. Unless otherwise stated in the Experience Rules of the applicable Secondary Promotion, a Participant will receive the same number of entries into the Secondary Promotion as that Participant acquires in the eligible Grand-Prize Experiences(s) during the specified timeframe, up to the Secondary Promotion’s Entry Limit (if applicable), regardless of method of entry(ies) used to enter the eligible Grand-Prize Promotion(s).

C) Special Promotions, Omaze may, in its discretion, run various special promotions in connection with the Experiences. For example, it may, for a temporary period during the Entry Period, offer Participants “bonus entries” in connection with any entry submission, or it may offer Participants the opportunity to enter multiple Grand-Prize Promotions simultaneously.

Each entry that is awarded in connection with any special promotion (a) will constitute a single, independent entry in the applicable Experience(s), (b) will be treated the same as any other entry to the Experience(s) (including being subject to any applicable Entry Limit), and (c) will have the same chance of winning as any other entry.6.

ENTRY LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS : O nly accurate and complete entries submitted during the Entry Period and received by Sponsor are eligible. Any incomplete, illegible, corrupted, or untimely entries are also void and ineligible to win. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.

Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, or for other submission problems of any kind, whether caused mechanical, human or electronic error, all of which are void and ineligible to win.

• Additionally, Sponsor is not responsible for any telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties.
• If a Participant’s donation is refunded, any entries associated with such donation will be withdrawn and not eligible to win.
• A) Entry Limit,

F or each Experience, the Experience Rules will state the cumulative maximum number of entries that any one person may obtain (the ” Entry Limit “). The Entry Limit applies to all entries, regardless of the method of entry. If a Participant exceeds the Entry Limit for an Experience, all Entries received over the Entry Limit (in order of receipt) will be void and ineligible to win.

1. B) Required Information,
2. Participants must provide all required information specified on the Experience’s page or entry form to be eligible to enter and win.
3. C) Email Address Requirements,
4. Participants may not use multiple email addresses, identities, address, logins, devices, or any other tactics used in an effort to receive entries over an Experience’s Entry Limit.

To receive valid entries, Participant must provide a valid email address for which the Participant is the authorized owner. Multiple Participants may not share the same email address. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any Participant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the Participant.

• The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
• Potential Winners and/or Winners (as defined below) may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

Any entries connected to an invalid, non-working, or inactive email address, or linked to an authorized account holder other than Participant, are void and ineligible to win. Any conduct in violation of this Section is strictly prohibited and will void all entries for that Participant and may result in disqualification of Participant from all Experiences, at Sponsor’s discretion.

(D) No automated entry devices, All entries must be submitted by the individual Participant to be valid. Use, or attempted use, of any robotic, automated, programmed, mechanical, or other non-manual entry methods will void all entries for that Participant and will result in disqualification of the Participant from all Experiences, at Sponsor’s discretion.

No copies, facsimiles, or other mechanical or electronic reproductions of entries will be accepted. Sponsor has the sole right and discretion to make a determination that Participant used or attempted to use any such prohibited automated entry methods.

E) Contact Details, By entering any Experience, you agree that Omaze may contact you via email, phone, and mail in connection with the Experiences in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, available at: https://www.omaze.com/pages/privacy,7. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE : As a condition of entering any Experience, Participant expressly: (A) Consents to receive information or promotional materials from Sponsor, or any of the other Experience Partners, via email and/or mail; (B) Represents and warrants that (s)he agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor, which will be binding and final in all matters relating to each Experience; (C) Releases the Experience Partners, and any advertising platform used in connection with the promotion of any Experience, including, without limitation, the Facebook platform owned and operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., Google LLC, Instagram, Inc., Pinterest, Inc., Reddit, Inc., Snap Inc., ByteDance, Inc., TikTok Inc., Twitter, Inc., and any of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively ” Advertising Platforms “), from all liability, loss or damage or expense arising out of or in connection with participation in any Experience or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Prizes; (D) Knowingly and expressly waives all rights to claim, punitive, exemplary, indirect incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and/or any rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; (E) Agrees that all claims, disputes, or causes of action arising out of or connected with any Experience, or any Prizes awarded, shall be individually resolved in binding arbitration, per Section 17, without resort to any form of class, collective or representative action; (F) Agrees that any and all claims, judgments, and awards, if permitted to proceed, will be limited to Participant’s actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability set forth above in Section 7. So, some of the provisions contained in this section may not apply to every Participant.8. WINNER DRAWINGS : Potential winner(s) of an Experience (the ” Potential Winner “) will be randomly drawn from among all eligible entries received.

The drawing will occur on or after the end of the Entry Period or as specified in the applicable Experience-specific rules. Sponsor will conduct the drawing and awarding of the Prize. Once confirmed and verified as eligible to win, a Potential Winner is referred to herein as a ” Winner,” The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period.9.

WINNER NOTIFICATION PROCESS : Potential Winners will be contacted using the email address used to enter the Experience. Potential Winners must respond to the Potential Winner notification email within 24 hours of it being sent (or the time frame indicated in the Potential Winner notification email, if another time frame other than 24 hours is specified).

• If a Potential Winner fails to respond to the notification email within the stated period, Potential Winner may be disqualified and, in such instances, will forfeit any claim to any of the Prizes(s).
• After sending the Potential Winner notification email, to the extent a phone number has been provided, Sponsor reserves the right to also contact Potential Winners via phone as well.

By entering, Potential Winners expressly authorize Sponsor to name, tag, or otherwise identify Potential Winner on Sponsor’s Website, social media pages, and/or in Sponsors other promotional materials. Some jurisdictions may prohibit Sponsor from conditioning participation on Potential Winner’s consent to publicity described in this Section.

1. Potential Winners who are residents of such jurisdictions and who object to such publicity, must notify Sponsor of objections via email during the Potential Winner confirmation and verification process.10.
2. CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS : A Potential Winner will only be confirmed as the winner eligible to receive the Prize after Sponsor has completed verification of Potential Winner’s eligibility to win and confirmed Potential Winner’s compliance with the terms of these Official Rules.

Potential Winners must be willing and able to claim and/or accept the Prizes(s) in full in the period specified by Sponsor. Potential Winners are subject to confirmation and verification by Sponsor, by whatever means Sponsor shall deem appropriate. To be confirmed and verified as eligible to win, a Potential Winner and the Potential Winner’s guest(s), if applicable, must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and fulfill all requirements.

Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the administration, operation, drawing, verification of the Winner, and all issues related to an Experience. In addition to all of the other requirements stated in these Official Rules, if the Potential Winner is a Canadian resident, (s)he must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question to be eligible to be confirmed the Winner.

(A) Winner Documentation. To receive the Prize(s), and as part of the Winner confirmation and verification process, Potential Winner (and any guests of Potential Winner, to the extent that a Prize includes participation by one or more guests) must accurately complete and timely return Sponsor’s Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release (where permitted by law), any other documentation (for instance health and safety forms, including any vaccination attestations, including providing proof of the same in a format determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) reasonably required by Sponsor or the provider of the Prize(s) (where permitted by law), and/or any other document necessary to confirm and verify a Potential Winner’s eligibility, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion (collectively, the ” Winner Documentation “).

Potential Winner must fully and accurately complete Winner Documentation and timely return all such documentation by the date specified by Sponsor, or the Potential Winner may be disqualified and will forfeit any claim to any of the Prizes(s). (B) Background Checks, Except where legally prohibited, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct background checks on a Potential Winner and any Potential Winner guests, where applicable.

Participation in an Experience constitutes Participant’s authorization to such background checks without Sponsor providing any additional prior notice or seeking additional permissions or consents from Potential Winner. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Potential Winner and any Potential Winner’s guest(s) based on the results of such background check (or the background check of Potential Winner’s guest(s), if applicable), if the Sponsor determines in its sole discretion that awarding the Prize to such Potential Winner and/or Potential Winner’s guest(s) might reflect negatively on Sponsor or any of the other Experience Partners, or be likely to put Sponsor, any of the other Experience Partners, or any other third-party in danger.

• Sponsor is not obligated to clarify, confirm, or share any specific results of background check with any Potential Winner or any Potential Winner’s guest(s), whether the background check resulted in disqualification or not.
• Factors that could result in disqualification include, without limitation: having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, being delinquent on a government-ordered payment, such as child support, spousal support, alimony, tax payments, etc., or any other criminal or civil offense determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor.

When requested, Potential Winner or Potential Winner’s guest(s) must provide authorization and/or complete any forms reasonably needed to facilitate such a background check. If Potential Winner and/or Potential Winner’s guest(s) fails to sign and return the required documentation within the period specified by Sponsor, Potential Winner and/or any Potential Winner’s guest(s) may be disqualified and will forfeit any claim to any of the Prizes(s).

Except for Experiences in which specific Prize Winner and/or Prize Winner guest qualifications, requirements, or restrictions may be stated in the Experience Rules (for example, any residency or citizenship requirements, age requirements, or health requirements), Potential Winners and Potential Winner guests will not be disqualified based on race, ancestry, national origin, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected class or status.11.

WINNER DISQUALIFICATION: Reasons a Participant, Potential Winner and/or Winner may be ineligible to receive the Prizes and/or disqualified include, but are not limited to: (i) failures to meet all of the eligibility requirements stated in the Official Rules, (ii) failures to abide by these Official Rules, or other instructions of Sponsor, (iii) failure to provide a valid email address at the time of entry, (iv) failure to timely respond to the Potential Winner notification email or any other request from Sponsor, (v) Sponsor is unable to verify the identity and verification of the Potential Winner to its reasonable satisfaction within 7 working days of the relevant drawing of the Potential Winner for the Experience, (vi) failure to timely complete and/or return the Winner Documentation and/or background check documents, (vii) failure to pass the background check to Sponsor’s full satisfaction, (viii) the provision of false, incomplete and or misleading information to or about Sponsor or any of the other Experience Partners, (ix) the commission of any fraud or deception in connection with any Experience, use of the Website, and/or relationship with Sponsor, (x) acting in an obnoxious, threatening, abusive, or harassing manner, at any time before or during the awarding of the Prize, in whole or in part; (xi) inability to timely accept the Prizes for any reason, including, but not limited to, inability to travel to the location where the Prize is being fulfilled and/or injury or death and (xii) the inability of Sponsor to timely award or otherwise fulfill the Prizes, due to circumstances beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to, legal restrictions, Acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics/epidemics, terrorism, and/or weather.

If a Potential Winner or Winner is determined to be ineligible and/or disqualified for any reason, an alternate Potential Winner may be randomly drawn from the eligible entries. Any alternate Potential Winner will be notified as per the procedures outlined in the Official Rules (time permitting). Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Winner notification and/or confirmation and verification procedures connected with the drawing of an alternate Potential Winner, if any.12.

PRIZES : Subject to any restrictions expressly stated in the Official Rules, Winners will receive the Prizes(s) identified on each Experience’s webpage. Sponsor shall solely determine the specifics of all elements of all Prizes (including timing for fulfillment of Prizes and travel options, if applicable).

The approximate retail value of any Prize will be specified in the Experience Rules. Winners are responsible for ensuring they timely and fully accept the Prize at the specified Prize location(s) and within the specified Prize fulfillment period. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all Prizes are awarded as is, without any representations or warranties, and cannot be transferred, sold, substituted, or redeemed for cash by Participant.

Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value or cash in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prize may be subject to availability restrictions in certain jurisdictions based on licensing, import, or distribution regulations or other legal restrictions.

In such circumstances, the Winner may be required to take a cash alternative instead. Some restrictions may apply. Unless otherwise noted in Experience Rules, Winners are solely responsible for all taxes, costs, and fees associated with Prize receipt, ownership, and/or use, Winners may be required to complete and return an IRS W-9 form, W8-BEN, or other applicable forms (i.e., Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).

Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen Prize(s) or components of a Prize(s). All Winners are entitled, at their discretion, to refuse to accept some or all of the Prize(s) that they are eligible to receive and, in such instances, will be deemed to have forfeited the Prize.

If at any time and for any reason, a Winner is deemed to have forfeited a Prize, in whole or in part, or fails to accept delivery of the Prize(s) within a reasonable period, Winner will not be entitled to any alternate Prize or any other compensation of any kind, and Omaze shall have no obligation to award the rejected or unclaimed portion of any Prize(s) to an alternative winner.

Certain types of Prizes may have other restrictions or limitations, including without limitation as follows, unless otherwise specified on the Experience Rules: (A) Prize Manufacturers, Experiences are not sponsored, endorsed, approved, or affiliated with the manufacturer of the Prize(s) being awarded.

Experience prize names and logos are the trademarks and property of the manufacturer of the Prize(s). Actual Prize(s) to be awarded may not be identical to those depicted which are intended to be only representative. (B) Prizes That Include a Travel Component : For all travel Prizes, you have to travel on the dates and itinerary specified by Sponsor.

Any included airfare is coach class from the major gateway airport nearest Winner’s residence or other alternative gateways approved by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. Any hotel accommodations are standard class, double occupancy unless otherwise specified.

1. The actual retail value of any trip Prize will depend on the Winner’s place of residence.
2. The difference between the approximate retail value and the actual retail value will not be awarded.
3. Winner and Winner’s guest(s), if applicable, must travel on the same itinerary, unless otherwise approved by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion.

Lost or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates, or similar items will not be replaced once they are in your possession. Any and all expenses not specified in Experience Rules, including, but not limited to, itinerary change fees, checked baggage fees, meals and gratuities, transfers, and ground transportation, are the sole responsibility of Winner and Winner’s guest(s).

Travel and accommodation are subject to availability; certain additional restrictions and blackout dates may apply. If specific dates are indicated for travel, and Winner cannot travel on those specified dates, Prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Winner selected at random from all remaining eligible entries.

In such instances, the forfeiting Winner will not be entitled to any alternate prizes or compensation of any kind. Winner and Winner’s guest(s), if applicable, are responsible for all required travel documentation and identification, including, without limitation and as applicable, any passport or visa, as well as meeting any other requirements for entry into the relevant destination, such as any health and safety requirements.

Winner’s guest(s), if applicable, must also sign a release before ticketing. Winner’s guest(s) must be over the age of majority in the state, province, or territory in which s/he resides, or the Winner who accompanies them must be their parent or legal guardian, unless as otherwise specified on the applicable Experience Rules.

If, in Sponsor’s judgment, air travel is not required due to Winner’s proximity to Prize location, Sponsor may provide ground transportation as a substitute for air travel at Sponsor’s discretion. (C) Prizes That Include Winning an Automobile or other Vehicle : The Winner of the Prize vehicle is not eligible for any cash rebate programs.

Sponsor will determine the interior/exterior colors of the vehicle at its sole discretion. Winner must have a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to take delivery of Prize vehicle and must take delivery of the vehicle at a location specified by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. For any Prize vehicle, neither Sponsor, other Experience Partners, nor the vehicle manufacturer has made nor is responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact, or law, relative to the Prize vehicle, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness.

Notwithstanding, the Prize vehicle may include the manufacturer’s standard vehicle limited warranty, as stated in the vehicle’s Owner’s Guide. If the Prize is a lease of an automobile or other vehicle, Winner will be responsible for complying with the standard provisions of the applicable lease and shall be responsible for excess wear/use and mileage over the miles specified in such lease at a cost per additional mile/km stated in such lease.

Prize may be subject to availability restrictions in certain jurisdictions based on licensing, import, or other distribution restrictions. In such a case, the Winner may be required to take cash or other alternatives instead. Winner must take delivery of the vehicle at a location and time of Omaze’s sole choosing.

Omaze reserves the right to delay vehicle delivery or substitute a similar vehicle of equal or greater value should the vehicle as described be unavailable for any reason. (D) Prizes That Include Attending an Event : Tickets and seating are subject to availability.

In the case the event is delayed or rescheduled for any reason, tickets for the delayed or rescheduled event may be provided at the sole discretion of Sponsor. If the event is canceled for any reason, the remainder of the Prize, if any, will be awarded without the scheduled event. Sponsor may substitute an alternate Prize of equal or greater value (including in the form of cash) at its sole discretion.

Winner’s guest(s) must be 18 or older, or the Winner must be their parent or legal guardian, unless as otherwise specified in the applicable Experience Rules. (E) Prizes That Include Meeting or Greeting any Person : Meet and greet portion of the Prize is subject to availability.

In the case of unavailability, the remainder of the Prize, if any, will be awarded without the meet and greet portion. (F) Prizes That Involve Participating in a Physical Event : Sponsor may require Winner and Winner’s guest(s), if applicable, to be examined by a doctor or other appropriate medical professional before participating in the event.

Sponsor and/or Experience Partners reserve the right to decline participation in the event to any Winner or Winner’s guest(s), if applicable if it is deemed that individual is unfit, in an unsafe condition, acting in an unsafe manner, fails to meet the requirements of that particular component of the event (which may include, without limitation, height/weight restrictions or restrictions based on the health of the participant) or for any other reason as determined by Sponsor in its reasonable discretion.

• In such circumstances, the Potential Winner may be required to take cash or other prize alternatives, if available as part of the Experience.
• If such an alternative prize is not available, Potential Winner may be disqualified.
• G) Prizes That Involve Appearing in a Film, TV, or Other Production : This portion of any Prize is subject to the production occurring as scheduled and to the Potential Winner entering into third-party agreements (such as with an acting union, production company, or publishing platform, including agreements regarding appearance releases, confidentiality and background checks).

Participation in such an acting opportunity does not guarantee any type or length of appearance or that such appearance will be included in the final production or that the production will be released at all.13. PUBLICITY : Except where prohibited by law, acceptance of any Prize also constitutes Winner’s express agreement and consent for Sponsor, and those acting under Sponsor’s authority, to use Winner’s name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by Winner regarding the Experience, Prize, and/or any of the Experience Partners, worldwide and in-perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor (or the applicable Experience Partners), in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.

Winner agrees to confirm this consent in writing if requested. Some jurisdictions may prohibit Sponsor from conditioning the awarding of a Prize on Winner’s consent to publicity as described in this Section 13. Winners who are residents of such jurisdictions and who object to such publicity, must notice Sponsor of such objections via email during the Winner confirmation process.14.

GENERAL CONDITIONS : (A) Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify an Experience, in whole or in part, due to any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, changes in the law, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control that impairs the integrity or proper functioning of an Experience, as determined by Sponsor.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at any time, to conduct maintenance for the Website or its systems that may suspend or otherwise impact access to an Experience. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual tampering, or to attempting to tamper, with the administration and/or operation of any Experience, including without limitations the entry process or the Potential Winner draw process.

(B) ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXPERIENCE OR UNDERMINE, OR ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE, THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF AN EXPERIENCE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROSECUTION AND PENALTIES.

SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY TERMS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THAT PROVISION. (C) SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFY AN INDIVIDUAL FROM ANY OR ALL ACTIVE EXPERIENCES, AND/OR PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM USING ANY OMAZE WEBSITE OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY FUTURE OMAZE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING TERMINATION OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL’S OMAZE WEBSITE ACCOUNT IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS FOUND TO BE: (A) ATTEMPTING TO TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE ENTRY PROCESS, THE WEBSITE, AND/OR THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF AN EXPERIENCE; (B) TO BREACH THE OFFICIAL RULES; OR (C) TO ACT IN AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE OR DISRUPTIVE MANNER OR WITH THE INTENT TO ANNOY, ABUSE, THREATEN, OR HARASS ANY OTHER PERSON.

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1. If for any reason, a Participant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Participant’s sole remedy is another entry in an Experience.17.
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Further, if the parties’ dispute is resolved through arbitration, neither JAMS nor the arbitrator may consolidate another person’s claims with Participant’s claims or otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding for any purpose.

• If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Section 17 shall be null and void.
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Is Omaze worth it?

Why should I use Omaze? – Here are some of the reasons you may want to choose Omaze over all other alternatives:

1. Most organizations like Omaze are legit and have clear goals of what the money is used for.
2. There’s always the risk of losing your entire donation, but organizations will often refund if they don’t get to their goal or don’t end up using the funds as planned.
3. If you donate to a campaign that does not reach its goal, the majority of organizations like Omaze will still give back 100% of the donated amount.
4. Another option is to use the Omaze credit card that comes with 5% cashback so you can at least get some of your money back in return.

Does anyone know an Omaze winner?

I f someone approached you on the street and told you that, for just a tenner, you could win the kind of house that would cause Kevin McCloud to collapse into a puddle of adjectives and help raise millions of pounds for charity, you would probably ask what the catch was.

• But that improbable offering is Omaze’s core business.
• Since launching in the UK in April 2020, the organisation has been running prize draws in which, for a relatively small amount of money, you can be in with the chance to win a multimillion-pound dream house.
• When the draw ends, a chosen charity partner gets the lion’s share of the profits.

The exact odds of winning are unclear – Omaze doesn’t publish precise figures, and the odds get worse as more people enter – but people do win big, and that has kept me interested enough to enter every competition since it first popped up on my Instagram feed.

While I have only won a £10 Amazon voucher, it hasn’t stopped me dreaming about what my life would be like if my ticket was drawn – I’d probably rent out the house as a luxurious holiday home, giving family and close friends free usage (off-peak weekends only – I’m not made of money), before eventually selling it.

The popularity of these draws – each receives hundreds of thousands, if not millions of entries and it’s still growing – tells us a few things about the UK. Namely that, as a nation, we love escapism and the thought of a big win transforming our lives; look to the tradition of doing the pools, having a flutter on the Grand National and getting a ticket for the national lottery.

From another angle, it illustrates the sheer ridiculousness of the housing market, where the greatest prize we can comprehend is a roof over our head, albeit a fancy one. It is certainly why, as I approach my 25th year as a renter, I have been so committed to entering these giveaways. There is very little chance of me winning, but, while the cost of living crisis continues, interest rates push 5% and inflation remains double that, there is little chance of me being able to afford to buy a house in London, either.

The average property price based on sales in the capital last year was just over £730,000, according to Zoopla, Alternatively, renting has cost me the best part of £150,000 since I moved to London in 2006. Who wouldn’t dream of a golden ticket out of that scenario? I’m far from the only person daydreaming in this way.

I want to help my granddaughters get on the property ladder,” says one Omaze Trustpilot reviewer. “People like me can’t afford to get on the property ladder. This is maybe my only opportunity to own my own house,” says another. Until recently, Kevin Johnson, a 34-year-old carpenter from north London, was also prone to daydreaming about life as the owner of a luxury home.

But he no longer has to wonder – he has just won a £3m house in an Omaze prize draw. Johnson and his wife, Dee, along with their four kids, will soon be moving into a beautiful four-bed Victorian semi just 15 minutes from where they now rent a three-bed flat.

1. As part of the prize, as well as any fees and stamp duty being covered, they have also won £100,000 to help them settle in.
2. I don’t think it’s ever going to sink in, to be honest,” says Dee.
3. Johnson has been entering the dream-house competition for about two years and never really thought he would win, but was happy to be giving money to charity.

More recently, he says, he had been practising a more positive approach, going as far as cutting out a photograph of the London house from an Omaze newspaper advertisement and showing it to his youngest, telling him it is where the family would be moving to.

“The parking permit for my van is running out at our current address, so I said I wasn’t going to replace it until the house had been drawn because I had a feeling I was going to win,” he says. On the day of the draw, Johnson received a call from the Omaze team telling him he had won something, but not exactly what, and that they were on their way to his house.

He immediately called his wife, who works in childcare and education part-time and in healthcare at a hospital. She was sceptical. “As no one was in, they went to the pub around the corner to wait for Kevin to get home. I thought: ‘Who does that?’ It definitely sounded like a scam.” But Johnson recognised the Omaze presenter’s voice from the TV adverts, and he and the children were soon greeted by the team, complete with a mock key to hand over, and a camera and lighting crew ready to film a reaction video.

Johnson later called Dee to tell her the news. On her way home from work on a packed train, she took the video call, but couldn’t find her headphones to take it in private. “He was using this voice I’d never heard before, he was shaking,” she says. “The whole carriage heard what had happened and they all cheered and applauded,” she says.

“I got off at my stop, but sat on the platform for 20 minutes to take it in.” Apart from looking forward to having more space, the couple, who have been married for almost 13 years, say that very little about their day-to-day lives will change – they will be staying in their jobs, which they love, and, as the new house is so close to their old one, their children can still go to the same schools.

1. In the short term, aside from starting their mortgage-free lives, Johnson is excited about kitting out the annexe in the garden – “a big TV and a sofa, nothing crowded,” he says – but the longer term is packed with freedom and opportunity.
2. We have dreams and desires about setting up our own business, so we have flexibility with that because of this win,” says Dee.

“And the children definitely have more security, too. It’s a big win for them.” “Seeing the children living in a house like that I can’t put that into words,” says Johnson. Omaze’s prize house in Cornwall. Photograph: Omaze What winners do with the houses, which have been all over the UK, from the Lake District and the Cotswolds to Kent and – the current prize – Cornwall, is entirely up to them. It is roughly a three-way split between those who move in to the new house, those who sell it and those who rent it out, according to James Oakes, Omaze’s chief international officer, who is based in the UK.

Winners have just 96 hours to claim their winnings and agree to the terms and conditions. If they don’t respond in that time, they forfeit the prize, which actually happened to one cash-prize winner. Omaze started life in the US in 2012, founded by Ryan Cummins and Matthew Pohlson, two graduates of Stanford University.

Believing the traditional charity fundraising model to be broken, they founded Omaze after attending a charity auction in which they witnessed very wealthy people bid upwards of $15,000 to sit alongside Magic Johnson at an LA Lakers game. What if, they thought, they could organise a prize draw with a much lower price to attract a greater number of entrants? It took off, with money-can’t-buy experiences as the main attraction – Omaze’s Star Wars prize, offering the chance to be in Episode VII: The Force Awakens, raised more than $4m for Unicef and received entries from all over the world.

1. It wasn’t without criticism, with some in the charity world expressing concern over the strategies, while a class-action suit was filed in the US in April 2021, alleging Omaze had violated various California laws.
2. This was mostly dismissed by a judge in February 2022, and appeared to centre on an argument over whether or not the draw was a legal lottery.

Perhaps it’s unrelated, but from January this year, Omaze has paused its future US operations. Omaze’s UK launch, just as the pandemic was kicking off in 2020, was met with similar cynicism, which, according to Oakes, has been a big hurdle for the company. James Oakes, Omaze’s chief international officer. “When you buy from Omaze, you are not buying a tangible product, but you have to trust that we have registered your entry, that the draw is taking place fairly, that the money really is going to the charity and you will really get the house if you win,” says Oakes.

1. So there’s a real premium on doing things properly and establishing trust, which is why we have registered with the regulator and abide by the fundraising code of practice.” It wasn’t just the public he had to convince.
2. The first draw was for a house in Cheshire, worth about £1m.
3. The brief was clear – Omaze bought the house, would recoup the money from ticket sales and, once the books were balanced, would give 80% of any profit to a chosen charity partner ( the company has yet to make a profit itself, despite taking 20% of net proceeds).

It just needed a charity, but, with reputation at stake, none were interested. The reticence was understandable. “We hear from lots of different types of startups with great ideas,” says Paul Glazier, head of corporate partnerships at Alzheimer’s Research UK.

I’d say 99% of them don’t come off or we just can’t partner with them.” “We went down on our hands and knees and begged a charity to work with us on that first one,” says Oakes. Teenage Cancer Trust was the first to say yes. It received £250,000 on the back of the first draw, and jumped at the chance to work with Omaze for a second time on a house in Marbella last year.

Since launching in the UK, Omaze has given more than £11m to some of the UK’s biggest charities, including the British Heart Foundation, the NSPCC, Great Ormond Street hospital, Dog’s Trust and, after Glazier and his colleagues had done their due diligence, Alzheimer’s Research UK.

• There is now a bidding process in which charities pitch their case.
• We got £1m from the draw for the Lake District house,” says Lucy Squance, director of supporter-led fundraising at Alzheimer’s Research UK.
• For a charity of our size to get that sort of figure is completely transformational.” And it wasn’t just the money.

“We were on primetime TV adverts for two or three months over Christmas. We just don’t have that kind of advertising power and as a result gained more than 1,500 direct supporters and were able to engage with the public in a way we would never be able to otherwise.

• It was worth so much more than the £1m.” Now established, Oakes says the hardest thing is finding suitable houses to give away.
• It’s absolute murder.
• We’re now buying houses six or seven competitions in advance.
• We used to take houses that were already pristine, but as we’re now able to prepare more, we are looking at houses where renovation is required and we can tailor them.

Who knows, in the future we could end up building them.” If Omaze and houses aren’t your thing, there are alternatives. BOTB has been running since 2000. If you have ever seen a supercar in an airport or a shopping centre with someone selling tickets to win it, there’s a very high chance it was BOTB.

1. Since early 2020, it has been an online-only business in which you can win anything from a Mini to a Lamborghini, depending on which price ticket you buy; they start at 30p.
2. We have all sorts of people enter,” says Rupert Garton, the company’s commercial director.
3. They’re not gamblers, but car-loving people who want to have a go.

We’ve had people for whom winning a car is a very nice thing, to people whose lives will be completely changed for ever.” Winners can also choose a cash alternative – 80% of the car’s value – and about half do just that. Aspire Competitions is another company offering luxury prizes for a relatively small cost.

1. Since launching in March 2020, it has become synonymous with giving away VW campervans, but also TVs, consoles, motorbikes and vintage scooters, camping equipment, power-tool bundles and expensive grooming products.
2. It buys all the prizes up front, sells a limited number of tickets and guarantees there will be a winner, even if there are still tickets remaining.

There has been a slight dip in entries since November’s disaster budget, says James Ovenden, founder and director of Aspire, but things remain steady. “I think it’s about giving people a bit of hope. We have lowered our ticket prices accordingly but increased numbers, so your money will go further without significantly lowering the odds.” While our interest in winning things lays bare the housing crisis, the Johnsons’ London home also demonstrates the imbalance of the country’s property market.

• Win a £3m house in the Lake District, as Catherine Carwardine of Telford did in April 2022, and you get a six-bedroomed palace complete with a cinema room, sauna, steam room, gym, multiple gardens and a workshop.
• Win a similarly valued property in London and you get a semi-detached house in which your kids might still have to share a bedroom.

For now, I’m going to adopt Johnson’s positive mental attitude and imagine my life in a luxury home of my own. He and Dee also said they would invite me to their housewarming. “A quiet gathering – we don’t want to upset our new neighbours,” says Dee. “And you’ll have to take your shoes off at the door.”

Has anyone won an Omaze house?

Dad wins incredible £3.5million Omaze house in raffle – plus £100,000 in cash Lucky Will Satherley has won the incredible property after buying a ticket for £35 and he says the only thing he has ever won before were six cakes in a pub quiz Will Satherley and wife Carrie with their two sons outside the dream property A dad who has only ever won cakes in a pub quiz has scooped a £3.5M house in a raffle. Will Satherley, 40 – a financial risk analyst – is the latest winner of a stunning home in the Cotswolds.

• Lucky Will from Cardiff has won the after buying a ticket for £35.
• He says the only thing he has ever won before were six cakes in a pub quiz.
• The latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw prize is a four-bedroom, countryside retreat complete with 10m heated swimming pool.
• It is located just outside the idyllic village of Chipping Campden.

Will has also been given £100,000 in cash – plus the house comes mortgage free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered. He is free to either live in the house, rent it out or sell it. If he decides to rent it out, local estate agents estimate that the property could achieve up to £10,000 a month from rentals.

1. Will has been working as a financial risk analyst in Cardiff for 13 years.
2. The four-bedroom house boasts open-plan living and impressive outdoor spaces, featuring a heated swimming pool ( Omaze) His wife Carrie, 40, also works in finance for the Welsh Government and they have two sons aged four and seven.

Will said: “I’d been working in the garden and was covered in wood chippings when I saw a couple of missed calls. ”I almost ignored them, I’m glad I didn’t as it was Omaze calling to let me know I’d won a prize. ‘When the team arrived I couldn’t comprehend that I’d actually won the Grand Prize, it was so surreal, my wife and I work in finance so it’s fair to say we’re not used to this level of excitement! Will and Carrie can’t believe their luck at winning the stunning Cotswolds home “We didn’t know how best to celebrate as we were still in shock, so we just had a few friends over and shared takeaway pizza and a bottle or two of fizz.

“Unbelievably, the very next day I got another email telling me I’d won a £10 gift voucher from Omaze too, I thought I must be the luckiest man in Wales.”We love the Cotswolds and have holidayed here before, it was always a bit of a nightmare trying to find a place to stay during the summer but looks like we won’t have that problem this year.Will added: “Winning this house is a dream come true, we both work in finance, but you don’t have to be good with numbers to know that £35 to £3,500,000 is a pretty good return!”The best thing we’d ever won as a family before this was six fairy cakes in a pub quiz in Machynlleth North Wales, this definitely tops that – it’s a life changing win for all our family.”

The property boasts floor to ceiling windows He added: “I’m running the Cardiff half marathon for the NSPCC in October – as a parent it is a charity that is very close to my heart, so we’re really pleased that the draw raised so much money for the NSPCC – my run might not match the £2,150,000 Omaze raised but every little helps – I can start training in my new home gym now!” Will’s beautiful 4,250 sq ft property has been contextually designed to sit comfortably in the surrounding landscape and built using local Cotswolds stone.

A combination of traditional Cotswold architecture has been blended with striking contemporary elements that successfully links to the past and the present. The home is worth £3.5million Floor-to-ceiling windows provide the property with a feeling of openness, with glass doors framing views over the gardens.

The heart of the house is an open plan kitchen and dining room that provides a welcoming sociable hub for modern family life. The kitchen area has been designed ergonomically and integrates the clean lines of the Siematic units with Silestone worktops.

The layout incorporates a comprehensive range of Siemens appliances including two ovens, a microwave,, two plate warmers, dishwasher, integrated fridge and freezer. As well as making Will a multi-millionaire, the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Cotswolds, also raised a staggering £2,150,000 to support the NSPCC.

James Oakes from Omaze, said: “We’re delighted that Will and his lovely family have won their dream home in the Cotswolds – whilst contributing towards our biggest ever raise of £2,150,000 for NSPCC in the process – a charity that is close to his heart.” You can find this story in Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.

How does Omaze pick winners?

When a potential winner is contacted will vary with each sweepstakes experience. Per our Official Rules, once each Omaze.com Grand Prize sweepstakes experience has closed, a potential winner is randomly drawn via a cryptographically secure random number generator.

Do normal people win Omaze?

Is Omaze Legit? – The big question is whether Omaze is legit. Or is it some sort of internet scam or fraud ? Don’t fear. Omaze is legit; it does give money to charity and hand out its epic prizes. The company gets regulated to ensure this. Besides, charities wouldn’t keep partnering with Omaze if they didn’t receive any money.

A secondary question is whether you have a chance of winning. Theoretically, yes, you could win the grand prize, but the odds are slim. Omaze doesn’t reveal how many people enter the sweepstakes, but it’s a huge number. Plus, it’s not just the number of people who enter you’re contending with, but how many entries they buy.

Ultimately, you shouldn’t get swept up in Omaze’s flashy marketing. Don’t buy more entries than you can afford. Don’t pin your hopes on winning. Instead, think of it as a fun way to give some money to charity.

How does Omaze make money?

How Does Omaze Make Money? – Omaze makes money by taking a percentage cut from the donations that its users make. It’s normally netting anywhere between 12 percent to 20 percent per campaign. As a result, Omaze actually operates as a for-profit business, which means it uses the income it generates to pay its staff, organize and promote new campaigns, and anything else in between.

Consequently, the company believes in “impact over percentages”, meaning that a smaller percentage of a larger donation sum is more impactful than a bigger percentage of a smaller amount. With some campaigns generating millions of dollars in donations, this certainly doesn’t seem too far-fetched. Moreover, there are plenty of crowdfunding platforms that operate under a similar business model.

The most prominent example in the industry is GoFundMe, which has raised over $15 billion in donations thus far. Direct competitors of Omaze, such as Charitybuzz, Prizeo, or CharityStars, also take a similar percentage cut. Additionally, it can be assumed that Omaze may also generate additional income by including brands in its campaigns.

Where does the money from Omaze go?

80% of net proceeds to charity from each draw – The company began in the United States in 2012. James Oakes, chief international officer at Omaze, told Civil Society News it has paused its operations in the US and is currently operating solely in the UK.

• The company states that 80% of net proceeds go to its chosen charity partner with a minimum donation of £100,000 for a charity from each campaign.
• It retains 20% of the net proceeds for its day-to-day running costs, salaries and overheads.
• Most recently, Omaze’s Victorian London townhouse draw for a house worth £3m raised £2m for British Heart Foundation.
• Winning construction worker Kevin Johnson paid £50 to enter.

Where is Omaze based in UK?

Profile OMAZE UK LIMITED

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Nature of business (SIC)	82990 – Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified copy copied
Registered office address	3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT copy copied

Who won the Omaze house in Cornwall?

A widowed grandmother of six has won the keys to her £4,500,000 dream home in Cornwall – as part of a prize draw that raised more than two million pounds for the end-of-life charity, Marie Curie. June Smith, aged 74, from Essex, has won the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw – a six-bedroom, three-storey house overlooking the picturesque Fowey Estuary. Omaze winner June Smith (Image: Omaze) If June decides to rent it out, local estate agents estimate that the property could achieve £5,000 – £7,000 per month from long-term rentals – and up to £14,000 a week from peak season holiday rentals. June, who bought her £4,500,000 winning entry for just £25 – sadly lost her husband of 43 years, Ron, last year when he suffered a heart attack aged 74.

June has three children (Katherine, Wesley and Rory) and six grandchildren, Katherine and Rory live in East Anglia with two children each, and Wesley lives on the Gold Coast of Australia with his wife and two children. June has lived in her 2-bedroom detached house in Essex for the past 17 years. She worked as a bookkeeper before she retired to have children.

Ron had worked as an architectural designer all his life. June said that Ron: “Would’ve absolutely loved the design of this house, ” and will be “looking down with an approving smile.” June Smith with late husband Ron, son Rory and his fiancé Rebecca (Image: Omaze) When Omaze arrived to tell June she’d scooped the grand prize, she couldn’t believe she’d actually won, exclaiming ” people like me don’t win things like this.” A stunned June said: “I was just settling in for a standard Friday night in front of the tele – then the next thing I knew I’d won a mansion, I couldn’t believe it. June’s new lounge (Image: Omaze) “We used to come for family holidays in Cornwall and stay in a caravan, but now we own a £4.5m mansion – it’s just unbelievable! “The house is truly stunning and the views are simply breathtaking, even the rain couldn’t dampen our spirits when we first came here, it was love at first sight. The office overlooks the water (Image: Omaze) The main sitting room forms the heart of the home and gives incredible views across the estuary through floor-to-ceiling glass doors that lead onto one of the terraces. The serene space has a double-sided log fire, with a cinema and snug room complete with 85-inch TV on the other side, that also leads out to a west-facing patio.

A state-of-the-art kitchen and breakfast room features a central island and glazed sliding doors on two sides that lead out onto a cantilevered balcony. In addition to the Smallbone units and Sub-Zero appliances, there are two dishwashers, a hot water tap, and a Wolf cooker with a Teppanyaki cooker and griddle.

A secondary kitchen pantry sits on the other side of the hallway, next to a dining room with ample space for entertaining family and friends. The property’s stunning kitchen (Image: Omaze) A cantilevered staircase leads up to the first floor, where a large open landing leads to the main bedroom, which has glazed walls on two sides and some of the finest estuary views the property has to offer.

In addition to a dressing area, there is a luxury en-suite bathroom with a walk-in shower. A ground-floor bedroom with an en-suite bathroom is accessed from the sitting room with exceptional estuary views. The bedroom also has access to the balcony in front of the sitting room. A secondary staircase leads from the sitting room to a guest bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and access to a shared balcony.

There are two further bedrooms with en-suite facilities on the first floor, all rooms are finished to an impeccable standard. The main bedroom (Image: Omaze) A yoga studio sits at one end of the garden with yet more breathtaking estuary views thanks to the curved floor-to-ceiling window. Internally, the finish is to the same exacting standards and has its own bathroom. It also has its own private terrace facing the estuary. The outdoor terrace (Image: Omaze) The money raised will help Marie Curie to provide care and support to more people affected by terminal illness. It will go towards funding frontline nursing and hospice care, a free support line and a wealth of information on all aspects of dying, death and bereavement. The property even has its own cinema room (Image: Omaze) “The money raised could fund around 100 Marie Curie Nurses and Healthcare Assistants to support people with terminal illness. It would mean nearly 2,000 families receive expert care and emotional support when they need it most.

“Every five minutes, someone in the UK dies without the care and support they need. This is heart-breaking not only for each person it happens to, but also for the people who love them. That’s why this campaign has been so impactful. “This partnership with Omaze will help Marie Curie be there for more people.

Our nurses will be able to support more families to make the most of the precious time they have together.”

How many times can you enter Omaze giveaway?

Have you heard of Omaze ? I’ve had several readers contact me to ask if Omaze is genuine, or a scam – so I thought it was about time I blogged about them. Omaze.com hosts pay-to-enter prize draws with incredible prizes ranging from cars and holidays to unique celebrity experiences. Unlike most pay-to-enter prize draws, a set percentage of the ticket sales for every Omaze campaign goes to charity – for the celebrity experiences (dinner dates, premiere trips etc.), 60% of the money raised goes to charity, and for other prizes (holidays, cars, etc.) 15% goes to charity.

Omaze itself takes 15% of the donations and the remainder is used for sourcing the prize, marketing costs and fees. So far their prize draws have raised over $150million for charities worldwide. It’s certainly an exciting way to donate to charity, with the chance of winning a huge prize – and sometimes a once-in-a lifetime experience! But what a lot of people don’t realise is that every prize draw on the Omaze website has a free entry route,

So if you can’t afford to make a donation to charity, you can also enter for free online. Or if you’re not happy about only a small percentage of your Omaze draw entry ticket going to the charity, why not use the free online entry route and then make your donation directly to the connected charity? Each Omaze free entry is equal to 2,000 paid entries (which would cost $100!). Lucky Darren Wordon won this Cotswolds house with Omaze!

Is Omaze a genuine draw?

In recent years, adverts have been popping up on the TV offering amazing prizes worth millions of pounds. All you need to do is buy entries from Omaze, a brand you may never have heard of. When something sounds too good to be true from a brand you’ve unfamiliar with you’d be right to ask if Omaze is legit.

1. Omaze is a legitimate fundraising platform that helps charities by providing a way for people to enter to win amazing prizes.
2. The odds of winning are slim, but the benefits of participating are great and Omaze has proven to be highly effective at raising money for good causes.
3. I first became aware of the platform way back in 2015 when they teamed up with Star Wars to create a competition to “Win the Three Most Epic Star Wars Experiences Ever”.

Needless to say, I didn’t win, but I did have confidence in the company thanks to the big names they were working with. For us UK residents, the prizes on offer tend to be property based and vehicle based. Let’s take a look at how it works.

Why are there no Omaze prizes?

We are proud of what we have accomplished with the help of our incredible community, but we know that we can raise even more money for our charity partners and bring our users even greater prizes. That’s why, in the short-term, we will pause launching new sweepstakes on Omaze.com.

What countries are restricted in Omaze?

OMAZE WEEKLY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR DONATION OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR DONATION WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.1. Eligibility Omaze Weekly Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the United States and all countries except those listed in the Prohibited Jurisdictions (below) who are at least 18 years of age or older.

• Employees, officers, and directors of Omaze, Inc.
• Sponsor”) or Charities Aid Foundation America (“CAF America”) or any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment, and marketing agencies, and website providers (collectively, the “Sweepstakes Entities”) and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings and children, regardless of where they live) and those living in the same household are not eligible to enter or win.

Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes except as set forth herein. In order to enter the Sweepstakes or receive a prize, you must fully comply with the Official Rules and, by entering, you represent and warrant that you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions shall be binding and final in all respects relating to this Sweepstakes.

The Sweepstakes is governed by these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Void where prohibited. Prohibited Jurisdictions: No resident of the following countries may enter or win this Sweepstakes: Belgium, Brazil, China, Cuba, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore, Sudan, Syria and Thailand.2.

Sponsor Omaze, Inc., P.O. Box 866, 9942 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.3. Timing Sweepstakes begins July 6, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. PT and runs continuously until terminated by the Sponsor. Each entry period will be one week, starting on Monday at 12:01 a.m.

PT and ending on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT (each “Sweepstakes Entry Period”). Sponsor is the official timekeeper for this Sweepstakes.4. How to Enter When you receive an entry into any sweepstakes offered on omaze.com during the Sweepstakes Entry Period you will automatically receive the same number entries into this Sweepstakes.

You will receive entries into the Sweepstakes regardless if you entered the other sweepstakes in connection with a donation or a free alternate method of entry. Regardless of the method of entry, the maximum number of entries that you may receive is 6,000 entries in the Sweepstakes (per weekly Sweepstakes Entry Period).

• Automated entries or entries submitted by third parties will be disqualified.
• Entries must be submitted by the participant.
• No copies, facsimiles, or mechanical reproductions of entries will be accepted.
• Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple and/or different identities, forms, email addresses, logins, or any other methods will void that participant’s entries, and that participant may be disqualified at Sponsor’s discretion.

Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

Conditional winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder to the Sponsor or forfeit the prize. Entries specifying an invalid, non-working, or inactive email address will be disqualified and ineligible to win. Incomplete, illegible, corrupted, or untimely entries are void and will be disqualified.

By entering this Sweepstakes, you agree that Sponsor or its representative may contact you via email, phone, and mail in connection with this Sweepstakes. Entrants may not willfully register/enter with multiple email accounts nor may entrants use any other device or artifice to register/enter under multiple identities.

• Use of any automated system to enter is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
• Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries all of which will be ineligible to win a prize.
• In the event of a dispute as to any entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address to enter will be deemed to be the entrant.

Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder to be awarded the prize.5. Winner Determination On or about two days after the weekly Sweepstakes Entry Period, the Sponsor will confirm one winner for each prize in a random drawing of all valid entries received.

1. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.
2. The potential winners will be contacted using the email address provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules.

Failure by potential winners to respond to the initial verification within 48 hours of notification or another time as stated in the notification will result in disqualification and Sponsor will select an alternate potential winner in the same manner.

• Limit of one prize per person for this Sweepstakes.6.
• POTENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR.
• SPONSOR’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION, SELECTION OF THE WINNER AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES.7.
• Verification of Potential Sweepstakes Winners Potential Sweepstakes winners may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release (where permitted by law) (collectively, the “Affidavit”) by the date specified by Sponsor, or an alternate potential Sweepstakes winner may be selected.

In the event: (a) potential Sweepstakes winner cannot be reached for whatever reason after a reasonable effort has been exerted or the potential Sweepstakes winner notification or Affidavit is returned as undeliverable; (b) potential Sweepstakes winner declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason; (c) of noncompliance with the above or within any of the aforesaid time periods; (d) potential Sweepstakes winner is found to be ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes or receive the prize; (e) potential Sweepstakes winner cannot or does not comply with the Official Rules; or (f) potential Sweepstakes winner fails to fulfill the Affidavit-related obligations, the potential Sweepstakes winner shall be disqualified from the Sweepstakes and an alternate potential Sweepstakes winner may be selected, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, from among the other eligible entries received.

Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification and Affidavit procedures in connection with the selection of alternate potential Sweepstakes winner, if any. Residents of Canada and certain other territories may be required to successfully complete a mathematical skill-testing question to qualify as a winner.

No person may receive more than one (1) major/grand prize and one (1) minor prize within the same 18-month period.8. Prizes Eight (8) prizes will be awarded. Each prize winner will receive five hundred dollars (US$500). Each prize is considered a minor prize.

For all prizes : Winners will be solely responsible for all taxes and fees associated with the receipt and use of the prize. The prize is awarded as is. Prize may be subject to availability restrictions in certain jurisdictions based on licensing, import, or other distribution restrictions. In such case, the winner will be required to take the cash alternative instead.

Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.

All federal, state, and local tax liabilities, as well as any other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded are the sole responsibility of the winners. Winners may be required to complete and return an IRS W-9 form (i.e. Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Prize will be awarded only if the winners fully comply with these Official Rules.

All prizes amounts listed are in US Dollars (US$).9. Entry Conditions and Release Each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which is binding and final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes; (b) defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, celebrities, and any other person and organization responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Sweepstakes, acceptance, possession, attendance at, defect in, delivery of, inability to use, use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry.

• 10. Publicity
• Except where prohibited or restricted by law, Winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the Winner’s agreement and consent for the Sweepstakes Entities and any of their designees to use and/or publish Winner’s full name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by Winner regarding the Sweepstakes or any of the Sweepstakes Entities, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor (or the applicable Sweepstakes Entity), in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.
• 11. General Conditions

WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL DELIBERATELY TO DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors shall not have any obligation or responsibility, including any responsibility to award any prize to entrants, with regard to: (a) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with or violate the Official Rules; (b) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, human or technical error of any kind; (c) entrants who have committed fraud or deception in entering or participating in the Sweepstakes or claiming the prize; (d) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (e) any inability of the Winner to accept the prize for any reason; (f) if a prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to Acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, weather or any other similar event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control; or (g) any damages, injuries or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from awarding, acceptance, possession, use, misuse, loss or misdirection of any prize or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or any promotion or prize related activities.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be (a) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes, or with any Website promoting the Sweepstakes; (b) acting in violation of the Official Rules; or (c) entering or attempting to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times through the use of multiple email addresses or the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit entries.

If Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that technical difficulties or unforeseen events compromise the integrity or viability of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue, and/or terminate the relevant portion of the Sweepstakes, including the entire Sweepstakes, and/or modify the Sweepstakes and/or award the prize from all eligible entries received as of the termination date.12.

Limitations of Liability The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (d) technical or human error in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of registrations; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

• If for any reason an entrant’s registration is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes.
• No more than the stated number of each prize will be awarded.13.
• Disputes This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States.

Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Central District of California or the appropriate State Court located in Los Angeles County, California; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees and in no event exceeding $150 or the amount donated, whichever is larger; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

1. 14. Entrant’s Personal Information
2. Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which is available at,
3. 15. Sweepstakes Results
4. For a list of winners available, email,
5. Transparency :

At Omaze, we believe fundraising should be about impact, not percentages. Our model allows us, in partnership with CAF America, a U.S. public charity registered with the Internal Revenue Service, to really make a difference and disrupt the way society traditionally thinks about charitable giving.

Omaze and CAF America work together to offer incredible prizes and experiences that anyone can potentially win. You don’t have to donate to enter, but if you do, your donation to CAF America is then used to make a charitable grant to a great cause. The Net Proceeds of all donations made in connection with this Sweepstakes are paid directly to CAF America, whose mission is to make giving to international and domestic charities safe, easy and effective for U.S.

donors. CAF America evaluates and prequalifies other non-profit organizations to be eligible to receive CAF America grants. At the end of this Sweepstakes, so long as Charity continues to qualify as an eligible recipient of CAF America grants, CAF America will make a grant to the Charity of the Net Proceeds of this Sweepstakes.

If Charity is no longer eligible to receive CAF America grants at the conclusion of the Sweepstakes, CAF America will donate the Net Proceeds to a nonprofit organization sharing a mission similar to Charity’s mission that is also prequalified by CAF America (“Alternate Charity”). Eligibility determinations for CAF America grant recipients, and selection of Alternate Charity (if applicable), are within CAF America’s sole discretion.

Copyright ©2020 Omaze, Inc. All third-party names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. : OMAZE WEEKLY SWEEPSTAKES

How much money does Omaze make?

Model – Omaze is a privately owned, for-profit company which has two models to raise funds for charities. Sweepstake entries for a celebrity experience (set visit, dinner date, tickets to a premiere, etc.) see 60% of the money donated to charity, 25% towards fees and Omaze’s costs for advertising and creating content for the event, and 15% to Omaze as profit.

• For prize-based experiences (like a car, vacation, or tuition), 15% goes to the charity, 70% to sourcing and shipping the prize, covering the winner’s taxes, processing credit card fees, and Omaze’s costs in marketing and creating content for the experience, and 15% to Omaze in profit.
• In the United Kingdom, Omaze gives 80% of the net profit from a sweepstake to the charity, after deducting the cost of the prize and marketing, and takes 20% as its profit.

The company launched its first campaign in the United Kingdom in 2020.

Who won Omaze Kent house?

Published: 12:47, 16 March 2023 | Updated: 13:04, 16 March 2023 A seafront house which a couple won in a raffle has been put on the market after just six months. The “stunning” multi-million pound cliffside retreat in Kingsdown, near Deal has been listed after it was claimed in a national draw. The Gunnery has been listed back on the market for £2.65m. Picture: Omaze The home, which was valued at the time at £2.5million, was up for grabs as part of a raffle by Omaze, with thousands across the country buying entries into the draw, which also raised £750,000 for charity.

1. Likened to a James Bond lair, the 9,000sq ft house sits just 90 feet from the edge of the cliff and is called The Gunnery, as the site was once home to a Second World War gun emplacement built to protect Britain from a German invasion in the English Channel.
2. A couple from the Midlands – Jade and her unnamed partner – scooped the top prize, as well as £50,000 cash, and three days later travelled down to Kent to have a look around their new home.

“It’s going to be life-changing,” Jade said. “It’s beyond our wildest dreams. There will never be quite enough words to describe how this whole experience has felt to me and my family.” Jade and her partner won the home in Kingsdown in an Omaze draw. Picture: Omaze The interior of The Gunnery. Photo: Strutt and Parker The cliffside house was once listed at £6 million. Photo: Strutt and Parker However, just six months after the winning moment in October 2022, the house has now been listed on the market with agents Strutt and Parker for £2.65m. The listing suggests that it offers “possibly the best sea views in Kent,” and is an “intriguing, unique and individual home.

One of a kind and unrivalled in all senses”. An agent added: “The Gunnery is set in a commanding position with unrivalled 180-degree views of the Channel, looking over the charming village of Kingsdown to the east, towards the iconic White Cliffs to the west and France to the south.” The property was built by American couple Garfield and Vanessa Spencer, who used it as a holiday home from their base in the US before deciding to sell it, with it listed for £6m in 2019.

Mr Spencer previously told the Telegraph: “We wanted to build something special. “We have four children, and they love going down in the lift and running across the lane to the beach. We love watching them on the sand from the terrace.”

What happens if you win Omaze?

If you win an Omaze experience, our dedicated Winner Experience Team makes sure your experience is unforgettable. We manage any travel and accommodations as well as coordinate with the talent partner (when applicable), so you can just focus on having the time of your life!

Do normal people win Omaze?

Is Omaze Legit? – The big question is whether Omaze is legit. Or is it some sort of internet scam or fraud ? Don’t fear. Omaze is legit; it does give money to charity and hand out its epic prizes. The company gets regulated to ensure this. Besides, charities wouldn’t keep partnering with Omaze if they didn’t receive any money.

A secondary question is whether you have a chance of winning. Theoretically, yes, you could win the grand prize, but the odds are slim. Omaze doesn’t reveal how many people enter the sweepstakes, but it’s a huge number. Plus, it’s not just the number of people who enter you’re contending with, but how many entries they buy.

Ultimately, you shouldn’t get swept up in Omaze’s flashy marketing. Don’t buy more entries than you can afford. Don’t pin your hopes on winning. Instead, think of it as a fun way to give some money to charity.

How does Omaze make money?

Model – Omaze is a privately owned, for-profit company which has two models to raise funds for charities. Sweepstake entries for a celebrity experience (set visit, dinner date, tickets to a premiere, etc.) see 60% of the money donated to charity, 25% towards fees and Omaze’s costs for advertising and creating content for the event, and 15% to Omaze as profit.

1. For prize-based experiences (like a car, vacation, or tuition), 15% goes to the charity, 70% to sourcing and shipping the prize, covering the winner’s taxes, processing credit card fees, and Omaze’s costs in marketing and creating content for the experience, and 15% to Omaze in profit.
2. In the United Kingdom, Omaze gives 80% of the net profit from a sweepstake to the charity, after deducting the cost of the prize and marketing, and takes 20% as its profit.

The company launched its first campaign in the United Kingdom in 2020.

Is Omaze in the UK?

About Omaze UK | How the Million Pound House Draw Works WE THINK ABOUT GIVING DIFFERENTLY At Omaze, we raise money for charity by offering people the chance to win life-changing prizes. Why? Because we believe that by harnessing the power of dreams, we can help change the world.

We have a revolutionary approach to fundraising. An approach that can enable people to change the world, and to change their lives too. We call it ‘Win:Win’. Launched in the US in 2012, Omaze crossed the pond to the UK in 2020, fundraising in partnership with some of the biggest and most loved British charities.

We’ve since raised over £15,000,000 for our incredible charity partners, like Teenage Cancer Trust, The Prince’s Trust, British Heart Foundation, the NSPCC, the RSPCA and many more. And at the same time, we’ve made our Grand Prize Winners multi-millionaires. Omaze started when our Co-Founders, Matt and Ryan, were coming home from an exclusive charity fundraising auction. The top bid of $15,000 won court side tickets to watch a basketball game with their idol, Magic Johnson. Two things occurred to them: why should these amazing experiences only go to the highest bidder? And how could such an epic prize only raise $15,000 for charity? Imagine if we made these opportunities available online and gave everyone the chance to win. Can you imagine what it’s like to become a multi-millionaire overnight? That’s what happened to Becca Pott from Leyton. She paid £25 to enter the Ascot House Draw and now she’s the owner of an incredible £3,500,000 house just an hour from London. Becca said, “It’s completely mind-blowing.

You do feel like you’re in a dream whatever we decide to do now, we’re pretty much set for life”. And Heekyoung Jin from London entered the Wimbledon House Draw to support GOSH Charity after her son was treated at the hospital when he was three months old. Now, she owns a house in Wimbledon worth over £3,500,000.

Heekyoung said, “It’s surreal! I can’t believe it could happen to us. We’re super excited for our family’s future. It’s life-changing!”,’ And that’s what Omaze is all about. Since we launched in the UK, we’ve made dreams come true for so many people. We’ve given away multi-million-pound houses, incredible supercars and best of all, we’ve donated millions of pounds to some of the UK’s biggest charities.