Fancy a million pound house in Devon? Got £25? Then you could win Brian and Wendy Wilshaw’s house.

Last year they were struggling to sell the property, marketed at £950,000 just as the housing slump took hold. It had few viewings, and no offers.

But after launching an online prize competition at the website winadevonpropertywithfishing.co.uk, they’ve sold 34,000 tickets – that’s £850,000 – and are in sight of their 46,000 target.

I guess it’s not worth that any more, Still the odds of winning the lottery is measured in millions, the odds of winning the Wilshaw’s home is just 46,000 to 1 – so if you do the lottery you should buy some of the Wilshaw’s tickets instead.

Source: The Guardian.