You missed my point, which
may be my fault for how I worded it!
After I posted my question - and before you responded, I actually signed up for two seminars. (I don't believe I won either one, though.) So, yeah, no problem with their service at all. It's not a scam and you only pay if you want to play. Very cool.
My point was more along the lines of "how long have any of you been unlucky?" I guess. I bet people have one on their first try, some maybe multiple tries in a row, and some never.
My local gun shop used to have weekly gun raffles. 20-30 tickets and $20-30 apiece. Basically enough to cover the gun and get new customers into his (new) store. I probably entered six to eight times with no luck. I was starting to think that maybe I ought to just save my cash, but hey, each day, someone won a gun on a $20 ticket!