Death Raffle...

The Death Raffle is an idiosyncratic pub game at the Wilkes Head, in Leek. Locals pick ageing celebrities, and put 50p into a kitty every week. When ‘their’ celeb kicks the bucket, they claim the jackpot. The pub landlord was complaining that Wetherspoons was taking away his business, though I’m not sure that a Death Raffle is really the way to attract new customers…