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What is a raffle and trade promotion?
Gaming activities like raffles and trade promotions are popular fundraising tools.
What is a raffle?
A raffle is a lottery where people buy tickets for a chance to win the prizes offered in the raffle.
What is a trade promotion?
A trade promotion is where an organisation, (whether it is a business, community or charitable organisation) promotes its products or services or purpose by offering prizes to winners.
With raffles and trade promotions, there is normally an element of chance, like a random draw from entries.
Gaming activities, like raffles and trade promotions, are often highly regulated and, depending on which states and territories you are running them in, may require permits and reporting.
Arranging a raffle or trade promotion often involves significant lead times and administration . This may impact on the attractiveness of these activities for your organisation.
Caution
If your promotion crosses state boundaries, you may need to comply with the regimes in multiple states.
Holding a raffle or trade promotion in each state or territory
Our fact sheets outline the requirements to conduct raffles and trade promotions in each state and territory.
The fact sheets cover:
- what is a raffle and what are the legal requirements to hold a raffle?
- what is a trade promotion game and what are the requirements to conduct a trade promotion game?
- issues to consider when running online trade promotions, and
- national trade promotions
The content on this webpage was last updated in March 2023 and is not legal advice. See full disclaimer and copyright notice.
