How to make $17 million running dream house raffles for charities

Neal Martin Zeavy went from being a kindergarten teacher at a small school in Central California to earning $16.9 million in a decade, according to tax records. He did it by running dream house raffles across the West in which a home is given away only if a certain number of tickets are sold. Often, the threshold is not met. Efforts to reach Zeavy for comment have been unsuccessful. Charity watchdogs have criticized the raffles for setting ticket thresholds that are hard to reach.

Story: Consultant makes money on ‘dream house’ raffles, even if nobody wins a home