Ruling on distributing prizes to match spectators by drawing ticket numbers
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Question:
What is the ruling on what happens in some matches where, after the match ends, cars are distributed to the spectators based on their entry ticket numbers, so that one of the attendees wins? Is this gambling?
Answer:
Yes, we have warned the authorities that this is gambling, and this will also be written down—if Allah wills. This is gambling. They provide many tickets with many numbers, then they look at the numbers, and then they give this to one person based on his number and that to another based on his number. This is wrong. This is riba (usury or interest), the well-known gambling, the maysir (gambling).
What is the ruling on what happens in some matches where, after the match ends, cars are distributed to the spectators based on their entry ticket numbers, so that one of the attendees wins? Is this gambling?
Answer:
Yes, we have warned the authorities that this is gambling, and this will also be written down—if Allah wills. This is gambling. They provide many tickets with many numbers, then they look at the numbers, and then they give this to one person based on his number and that to another based on his number. This is wrong. This is riba (usury or interest), the well-known gambling, the maysir (gambling).
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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