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Printed raffle tickets are not a stepping stone. For many UK charities, particularly where the event is in-person and cash or card sales happen at the door, they are the right end-state. Below are free printable raffle ticket templates in PDF, Google Docs, Canva, Adobe and Word, plus numbered and blank options you can customise and print today.
Free raffle ticket templates: download now
Here are the five core delivery methods, plus numbered and blank options below. Each one is free, customisable and ready to print.
Designed PDF raffle ticket template
A ready-to-print PDF that opens in any PDF editor. The right choice when you want a fixed layout and a fast path to print.
How to use this template:
1. Download the PDF template.
2. Open it in a PDF editor.
3. Customise the colours, text and images.
4. Replicate the design for each ticket, adding sequential numbers.
If your team works in Microsoft Office, Word is a practical choice for raffle ticket design. There is no new software to learn, and the mail merge feature can auto-fill sequential ticket numbers across a large print run without manual renumbering. Word's table-based layouts also make it straightforward to size a two-part stub-and-keeper ticket to standard A4 dimensions.
To get started, open the Google Docs template above and download a copy via File > Download > Microsoft Word (.docx). This gives you a fully compatible starting point you can edit and print directly from Word.
Numbered raffle ticket templates
Numbered tickets are not a nice-to-have. The Gambling Commission's small-society-lottery rules require each ticket to carry a unique sequential number so winners can be matched to a stub and donors can verify they hold a valid entry. Numbering also makes manual reconciliation straightforward at the end of the night.
Simple numbered raffle ticket template for Google Docs
Our pre-numbered Google Docs template gives you a clean two-part ticket with matching numbers on the stub and the keeper half. You renumber the file once, duplicate the page and print.
How to use this template:
1. Open the template and make a copy in your Google Drive.
2. Customise the colours, text and your organisation name.
3. Update the number on each ticket sequentially.
4. Save as PDF for printing if you prefer fixed output.
Tip: Google Sheets can also auto-number a long ticket run using a simple =ROW() formula, which saves you renumbering by hand for print runs of 200 or more tickets.
Blank templates suit the designer who already has a layout in mind and simply wants a sized, print-ready canvas with no styling baked in. They are the most flexible option for matching a specific event brand or fitting an unusual paper stock.
A standard UK raffle ticket is roughly 50 x 140 mm, or three tickets to a half-sheet of A4. Half-page and quarter-page sizes are useful when you want a larger keeper portion or are printing on Avery UK perforated stock with a different cut.
For a blank canvas, use the PDF template above and strip the styling. It is the most flexible print-ready starting point.
Themed raffle ticket templates
For a specific look, whether a Christmas gala, casino night, school summer fete or community fair, the Canva template above is the most flexible starting point. Swap in a themed background, adjust the colour palette and update the fonts in a few clicks.
How to customise your raffle tickets
Whichever template you start from, three customisations matter more than the rest:
1.Add your charity's legal details. Replace the placeholder text with your charity's legal name and registered charity number. If you have registered the raffle with your local council as a small society lottery, include the registration number issued by the council. If you are running an incidental lottery entirely at an event (such as a village fete or dinner), no registration number is required.
2.Change the colours and fonts to match your brand. In Canva and Adobe Express you can set brand colours once and apply them everywhere. In Google Docs and Word, update the heading style to push your colour through the whole document.
3.Add ticket numbers. Either renumber each duplicate manually, or use Google Sheets with =ROW() to auto-number a print sheet and then place it into your design tool.
Raffle ticket legal requirements in the UK
In the UK, a charity raffle where tickets are sold in advance is legally a small society lottery under the Gambling Act 2005. The Gambling Commission sets the rules; registration is handled by your local licensing authority (the council). The following is a starting checklist, not legal advice. For your specific situation, consult your local council or a fundraising professional.
Do you need to register?
There are two routes:
Small society lottery (tickets sold before the event, online, by post or in person): you must register with your local council before selling a single ticket. Registration costs £40 initially and £20 for each annual renewal.
Maximum annual aggregate across all your lotteries: £250,000
Minimum share of proceeds to your good cause: 20%
Maximum single prize: £25,000
Return to the local authority: within three months of the draw
Minimum age for ticket buyers: 16 years old
Street sales (door-to-door): not permitted; online, telephone and face-to-face sales are allowed
What must appear on a raffle ticket (Gambling Commission requirements):
Name of the promoting society (your charity's legal name)
Ticket price (must be identical for every ticket in the lottery)
Name and address of the organiser (or the External Lottery Manager, if one is used)
Date of the draw, or enough information for the buyer to determine it
A statement that buyers must be aged 16 or over
A unique, sequential ticket number
A note on Gift Aid:
Gift Aid does not apply to raffle ticket purchases. Because the ticket buyer is paying for a chance to win a prize, the payment is for goods or services rather than an unconditional gift to the charity. You cannot reclaim 25p in the pound from HMRC on raffle ticket income. (GOV.UK Gift Aid guidance.) If you want to give supporters a way to make a Gift Aid-eligible donation alongside the raffle, that must be set up as a separate, voluntary donation with no connection to the ticket purchase.
Jurisdiction note: The Gambling Act 2005 applies in England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland operates under separate lottery legislation (Article 154 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (NI) Order 1985). If your charity is based in Northern Ireland, check the rules with your local council before selling tickets.
A template only gets you halfway. The paper, the cut and the sizing are what make a stack of tickets feel like a real raffle rather than a printer accident.
Paper stock. Standard 80 gsm office paper is fine for low-stakes events, but cardstock in the 200 to 300 gsm range holds up to handling, stub-tearing and a night in someone's pocket. For events with a higher ticket price, 250 gsm cardstock is the most common choice: heavy enough to feel substantive, light enough to feed through most office printers.
Standard sizes. A typical UK raffle ticket is roughly 50 x 140 mm. Three tickets fit on a half-sheet of A4 (landscape), leaving space for stub perforation. A longer cut of approximately 50 x 180 mm gives you a more generous stub portion.
Perforated paper. Perforated A4 sheets save the trimming and tearing step. Avery UK offers perforated stock designed for ticket printing, and their Design and Print tool lets you import ticket numbers to auto-fill stubs. Visit the Avery UK website for current template availability.
If the printing arithmetic, that is, cardstock cost, perforation sheets, manual numbering and the end-of-night stub reconciliation, starts to outweigh what the raffle will raise, you can also run a raffle online with no fees for the digital portion and keep paper for in-person ticket sales only.
Skip the printing: run your raffle online with Zeffy
Printing has a cost. Cardstock, perforated paper, ink, a trip to the print shop, the hour spent renumbering, the half-hour reconciling stubs at the end of the night and the 'I lost my ticket' conversation that always seems to happen with the winning number. For some events the print run is worth it. For most, an online raffle is faster and cheaper.
Zeffy is the free fundraising platform for charities. There are no platform fees, no transaction fees and no card fees. Ever.
Before selling tickets online, UK organisers should register their raffle with their local council as a small society lottery. (Gambling Commission guidance.) Incidental lotteries run entirely at an event do not require registration.
What you get when you run the raffle digitally:
Automatic numbering. Each ticket carries a unique number and a QR code, automatically emailed to the buyer. No renumbering, no stub-matching.
No printing costs. No cardstock, no perforated paper, no trip to the print shop.
Real-time tracking. See sales, contact details and bundle uptake from one dashboard as the campaign runs.
Hybrid sales for the in-person crowd. Many UK community events are moving away from cash: card readers are now essential at fetes, quiz nights and village-hall events. Sell at the door with Tap to Pay for in-person ticket sales straight from a phone, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout to reduce last-minute friction.
No printing, no manual numbering, no chasing cash, no 'I lost my ticket' conversations. No transaction fees. No platform fees. No fees at all.
Most charity raffles where tickets are sold in advance are small society lotteries under the Gambling Act 2005. You must register with your local licensing authority (the council) before selling any tickets. Registration costs £40 initially and £20 for annual renewal. If your raffle is an incidental lottery, meaning tickets are sold and the draw takes place entirely at a single event, no registration is required.
The Gambling Commission requires small society lottery tickets to show: the name of the promoting society, the ticket price (the same for every ticket), the name and address of the organiser, the date of the draw (or enough information to determine it) and a statement that buyers must be aged 16 or over. Each ticket must also carry a unique, sequential number.
No. Gift Aid does not apply to raffle ticket purchases. Because the buyer is paying for a chance to win a prize, the payment counts as consideration for goods or services rather than an unconditional gift. The charity cannot reclaim 25p per £1 from HMRC on raffle income. If you want supporters to make a Gift Aid-eligible donation, it must be set up as a separate voluntary donation with no link to the ticket purchase.
For a small society lottery, the maximum single prize is £25,000. Total ticket sales for a single lottery are capped at £20,000, and the annual aggregate across all your lotteries is capped at £250,000. At least 20% of proceeds must go to your charitable good cause.
A4 is the standard sheet for UK printers. A typical raffle ticket is roughly 50 x 140 mm: three tickets fit on a half-sheet of A4 in landscape orientation. For a larger stub, a cut of approximately 50 x 180 mm works well. Use 200 to 300 gsm cardstock for tickets that will hold up to handling and stub-tearing on the night.
Yes, provided you have registered your raffle with your local council as a small society lottery before selling any tickets. Online sales are a permitted channel under the Gambling Commission's small society lottery rules. The draw itself must be conducted using a random selection method outside any online platform.
Yes. Zeffy charges no platform fee, no transaction fee and no card fee. Your charity keeps 100% of every ticket sold. Zeffy handles automatic ticket numbering, QR codes and real-time sales tracking, and supports both online sales and in-person sales via Tap to Pay on a phone.
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