Frequently Asked Questions
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- Are raffles legal?
Raffles are legal in most states in the U.S.A. when conducted by a qualified non-profit organization. Raffles are also legal in many countries around the world including Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Raffle Mansion requires all raffles on our site be conducted for charity purposes.
- What does Raffle Mansion do?
We provide a venue for charity organizations to cost-effectively promote their fundraising raffle events to the public. We maintain a large amount of web traffic through our site and have the ability to fulfill all of your promotional needs.
- Which states in the U.S.A. and which countries can legally hold charity raffles?
For all information pertaining to the legalities of charity raffles, please visit our Raffle Laws Section.
- How to participate?
- Why do charities sponsor luxury raffles?
Charities sponsor luxury raffles because it gives them the ability to conduct large-scale fundraisers at a minimal cost.
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- What items are raffled on this site?
We work with charities raffling luxury items including houses, cars, boats, cash, vacations, prizes, and other items considered desirable by a wide audience. We strive to maintain a high level of integrity with all items offered our website. We reserve the right to refuse inclusion on our website of any items that we feel are not considered appropriate or charity organizations which we feel may be illigitimate.
- What is the cost to post a charity raffle on this website?
Charities may post their raffles on our website absolutely free of charge. We also offer additional marketing services at a very low cost for charities that would like to gain the most exposure and maximize donation potential for their raffle fundraisers.
- How to promote your current luxury raffle with Raffle Mansion?
Raffle Mansion can promote your entire luxury raffle for you. Our marketing team can put together very effective ads specifically for your event, and target your ad placements to generate the best results. We then monitor the effectiveness of all advertising we do to ensure that your organization receives the maximum potential that these ads have to offer. We also have access to targeted email lists consisting of millions of potential ticket buyers.
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- Who collects the money spent on raffle tickets and where does the money go?
All money collected from the sale of raffle tickets is held in the sponsoring charity organization's bank account (usually an Escrow bank account setup specifically for the raffle in the charity's name). Raffle Mansion is designed to allow ticket buyers to select the amount of tickets they would like to purchase on our website, then the ticket buyer is forwarded directly to the payment processing page on the charity organization's website which is where the ticket purchase takes place. Tickets are never actually sold by Raffle Mansion or on Raffle Mansion's website.
- What if not enough tickets are sold in a raffle?
Most raffles are reverted to a 50/50 cash drawing if enough raffle tickets are not sold to give away the home. This means that the raffle is still held, with one winner receiving a check for 50% of the net proceeds and the charity also receiving 50%. Please refer to the rules on each raffle page for specific details of that event.
- Do we verify the legitimacy of all charity organizations on our website?
Raffle Mansion takes every reasonable measure to ensure that all charity raffles on our website are conducted by qualified non-profit organizations. If you have any questions regarding the legitimacy of an organization on our website, please contact us.
- Do we verify that each charity on our website complies with all laws pertaining to a charity raffle?
Our attorneys have spent countless hours researching state laws and international laws to make sure that all laws are followed not only by us, but by charity organizations on our website as well. However, due to state legislature constantly changing, we can not guarantee that all organizations are in compliance with all law requirements. If you have any questions regarding the laws of a particular raffle on our website, please contact us.
- How to sell a luxury property through a charity raffle?
Since we have many registered charity organizations seeking property to raffle in their next raffle fundraiser, we are offering the ability for luxury property owners to be considered in a raffle on our website. Just click the link below and use our registration form to include your luxury property in our database of owners who are interested in selling their property in a charity raffle. Registration is absolutely free.