$1.59m Vfw Raffle Pot On Hold By License Flap

MORRIS – The VFW’s $1.59 million Queen of Hearts lottery was abruptly canceled only hours before tickets were to be pulled Monday. According to state law, which Morris Police Chief John Severson said was updated in 2015, a municipality needs to have a code prescribing rules for raffles and a limit to how much can be charged for a raffle ticket and the amount of prizes that can be awarded. Neither Grundy County nor Morris has that type of ordinance. “We were informed at 12:30 that we were in violation of a state statute,” VFW Auxiliary Treasurer Jim Maskel said.