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Raffles

Raffles allow you to run live prize draws displayed on signage screens. A raffle picks a random number from a defined range and displays the result on assigned channels.

Module required: The Raffle feature must be enabled on your account. If it is not, raffle actions will redirect you away with a warning.

Creating a Raffle

Open the New Raffle modal from the raffle list page or the dashboard.

The creation process has two steps:

Step 1 — Template Selection

Choose whether to start from a saved template or create a custom draw:

  • No Template (Custom Draw) — Enter all details manually in step 2.
  • Select a template — Pre-fills step 2 fields from the saved template. Templates are managed separately (see Raffle Templates below).

Step 2 — Raffle Details

Field Required Notes
Title Yes Shown on-screen during the draw. Max 64 characters. E.g. "Friday Night Draw".
Description Yes Shown on-screen. Max 256 characters. E.g. "Members raffle draw".
Start Number Yes The lowest ticket number in the draw pool. Min 1.
End Number Yes The highest ticket number in the draw pool. Max 9,999,999,999,999,999.

Running a Raffle

After creation, you are taken to the live raffle runner page (/signage/raffle/run/v/id/{id}).

From this page:

  1. Select one or more channels to broadcast the raffle to.
  2. Click Start to push the raffle to the selected channels.
  3. The raffle draw result is displayed on the signage screens for those channels.
  4. Click End (or End All from the dashboard) to finish the raffle and remove it from screens.

Managing Raffles

  • Resume — Returns to the live runner page for an in-progress raffle (link available on the dashboard).
  • End — Ends a single active raffle.
  • End All — Ends all active raffles simultaneously.
  • Archive — Archives a completed raffle, hiding it from the active list.
  • Bulk Archive — Archive multiple raffles at once from the list page.

Raffle Templates

Raffle templates save commonly used raffle settings for quick reuse.

Creating a Template

Open the New Raffle Template modal.

Field Required Notes
Title Yes Template name. Max 64 characters.
Description Yes Max 256 characters.
Start Number Yes Default minimum ticket number for draws using this template.
End Number Yes Default maximum ticket number.
Active No Defaults to checked. Inactive templates do not appear in the selection list.
Background Image No Image displayed on-screen during draws using this template.
Custom CSS No CSS customisation for the raffle display.

Templates can be edited and deleted from the raffle templates list.

Display Style

The visual style of the raffle draw on-screen (e.g. "Slide in" or "Spins") is configured at the channel level under Channel Style, not per raffle. This setting requires the Signage Plus module.

Notes

  • Channels with Lock to Signage Mode enabled cannot display raffles.
  • A raffle can be broadcast to multiple channels simultaneously.
  • Archived raffles are preserved in the database but hidden from the active list.