1. Organizer eligibility and legal compliance
Before creating, publishing, selling entries for, or promoting a raffle, the organizer must confirm that it is legally eligible to conduct the raffle and that the raffle is lawful in every jurisdiction where it is offered, advertised, or accessible. This includes obtaining any required registrations, licenses, permits, bonds, approvals, and beneficiary authorization.
Fundpaign’s ability to host a draft, approve a campaign, process a payment, or provide drawing software does not mean Fundpaign has determined that the raffle is lawful. Organizers should obtain jurisdiction-specific professional advice. Raffles that are unlawful, deceptive, improperly authorized, or structured to evade applicable restrictions are prohibited.
2. Complete official rules
Before sales begin, publish clear official rules covering the organizer and beneficiary; eligibility; minimum age; geographic restrictions; sales start and close; drawing date; entry method and ticket packages; maximum quantities where applicable; prize details and estimated value; odds or factors affecting odds; winner selection, confirmation, notification, disqualification, and replacement; fulfillment timing and costs; taxes; refund treatment; and any legally required alternative entry method or disclosures.
Campaign fields, ticket packages, dates, and public descriptions must match the official rules. Material terms must not be changed deceptively or after participants have relied on them.
3. Prize ownership, description, and fulfillment
The organizer must own each prize or have documented authority and ability to award it. Describe condition, restrictions, estimated value, included and excluded costs, delivery or collection requirements, and any transfer limitations accurately. Do not offer illegal, unsafe, counterfeit, unavailable, misleading, or unauthorized prizes.
The organizer—not Fundpaign—is responsible for contacting confirmed winners, verifying eligibility consistently, delivering prizes as promised, handling title or transfer paperwork, and addressing taxes, reporting, shipping, travel, insurance, registration, or other fulfillment obligations.
4. Ticket packages, sales, and entry allocation
Ticket price, package labels, entry quantities, sales limits, dates, and eligibility statements must be accurate. Buyers do not need a Stripe account. Stripe processes payments; Fundpaign charges a 5% raffle platform fee, and Stripe processing fees are separate.
Entry numbers are allocated by Fundpaign only after the supported payment-confirmation process. Organizers must not issue, duplicate, invent, transfer, suppress, or alter entries outside the platform. Sales must stop at the stated close and before the permanent drawing. Fully refunded raffle purchases invalidate associated entries where applicable; invalidated entries are not eligible for selection.
5. Secure drawing process
After sales close and the raffle reaches an eligible ended state, Fundpaign creates an immutable snapshot of eligible entries and performs one server-side cryptographic winner selection. Winner records and permanent reveal order are stored before any presentation begins. Replaying or refreshing the results presentation does not select winners again.
The organizer may not manually select winners, request a generic redraw, repeatedly draw until a preferred result appears, alter the eligible snapshot, or manipulate entries, reveal order, fairness data, or audit records. Grand-prize presentation order does not change how selection occurs.
6. Confirmation, disqualification, and replacement
Organizers must apply published eligibility rules consistently and document confirmation and fulfillment. A selected winner may be disqualified only for a legitimate, documented reason consistent with the official rules and applicable law. Disqualification does not authorize manual selection or a generic redraw. Any replacement must use Fundpaign’s secure replacement workflow, preserve the original winner record and reason, and maintain the audit history.
Organizers are responsible for lawful winner notification, verification, required releases or tax forms, privacy-conscious communication, fulfillment, and required winner reporting. Do not publish private buyer, payment, Stripe, or identity information beyond the public result information supported by the platform.
7. Enforcement and records
Fundpaign may request documentation and reject, restrict, suspend, unpublish, or remove a raffle or organizer account when legal, payment, safety, fulfillment, or policy concerns arise. Historical order, payment, entry, drawing, winner, replacement, moderation, and audit records may be preserved. Suspected serious abuse may be reported where appropriate.
Questions or reports may be sent to support@fundpaign.com. These platform rules do not replace legal advice or jurisdiction-specific official rules.