Raffles make it easy to add prize drawings to your events in Goodworld — from selling and issuing raffle tickets to managing prizes, allocating entries, and selecting winners.

With Raffles, you can:

A raffle in Goodworld has three main components:

Unlike a traditional event ticket, a raffle ticket does not create an event registration. Instead, each raffle ticket represents an individual entry that can be allocated to a prize.

For example, imagine your raffle includes:

A participant with 10 raffle tickets could allocate all 10 to the weekend getaway, split five and five between two prizes, or distribute their entries across all three.

Each prize has its own pool of allocated raffle tickets. When a winner is drawn for a particular prize, only the tickets allocated to that prize are included.

When creating or configuring an event, enable Raffle as one of the event features.

Once enabled, open the Raffle feature to configure the participant experience and advanced raffle settings.

Raffle configuration is organized into two areas:

A participant-facing preview appears on the right side of the configuration screen so you can see how the raffle experience will appear as you make changes.

The User Journey tab contains the primary settings that determine how participants interact with your raffle.

Select Ticket allocation flow to customize the instructions and button labels participants see while assigning their raffle tickets to prizes.

The preview on the right displays the participant experience, including:

This gives you the flexibility to tailor the language of the raffle experience to your event.

Select Configure beside Manage Prizes to add and organize the prizes available in your raffle.

Select Configure beside Ticket Inventory to manage the raffle ticket quantities available for purchase.

Select Configure beside Draw Winners to access winner selection and management.

Open the Raffle feature and select Advanced Settings to manage additional raffle rules.

Select Raffle Window to optionally define when raffle ticket sales open and close.

You can configure a specific:

Or, leave the raffle open without a defined opening or closing time.

This gives you flexibility to make raffle tickets available before an event, only during the event, or across a specific campaign period.

Turn on Allow ticket re-allocation if participants should be able to move their raffle tickets between prizes until the raffle closes.

For example, a participant who initially assigned all five of their tickets to one prize could later move two of those entries to another prize.

When ticket re-allocation is disabled, participants cannot change their prize allocations after they have been submitted.

Select Bonus Automation to create rules that automatically issue raffle tickets based on qualifying participant actions.

Bonus Automations can be used to award raffle tickets based on actions such as:

For example, you might automatically award one raffle ticket to every participant who checks into your event.

Raffle tickets are created from the event's Tickets area.

Navigate to:

Event → Tickets → Create New Ticket

Choose the option to create a Raffle Ticket.

Raffle tickets support many of the same configuration options as traditional event tickets, including:

Purchase tags can be especially useful when you want to categorize or report on raffle-related revenue.

An individual raffle ticket represents one raffle entry.

For example:

1 Raffle Ticket — $5

Participants can purchase multiple individual raffle tickets, subject to any quantity limits you configure.

Each ticket can then be allocated to an available prize.

You can also create raffle ticket bundles that include multiple entries within a single purchase.

For example:

Bundles can be used to encourage participants to purchase more entries while offering a discounted effective price per ticket.

Each entry included in the bundle can still be allocated individually across available prizes.

Raffle tickets can be incorporated into your event in several ways depending on how your raffle is structured.

For example, you might:

This gives organizations flexibility to run both advance-sale and event-day raffles.

The Raffle dashboard gives admins an at-a-glance view of raffle performance while providing access to the tools needed to manage prizes, tickets, automations, and winners.

At the top of the dashboard, you can monitor:

You can also quickly see whether the Raffle is open and access its opening and closing settings.

The Manage winner selection draw area provides visibility into completed winner selections and quick access to the drawing process.

Below the overview, raffle management is organized into four tabs:

Open the Prize Catalog tab to manage the prizes available in your raffle.

The Prize Catalog displays important information for each prize, including:

Select + Add prize to create a new raffle prize.

Add the information participants need to understand what they are entering to win, including the prize name, description, value, and image.

For the best presentation within the Prize Catalog, use a square-format image.

Existing prizes can be edited directly from the Prize Catalog. You can also enable or disable a prize using its status control or delete prizes that are no longer needed.

Each prize can be configured with the appropriate number of winners.

For example:

This makes it possible to support both single-winner and multiple-winner prizes within the same raffle.

You can create multiple prizes within the same event, allowing participants to decide which opportunities they are most interested in winning.

After purchasing or receiving raffle tickets, participants allocate their available tickets to the prizes they want to enter to win.

The ticket allocation experience displays the participant's available raffle ticket balance along with the prizes included in the raffle.

For each prize, participants can see information such as:

Participants then choose how many of their available raffle tickets they want to allocate to each prize.

For example, a participant with three raffle tickets could:

Each allocated raffle ticket becomes an individual entry in the drawing for that specific prize.

If ticket re-allocation is enabled, participants can move their entries between prizes until the raffle closes.

Open the Inventory tab from the Raffle dashboard to review the raffle tickets associated with your event.

Inventory gives admins visibility into purchased and issued raffle tickets and whether those tickets have been allocated to prizes.

Use this area to review raffle activity and confirm that participant entries have been assigned appropriately before winner selection.

Where available, admins can also review the allocation history associated with a raffle entry.

Raffle ticket inventory can include entries created through:

Bonus Automations allow you to award raffle tickets automatically when participants complete qualifying actions.

Open the Bonus Automation tab or select Bonus Automation from Advanced Settings to create and manage rules.

When creating a rule, configure:

For example, you might create a rule that automatically awards:

Once the criteria are met, the corresponding raffle tickets are automatically issued to the participant.

Bonus Automation includes an issuance history that allows admins to review the raffle tickets distributed through automation rules.

This makes it easier to understand who received bonus entries and how those entries were issued.

Bonus Automations can be especially useful for rewarding participation or encouraging actions that support the goals of your event.

Admins can also create raffle ticket transactions on behalf of participants.

Navigate to Transactions, select Create New, choose the appropriate participant, and add the raffle ticket or ticket bundle to the transaction.

Once the transaction is created, those raffle tickets become available to the participant and can be allocated to eligible prizes.

This can be helpful when:

Once ticket allocation is complete, open the Draws & Winners tab to select winners.

Winner drawings are managed by prize.

Choose the prize you want to draw and select Run Random Draw.

Goodworld randomly selects a winner from the raffle tickets that have been allocated to that specific prize.

For example, if 150 raffle tickets were allocated to a vacation package, the winner is selected from those 150 eligible entries. Tickets allocated to another prize are not included in that drawing.

Repeat the process for each raffle prize.

If a prize has been configured with multiple winners, the Draws & Winners area displays each winner associated with that prize.

This allows organizations to manage both single-winner and multiple-winner drawings from the same raffle.

Admins can also use Select Winners Manually to record a specific allocated raffle ticket as the winner.

This can be useful when a drawing has been conducted outside of Goodworld and you want to record the resulting winner within the platform.

Only tickets allocated to the selected prize are eligible to be selected.

Advanced Settings allow you to control when the raffle is open and how participants can manage their entries.

Use the raffle window to define when raffle activity opens and closes.

Configure an:

The raffle window can help ensure entries are finalized before winner drawings begin.

Your raffle window can be configured independently based on how you want to run the event. For example, raffle tickets may be sold before the event while the final entry deadline remains open until later in the event itself.

Enable Ticket Reallocation if you want participants to be able to move their raffle tickets between prizes before the raffle closes.

For example, someone who originally entered five tickets for Prize A could later move two of those entries to Prize B.

When reallocation is disabled, participants' prize selections remain final once their tickets have been entered.

Ticket Reallocation is disabled by default, giving organizations control over whether participants can revise their prize selections.

In addition to selling raffle tickets, Goodworld can automatically award raffle entries when participants complete certain actions.

Navigate to:

Event → Features → Raffle → Bonus Automations

Select Add Rule to create a bonus ticket rule.

Bonus Automations can issue raffle tickets based on triggers including:

For example, you could create a rule that automatically awards:

For each rule, configure the number of raffle tickets to issue and, when applicable, the date and time period during which the rule should be active.

Once the trigger criteria are met, the corresponding raffle tickets are automatically issued to the participant.

Use the Issuance History to review tickets distributed through Bonus Automations.

This provides admins with a record of which participants received bonus tickets and the automation responsible for issuing them.

Bonus Automations can be especially useful for rewarding participation or encouraging specific behaviors without requiring attendees to purchase additional entries.

The Inventory area provides a centralized view of raffle tickets associated with the event.

Navigate to:

Event → Features → Raffle → Inventory

Inventory includes raffle entries created through:

Admins can use this area to review each participant's available tickets and allocation status.

You can also open the Allocation History for a raffle entry to review how tickets have been assigned to prizes.

This can be especially useful before closing the raffle or beginning winner drawings.

Admins can also create raffle ticket transactions on behalf of participants from the Goodworld backend.

Navigate to Transactions, select Create New, choose the participant, and add the appropriate raffle ticket or bundle to the transaction.

Once created, those raffle entries are added to the participant's available raffle ticket inventory and can be entered into eligible prizes.

This can be useful when:

Once raffle entries have been finalized, admins can select winners directly from the Raffle feature.

Navigate to:

Event → Features → Raffle → Draw Winners

Winner drawings are performed by prize.

Select the prize you would like to draw and choose Run Random Draw.

Goodworld randomly selects a winner from the raffle tickets that were allocated to that prize.

For example, if 150 raffle tickets were entered for the Bahamas trip, the random draw selects from those 150 eligible entries. Tickets allocated to another prize are not included.

After the draw is complete, the selected winner appears in the winner table.

Repeat this process for each raffle prize.

If a prize has multiple available winners, the winner table displays each selected winner associated with that prize.

This allows organizations to manage both single-winner and multi-winner prizes from the same raffle.

Admins can also use Select Winners Manually to record a specific allocated raffle ticket as the winner.

This provides an alternative to Goodworld's randomized drawing workflow when a winner needs to be recorded manually.

Only raffle tickets allocated to the selected prize can be chosen.

If you have questions about Raffles, schedule a support call with our success team.