A youth football program in northeastern Oklahoma is making waves over a fundraiser that raffled off tickets saying the winner would receive a handgun.
But the president of the volunteer program said the raffle was actually for a gift certificate to a gun store — not for a gun.
Bixby Youth Football president Jason Clark says the ticket should have said the winner could choose to use the certificate to buy a gun after passing a background check. He says when he learned the tickets listed a handgun as the prize, he and others contacted authorities to make sure there were no liability issues.
Clark says the team has raffled a gun before and he's surprised by the attention.
The raffle raised more than $3,800 for a fourth-grade football team.
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