Let's Go involved in resale of giveaway McLaren

The 2022 McLaren GT used by alcohol company Let's Go Beverages in Auckland's Park Hyatt hotel. (Image: Instagram)

Thu, 11 May 2023

An Australian man whose company gave away a nearly $400,000 McLaren, as part of an alcohol promotion less than three months ago, was involved in its resale. On January 30, Let’s Go Beverages, a New Zealand-registered company run from the Gold Coast, announced Michael (Mike) Edwards had won the 2022 McLaren GT. To be eligible to enter the draw, customers had to buy a bottle of Let's Go's $159 vodka“It’s pretty surreal,” Edwards, a farmer, said in a February Instagram post by the company. The car, various...

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