Why should I support Veterans Raffle?
Veterans Raffle allocate ~95% of their proceeds to charity & prizes. Most charities don't run their own lotteries, they use a 3rd party commercial External Lottery Manager (ELM) who undertake this role on the charity’s behalf. Veterans Raffle is totally independent, non-profit, cloud-based and promoted by a remote team of volunteers. It doesn’t engage an ELM which is why it's able to award a UK leading percentage to charity & prizes combined. No other UK veterans lottery can match Veterans Raffle or even come close to ~95%.
- We are totally independent / non-profit
- We permit raffle entry for donation subscribers only
- We lead the UK at awarding ~95% to charity & prizes
- We do not have paid staff / agents or managers
- We provide everyone 24/7 access to a secure online account
- We have a ‘Holiday’ break facility
- We allow participants to cancel their account without notice
- We guarantee jackpot winners every month
- We have the unique potential of multiple jackpots
- We do not spend your donations on marketing or advertising
- We support charities every single month
- We fund according to monthly subscriber numbers
- We are the UK leader at just 5% operational costs
Are you Veterans Lottery?
Veterans Lottery is currently just a generic term that refers to any organisation promoting a lottery for the benefit of veterans however, an organisation called The Veterans' Foundation (VF) are currently using Veterans' Lottery as an abbreviation of their lottery (VFL). They do not own the Veterans Lottery company name. The VF is a registered charity however, their lottery is not. They are not totally independent or non-profit as Veterans Raffle is. The VF promote their lottery via an ELM. The VFL has paid staff / executives / advertising and sales agents etc. Their decision to use Veterans Lottery as a brand name creates a lot of confusion and is the sole reason for this particular question.
How many people participate in a draw?
We never know exactly how many names will be entered into a monthly draw until all the donations have been collected. This can occur on the same day as the draw. The current maximum number would be 416,666 however, regardless of entrant numbers, the jackpot winning odds always remain the same due to the unique lottery draw software.
What is the cost to me?
A fixed monthly donation of £10 in support of a preferred good cause. However, there's the option to take the occasional ‘Holiday' break or completely deactivate your account at any time. If you subscribe and donate we will include you in our monthly prize draw. *There's no annual payment option*.
How many prizes are there each month?
The winners page is located on the website Home page, under the heading WINNERS. To respect winners’ privacy, only a first name, town and partial Membership Number is displayed. Respecting people’s right to privacy is especially important which is why no awarded prize value is displayed. There are no token cashless Free Draws awarded.
What are your prize values?
The minimum prize value is currently £150 and the maximum potential £25,000. What is in the proceeds pot is distributed each month. As entrant numbers grow so does the proceeds pot, as does the value of our contribution to UK veteran charities and the number and value of our prizes accordingly. We lead the UK veterans lottery industry with a staggering ~95% going to charity & prizes combined. No lottery being promoted by a 3rd party will ever come even close to that figure.
What are your winning odds?
We have the best jackpot winning odds of any UK veterans lottery. Unique to Veterans Raffle are jackpot winning odds of 10,000 to 1. Such prize-winning potential is only achieved by maximising the efficiency of our fundraising platform and minimising total operational costs, which means managing everything ourselves. Some lotteries deliberately mislead the public by displaying much lower odds, but these are never the odds to win the jackpot prize!
Why do you only offer direct debit entry?
Our platform was built to protect the vulnerable, to eliminate risk of crime association and to be open & fair. Restricting participation to 18+ protects the young, not handling cash, cheques, credit, or debit cards eliminates theft and money laundering and protects the vulnerable too. Online Direct Debit is the safest & most secure payment method available today and by setting a fixed monthly donation amount of just £10 per person keeps things fair to everyone. By not participating in street, shop, door-to-door or phone registrations our subscriber's data is always kept secure. Operating electronically means that every single pound is fully accounted for and because we don't create and post any totally unnecessary plastic membership cards our operational costs are kept to an industry low of around 5%. We also don't waste any of your donation on funding any other membership complimentary benefit schemes and that is how we are exclusively able to apportion ~95% to charity & prizes combined.