How to Organize a Raffle instead of Stag and Doe

Just a warning that unlicensed online games of chance that involves money, including raffles, are illegal in Ontario. There have been cases throughout the pandemic where people incurred huge fines from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission for running an online raffle.

Hi Lindsey!

This is a super tough one considering all-things Covid... What my fiancé and I have planned to do is an online Stag and Doe which will also feature a raffle. There's a good website that you can use, called Wix.com that is super user-friendly and not that expensive to operate. It also features different ways of payment for people who are going to participate. As far as prizes go, we've thought of ones that would appeal more to women, such as a spa kit, as well as to men, such as a tool box, and others that are both appealing to women and men, such as a coffee set or like you mentioned, the booze set. When it comes to actually planning and expensing it, we left that to our wedding party (as the tradition goes) and whatever money we make from the raffle, we will reimburse them accordingly and keep whatever money is left from that. I've also seen things where Brides and Grooms have a "Money Jar" set up, for like $2.00 and who's ever jar fills first, gets, for example, a pie in the face. You can make it fun

Good question! I'm thinking like 1 for $5, 3 for $10, or 10 for $20. We definitely plan to do 3 prizes. First place a nice cooler with booze and lcbo gift card, 2nd place ??? 3rd place $100 prepaid visa/mastercard.

Does anyone have a 2nd place prize suggestion?

How much are you selling raffle tickets for? I feel like you would get more buy in if you have multiple prizes instead of one giant one. People like the idea of a higher chance to win something versus only one chance to win a big thing. But that's just me.