Controversial bidder Adrian Portelli set to give away Sharon and Ankur’s $4.25m home or $3m for free
Controversial Block bidder Adrian Portelli set to give away Sharon and Ankur’s $4.25M home from the show or $3M FREE cash: ‘This is our biggest giveaway ever’
Adrian Portelli gave Sharon Johal and Ankur Dogra a lifeline after they failed to sell their home during The Block auctions last year, seizing their property just days after the controversial ending.
Now ‘Mr Lambo,’ 33, is set to give away the $4.25 million mansion or $3 million in ‘tax-free’ cash in his latest raffle through his promotions company LMCT+.
Offering four raffle packages, ranging from $20 to $500, the billionaire has given entrants the option of taking home the Gisborne or the cash if they win.
Adrian Portelli gave Sharon Johal and Ankur Dogra (both pictured) a lifeline after The Block’s controversial ending in which they failed to sell their house.
“This is our biggest giveaway and if you don’t want the house, you can take $3 million in tax-free cash to build the life of your dreams for you and your family,” he wrote on the raffle website.
‘This will be drawn in a few weeks, so don’t wait. Take a package and put his name in the drawing and when Adrian makes that phone call, what will he choose? The block house? Or the $3 million cash alternative?
Second prize will see someone awarded a 2022 Ford Everest Sport, while third prize will win a $5,000 gift card for LMCT+ members.
Now 33-year-old ‘Mr Lambo’ (pictured) is giving away a $4.25 million home and $3 million “tax free” in his latest raffle through his promotions company LMCT+.
Raffle winners will be drawn on January 29 during a Facebook broadcast.
Portelli snapped up Sharon and Ankur’s home after missing out on buying Omar Slaimankhel and Oz Abu Malik’s record-breaking home.
The flashy businessman helped jack up the price of Omar and Oz’s reindeer when he went head-to-head with Block royalty Danny Wallis.
Offering four raffle packages ranging from $20 to $500, the billionaire has given entrants the option of taking home the Gisborne or the cash if they win.
His aggressive bidding style pushed Wallis to pay $5,666,666.66 for the five-bedroom property, sparking rumors that he was a “dummy bidder” in cahoots with fellow West Sydneyers.
Portelli put his money where his mouth is by spending $4.25 million on Sharon and Ankur’s home in a private post-auction sale.
It meant that the couple, who just days before faced a huge financial loss, made a profit of $170,000.
Portelli bought Sharon and Ankur’s house after missing out on buying Omar Slaimankhel and Oz Abu Malik’s record-breaking house.
That in addition to the Ford Everest that they won in the program, they took a quarter of a million dollars.
Portelli then posted a video to Instagram Stories in which he addressed “all the critics” who doubted him and thanked his “haters” for the free publicity.
‘To all the critics and haters, thank you. A big thank you for creating a platform for me to knock this out of the park completely. Marketing 101, baby. Go!’ he said.
His aggressive bidding style pushed Wallis to pay $5,666,666.66 for the five-bedroom property, sparking rumors that he was a ‘dummy bidder’ in cahoots with fellow West Sydneyers. In the photo celebrating with Omar and Oz after the auction