I guess this would be considered a lottery or raffle, but what lottery doesn’t increase your chances with amount spent?
What makes this more interesting is this is offered nationwide isn’t it? So this isn’t just social gambling where there isn’t one or more money-makers (clearly the Obama campaign is the “House” in this case).
How does offering a “prize” affect political contributions?
Especially since unlike a dinner or meet ‘n’ greet fundraiser, all participants don’t get something in return.
Lotteries in most states are okay for Non Profit groups, but Political groups? I think this is worthy of checking out.
Additionally, what about people who have already given the “limit”, are they being “unfairly” excluded from the lottery?