Paycheck raffles ! First Argentina , next perhaps Greece , Spain and Italy

Cash-strapped Argentine town holds raffle to see who will be paid

Just when you thought you had seen it all.

The broke Argentine town of Bialet Masse has held a raffle to determine which of the town’s 92 employees would receive their paychecks. A lucky 23 were selected to receive their full paychecks.
Coming soon to a town near you?

A raffle will determine which civil servants in a small Argentine town will receive their pay first, due to insufficient funds, its mayor has announced.
“We will draw lots to decide the [order] of payment,” said mayor of Bialet Masse, Gustavo Pueyo, in a broadcast from Buenos Aires private radio station Radio Mitre.

Pueyo said the raffle was approved by national mayoral authorities and the first draw took place on Friday, with 23 of the town’s 92 employees receiving their pay. A second raffle is slated for Monday, AFP reported.