Disney star Skai Jackson slammed for \u201cscamming\u201d fans with giveaway Skai Jackson\/InstagramFormer Disney Channel star Skai Jackson has been dragged by the internet for demanding that fans send her $5 for the \u201cchance to win a MacBook\u201d in an online raffle. Raffles can be fun. The idea of the game is to spend a certain amount to join in the hopes of winning a prize. Usually, the money spent on raffle tickets will be used for the prizes, with whatever\u2019s left over usually going to a specific cause. However, former Jessie star Skai Jackson, 21, is now under fire for hosting her own raffle, with people arguing that the $5 dollar entry fee is too expensive. Some are also accusing the star of keeping some of the money herself. Jackson, who has over 21 million followers on TikTok, explained the giveaway and consequently defended herself on TikTok live. \u201cIt is not that serious, for a damn $5. It is called a raffle, I don\u2019t know if you guys have been to school before but I know I\u2019ve been to school and we used to have raffles all the time,\u201d she said, pointedly. Seemingly responding to a comment about the fees, Jackson continued, \u201cThe money goes toward the prize, and like I said, if there\u2019s anything left over I\u2019m doing a second giveaway soon. So that\u2019s what it\u2019s going toward.\u201d Jackson then went on the defense, acknowledging that despite asking for money for the giveaway, she was not seeking nor did she need monetary compensation. \u201cI do not need money. Me personally, I do not need money. And I\u2019m not saying this like, in a bragging way or anything like that, or in a mean way. I\u2019m just letting you guys know I do not personally need money. Like I am very fine in my life,\u201d she said. Fans accused Skai of scamming money from fans Since starting the raffle, several fans have criticized the star for the prizes, saying $5 is too much. One person said: \u201cSo basically all of Skai\u2019s fans pooled their money together to buy 1 fan a Mac? A celebrity is supposed to buy it & the money given goes to a charity.\u201d Another wrote: \u201cSkai Jackson is on TikTok live telling children to send her $5 to her cashapp for a chance to win a MacBook. She claims she doesn\u2019t need the money, so then why is she charging for entry? This not weird to y\u2019all?\u201d \u201cThis sounds like a scam to me,\u201d a third person said. However, some are also defending the internet star, saying $5 is a fair price for what you may win. \u201cPeople are so miserable\u2026it\u2019s 5 dollars, if you don\u2019t want to give it then don\u2019t,\u201d one person argued. Another said: \u201cBro 5$ isn\u2019t even a lot and you have a chance of winning a Macbook.\u201d Jackson shared on her Instagram story that a winner for the MacBook has now been selected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Disney star Skai Jackson slammed for \u201cscamming\u201d fans with giveaway Skai Jackson\/InstagramFormer Disney Channel star Skai Jackson has been dragged by the internet for demanding that fans send her $5 for the \u201cchance to win a MacBook\u201d in an online raffle. Raffles can be fun. The idea of the game is to spend a certain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}