How are raffle tickets made?

Raffle tickets are most commonly printed on digital or litho printing presses. This allows the production of millions of tickets to be printed in a relatively short amount of time to cope with demand.

The unique numbering on raffle tickets can be printed in 2 ways. The first is to print the copies of the raffle ticket without the numbering on. This allows for a fast print process as you are printing copies of a single page and is usually done on a litho press. Then during the perforation process the number can be printed afterwards.

The second way is to print the number at the same time as the ticket using imposition. With digital printing presses this is now the most common way, especially for shorter runs. This way also ensures that duplicated numbers cannot be printed.

Prices start from around £24 for 1,000 tickets, increasing by approximately £6–£7 per additional thousand. Full colour printing is £5 extra per 1,000 tickets. You can check our current prices and order raffle tickets directly from our website.

Nearly all of our charity raffle ticket printing customers are schools, community groups and registered charities, so our pricing is set with non-profit budgets in mind.

The most common book size is 5 tickets per book, but you can choose any size you need.

Yes. Strips are simply tickets joined end to end without being bound into a book. They work well for incidental lotteries at events where you want to tear off and sell tickets quickly from a roll or a stack. Roll tickets (also called cloakroom tickets) are the most common strip format.

For small society raffles, books are more practical because they keep tickets together for distribution and make record keeping easier. Each book can be given to a seller, and the stubs stay attached until the buyer fills in their details. Most of our customers choose books of 5 for this reason.

The most common size which is our standard size is 200mm by 75mm.

Our standard tickets are printed on 80gsm paper which is just a little thicker than your standard paper you buy for your home printing. This is industry standard for raffle tickets in the UK.

Perforation is the technical term for the holes punched into the paper to help the tearing. This is done so it's much easier to tear off the ticket from the stub.

The most important thing is making sure all the legally required information is included whilst producing a design that helps sell tickets. A professional printer like us will handle the layout, legal text and numbering for you — you just choose your colours, add your logo and list your prizes. If you have your own design, we can work from that too.

At a minimum, a small society lottery ticket must include: your society's name, the ticket price, the promoter's name and address, the draw date and the name of the council you are registered with. If you are a registered charity, your charity number must also appear.

Beyond the legal requirements, the best-selling tickets also include a list of the top prizes, the cause the money is being raised for and any contact details or website URL. A clear prize list on the ticket itself acts as a selling tool — people are more likely to buy when they can see what they might win. For the stub, include fields for the buyer's name, phone number and signature.

The stub is the part that you tear off and the promoter keeps. Sometimes known as the counterfoil, it contains the name, address and unique number that distinguishes the winner when the raffle is drawn.

Unique numbering is a sequential number printed on each ticket to ensure a fair draw. The number appears once on the main ticket (which the buyer keeps) and once on the stub (which the promoter keeps for the draw). This is how a winning stub is matched to the ticket holder.

Yes. Every raffle ticket must have a unique number or identifier. This is a legal requirement under the Gambling Commission's rules for all types of raffle — small society, incidental and private. The number appears on both the ticket (which the buyer keeps) and the stub (which the promoter keeps for the draw).

The numbering is what makes the draw fair and verifiable. Without it, there is no way to match a drawn ticket to a buyer. Professional printers like us handle the numbering automatically, so you do not need to worry about duplicates or missing numbers.

Yes. We can print barcodes or QR codes on your tickets at no extra charge. We also offer unique barcodes (one per ticket) for easier scanning if you need it.

Yes, of course. We don't charge any extra for adding a logo, in fact we think it's more beneficial to add your logo and properly brand your tickets.