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Raffles
In California, charities and certain other private nonprofit organizations may conduct raffles to raise funds for beneficial or charitable purposes in the state.
This exception to the general constitutional prohibition against lotteries requires that at least 90 percent of the gross receipts from these raffles go directly to beneficial or charitable purposes in California.
Additionally, a nonprofit organization, unless specifically exempted, must register with the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts prior to conducting the raffle and file financial disclosure reports on each raffle event. See Raffle Forms below.
What organizations qualify and how the raffles must be conducted are governed by Penal Code section 320.5, which was added by Senate Bill 639 (McPherson, Chapter 778, Stats. of 2000). See STATUTES & REGULATIONS below.
Additional information is available in Frequently Asked Questions. See FAQs below.
Also available is the Nonprofit Raffle Program Report to the Legislature issued in December 2003.
RAFFLE FORMS
 The following documents are available in PDF (Portable Document Formats).
To open PDF files, download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Nonprofit Raffle Registration Form
 CT-NRP-1 [208K/1 Page]
Each nonprofit organization that intends to conduct a raffle during a year (September 1 through August 31) must complete and submit a raffle registration form.
- Nonprofit Raffle Report CT-NRP-2 [241K/2 Pgs]
A nonprofit organization that has registered to conduct a raffle must file a separate nonprofit raffle report for each raffle held during the year (September 1 through August 31).
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
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