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How to make raffle tickets in 3 steps

1. 1

   Describe the raffle

   The event, the prizes, the ticket price and when the drawing is. Add your organization’s name and address, and a logo if you like.

2. 2

   Choose how many

   5, 8 or 10 tickets a page, up to 25 pages. Each ticket and its stub get the same number, one after another. “Next batch” carries the numbers on.

3. 3

   Print, cut and sell

   Print on card stock, cut along the dashed lines, and keep the stubs with the buyers’ names for the drawing.

What to put on a raffle ticket

• The name of the event or raffle
• The prizes, with a short description of each
• The ticket price
• The date of the drawing, and the time and place if you know them
• The name and address of the organization running it
• A number on the ticket and the same number on its stub
• Lines on the stub for the buyer’s name and phone number
• A license or registration number, if your state or city gave you one

Raffles and the law

In the US a raffle is a kind of gambling, and each state decides who may hold one and how. Many states allow raffles only for nonprofit or charitable groups, often after registering or getting a license. Check your state’s rules, and your city’s, before you sell a ticket.

California, for example, allows raffles by eligible nonprofit organizations that have been qualified in the state for at least a year and register with the state Department of Justice every year. Each ticket must be sold with a detachable stub, the ticket and the stub marked with the same unique number, and the winners drawn from the stubs. At least 90% of the money from ticket sales must go to charitable purposes, and tickets may not be sold online (Penal Code § 320.5).

Texas, for example, allows raffles by qualified organizations such as religious societies, volunteer fire departments and nonprofit groups, with prizes awarded in no more than four raffles a year. Every ticket must show the organization’s name, its address or the address of a named officer, the price, a general description of each prize worth more than $10, and the date of the drawing. A prize may not be money (Occupations Code chapter 2002).

Outside the US, raffles have their own national and local rules. Check them before you print.

Prizes, tickets and taxes (US)

Buying a raffle ticket is not a charitable contribution, even when the money goes to a charity, so the buyer cannot deduct it (IRS Publication 526). A receipt for a raffle ticket should not say it is tax-deductible.

A charity that awards a large prize may have to report it to the IRS on Form W-2G: for 2026, when the prize is worth $2,000 or more and at least 300 times the ticket price. When the prize, minus the ticket price, is worth more than $5,000, the organization must also withhold 24% for income tax. This applies to church raffles and charity drawings too, and to prizes that are not cash, at their fair market value.

When tickets are sold in a bundle, such as five for $1, the IRS counts each ticket as costing its share: 20 cents.

Selling the tickets and running the drawing

• Give each seller a range of numbers and write it down, so you know who sold which tickets and who owes what.
• Ask buyers to fill in the stub before they tear it off: a name and a phone number at least.
• Put all the stubs sold in one box or drum, mix them, and have someone draw them where everyone can see.
• Write down each winning number and the prize, contact the winners, and keep the stubs and your records afterwards.
• If the drawing has to move, tell the buyers. Texas, for example, allows a new date up to 30 days later; otherwise the money must be refunded.

Checked in October 2026. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Raffle laws differ from state to state and country to country.

• California Penal Code § 320.5: raffles (California Legislative Information)
• Texas Occupations Code chapter 2002: charitable raffles (Texas Legislature)
• Instructions for Forms W-2G and 5754 (IRS)
• Publication 526, Charitable Contributions (IRS)