Verify your organisation
Earning the Verified badge — and the one thing verification is actually required for.
Verifying your organisation earns it a Verified badge that shows on your raffle and profile pages — a trust signal for the people deciding whether to buy a ticket. It's optional and quick, and we recommend it.
There's one thing verification is genuinely required for: selling tickets in Victoria. More on that below — but for everywhere else, the badge is about trust, not access.
Where to verify
You'll see a Verification step at the end of creating your organisation — you can do it then, or tap Skip for now and come back later. Any time after that, it's under Settings → Verification.
Verifying is an Admin action — the role that manages your organisation's settings.
Three ways to verify
You only need one of these to earn the badge — pick whichever fits your organisation.
Enter your ABN and RaffleLink confirms your not-for-profit status against the Australian Business Register. This works if your organisation is a registered charity or holds charity tax concessions.
Note that an active ABN on its own isn't enough — the check is specifically for not-for-profit / charity status. If your ABN doesn't carry that, use one of the other two methods.
If you have a VGCCC declaration number (a 5-digit number from the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission), enter it here. This both earns your badge and unlocks selling in Victoria — see below.
A VGCCC declaration is free, lasts 10 years, and can take up to 28 days to come through. If you need one, the VGCCC is the body to contact (1300 599 759).
Can't verify automatically? Use Request a manual review and a RaffleLink admin will take a look — usually within 1 business day.
This is for organisations that are genuinely not-for-profit but don't fit the automated checks — registered charities, schools, sports clubs, and unincorporated community groups operating for a not-for-profit purpose. Individuals and for-profit businesses aren't eligible. You'll be asked to briefly describe how your organisation operates, and you can attach supporting documents (a constitution, statement of purpose, and the like).
You can have one request open at a time. If it isn't approved, we'll tell you why, and you can submit a new one with more detail.
What the badge does (and doesn't) gate
Verification is about trust, not access
The Verified badge is a signal to your ticket buyers. It is not a gate on running raffles — you can create raffles, activate them, sell tickets, and receive payouts whether or not you're verified. The one exception is Victoria.
Selling tickets in Victoria
This is the part that's actually required. To sell tickets in Victoria (VIC), your organisation must hold a current VGCCC declaration, verified using the VGCCC method above. An ABN check or a manual review earns the badge but does not unlock Victoria — only the VGCCC declaration does.
Until then, you simply won't be able to add VIC to a raffle — it shows as needing a VGCCC declaration in the state picker. If your declaration later expires, you'll lose VIC eligibility and we'll email you so it's not a surprise.
For how the states you choose shape the rest of your raffle's rules, see Choosing the states and When you need a permit.