Is a raffle like this legal?

[BentValve]

I wont lie, the website owner has pissed me off , otherwise I would not be looking into this. I have personally raised $200 for this site and the owner used the money to fund his motorcycle...which is fine I guess its his forum.

But this....

http://www.hayabusa.org/cgi-bin/busa/ik...deb8bf6ba3aceab4ce;act=ST;f=37;t=29836

Geez, they have a long ways to go to sell all the tickets. Look at the last posts.

 

[getbush]

I'm not an expert but I thought things of this type were limited to non-profits, and with approval. Seems kinda fishy.

here ya go, from oregon, where the guy is from apparently http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Oregon/

btw, it's not legal