California Voters Back Charity Raffles

Voters in California this month approved a proposal amending the state constitution to allow non-profit organizations to hold fund-raising raffles.

Proposition 17, which gives the state Legislature the power to authorize such raffles, was supported by 3.8 million voters. Some 2.7 million voted against the idea.

To be eligible to hold a raffle, a non-profit group must show that 90 percent of the gross receipts from a raffle go directly to support