Tax invoices to every buyer
GST-compliant invoices go out with each ticket purchase automatically, so nobody is chasing receipts after the draw.
Trust & compliance
Compliance isn’t a feature. It’s the platform.
Raffles are regulated gambling, run by volunteers handling other people’s money. So the rules live in the product, not in a help article: every state’s thresholds checked while you set up, a draw regulators can audit, and the paperwork written for you.
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QLD · OLGR
Approved draw program no. 309508
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VIC · VGCCC
Commercial Raffle Organiser licence K24000049
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Fundraising Institute Australia
Organisational member
Every state’s rules, built in
Eight jurisdictions, one raffle setup
Permit thresholds, fundraising caps, draw ordering and duration limits for all eight states and territories are encoded in the platform and checked while you set up. If your raffle needs a permit, you find out before launch, and we can apply on your behalf.
Draws regulators can audit
How a RaffleLink draw is verified
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A certified random draw
Winners are picked by certified draw software using a cryptographically secure random number generator. No barrel, no bias, and no step a person can influence.
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A signed draw record
The result is sealed into a signed record covering every fact that defines the outcome, backed by a tamper-evident log. Paper and online tickets are weighted fairly in the same draw.
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Published, and kept
Results are published where supporters can check them, winners are notified automatically, and the record is retained for your organisation and your regulator.
The draw mechanism was submitted to and certified by Queensland’s regulator, including statistical evidence that every ticket has an equal chance. Approval 309508 covers Category 1, 2 and 3 games, prizes to $500,000 and gross sales to $1,000,000. Queensland Category 3, explained.
Permit checker
Do you need a permit?
Pick your state and enter the prize pool (or, in Queensland, your expected ticket sales) for an instant answer with that state’s caps, duration and special rules.
This state measures its threshold on ticket sales, not prize value.
Choose your state to check whether your raffle needs a permit.
Raffle rules change. Get compliance updates for your state in The Raffle Digest — our fortnightly email for fundraisers.
Verified organisations
Not anonymous raffles
Organisations are verified before they fundraise: ABNs are checked against the Australian Business Register, and Victorian organisations are matched to the VGCCC’s register of declared community and charitable organisations. Supporters see a Verified Organisation badge on the raffle page, so they know their ticket money is going where it says it is.
After the draw
What your treasurer receives
Statutory returns
The return forms your state expects after a raffle are generated from the raffle’s own data. In Victoria we prepare and lodge the Statement of Return the VGCCC requires.
The audit trail
Sales, payouts, the draw record and the permit position in one place: the reports your committee, your auditor and, if it comes to it, your regulator will ask for.
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Compliance questions, answered
Do we need a permit to run a raffle?
It depends on your state and, in most states, the value of your prizes (in Queensland, your ticket sales). The permit checker above gives your state’s position in a minute, and the platform re-checks it against your actual raffle before launch.
Can RaffleLink apply for the permit for us?
Yes. Where a permit is required we can prepare and lodge the application on your organisation’s behalf, generating the supporting documents your state asks for from the raffle itself.
How do supporters know the draw was fair?
The draw is performed by certified software, sealed into a signed record and published with the results. In Queensland the draw program itself is approved by the OLGR (approval 309508), and the approval letter is public.
What does the Verified Organisation badge mean?
That the organisation’s ABN has been checked against the Australian Business Register and, for Victorian organisations, matched to the VGCCC’s register of declared community and charitable organisations, before it fundraises. Supporters see the badge on the raffle page.
Which state’s rules apply if we sell tickets in several states?
Each state you open is checked against its own rules, so a raffle can be permit-free in one state and need a permit in another. You choose which states to sell into and the platform holds each position separately.
Compliance, written up
The approval, the interstate question, and the exceptions.
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.
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.
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.
Case studies
The 50/50 Raffle That Legally Could Not Be a 50/50
Victoria does not allow cash raffle prizes, which rules out the 50/50 format entirely. A football netball club in a town of 452 people ran one anyway — by rebuilding the prize pool out of local sponsor vouchers, and selling 1,498 of 1,500 tickets.
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.
Case studies
One Pink Diamond, 500 Tickets: The Exclusive Raffle
Westside Wolves Hockey Club raffled a $15,000 pink diamond with a hard cap of 500 tickets at $25 each. No prize wall, no volume play — and takings that doubled every month it ran.
Run it right, without reading a rulebook
Set up your raffle and the platform handles the compliance: thresholds, permits, the draw and the paperwork.