Kansas City, Mo. ? The organizers of a raffle that never happened must pay more than $100,000 in refunds and fines, a Jackson County judge said Tuesday.

Attorney General Jay Nixon earlier filed suit against the Endowment for the Growth of Giving and its directors, Karen Green and Louise Green, after the group sold tickets for the Nest Egg Giveaway two years ago but canceled the contest for a lack of sales.

The drawing’s first prize was advertised to be ownership of a downtown Kansas City loft where each room would be decorated by a different player for the Kansas City Chiefs.

People who paid $25 for each entry in the raffle, advertised as a way to help revitalize downtown Kansas City and raise money for local charities, never received a refund.

The group and its directors never responded to the lawsuit and are in default, Nixon said.

So Judge Jay Daugherty signed the default judgment against the defendants Tuesday, allowing Nixon’s office to try to collect the money.

Nixon said: “…there were no prizes awarded, no refund given and no money that went to charity. We’re pleased the court will hold the operators accountable.”

The group’s directors could not be reached by The Kansas City Star for comment Tuesday.

Daugherty ordered the group to pay $5,525 in restitution to those who bought raffle tickets and pay $94,939 in fines and court costs.

This isn’t the first time Nixon has sued an organization over problems with a charity raffle.

His office in May sued St. Louis-area charity Gateway to a Cure, claiming its founder had used the group’s money to pay personal expenses, including credit card bills and trips to Colorado ski resorts.

Earlier this year, the charity agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of cash to the winner of a $1.3 million house in the Kansas City suburb of Parkville because it had not sold enough tickets to pay for the house, or for a $200,000 Bentley automobile that was promised as part of the grand prize.