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Winning the Big Raffle

Kobi has been signing up for every possible raffle for the past two years. Today was
finally his turn to win. “If the Resident’s Price project didn’t exist, we wouldn’t get to
any apartment.” “Yesterday afternoon Kahlon announced on Facebook that he… that
the results will come out today. Near midnight I saw that I won.” The problem is that
each winner only knows that they won, but it’s still unclear what exactly. “I signed
up, I won – and I don’t know what apartment I have. How much it costs, what the
sizes are, maybe it has design problems.” The higher the winner’s place is on the list,
the more of a first right he’ll get and be able to choose the apartment he wants. Those
drawn at the bottom of the list will probably be left with smaller, less attractive
apartments. The highest chance of winning an apartment in the big raffle was in
Shlomi and Tirat Hacarmel, where almost everyone who went to the raffle won an
apartment. The lowest chance was in Ra’anana, where a hundred and thirty six
enrollees competed for each apartment. Despite the winners’ optimism, up until today
not a single Resident’s Price apartment was given. There were many who along the
way even relinquished their win because of problems with the projects. Years will
pass until the couples who won today will get a key to the apartment. The promise
they got will make this wait a bit more bearable.

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