But its true it really is a gay way to get your gold.
I have to respectfully disagree. When the raffle holder is completely up front about how much they personally will make off the raffle, and publicly posts the cost and number of tickets, there is 100% transparency. Everyone knows the odds. Everyone knows what they're getting into.
What IS gay, imo, is a bunch of naysayers jumping into a thread to speak poorly of an idea that doesn't effect them, or appeal to them in any way. This isn't something that you have to participate in, or be forced to even acknowledge. If it's not something that interests you, perhaps you should spend your time posting in threads about things that do interest you, or do have an effect on your playing the game.
To the OP: Good luck with your raffle. FYI, in mine, about 80% of the participants weren't random people from the forums. They were mostly people from various teamspeaks that I actually hang out in. I would really only suggest doing this if you are really good at networking and know a lot of people, or have some sort of cause to raise support for. I had both driving my raffle. I might be wrong, and you might be able to be successful without it, but I doubt it. Again, best of luck to you. ;)