Designed for compliant UK prize draws
Public entry totals, verifiable random winner selection, a genuine free-entry route and a full audit trail — the compliance safeguards are built into every prize draw. The promoter remains responsible for operating their individual prize draw.
Important — Promoter Responsibility
DrawFunder provides compliance tools, but the individual fundraiser running each prize draw is the legal promoter and retains responsibility for their prize draw. DrawFunder is a platform, not a promoter.
Free Entry Route — Required & Built In
UK Law RequirementUK law requires prize draws to have a genuine free entry option with equal odds to paid entries. Without this, a prize draw may constitute an illegal lottery. DrawFunder enforces this on every single prize draw — it cannot be disabled without blocking publication.
Promoter Name & Privacy Policy — Auto-Displayed
CAP CodeThe UK CAP code requires the promoter's name and data handling information to be clearly displayed. DrawFunder collects this during prize draw creation and displays it on every prize draw's terms section automatically.
Public Entry Totals — Verifiable & Timestamped
TransparencyEvery prize draw page publishes live entry totals — paid, free and combined — plus a timestamped event ledger, so anyone can verify how many entries were in the prize draw and that it ran fairly. Individual entrant details stay private: each supporter can see their own entry, and the fundraiser running the prize draw sees the full entry list.
Cryptographically Secure Random Winner Selection
VerifiableWinners are selected using the Web Crypto API (crypto.getRandomValues) — a cryptographically secure random number generator. The winning ticket number, timestamp, total entries, and method are recorded in the timestamped prize draw record and published via 'Proof of Prize Draw'.
Money never touches DrawFunder
Direct to CharityEntrants donate directly on the fundraiser's linked fundraising page (JustGiving or Enthuse). DrawFunder never stores card details, never holds the money and takes 0% of donations — each donation goes straight to the charity. The fundraising provider's own fees may apply.
Automated Audit Trail
Always OnEvery prize draw event — creation, publication, each entry, prize draw closure, and winner selection — is timestamped and recorded in the prize draw's audit trail. Entry totals and prize draw activity are public; entrants' personal details are not. This replaces the manual evidence fundraisers must submit on other platforms before funds are released.
What Every Prize Draw Page Displays
Legal Questions Answered
Is DrawFunder running the lottery?
No. DrawFunder is a platform that enables individual promoters (fundraisers) to run promotional prize draws. Each prize draw is organised by the individual fundraiser. DrawFunder is not the promoter of any prize draw.
Are these prize draws lotteries?
UK law distinguishes between lotteries (where payment is required to participate) and promotional prize draws (where a genuine free-entry route with equal chance is available). DrawFunder is structured as a promotional prize draw platform and builds a free-entry route into every prize draw. Whether a specific prize draw falls outside lottery licensing depends on how the promoter operates it — see the Gambling Commission's guidance on prize competitions and free draws linked below.
Who is legally responsible for each draw?
The fundraiser who creates the prize draw is the promoter and bears ultimate legal responsibility. DrawFunder provides tools to help them run prize draws compliantly, but does not replace the fundraiser's own duty of care.
How does the charity know about the draw?
Every DrawFunder prize draw is linked to the fundraiser's own fundraising page on JustGiving or Enthuse — a page the fundraiser has already set up in support of a specific charity. All donations from entrants flow directly to that page, so the charity receives the funds (net of the provider's own fees) through their existing, authorised fundraising channel. DrawFunder never collects money on the charity's behalf and takes 0% of donations. Fundraisers remain responsible for following the charity's own fundraising guidelines, but because the money moves via a page the charity already accepts donations through, no separate authorisation of the prize draw itself is required.