A massive luxury house in Scotland complete with a golf simulator is up for grabs in the controversial Omaze prize draw, a raffle which allows people to win a house worth millions for the price of a ticket.
An Omaze mansion overlooking Gleneagles golf course has been sold for more than £4million just six months after it was won in the draw.
Winners of the Omaze draws can cash in by having the house sold rather than move into it and it is understood he chose this option. The property near Auchterarder, Perthshire was the top prize in an Omaze Million Pound House Draw last year - the first to be held in ScotlandThe £2.9million London property won by Marilyn Pratt in April 2021
A sales brochure for the house stated: 'A luxurious contemporary home with guest apartment in one of Scotland's most exclusive addresses. The winner of the Omaze draw also received £100,000 and was given the option to live in, rent out or sell the house. 'Maintaining luxury properties is a massive industry. If it's not your main house then you cannot leave it alone. Most homes will employ monitored security, they will run underfloor heating in winter and air conditioning in summer and systems will need servicing every year.
'Omaze is delighted to have created 25 millionaires whilst also raising more than £40 million for good causes in the UK since it launched here.'Retired widower June Smith , 74, won a stunning waterside mansion in Cornwall in May last year but later sold it Read More What happened next for the Omaze home winners? MailOnline caught up with the lucky ticket-holders left with the enviable dilemma of whether to sell, move or rent their luxury new pad In just eight months she had sold the house - for £100,000 less - so she could help her two daughters and grandchildren financially.
A more recent Omaze winner, dinner lady Rose Doyle, won the keys to a five-bedroom house in Cornwall as part of a draw that raised £3.1 million for the World Wide Fund for Nature earlier this year.
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