Door prize

The phrase "door prize" refers to a type of prize where the entering of the contest is accomplished by walking through the door. In most of these situations, participants will pay a small amount of money to come into a dance or convention, and then participants are given tickets. At some point the organizer will pick a matching ticket from a pot. If no one claims the prize, they will pick another ticket.^{[citation needed]} While it is unclear when this practice was first implemented, the first documentation of the practice is found in The Carpet Trade in 1867.^[2] This practice became popular in the United States of America in the 1950s, during the growth of the American consumer society following World War II.^[3]