Up to $2,000 in sales
Category 1
Small raffles. No licence, light conditions, and the draw must happen within four months of the first sale.
Queensland Category 3
Big Queensland raffles, licensed and drawn properly
Past $50,000 in ticket sales a Queensland raffle becomes a Category 3 art union: your association needs a licence, and an electronic draw needs OLGR-approved software. RaffleLink’s draw program holds that approval, and we prepare and lodge the licence with you.
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OLGR draw approval
No. 309508, granted 25 August 2026
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Covers prizes to
$500,000 per prize
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Covers gross sales to
$1,000,000 per game
Which category are you?
$50,000 is the line
Queensland categorises raffles by gross ticket sales, and the platform works yours out from the ticket price and cap before you launch.
$2,000 to $50,000
Category 2
Most school, club and charity raffles. No licence required, but the standard conditions on tickets, records and the draw apply.
Over $50,000
Category 3
Gross ticket sales above $50,000 make it a Category 3 game (an art union). Your association needs a licence from the OLGR, and an electronic draw must use OLGR-approved software.
How it works
From compliance check to approved draw
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The compliance check tells you which category you are in
Set the ticket price and cap and the platform works out the maximum gross. If it crosses $50,000, you know before launch, not at the draw.
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We prepare and lodge the licence application
Form 2A for an incorporated eligible association, with the supporting documents generated from your raffle. You review and sign; we lodge.
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Sell in Queensland and beyond
Open the other states you want; each one’s threshold is checked separately. Paper books, Tap to Pay and online sales merge into one draw.
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Draw with the approved program
RaffleLink’s draw program is the OLGR-approved method of draw named on your licence. Results are signed, published and kept for the record.
Choosing a platform
Three things to check, whoever you use
An approved draw program, with the number
Not just “we do electronic draws”. Ask for the OLGR approval number and check it covers your category and your prize level; approvals are granted with ceilings.
Headroom above your prize
An approval capped below your largest prize is no use to you. RaffleLink’s covers prizes to $500,000 and gross sales to $1,000,000.
Help with the licence itself
The licence application is separate from the draw approval. Ask who prepares it, who lodges it, and what it costs. Here it is part of the service.
Category 3 questions, answered
What makes a raffle Category 3 in Queensland?
Gross ticket sales over $50,000. Below that it is a Category 1 (up to $2,000) or Category 2 raffle, neither of which needs a licence. Category 3 games are licensed by the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR).
Who can hold a Category 3 licence?
An incorporated eligible association: a school P&C or P&F, a registered charity, a sporting or community club. The application is Form 2A. Raffles for a named individual use a separate special Category 3 licence (Form 2C); see the Queensland exception.
What is OLGR approval 309508?
The OLGR’s approval of the RaffleLink Draw Program (version 2.0), granted on 25 August 2026, covering prizes to $500,000 and gross ticket sales to $1,000,000. It is the number you quote as the method of draw on a Category 3 application. It supersedes approval 147668, which covered the earlier program.
Do we need approved software if we draw by hand?
No. The approval requirement applies to electronic draws. A physical draw from a barrel or hat does not need approved software, though everything else about a Category 3 game still applies. RaffleLink supports both, including merging paper and online tickets into one draw.
Can we sell tickets outside Queensland?
Yes. Each state you open has its own permit position, checked separately by the platform. Charity raffles opened to four or more states take about half their revenue from interstate buyers; see adding Queensland to an interstate raffle for the reverse case.
What does it cost?
5.5% of card sales including GST, and nothing else: no setup fee, no subscription, cash sales free. Preparing and lodging the licence application is part of the service; the OLGR’s own licence fee is payable to the OLGR.
Queensland raffles, written up
The approval, the interstate question, the individual exception, and what big raffles actually raise.
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.
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.
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.
Case studies
The One-Night Raffle: Why Event Raffles Take Almost All Their Money in a Single Evening
Across the raffles drawn on the new RaffleLink platform, the pattern is hard to miss: when a raffle is attached to an event, the event night dominates. Here is the data, a $19,170 afternoon at a rugby ground, and how to design for it.
Planning something past $50,000?
Start the raffle and the compliance check will tell you the category. If it is Category 3, we prepare the licence with you. 5.5% on card sales including GST, nothing else.