Victoria's Raffle Permit Threshold Is Now $23,060
Victoria has raised the point at which a raffle needs a permit. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) now sets the minor gaming permit threshold at $23,060 in total prize value, up from $22,340. The change appears on the VGCCC’s raffle permit requirements page, updated 5 August 2026, and RaffleLink’s compliance checker has used the new figure since early September.
If your prize pool sits in the band between the old and new figures, you no longer need a permit. For everyone else in Victoria, the more important part of this article is the last section.
Why this number moves and the others don’t
Most states write their raffle threshold into legislation as a flat figure. Queensland’s $50,000 in gross ticket sales, for instance, is a fixed figure. Victoria is different: its threshold is indexed, so the VGCCC adjusts it periodically and the figure you remember from last year’s raffle is probably wrong.
It’s also measured differently from Queensland. Victoria looks at the total value of the prizes, not at how much you sell in tickets. A raffle with $20,000 of prizes and $100,000 of ticket sales is under the threshold. One with $25,000 of prizes and $30,000 of sales is over it.
The three tiers
| Total prize value | What you need |
|---|---|
| $500 or less | No permit. The lightest set of conditions applies. |
| $500.01 to $23,060 | No permit, provided you meet the standard conditions below. |
| Over $23,060 | A minor gaming permit from the VGCCC. Allow four to six weeks. |
You also need a permit if you want to run outside a standard condition, most commonly by selling tickets for longer than three months.
The conditions that still apply under the threshold
No permit doesn’t mean no rules. A standard Victorian raffle under $23,060 must:
- Sell tickets for no longer than three months.
- Offer tickets worth between two and six times the total prize value. Victoria is the only state with a floor as well as a ceiling.
- Draw within 14 days of the last ticket sale, on the date printed on the ticket.
- Draw the highest-value prize first. Reverse raffles, where the last ticket drawn wins, are illegal in Victoria.
- Deliver prizes within 28 days of the draw.
- Keep records of ticket printing, the disposition of funds and the distribution of prizes for three years.
And two prize rules trip up organisers from interstate every year: cash is generally not a lawful prize in Victoria (the main exception allows up to 10% of a travel prize’s value in cash), and debit cards are banned as prizes outright. That’s why a 50/50 raffle can’t include Victoria at any size.
RaffleLink checks all of this for you before a raffle goes live: it applies the threshold, enforces the 14-day draw window, blocks cash and debit-card prizes, warns if your prizes aren’t ordered highest-first, and applies the two-to-six-times ticket band. The full state summary is on our Victoria raffle rules page.
The declaration: required for every raffle, at any size
Here is the part that holds up more Victorian raffles than the permit ever does.
Whatever your prize value, a raffle can only be run in Victoria for a declared community or charitable organisation. The VGCCC declares organisations, not raffles, and the benefiting organisation is the one that has to hold it. There is no size below which the declaration is waived. A $300 raffle at a kindergarten fete needs it as much as a $30,000 car raffle does.
The good news:
- It’s free. There’s no application fee.
- It lasts ten years from approval.
- It’s a one-off for the organisation. Once declared, every raffle you run in that decade is covered.
The catch is timing. The official processing time is up to 28 days, and organisations tend to discover they need one at the worst possible moment: the raffle is built, the prizes are sourced, the launch date is set, and then the checkout can’t open to Victorians. Building the raffle takes an afternoon. The declaration is the thing to start today, before you have a raffle in mind.
How to check and apply:
- Look your organisation up on the VGCCC’s public register of declared organisations. Many long-running clubs and school communities are already on it under a former name.
- If you’re not there, apply through the VGCCC Portal from the VGCCC’s declared organisation application page. Your organisation must be not-for-profit and a community, charitable, sporting or recreational body, or a political party.
- If you’re on a deadline, phone the VGCCC on 1300 599 759 and ask about expedited processing. In our experience they’re helpful.
- Once approved, enter your five-digit declaration number in RaffleLink under Settings → Verification. That unlocks ticket sales to Victoria and earns your Verified badge. An ABN check alone doesn’t unlock Victoria; the declaration does.
Our help centre has the full VGCCC declaration guide, including what to do if you’re running a raffle on behalf of an organisation that is already declared.
The short version
- Permit threshold: $23,060 in total prize value, up from $22,340. Indexed, so check it again next year.
- Under the threshold: no permit, but the standard conditions above still apply.
- Over it: a minor gaming permit, four to six weeks.
- At any size: the benefiting organisation must hold a VGCCC declaration. Free, ten years, up to 28 days to process. If you take one action after reading this, make it that one.
The VGCCC is the authority on all of it: vgccc.vic.gov.au.
