How Do You Do A Raffle On Facebook?

A raffle where people pay for a ticket and a winner is drawn at random is a lottery in most places, so it usually needs a charity licence. The practical way to run a raffle-style draw on Facebook is a giveaway where entry is free and winners are picked at random.

Meta's Pages, Groups and Events policy sets the Facebook side of it. You need to follow the law where you run it, make entrants release Meta from liability, tell them Meta doesn't sponsor, endorse or administer the promotion, and you can't require or reward sharing, reposting or tagging. Our Facebook promotion guidelines post walks through the rest.

To set up a free draw in Gleam:

1. Click New Competition, then open the Setup tab and add your dates, name and Terms & Conditions.
2. On the Prizes tab, add your prize.
3. On the How to Enter tab, add free Facebook Actions like Visit a Page or View Post, plus an email Subscribe if you want leads.
4. Publish, and share the link from your Facebook post.
5. When it ends, open the Winners tab and draw winners at random.

Our Facebook contest guide covers promotion tactics.