Run a hybrid draw
How the draw works when you've sold both online and paper tickets — and how to record a paper winner.
If your raffle sells paper tickets alongside online ones, the draw works almost exactly like a normal one — with one extra step for any prize a paper ticket wins. This page covers that difference; the basics are the same as Run the draw.
Hybrid vs Combined Hat
This is the Hybrid draw method — RaffleLink runs the random draw and you only step in for paper winners. If you'd rather pull every winner from a barrel by hand, choose the Combined Hat method instead — see Draw by hand.
Before you draw
Make sure every paper sale is logged. The draw uses your logged paper counts, so anything you haven't entered yet won't be in the barrel. Confirm your final paper tally on the Tickets page before you close and draw. As a safety net, if you go to draw a hybrid raffle with no paper logged at all, RaffleLink warns you first — in case the day's sales slipped your mind.
How the draw handles paper
RaffleLink draws across your whole pool — digital and paper together, fairly weighted by how many of each you sold. When you run the draw:
- If a digital ticket wins a prize, it's resolved automatically, just like an online-only raffle.
- If a paper ticket wins, the draw pauses on that prize and asks you to record the real stub — because RaffleLink only knows a paper ticket as a number, not who's holding it.
Record a paper winner
When a paper ticket wins, you'll get the Enter Winner window for that prize: "This prize goes to a paper ticket — but we haven't picked which one. Pull a stub at random from the paper tickets you sold, then enter that stub's number and the winner's details below." Do exactly that, then enter:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Ticket Number | The stub's number or label. Numeric stubs get a PA prefix (your 42 saves as PA42); worded labels save exactly as typed. |
| Name | The winner's name. |
| So you can reach them. | |
| State (optional) | Their state, if you have it — shown publicly as the winner's location, the same as for digital winners. |
Finish recording before you notify or publish
If any paper winners are still missing their details, RaffleLink holds you up: notify and publish stay disabled, and the Winners tab reminds you that "Some paper prizes still need a stub drawn and the winner's details entered before you can notify or publish." Once every paper winner is recorded, both open up.
What buyers see
On your public results page, paper winners appear like any other winner: their stub label (for example, PA0042) and, if you recorded it, their state as the location — but never a name or email. A paper buyer never filled in an online form, so the contact details you enter at the draw stay private; only the same ticket-and-location information shown for digital winners is published.
From here, notify the winners and publish the results as normal.