Six steps.
Ten seats.
One winner.
No scratchers. No rolling jackpots. No hidden odds. Every raffle on New Era Raffle is a fixed-price 10-seat pool that draws automatically the moment the last seat sells, on camera, with the other nine watching. Here's exactly what happens, step by step.
Pick a pool
Every raffle on New Era Raffle is a fixed 10-seat pool at a set price — $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, or $100 per seat. The prize pool is exactly 70% of what the ten seats contribute. No hidden odds, no rolling jackpots, no house edge.
Pay with Stripe
Checkout runs on Stripe (live mode, PCI DSS Level 1). You can pay as a guest with just an email, or sign in for referral bonuses and gift-credit. Cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay all work. Your seat is atomically reserved the moment payment succeeds — no double-selling.
Meet the other nine
The instant the tenth seat sells, everyone in the pool joins a private live Watch Room — video and audio powered by LiveKit. Cameras on, voices open. You see who you're playing with, before the winner is drawn.
Watch the draw fire live
The system — not a person — runs a cryptographically secure random selection at the moment the pool fills. The winner is crowned on screen in front of the other nine. No re-shoots. No editing. No delay.
The winner takes the mic
The winner keeps the Watch Room open for five minutes after the draw to share their story — who they are, what this means, what they'll do with it. Everyone in the pool witnesses it in real time. This is the proof.
Payout is instant
70% of the pool is wired to the winner the moment the draw fires. 23% is queued for the quarter's verified 501(c)(3) charity partners. 7% keeps the platform running. Every wire is receipted publicly on the Impact page.
The New Era Recovery Group.
One special pool runs on a different clock: 77 seats at $1 each, time-boxed to a 1-hour meeting. It's built for community — small enough to feel real, large enough to matter, and structured so a new one opens the moment the last one ends.
One dollar. One hour. One winner.
The pool sells for 60 minutes exactly, then the draw fires — even if all 77 seats haven't filled.
70% to the winner. 30% keeps the platform running. No charity share on this tier — it's a recovery-community format.
The moment one Recovery Group ends, another opens immediately. You never wait.
Refunds — before the draw
You can cancel any paid entry from your Dashboard at any point before the pool's draw fires. Stripe returns the funds to your original card within 5–10 business days.
Once the draw fires, the prize and charity share are irrevocably paid — no refunds from that point on.
Free Alternate Method of Entry
No purchase is ever required. Every raffle offers one (1) free entry per person via the “Claim Free Entry” button on the raffle's detail page. Paid and free entries have equal odds of winning.
Read this first.
- You must be 18 or older.
- US residents only (FL, NY, RI excluded pending state registrations).
- Maximum 3 entries per user per rolling 24-hour period across all pools.
- Your legal name, ID, and payment card must all match.
- Refunds are available before the draw fires — after that, the prize is irrevocably paid.
- Winners of $600 or more receive an IRS Form 1099-MISC.
For the full legal terms, see the Official Rules, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy.