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Fundraising guides, raffle know-how and success stories from the platform that's been powering Australian raffles since 2014.

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Featured

Product news

Introducing Tap to Pay: sell raffle tickets from the phone in your pocket

The RaffleLink Ticket Booth app is live on the App Store and Google Play. Take contactless card payments at your event with no card reader, no cash tin and no paperwork — tickets are issued and emailed on the spot.

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Case studies

Sold Out Before the Ball Began: 1,000 Tickets, 150 Buyers, $20,900

Giant Steps Melbourne sold out its 2026 Ball raffle two weeks before anyone put on a gown — at $50 a ticket, to an audience of just 150 buyers. A case study in pricing for your audience instead of the average.
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Product news

Promo Designs: Make Your Raffle Poster and Social Posts in Minutes

The Promote page now has a design editor built in. Pick a size and a theme, and your raffle title, prizes, ticket prices, draw date, logo and QR code are already laid out. Edit what you like, then download a print-ready PDF or a PNG for social media.
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Compliance & permits

Victoria's Raffle Permit Threshold Is Now $23,060

The VGCCC has lifted Victoria's minor gaming permit threshold from $22,340 to $23,060 in total prize value. What changed, the conditions that still apply beneath it, and the free ten-year declaration that holds up more Victorian raffles than any permit does.
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Fundraising for a cause

Raffles Run for a Cause, by the Numbers

More than 850 raffles on RaffleLink were run by a business, an event committee or an individual for a cause they don't run. What they raise, who runs them, which prizes and tickets work, why a week in the room beats a month online, and how the sign-off works now.
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Charity fundraising

Charity Raffles by the Numbers

What 1,700 charity and not-for-profit raffles on RaffleLink tell us: what a typical one raises, what raffles of each size look like, and how the prize, the ticket price, the campaign length and the number of states you open change the result.
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Club fundraising

Club Raffles by the Numbers

What 2,100 sporting and community club raffles on RaffleLink tell us: what a typical club raffle raises, which occasions and prizes do best, why the $5 ticket is the club default and its biggest leak, and what the top fifth do differently.
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Charity fundraising

The Big Charity Raffle

One in ten charity raffles clears $20,000. What those 183 raffles look like: prizes, tickets, buyers, sell-through, length, states, and what to settle before you launch one.
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Club fundraising

The Club Major Raffle

One club raffle in five clears $5,000. What those 435 raffles look like: the boats, bikes, holidays and cash, the $10 ticket, eight weeks, and what to line up with your sponsors before you launch.
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Case studies

How The Brisbane Dinner Raffle Raised $40,600 in a Single Night

At a gala dinner for MND, volunteers sold $24,750 of raffle tickets by tapping cards on their own phones, while a QR code on the tables sold most of the rest. What one night at The Star teaches about event raffles.
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School fundraising

The School Raffle Year, by the Numbers

What 4,000 school raffles tell us about Easter, Mother's Day, fete and Christmas raffles: what each typically raises, how long it runs, when schools launch, and the one decision that doubles the result.
A silver SUV driving along a country road, the kind of car schools put up as a raffle prize
School fundraising

What School Car Raffles Actually Raise

Schools have run 49 car raffles on RaffleLink since 2016. Here is what they gross, how the best are structured, why ticket price matters more than the car, and what a $20,000 car returns in practice.
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Compliance & permits

Approved to $500,000: Queensland Certifies RaffleLink's New Draw Program

Queensland's gaming regulator has approved RaffleLink Draw Program v2 for raffles with prizes up to $500,000 and ticket sales up to $1,000,000 — clearing the way for the biggest Category 3 raffles to draw on RaffleLink.
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Product news

50/50 Raffles Are Here: The Prize That Grows With Every Ticket

RaffleLink now runs 50/50 cash-pot raffles natively: pick your split, set a guaranteed minimum, and supporters watch the prize pool climb in real time. No prizes to source, store or post.
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Case studies

How a 35-Year-Old Festival Raised $30,983 Without Buying a Single Prize

The Abbey Museum funded its 35th anniversary raffle using the one asset it already owned — the Abbey Medieval Festival itself. A prize-sourcing lesson for any organisation that runs an event.
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Case studies

More Than Half of This Raffle Was Bought by Supporters Who'd Bought Before

When Save A Horse Australia drew its $10,000 Cash Raffle in August, 57% of the money had come from returning supporters — some of whom had been buying tickets since 2019. This is what a supporter base compounding looks like.
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Compliance & permits

Running a Big Online Raffle From Outside Queensland? Adding QLD Is (Almost) Free

Permits are usually the cost of reaching another state. Queensland is the exception: if your organisation is based elsewhere and Queenslanders can only buy online, Queensland gaming law most likely does not apply to you at all. We asked the regulator — and got it in writing.
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Product news

PayPal Is Live — and One in Ten Supporters Already Uses It

PayPal is now a payment option on every RaffleLink raffle checkout. Two months in it carries one in ten online ticket orders — and the supporters choosing it most are exactly who organisers told us they would be.
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Case studies

The Last Seven Days Brought In 66% of the Raffle

The Cure Starts Now Australia raised over $9,000 for childhood brain cancer research from a single prize advertised at $2,500 — and two-thirds of it arrived in the final week.
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Compliance & permits

Raffle for an Individual: The QLD Exception

Every other state says no. Queensland lets one person run a raffle for someone who is disadvantaged or hit by a disaster — under a special Category 3 licence. Here is how it works.
Australian banknotes fanned out — the growing cash prize pool of a 50/50 raffle
Fundraising ideas

50/50 Raffles: The Complete Australian Guide

How 50/50 raffles work, state-by-state prize limits across Australia, pricing formulas and real results from $9K to $30K+ — everything you need to launch one.
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School fundraising

School Raffles: The Complete Fundraising Guide

How Australian schools raise up to $24,000 with online raffles — the 4Ps framework of planning, prizes, pricing and promotion, backed by real school results.
The fundraising flywheel: community building leads to sponsors and partners, engaging activities, growth, and enhanced fundraising — each stage feeding the next
Fundraising ideas

Fundraising Raffles: How to Beat Donor Fatigue

Why raffles beat donor fatigue — the self-reinforcing cycle of community, sponsors and engaging experiences that makes each fundraiser stronger than the last.
Dubbo Show Society's raffle page offering the winner's choice of two new Toyotas, with ticket bundles from $50 to $500
Fundraising ideas

Best Raffle Prizes: What Actually Works

From $40K cash raffles to $122K ute draws and zero-cost chocolate hampers — the prize categories and strategies behind real Australian fundraising results.
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Fundraising ideas

Thermomix Raffle Guide: Raise $3,400–$5,000

Why Thermomix raffles consistently raise $3,400–$5,000 — no upfront prize cost, minimal permit requirements and proven ticket structures that sell out.
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Fundraising ideas

Online Raffle Mistakes: 4 Errors to Avoid

The four most costly online raffle mistakes — promotion, pricing, visuals and timing — and a practical roadmap for sidestepping every one of them.
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Product news

Hybrid Raffles: Paper and Digital in One Draw

Combine paper and digital tickets in one fair, regulation-compliant draw — no printing thousands of online tickets, no separate draws, no headaches.
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Fundraising ideas

Team Sales Tracking for Raffle Fundraising

Turn every player, student and volunteer into a ticket seller — how sales attribution and a little friendly competition multiply your raffle results.
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Product news

Raffle Sales Dashboard: Win More Sponsorships

Turn live sales data — revenue, buyers and channel breakdowns — into sponsorship pitches and smarter raffles with the RaffleLink sales dashboard.
Illustration of three raffle price tags under a revenue curve, the middle tag largest and sitting at the curve's peak
Fundraising ideas

Raffle Ticket Pricing: Finding Your Sweet Spot

What a failed $100-a-ticket school raffle teaches about pricing — and the practical rules for landing on a price your community will actually pay.
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Case studies

Raffle Prize Sponsors: A $10K School Success

How an 85-student rural school partnered with a World's-50-Best restaurant to raise $10,000 — and the playbook for landing premium prize sponsors of your own.
Daylesford CFA volunteers lined up with Santa and a teddy bear mascot in front of a fire truck at the Cliffy's Emporium Christmas raffle
Case studies

Raffle Fundraising Strategies That Raised $30K

How Daylesford's Cliffy's Emporium and their local CFA brigades turned early bird prizes and weekly prize reveals into a $30,000 Christmas raffle.
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Compliance & permits

Unclaimed Raffle Prizes: State Rules & Redraws

Declined prize or unreachable winner? State-by-state holding periods for unclaimed raffle prizes in Australia, plus how the RaffleLink redraw feature works.
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School fundraising

School Easter Raffle: How to Run One Online

How one primary school raised $3,975 in two and a half weeks with donated chocolate — and how to launch your Easter raffle before Term 1 runs out.
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Fundraising ideas

Best Times for Fundraising in Australia

A month-by-month guide to when Australians give most — donor-fatigue traps, the EOFY window, and timing for digital campaigns, events and major appeals.
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Case studies

Corporate Fundraising Raffle Raises $8,150

How Chartered Accountants ANZ raised $8,150 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation by taking their High Tea raffle online — pre-event sales and all.
Myeloma Australia's prize display — the diamond pendant on a stand beside a branded cap, padlock and #WeMatter lanyards
Case studies

Charity Raffle Ideas: The $30K Key Challenge

How Myeloma Australia turned a $10,000 diamond pendant into an interactive key challenge — raising nearly $30,000 in two days with a 73% conversion rate.
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Fundraising ideas

Charity Email Marketing: 7 Raffle Ticket Tips

Seven email tactics that sell raffle tickets — subject lines, storytelling and calls to action, including the campaign that lifted event proceeds by $200,000.
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Case studies

Knox Grammar's School Raffle: 64% Sales Surge

How a smart date change and a systematic reminder campaign lifted Knox Grammar's raffle takings 64% to nearly $27,000 — without expensive prizes.