Free Raffle Ticket Templates for UK Charities (Download 2026)

Printed raffle tickets are not a stepping stone. For many charities and community groups, especially where the event is offline or the draw happens in the room, they are a perfectly legitimate end-state. Below are free printable raffle ticket templates in PDF, Google Docs, Canva, Adobe and Word, plus numbered and blank options you can customise and print today.

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In this article:

• Free raffle ticket templates: download now

• Numbered raffle ticket templates

• Blank raffle ticket templates

• Themed raffle ticket templates

• How to customise your raffle tickets

• What UK law requires on a raffle ticket

• Print your raffle tickets: paper and sizing guide (UK)

• Skip the printing: run your raffle online with Zeffy

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Free raffle ticket templates: download now

Here are the five core delivery methods, plus numbered and blank options below. Each one is free, customisable, and ready to print.

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Designed PDF raffle ticket template

A ready-to-print PDF that opens in any PDF editor. A good choice when you want a fixed layout and a fast path to print.

How to use this template:

• 1. Download the PDF template.

• 2. Open it in a PDF editor.

• 3. Customise colours, text, and images.

• 4. Replicate the design for each ticket, adding sequential numbers.

• 5. Save as PDF, JPG, or PNG.

• 6. Print on cardstock or perforated sheets.

Free PDF editing tools:

• pdfFiller

• Adobe Acrobat

• FormSwift

Download the free PDF raffle ticket template

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Designed raffle ticket template for Google Docs

Google Docs is the best pick when more than one person needs to edit or review the design at the same time.

Open the Google Docs raffle ticket template

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Canva raffle ticket template

Canva is the easiest option when you want drag-and-drop customisation, brand fonts, and a large stock library at your fingertips.

How to use this template:

• 1. Create a Canva account (free for nonprofits, including registered UK charities).

• 2. Open the template and make a copy.

• 3. Customise colours, text, images, and branding.

• 4. Replicate the design for each ticket and add numbers.

• 5. Download as PDF, JPG, or PNG.

• 6. Print via Canva's printing services or a local printer.

Customise this template in Canva

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Adobe raffle ticket template

Adobe Express (or InDesign) is the right pick when you want pixel-level control over dimensions, type, and layout.

How to use this template:

• 1. Create an Adobe Express account.

• 2. Open and copy the template.

• 3. Customise colours, text, and images.

• 4. Replicate for each ticket and add numbers.

• 5. Export as PDF, JPG, or PNG.

• 6. Print on your chosen stock.

Open the Adobe raffle ticket template

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Microsoft Word raffle ticket template

If your team lives in Microsoft Office, Word is a practical choice for raffle ticket design. No new software to learn, and the mail-merge feature can auto-fill sequential ticket numbers across a large print run without manual renumbering. Word's table-based layouts make it straightforward to size a two-part stub-and-keeper ticket to standard A4 dimensions.

To get started, open the Google Docs template above and download a copy via File > Download > Microsoft Word (.docx). This gives you a fully compatible starting point you can edit and print directly from Word.

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Numbered raffle ticket templates

Sequential numbering is not just good practice on a UK charity raffle: it is a practical and legal necessity. Under the Gambling Act 2005, each ticket in a small society lottery must be uniquely identifiable so a winner can be matched to a stub, and you will need a full record for the return you file with your local licensing authority within three months of the draw. Numbering also makes reconciliation straightforward at the end of the night.

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Simple numbered raffle ticket template for Google Docs

Our pre-numbered Google Docs template gives you a clean two-part ticket with matching numbers on the stub and the keeper half. You renumber the file once, duplicate the page, and print.

How to use this template:

• 1. Open the template and make a copy in your Google Drive.

• 2. Customise colours, text, and your organisation name.

• 3. Update the number on each ticket sequentially.

• 4. Save as PDF for printing if you prefer fixed output.

• 5. Print on cardstock or perforated sheets.

Open the numbered Google Docs template

Tip: Google Sheets can also auto-number a long ticket run using a simple =ROW() formula, which saves you renumbering by hand for print runs of 200 or more tickets.

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Blank raffle ticket templates

Blank templates are for the designer who already has a layout in mind and just wants a sized, print-ready canvas with no styling baked in. They are the most flexible option for matching a specific event brand or fitting an unusual paper stock.

A standard UK blank ticket cut is roughly 65 × 210 mm (three tickets to an A4 sheet), which covers most use cases. A wider cut of around 100 × 210 mm is useful when you want a larger keeper portion or are printing on Avery UK perforated stock with a different cut.

For a blank canvas, use the PDF template above and strip the styling. It is the most flexible print-ready starting point.

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Themed raffle ticket templates

For a specific look and feel, Christmas, gala, casino night, school fete, the Canva template above is the most flexible starting point. Swap in a themed background, adjust the colour palette, and update the fonts in a few clicks.

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How to customise your raffle tickets

Whichever template you start from, three customisations matter more than the rest:

• 1. Add your charity's legal name. Replace the placeholder text with your registered charity name (or society name if you are an unincorporated group such as a PTA, village hall committee, or CIC). Include your small society lottery registration number issued by your local licensing authority, where applicable. If you are running an incidental lottery at a single event, no registration number is required.

• 2. Change colours and fonts to match your brand. In Canva and Adobe Express you can set brand colours once and apply them everywhere. In Google Docs and Word, update the heading style to push your colour through the whole document.

• 3. Add ticket numbers. Either renumber each duplicate manually, or use Google Sheets with =ROW() to auto-number a print sheet and then place it into your design tool.

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What UK law requires on a raffle ticket

In the UK, a raffle where tickets are sold in advance to the public is a small society lottery under the Gambling Act 2005. You must register with your local licensing authority before you sell a single ticket. If tickets are sold and the draw is conducted entirely at one event (a fete, a quiz night, a gala dinner), it counts as an incidental non-commercial lottery and no registration is required (Gambling Commission guidance).

The following is a starting checklist, not legal advice. Check the Gambling Commission guidance and your local licensing authority before selling tickets.

What must appear on a small society lottery ticket:

• Name of the promoting society

• Ticket price (every ticket must be the same price; no bulk discounts)

• Name and address of the promoter (or the External Lottery Manager, if one is used)

• Date of the draw, or information enabling the date to be determined

• The small society lottery registration number issued by your local authority

• A unique sequential ticket number (required for the return you submit to the local authority within three months of the draw)

For incidental non-commercial lotteries (tickets sold and drawn entirely at an event), the formal ticket-content rules are lighter, but sequential numbering remains best practice.

Registration and financial limits for small society lotteries:

• Registration fee: £40 initial, £20 annual renewal (paid to your local council)

• Single-draw cap: £20,000 in ticket sales

• Maximum single prize: £25,000

• Annual aggregate across all lotteries by your society: £250,000

• At least 20% of proceeds must go to the good cause

• Submit a return to your local authority within three months of the draw

A note on Gift Aid. Gift Aid does not apply to raffle ticket purchases. HMRC treats the ticket price as payment for a chance to win, the same as buying an event ticket or an auction lot, so it is not an eligible donation. If you want the Gift Aid uplift, run a straight donation appeal alongside the raffle rather than trying to Gift-Aid the tickets.

Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Gambling Act 2005 framework applies across England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland has separate lottery legislation, so Northern Irish societies should contact their district council for the local registration route.

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Print your raffle tickets: paper and sizing guide (UK)

A template only gets you halfway. The paper, the cut, and the sizing are what make a stack of tickets feel like a proper raffle rather than a printer accident.

Paper stock. Standard office paper is around 80 gsm and is fine for low-stakes events. For a paid raffle, cardstock in the 200 to 300 gsm range is the standard choice. 250 gsm is the most common pick for a substantive feel: heavy enough to survive a night in someone's pocket, light enough to feed through most office printers.

Standard UK sizes. Most UK raffle tickets are cut from A4 stock (297 x 210 mm). A typical cut gives three tickets per A4 sheet at roughly 65 x 210 mm, or two tickets at around 100 x 210 mm for a longer stub.

Perforated paper. Perforated sheets save the trimming and tearing step. Avery UK Design and Print works with Avery UK perforated stock and lets you import a CSV of ticket numbers to auto-fill stubs. Search the Avery UK site for raffle or event-ticket templates to find the current perforated sheet codes that match your chosen cut.

If the printing maths, cardstock cost, perforation, manual numbering, and the stub-reconciliation at the end of the night start to outweigh what the raffle will raise, you can also run a raffle online with £0 in fees for the digital portion and keep paper for in-person sales only.

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Skip the printing: run your raffle online with Zeffy

Printing has a real cost. Cardstock, perforated paper, ink, a trip to the print shop, the hour spent renumbering, the half-hour reconciling stubs at the end of the night, and the 'I've lost my ticket' conversation that always seems to happen with the winning number. For some events the print run is worth it. For most, an online raffle is faster and cheaper.

Zeffy is the free fundraising platform for charities. No platform fee, no transaction fee, no card fee. Ever.

What you get when you run the raffle digitally:

• Automatic numbering. Each ticket has a unique number and a QR code, automatically emailed to the buyer. No renumbering, no stub-matching.

• No printing costs. No cardstock, no perforated paper, no print-shop run.

• Real-time tracking. See sales, contact information, and bundle uptake from one dashboard as the campaign runs.

• Hybrid sales for the in-person crowd. Many UK community events have moved away from cash (it is a real constraint for village halls, fetes, and quiz nights). Sell at the door with Tap to Pay for in-person ticket sales straight from a phone, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout to cut last-minute friction.

No printing, no manual numbering, no chasing cash, no 'I've lost my ticket' conversations. No transaction fees. No platform fees. No fees of any kind.

UK regulatory note. Online raffle ticket sales in Great Britain are subject to the same Gambling Act 2005 rules as printed tickets. A small society lottery registration (or a Gambling Commission operating licence if you exceed the small-society caps) is required before selling tickets online. The draw itself must be conducted outside the platform using a random selection method of your choice. Zeffy does not pick the winner.

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