Gastrobeats - The People's Raffle : 2 winners with multiple prizes. A KOH-incidence?

GastroBeats, a month long festival had concluded on 22 June. 

Other than a month long celebration food, music and festivities, there is also The People's Raffle. Entry is by spending $3 on a bottle of Coca-Cola at the People's Raffle Booth next to GastroBeats and you can stand to win luxury resort and hotel stays, Air Asia Flights, Concert Tickets and even a BYD Atto 3.

Source: Gastrobeats

While this sounded good, when the results were released, it raised more than just a few eyebrows.

Source: Gastrobeat

Of the 30 prizes, 12 were shared between Tedmond Koh and Tedric Koh(Names found on Instagram posts by Gastrobeat). 

Source: Gastrobeats instagram

While the odds of multiple win could be explained by bulk entries, the odds of having 2 winners dominating the prizes are much lower than one getting the first prize at Singapore Sweep.

Source: Gastrobeats Instagram

While it is not explicitly stated that the 2 are related. Given the names, this probability is higher than having a raffle with 2 winners having multiple wins in the same raffle.

Nonetheless, winning multiple prizes in the raffle is allowed as long as they are separate prizes. Looking at the winner list, it technically warrents multiple prizes per winner. 

Coincidentally, there was a reply by one of the alleged winners on the Instagram post by Gastrobeats. The post mentioned that the duo had bought 1/3 of the tickets and thus expected to win 1/3 of the prizes. 

While it may sound logical, it begs the question - How would they know that they bought 1/3 of the tickets, given that the raffle tickets are issued via the purchase of Coca Cola bottles. Was there public information on how many Coca Cola bottles are available for purchase? If not, would this knowledge of the number of tickets give a participant an unfair edge in the odds of winning, and the means to game the raffle?

Lastly, according to Gastrobeats, they have 552,000 visitors for 2025. Assuming 5% participants in the draw. That would imply 27500 entrants. 30% would mean over 8000 bottles.  What happened to the 8000 bottles sold to one person? The logistics of transporting 8000 bottles will be a nightmare.

Furthermore, there were allegations that some of the winners (other than the two mentioned) are directly related to the event as vendors as per this reddit post. The terms of The People's Raffle indicated that 'any agents, distributors and other organisations commercially connected to the promoter ' are excluded. If this is true, the results could be invalid.

For the record, the value of the prizes won is around $11,300. While the value may not be significant, the KOH-incidence may leave a bad taste in the mouth for Gastrobeats, which is well known for its food festival. The results do cast doubts, even if it may be legitimate. Perhaps for future draws, it would be ‘fairer’ to limit prizes to one per person for the whole raffle instead of prize categories to prevent monopoly. 

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