Australian wins a tropical island in online raffle

Baku. 27 July. REPORT.AZ/ Australian man won lottery, the main prize of which was a tropical island Kosrae, Report informs citing the the BBC.

For the budget price of A$49 (US$36) an Australian man has won himself a tropical bloody island. More specifically a tropical resort on the Micronesian island of Kosrae, a place so perfectly remote and teensy that it barely registers on a world map.

Australian couple Doug and Sally Beitz decided to take an unconvential route when it came to selling off their island paradise. Instead of a super boring auction or property listing, the couple decided to raffle off their island home online, in the hopes that they could change someone's life.

Online raffle was attended by over 50,000 people.

The winner was announced on the eve of July 26 and is a known only as Joshua for now.