tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post7950813105412921526..comments2024-03-28T09:31:34.180-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Take a Chance On Me: The History of Raffles, Lotteries, and GiveawaysDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-84439054771055484512014-04-17T20:48:25.687-04:002014-04-17T20:48:25.687-04:00And the winner of a copy of Claiming Mariah is The...And the winner of a copy of <i>Claiming Mariah</i> is <b>Thea Colebank!</b> Thea, I'll contact you privately for instructions on mailing the book. Congrats!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-24085639208107066342014-04-16T22:44:14.681-04:002014-04-16T22:44:14.681-04:00Wonderful, Eliza! So glad you stopped by. I'll...Wonderful, Eliza! So glad you stopped by. I'll enter your name in the drawing. :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-59808626675005311802014-04-16T22:43:23.464-04:002014-04-16T22:43:23.464-04:00Glad you stopped by to visit, Thea. History is ful...Glad you stopped by to visit, Thea. History is full of fascinating facts, isn't it? Thanks for entering the giveaway! :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-59472138225446752062014-04-16T18:48:40.384-04:002014-04-16T18:48:40.384-04:00I entered - would love to win the book!! truckredf...I entered - would love to win the book!! truckredford(at)gmail.comTruckredfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503888758596450251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-75586418026149055302014-04-16T16:50:08.041-04:002014-04-16T16:50:08.041-04:00Wow!!! What a fascinating post. I thoroughly enjoy...Wow!!! What a fascinating post. I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!<br /><br />Oh, I entered the Kindle giveaway and would love to be entered in the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of Claiming Mariah. Thank you!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053066919083675728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-78992901445263023462014-04-16T16:33:51.476-04:002014-04-16T16:33:51.476-04:00Thanks for stopping by, Brittany. The oddest thing...Thanks for stopping by, Brittany. The oddest things catch our attention, don't they? Not that we're weird or anything like that...we're just curious! :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-61828958298339131902014-04-16T16:30:21.113-04:002014-04-16T16:30:21.113-04:00The history of raffles is something I hadn't e...The history of raffles is something I hadn't ever considered! Interesting. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Claiming Mariah. I entered the Kindle giveaway. <br />Brittany McEuen<br />kbmceuen@yahoo.comBrittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329879272795970460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21389167987780265242014-04-16T15:16:32.136-04:002014-04-16T15:16:32.136-04:00So glad to see you here Bonton! Thanks for signing...So glad to see you here Bonton! Thanks for signing up to win the Kindle. Your names in the hat for a copy of Mariah as well. Whoot! :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-89523081790641816662014-04-16T15:13:41.005-04:002014-04-16T15:13:41.005-04:002b ....may I call you "TwoBeeDoo"? Sorry...2b ....may I call you "TwoBeeDoo"? Sorry, that just slipped out! :) So glad you stopped by and also for signing up for the giveaway! Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-76371183532365666342014-04-16T14:50:19.468-04:002014-04-16T14:50:19.468-04:00Wow! I had no idea, Linda. I have a suspicious min...Wow! I had no idea, Linda. I have a suspicious mind, so immediately I wonder how many $2.00 tickets that cashier rang up but nobody questioned, and she got the ticket. Maybe cashiers can't purchase / win from stores they work at though, so maybe my suspicions are unfounded, but still....I would have been MAJORLY irked if that happened to me.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-58468012211839599822014-04-16T14:45:46.004-04:002014-04-16T14:45:46.004-04:00Sounds oh-so-familiar, Mary. We used to have cake ...Sounds oh-so-familiar, Mary. We used to have cake walks at the carnivals. Very similar to a raffle, I suppose, but there would be 20 or so squares taped off on the floor with numbers in each square. You paid your quarter and picked a spot. <br /><br />Somebody would stand in the hallway and yell that they were about to have a calk walk to draw as many people in to pay their quarter. Then they play music and everybody would walk around on the squares. As soon as the music stopped, you stopped on a square and they'd draw a number out, and you won a cake.<br /><br />Well, one of the <b>FEW</b> times in my life that I actually won something, I won a cake in a cake walk when I was about ten years old. I was SO excited and got to pick whatever cake I wanted. I picked <b>RED VELVET</b>. <br /><br />Oh.My.Stars!!! Red Velvet...so GOOD!<br /><br />Well, being a kid, I didn't want to get separated from my friends, and Mama was working a different part of the carnival (selling stew or something) so I put my precious <b>Red Velvet</b> cake at the end of the roll-up doors safely away from the other cakes and raced off to enjoy the rest of the carnival with my friends.<br /><br />When the carnival was over, I raced back to the room where the cake walk was and my cake was GONE!!! I don't know if they re-gifted it or if they discovered it and thought it was left over or what, but unlike you, Mary, I am <i>not</i> over it, and I'm all teary-eyed because I lost my Red Velvet cake. <br /><br />PS. I cannot pass up a slice (or two) of Red Velvet cake to this day!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-7413469363932014272014-04-16T14:32:18.297-04:002014-04-16T14:32:18.297-04:00Thanks for the interesting post, Pam!!
I signed ...Thanks for the interesting post, Pam!! <br /><br />I signed up for the Kindle giveaway, and would like to be in the drawing for a copy of "Claiming Mariah" - would love to read it !! Thank you!!bontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852536941656729576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-69521355428286307562014-04-16T14:30:23.982-04:002014-04-16T14:30:23.982-04:00As my kids would tell you, I love this kind of his...As my kids would tell you, I love this kind of historical information. Thanks for sharing! I registered for the giveaway and am looking forward to receiving email updates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-82791394580991580772014-04-16T14:22:16.598-04:002014-04-16T14:22:16.598-04:00Fascinating post, Pam. Lottery ticket purchases ar...Fascinating post, Pam. Lottery ticket purchases are a huge fact of life here in southwest Colorado. I stopped at a convenience store not long ago for hotdog buns and a bottle of tea. I had the exact amount including the tax, not a penny more. The cashier rang up my purchase and the amount was two dollars more than I had. Stunned, I asked about the prices and tax ,and yep I was right. I asked why the extra $2.00 charge. She smiled and said it's for the lottery ticket and held out a shiny, colorful card. I said I didn't ask for a ticket. She got mad and said everyone wants a ticket and I had to pay for it because it was automatically logged out of her inventory. I said no I didn't want to purchase a lottery ticket. I was about to explain the money crunch when the man behind me said he'd take it. I paid for my purchases and left. Hope the man at least won back the $2 cost.Linda Farmer Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312511857601369355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-41225350785747198492014-04-16T13:56:16.649-04:002014-04-16T13:56:16.649-04:00This actually makes me smile because.............a...This actually makes me smile because.............a group at my kids' high school was always ALWAYS doing cake raffles. Maybe like at ... every single game all year? And I'd have to donate a cake because it was something one of my girls was in. So...........I'd make the stupid cake and then I'd leave it at the raffle table and I'd buy chances ... but I didn't want a cake, for heaven's sake. So I'd give them whatever money I had on me, and the chances were CHEAP like 25 cents or five for a dollar maybe. Well, I didn't mind donating $5 but I wasn't about to stand there and fill out my name 25 times for a cake I didn't want. So I'd get handed the stack of raffle tickets and I'd shove them all back except one and say, "I'm putting my name in once, regardless of the money and btw, if I win, throw the name back in and draw again."<br />It seemed like I won a cake almost every week! Like it was KARMA or something. So I'd get my cake and look around at the kids milling here and there and say, "You want a cake?"<br />And bam! problem solved.<br />I don't claim any high ideals about being anti-gambling, though I'm not a gambler honestly. But I am pretty much anti-delicious dessert that I will scarf down single-handedly-if-I-bring-it-into-my-house. Mary Connealyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598386111251769803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21939345116052176132014-04-16T12:37:04.010-04:002014-04-16T12:37:04.010-04:00I was the same way, Lis. I was surprised to find o...I was the same way, Lis. I was surprised to find out that lotteries were held so far back in history. Thank you for signing up for the newsletter! :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13354388210603230332014-04-16T12:25:14.061-04:002014-04-16T12:25:14.061-04:00Angi, it seems like it's been colder later all...Angi, it seems like it's been colder later all over this year. We'll be wishing for 40-50 temps come July! :) Thanks for signing up and your name's in the hat for a copy of Claiming Mariah! Whoot!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-2186864766120403092014-04-16T10:21:15.668-04:002014-04-16T10:21:15.668-04:00Our state lottery touts that they help finance the...Our state lottery touts that they help finance the schools, I didn't realize that lotteries have been financing different projects for years. Interesting post. I entered the Kindle giveaway and signed up for your newsletter also. Thanks for the giveaway!Lis Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10177488695671566800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13348931724078549872014-04-16T09:41:21.037-04:002014-04-16T09:41:21.037-04:00Good morning, Pam! It's SLOWLY starting to war...Good morning, Pam! It's SLOWLY starting to warm up here. It's supposed to get into the 50's today. Hoping they're right. The trees are starting to bud, but I haven't seen any flowers yet. We did get a few flurries on Monday, but it didn't stick, thankfully. ;) I went over and entered the Kindle giveaway AND I signed up for your newsletter. Thanks for the giveaways. Have a great day!Angihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796751120078539799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-28275693919726020282014-04-16T08:38:02.363-04:002014-04-16T08:38:02.363-04:00Good morning CFHS friends! The weather's gorge...Good morning CFHS friends! The weather's gorgeous here in Mississippi even if we did wake up to 33 degree weather. The temperature is rising though, and I <b>bet</b> it's going to be a beautiful day. :) Hope your day is wonderful as well.<br /><br />Don't forget! We have a giveaway today, so enter the Kindle giveaway and let me know <b>here</b> in the comments for a chance to win a copy of Claiming Mariah.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.com