Prize home lottery explained

A prize home lottery is a type of lottery in which a single-unit residential building is awarded as opposed to a lump sum financial prize.[1] Prize home lotteries began to appear across North America, Australia, and Western Europe in the 1950s.[2] While a number of homes built prior to this have historically been associated with lottery winnings, typically they were funded with traditional lottery earnings and not through a formal prize home lottery.[3]

History

The earliest home lotteries took place in Canada. The first home lottery in North America was in 1934 in Vancouver, Canada.[4] [5] In the spring of 1939, Toronto mayor Ralph Day came under scrutiny since the earliest home lotteries were not governmentally regulated.[6] In 1944, the Ottawa Journal announced that the Canadian province of Ontario was experiencing "an epidemic of house lotteries."[7]

Outside of Canada, the idea of a prize home lottery started becoming widespread in the United States, Australia, and Western Europe in the 1950s.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Today, a contemporary example can be seen in the RSL Australia Prize Home Lottery, which is a notable prize home lottery in Australia.[13] [14]

Government regulation

Prize home lotteries have historically been subject to government regulation and have sometimes led to lawsuits. For example, in 1958, an entrepreneur named Ronald A. Hodges registered Canadian patents pertaining to prize home lotteries, including one patent for "division of property in a dream home contest."[15] [16] This led to a lawsuit, R. v. Hodges in 1959.[17] [18] [19] In 1960, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled prize home lotteries illegal in Canada.[20] [21] [22] This decision did not last long, however, as numerous dream home lotteries were held in Canada in the 1960s.[23] [24]

In television

Although prize home lotteries became widespread in the 1950s, it was not until 2015 that the concept of a prize home lottery was used as the premise of a television programme with HGTV's My Lottery Dream Home.[25] [26] [27] Hosted by David Bromstad, the programme is a joint production between Seven Network and Beyond International.[28] [29] In 2021, My Lottery Dream Home International, a related programme with a global as opposed to American focus premiered with host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.[30] Other television programmes like Mitre 10 Dream Home and award prize homes though their selection process is not in the form of a lottery.[31] [32]

Notable prize home lotteries

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Prize Homes. PrizeLink.com.au. 4 September 2015.
  2. News: July 18, 1955 . Come to the Exhibition, See the Dream Home [Advertisement] ]. 12 . .
  3. Book: Montgomery . Robin . Navasota . Montgomery . Joy . . 2012 . 978-0738595023 . Images of America . 80.
  4. Web site: PNE Prize Home ticket still popular after 80 years . 2022-09-04 . Vancouver Is Awesome . en.
  5. Web site: January 2018 . PNE PRIZE HOME CELEBRATES ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY . Pacific National Exhibition.
  6. News: April 24, 1939 . Toronto Mayor Denies That Awarding $11,500 House Was Lottery . 2 . .
  7. News: December 8, 1944 . A Fine House For A Dollar . 8 . .
  8. News: September 28, 1959 . Enter The Dream Home Race Now! . 1 . .
  9. News: November 23, 1959 . You Can Win A Dream Home for 6d . 14 . . Newcastle upon Tyne .
  10. News: May 10, 1957 . How To Win Your Dream Home . 10 . .
  11. News: December 10, 1959 . Mr. Whale, Mystery Man, Wins £14,500 Prize . 1 . .
  12. News: July 22, 1954 . Club For Lonely Widows . 4 . .
  13. Web site: Keller . Lisa . 2022-06-27 . Don't miss your chance at a $1.1 Metricon home and land package in MS Society's Game Changer Lottery! • Glam Adelaide . 2022-08-20 . Glam Adelaide . en-AU.
  14. Web site: Australian Prize Homes . 4 September 2015 . PrizeLink.com.au.
  15. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB0hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA302. Catalog of Copyright Entries: January-June 1958. Library of Congress. 1958. Third Series. 302. Books, Pamphlets, Serials, Contributions to Periodicals.
  16. 1958 . 127172 Dream Home Contest . . 86 . 4687.
  17. Web site: December 10, 1959 . R. v. Hodges [1959] ]. . Supreme Court of Canada.
  18. News: August 1, 1959. Lottery Case. 16. The Lethbridge Herald.
  19. July 4, 1960 . 11 Canadian Fairs Settle With Hodges . . 43.
  20. News: April 11, 1960. Supreme Court Rules Home Contest Illegal. 30. The Edmonton Journal.
  21. Web site: April 11, 1960. Dream Home Contests Ltd. v. The Queen, 1960. CanLII.
  22. Web site: April 11, 1960 . Dream Home Contests Ltd. v. The Queen [1960] ]. . Supreme Court of Canada.
  23. News: July 24, 1961 . Jasper Place Man Wins Display Home . 3 . .
  24. News: July 17, 1964 . You May Win a 1964 Dream Home [Advertisement] ]. 6 . .
  25. Web site: My Lottery Dream Home . August 27, 2018 . IMDb.
  26. Web site: Starr . Michael . 'My Lottery Dream Home' finds comfy digs for big prize winners . August 27, 2018 . New York Post. 17 February 2018 .
  27. Web site: HGTV Orders 28 New Episodes of 'My Lottery Dream Home' Starring David Bromstad . August 27, 2018.
  28. Web site: Johns . Gibson . HGTV's David Bromstad spills on the backstage secrets of 'My Lottery Dream Home' . August 27, 2018 . AOL.com.
  29. Web site: Manning . James . November 1, 2017 . Inside the 7Beyond US joint venture . Mediaweek.
  30. Web site: October 19, 2020 . HGTV Accelerates Show Orders to Put 16 New Series and Pilots in the Pipeline for 2021 . The Futon Critic.
  31. http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/newsletters/intellectual_property_and_it_insights/20051214/the_block_is_no_dream_home-copyright_and_television_program_formats.pageThe Block is no Dream Home – copyright and television program formats
  32. Web site: Mitre 10 Dream Home Television New Zealand Entertainment TV One, TV2, U . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920073732/http://tvnz.co.nz/mitre-10-dream-home/returns-tv2-5086744 . 2012-09-20.

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