Do the tickets come off the guillotine in order?

Yes — the Studio prints in cut-stack order, so after two guillotine cuts each pile reads sequentially with no sorting.

What paper should we use for raffle tickets?

Plain 80gsm A4 works. Covers can be printed separately on light card if you want sturdier books.

Do school raffles need a permit in NSW?

Most school raffles need no permit in NSW while total prizes stay under $30,000. Check NSW Fair Trading community gaming rules for your case.

Are numbered raffle tickets a legal requirement?

In NSW a raffle (draw lottery) is defined as numbered tickets sold with winning numbers drawn to match, and NSW Department of Education guidance tells schools to use consecutively numbered tickets with matching stubs. School Raffle Studio numbers every ticket on both halves and records each run automatically.

The whole job, one afternoon

How it works: numbered raffle ticket books from the office printer

Type in your raffle, press print, make two cuts on the guillotine. Every pile comes out already in number order — no sorting, no collating, no mail merge.

ticket0003

ticket0010

ticket0017

ticket0002

ticket0009

ticket0016

ticket0001

ticket0008

ticket0015

Print — three tickets to every A4 page

000100020003in order ✓

000800090010in order ✓

001500160017in order ✓

Guillotine the stack — every pile is already sorted

The trick is the printing order: the Studio lays tickets out so the guillotine does the sorting. Volunteers just staple.

Raffle day, in three moves

1

Set it up

Raffle name, draw date, ticket and book prices, your school crest. Pick Easter, Christmas, or your own colours.

2

Print the PDF

Any office printer, plain A4. Book covers are interleaved in the stack exactly where each book starts.

3

Chop once

Two guillotine cuts. Staple each pile into books of 20. Numbering picks up where your last raffle finished.

What a ticket looks like

BOOK 3Ticket Number:0042

YOUR SCHOOL P & C

EASTER RAFFLE

Ticket Number:0042

A stub for the buyer’s name, phone, student and class — it goes in the draw barrel
The same number on both halves, in raffle red
Your crest on every ticket and book cover
Dashed cut lines and trim marks for the guillotine
Price line and payment line worded however your school collects money

Questions schools ask

Do the tickets really come off the guillotine in order?: Yes — that is the whole point. Page one carries tickets 1, 8 and 15 (for a 21-ticket run), so after two cuts each pile reads 1-2-3… top to bottom. The Studio shows you the exact pile ranges before you print.
What paper should we use?: Plain 80gsm A4 is fine. Some schools print covers on light card so books wear better — the Studio can put covers in their own PDF for that.
How many tickets can we make?: As many as the raffle needs — thousands is normal. Big runs are split into printer-friendly batches, and the numbering continues across batches and across raffles.
Do we need a permit?: In NSW, most school raffles need no permit when total prizes stay under $30,000 — see our plain-English guide to the rules.
Are numbered tickets actually required?: In NSW, yes — a raffle is legally defined as numbered tickets sold with winning numbers drawn to match, and Department of Education guidance tells schools to use consecutive numbering with the same number on ticket and stub. The Studio does both automatically, and keeps a record of every run for the treasurer.
Can parents pay online?: Tickets are paper — sold at the gate, the office, or sent home in book form. The payment line on every ticket says how your school takes money (Flexischools, cash, whatever you use).

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