raffles

Prize ticket games

Raffles is the plural of raffle, a type of lottery where people buy numbered tickets for a chance to win prizes, typically at fundraisers or community events.

We bought ten raffles hoping to win the gift basket.

The verb raffle means to offer something as a prize in such a drawing, usually followed by off: The school raffled off a new car to raise money for the gym.

events

drawing

Marks forming a picture

lottery · carnival · fete · bazaar · fair · festival · social · fundraiser

chance

luck

Chance affecting outcomes

  • fortuneWealth or destiny
  • randomOccurring without pattern
  • oddsLikelihood expressed numerically

probability · winning · losing · drawing · selection · fate · serendipity · windfall · longshot · gamble

fundraising

charity

Voluntary aid for others

cause · proceeds · funds · sponsors · volunteers · organizers · campaign · pledge · contribution · benefit

participation

tickets

Documents permitting entry

winners · losers · odds · chances · runner-up · selection · announcement

prizes

jackpot

Accumulated gambling prize

appliances · car · vacation · merchandise · trophy · ribbon · certificate · consolation

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raffle, raffled, raffling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G