What I don't get ia that paypall's meaning of locking that money for that long.
Rules like this should have been intended to protect the 'payer'
if the person doing the transaction says hes aware of the risks and he's fine with it: then paypall shouldn't interfere.
Or they should just simply send the money back and include a message:
our apologies we don't allow raffles or lottery's.
Then at least the money is usable.
At the moment I'm doing my homework.
After my homwork i'll finally go ask my dad.