Forum Raffle

[IainM]

Yup, I would have a punt. Vouchers, ingredients, AG kits, all those sound good to me :thumb:

 

[Kman]

Great idea

 

[bochgoch]

Sounds good.

I think you need an independent means of choosing the winner - like trying it into one of the lottery draws or perhaps there's some other online means.

Also would be good to tie into to one or more of the online stores, getting them to chip in some freebies or extra discount. I'm not sure on the legalities around any of this though!

 

[MyQul]

Sounds good.

I think you need an independent means of choosing the winner - like trying it into one of the lottery draws or perhaps there's some other online means.

Also would be good to tie into to one or more of the online stores, getting them to chip in some freebies or extra discount. I'm not sure on the legalities around any of this though!

An independant means of choosing a winner would be a excellent idea as I want things to be as open and transparent as possible. I was simply going just use an online random number generator to choose winners but perhaps I can somehow use the lottery draw to choose. If anyones got any ideas on this I'm all ears :thumb:

As far as getting an online store tie in goes, because of problems we've had before (which also lead to the discount codes being removed for a while) we have to keep this raffle independant of any vendors as the owner of the site stipulates any tie in with stores and the store would have to run the raffle, which takes it out of our hands. But as mentioned we can use the forum discount codes or (or any other offers anyone spots) to buy prizes

 

[jceg316]

I think this is a good idea, and Paypal is so convenient and universal. I'm happy to pay P&P, as it's usually about £5 or so, so for a grand total of £7 we'll receive something of much better value. I'm wondering if Paypal has a functionality so when you issue receipts it gives a number for a raffle ticket, and anything over £2 will issue more numbers.

Just had a thought though, maybe the money could be converted into vouchers for a brew shop? That way delivery is taken care of and the winner can buy what they want. It's also something everyone on this forum would enter in for.

 

[MyQul]

I think this is a good idea, and Paypal is so convenient and universal. I'm happy to pay P&P, as it's usually about ��£5 or so, so for a grand total of ��£7 we'll receive something of much better value. I'm wondering if Paypal has a functionality so when you issue receipts it gives a number for a raffle ticket, and anything over ��£2 will issue more numbers.

Just had a thought though, maybe the money could be converted into vouchers for a brew shop? That way delivery is taken care of and the winner can buy what they want. It's also something everyone on this forum would enter in for.

I'll have to look into wether paypay ticket numbers could be issued with reciepts.

As far as tickets goes what I was thinking of doing was to create a locked "ticket" thread. Where by when members buy a ticket(s) I would detail the name of the person who bought the ticket and what the number(s) is. That way everyone would be able to see what there ticket numbers are how many tickets they've got. People would be able to see that they've got what they've paid for, etc

 

[Cqr]

have I won yet :lol::lol:

 

[Leon103]

It would be good to have more than one prize and I think a random generator online is a good way of doing it. I would be more than happy to enter it on a monthly basis. Will all the money raised be going to prizes or some money to the forum/owner?

 

[MyQul]

It would be good to have more than one prize and I think a random generator online is a good way of doing it. I would be more than happy to enter it on a monthly basis. Will all the money raised be going to prizes or some money to the forum/owner?

All prize money would be going towards prizes/prize fund.

I hope to have more than one prize. It's depends on how much money we raise/tickets sold then I would split it amongst prizes. E.G. If the raffle was popular enough to raise 100 pounds that would be split into 4 x 25 pounds prizes

Again depending on success, I hope to run it regularly, perhaps monthly. The raffle is inteded to fill in for giveaways as we only have (albeit with fantastic prizes) inkbird doing giveaways at the mo

 

[geetee]

Just a thought, do you need a license for such a "raffle"? I know in the past when I was a school governor we had to get a license to sell tickets even for a Christmas fayre with small gifts. If you have checked then OK, didn't want this to come back and bite you later!

EDIT
PS. Just looked at the Gambling Commission website and is probably OK for a members society to organise a prize raffle without a licence!

 

[MyQul]

Just a thought, do you need a license for such a "raffle"? I know in the past when I was a school governor we had to get a license to sell tickets even for a Christmas fayre with small gifts. If you have checked then OK, didn't want this to come back and bite you later!

Not sure. :hmm: Thanks for the heads up Geetee :hat:

 

[MyQul]

Doing a quick bit of googling I found this.

Seeing as it will be open to members only I think we would count as an "organisation or club"

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/sites/...and donating/Community - Running a raffle.pdf

Private raffle
Another type of raffle that does not need to be reg
istered is a private raffle.
o
Tickets for this can be sold to people living or w
orking in the same premises, or who are
members of an organisation or club.
o
This raffle can only be advertised on the tickets,
to members or on the premises.

 

[Brewdoug]

I too was about to post suggesting there are legal ramifications in running a raffle like this

 

[MyQul]

I too was about to post suggesting there are legal ramifications in running a raffle like this

Anything else specific you'd like to point out that I might need to look into?

 

[MyQul]

I've been looking at the gambling commision website. We might be able to do a one off one as a private society for members only, kept to the members area

 

[Brewdoug]

Anything else specific you'd like to point out that I might need to look into?

I don't know the specifics personally but do know that their are issues. Don't a lot of the tickets you buy have registered charity numbers on them, there must be reasons for that?
Who would be legally responsible for the money collected and left over?
Don't think the forum owner would be too happy.

Sorry, don't mean to pour cold water on your idea, but it would need looking at very carefully and may not be worth the hassle at the end of the day.

 

[MyQul]

I don't know the specifics personally but do know that their are issues. Don't a lot of the tickets you buy have registered charity numbers on them, there must be reasons for that?
Who would be legally responsible for the money collected and left over?
Don't think the forum owner would be too happy.
Sorry, don't mean to pour cold water on your idea, but it would need looking at very carefully and may not be worth the hassle at the end of the day.

No problems, your not pouring cold water on anything as that was the entire purpose of this thread to see if doing a raffle would be feasable.

I'll be collecting the money and their won't be any left over as it will all be used as a prize fund.

I've been looking at the gambling commision website and I think we can do at least one without needing a liscence as I'm pretty sure it would count as a 'small society lottery' but I'd have to register with the local liscencing authority/council. I'm not sure if a fee is involved in that yet

 

[FatCol]

Generally, the only organisations given a "free pass" to operate a paid for raffle/draw are registered charities. Any commercial organisation, which is what THBF is, requires a licence and a legally appointed auditor to validate results and ensure against fraud. As the membership are members of THBF, which is a commercial enterprise, then a proper licence would be needed. Small societies tend to be things such as the local kids rugby team, which have no commercial interests and fund raise merely to cover costs of kit and travel etc.

I hope that helps a little.

FatCol

 

[MyQul]

Generally, the only organisations given a "free pass" to operate a paid for raffle/draw are registered charities. Any commercial organisation, which is what THBF is, requires a licence and a legally appointed auditor to validate results and ensure against fraud. As the membership are members of THBF, which is a commercial enterprise, then a proper licence would be needed. Small societies tend to be things such as the local kids rugby team, which have no commercial interests and fund raise merely to cover costs of kit and travel etc.

I hope that helps a little.

FatCol

Thanks for that Col :thumb:

 

[Kman]

The coffee forum I'm a member of do raffles for grinders and things, they're very popular and the price varies depending on the value of the item. Usually pay by bank transfer to one account of a mod