Raffle house riles some people in Paxton

PAXTON – About 25 people sit in the smoke-filled King Richard's Raffle House on South Market Street.

They don't talk much, and the sound of numbered balls rattling in a blower fills the room. Richard Schwarz, who runs the raffle, wears a gold plastic crown to fit the role as he pulls balls and announces numbers into a microphone.

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