Operating details
When your raffle runs, when the draw happens, and where it's available.
This step sets your raffle's timeline and where it can be sold.
- Start date — when the raffle goes live and tickets become available.
- End date — when ticket sales close.
- Draw date and time — when you'll draw the winner.
- Draw location — where the draw takes place.
- Operating states — the states your raffle is available in. This ties into compliance — see Choosing the states.
The draw time is a guide, not a deadline
The draw time is mainly an approximation for your ticket buyers, so they know roughly when to expect the winner to be announced. By default you run the draw yourself when you're ready, so there's no pressure to be at your computer on the dot. (If you'd rather it ran on time without you, you can switch on an automatic draw.)
Times are in your organisation's time zone
Your raffle's start, end, and draw times are set and advertised in your organisation's time zone, which you choose in Settings → Organisation Details. Buyers elsewhere see your official time alongside a conversion to their own local time. See Your organisation's time zone.
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