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The RaffleLink blog

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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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.
Illustration of eight supporters arranged in a ring around a single central figure, with a green licence seal beside them
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.
Illustration of paper ticket stubs on one side and a digital ticket on a phone on the other, both feeding into a single draw barrel
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.
Illustration of a seller leaderboard — four ascending columns topped with member avatars, a rosette on the leading column
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.
Illustration of a raffle sales dashboard — revenue, buyer and channel stat tiles above a rising bar chart with a trend line
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.
Collage of the Brae Restaurant prize package — the restaurant sign, the award-winning getaway, plated dishes and luxury suite
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.
Rows of champagne flutes and canapés at a corporate High Tea fundraising event
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.