Lucille

I think the only reasons Ty would try to do that is that he has finally emerged from the minion-made fog of blind adulation and realized that a huge number of people have read this thread and found his actions uncalled for and reprehensible.
In addition, and perhaps equally as motivating, I'm thinking that the many letters sent to various state officials by the OP and others questioning how this raffle was carried out by both himself and the IRCF when the various states involved have clear statutory rules pertaining to such raffles, are beginning to bear fruit.