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House Raffle Flop: American Red Cross Idaho 2008 House Raffle

The more house raffles I discover, the bigger the impression that many of these fundraising efforts are doomed from the start because of poor planning.

House Raffle Success: The San Mar 2008 House Raffle

Douglas Heddings at True Gotham interviewed Bruce Anderson about how they managed to hold Maryland’s only house raffle in 2008 that’s met their ticket sales goals…

House Raffles: Are They Legal In Your State?

Even if a house raffle is legal in your state, it may not be legal in your county, city, town, or municipality. Also, your local government may have stricter regulations than your state…

House Raffle Expenses: About That 1% Processing Fee…

To Profit, or Not to Profit…
I saw a snarky comment today on another house raffle blog. The author was concerned about the per ticket “processing fee” some house raffle hosts keep when the raffle is canceled. In the house raffle rules I’ve read, 1% is kept by the host and the remaining 99% is returned [...]

House Raffle Tickets: Not Just A Piece of Paper

The Value of Your House Raffle Ticket
A house raffle ticket is not just any ol’ piece of paper. Like a lottery ticket, your house raffle ticket has the potential to be worth far more than what you paid for it. It may have “$100″ or “$50″ printed on it, but a winning ticket is worth as much [...]