Queen of Hearts Raffle Software Built for Nonprofits

• Only software supporting QoH online
• Live digital card board
• Hybrid ticket sales
• U.S. phone support

How It Works — and Why Supporters Keep Coming Back

Understanding the mechanics is the first step to running it successfully.

1. Supporters Purchase Tickets and Select Cards. Supporters buy tickets — individually or in bundles — and select which card(s) from the remaining board they want their tickets assigned to. A supporter with 10 tickets can place all 10 on one card, spread them across several, or any combination they choose.
2. Cards Fill Up — Or Don’t. Many supporters will select the same popular card. One card might carry 200 tickets. Another might carry zero. That’s the game. In a given week with 600 tickets sold, many cards may have no tickets assigned at all.
3. A Winning Ticket Is Drawn at Random. On drawing day, one winning ticket is drawn from all tickets sold that week. The card that the ticket was assigned to at purchase is revealed and locked on the public board.
4. Queen of Hearts or Roll Over. If the revealed card is the Queen of Hearts — the game ends and that ticket holder wins the jackpot. If it’s any other card, that card is permanently removed from selection and the jackpot grows into the following week.

Why Bundle Pricing Drives Serious Revenue

The card selection mechanic is what makes bundle pricing so effective. A supporter who buys the 10-ticket bundle gets to make real strategic decisions — all 10 on one card, or spread across five. That engagement drives repeat weekly purchases and dramatically increases average order value.

Organizations using tiered bundle pricing see average order values 5–6× higher than single-ticket pricing.

Unlimited bundle tiers supported. Card selection is built directly into the checkout flow — no extra steps for supporters.

Four Problems Other Platforms Can’t Solve

Queen of Hearts sounds simple on paper. What actually happens is a multi-week operational system that gets harder every single week.

🃏 The Card Tracking Problem. Every week a card is revealed, it must be permanently removed from the eligible pool and publicly displayed. Paper-based tracking leads to disputes. Manual spreadsheets get lost between drawing days. When supporters can’t verify which cards are still in play, trust erodes.

📋 The Weekly Ticket Sales Problem. Each new round must be tracked separately. Volunteers need a clean system to open ticket sales, close them before drawing day, and carry forward only what matters. Without structure, small errors compound week over week.

💵 The Hybrid Sales Problem. QoH organizations sell tickets in person at weekly events — at the bar, at the parish hall, at the post meeting. Those cash and check sales have to land in the same drawing pool as online purchases. No other major raffle platform solves this.

🔍 The Transparency Problem. When the jackpot grows large, your community expects a verifiable process. Supporters want to see remaining cards. They want a record of every draw. When the system can’t clearly show how it works, doubt sets in — and doubt is what kills Queen of Hearts raffles.

You don’t lose a Queen of Hearts raffle because of bad intentions. You lose it when supporters stop trusting the process.

What Actually Happens — Week by Week

After supporting Queen of Hearts raffles for nearly two decades, we know exactly how the timeline plays out. The pattern is consistent across organizations of all sizes.

Weeks 1–2: Launch Energy — Everything Feels Easy. Strong initial excitement. Core supporters buy in early. Volunteers are engaged. Entry volume is still manageable. The system hasn’t been stress-tested yet. What organizers think: “Wow… this is going to be easy.” Reality: Nothing has broken yet.

Weeks 3–5: Momentum Builds — Cracks Form. More participants, repeat buyers increasing, jackpot attracting attention. Behind the scenes: entry tracking becomes more complex, manual processes slow down, volunteers begin making small errors. The system is starting to strain — even if no one notices yet.

Weeks 6–10: Complexity Spikes — This Is Where Most Fail. Ticket volume increases significantly. More money, more scrutiny. Duplicate entries, missing entries, conflicting reports, delays in weekly draws. And then the big one: “Someone questions the process.” Not because anything was wrong. Because it’s no longer clear. If your system isn’t tight by now, trust starts slipping.

Week 10+: Trust Becomes Everything. The raffle is no longer about tickets. It’s about credibility. Participants want to know: Are all entries included? Is the drawing consistent? Is everything tracked correctly? This is where weak systems collapse. Not because of fraud. Because of doubt.

Week 12+: Two Outcomes. Path 1 — Structured System: entries tracked cleanly every week, drawings consistent and verifiable, jackpot builds visible momentum, revenue accelerates, supporters keep buying. Path 2 — Manual Chaos: records unclear or incomplete, volunteers overwhelmed, questions and challenges increase, sales slow, participation drops, momentum dies.

Four Steps from Setup to Drawing Day

Chance2Win does not run your raffle. Your organization manages the fundraiser. We provide the infrastructure your team uses to run it correctly.

1. Set Up Your Game. Choose your card deck size, customize your digital board, set ticket pricing and bundle tiers, and brand your raffle page. No coding required. The Chance2Win team builds the site based on your setup. Customizable: deck size, board display, pricing tiers, event branding, payout rules
2. Sell Tickets Each Week. Supporters purchase tickets and select which card(s) they want their tickets assigned to. A 10-ticket bundle can be placed on one card, split across multiple cards, or any combination. Cash and check entries are added through the admin dashboard. Bundle pricing: 1 for $5 · 3 for $10 · 10 for $25
3. Run the Weekly Draw. One winning ticket is drawn at random. The card that the ticket was assigned to at purchase is revealed and locked on the digital board — publicly visible to all supporters. Ticket holders can be emailed directly from the admin dashboard. Every draw logged and permanently recorded
4. Jackpot Rolls Over — or the Queen Appears. If the revealed card is not the Queen of Hearts, the next round opens automatically. If the Queen is revealed, the game ends — ticket sales close, the winner is displayed, and the fundraiser closes. No manual steps required. Game end is fully automated when the Queen is revealed

The features that actually matter for Queen of Hearts

This page should not read like a generic feature checklist. These are the capabilities that keep a progressive raffle clean when more money and more eyes show up.

• Progressive Jackpot Tracking. The live jackpot updates as ticket sales come in so supporters can follow the momentum.
• Live digital card board. Show which cards are gone, which remain, and the order they were revealed in a public format.
• Weekly draw cycle management. Supports a recurring weekly process instead of forcing your team to improvise each round.
• Hybrid ticket entry. Cash, check, and online entries stay inside one unified drawing pool.
• Reporting and audit trail. Every entry, card assignment, and draw result is logged and exportable.
• Multiple gateway options. Premium supports Authorize.net, Flux Payments, Stripe, and Square for more flexibility than Stripe-only systems.

Checkout Friction Compounds Every Week

Most raffle formats run once. A bad checkout experience costs you once. Queen of Hearts runs every week for months. Our fixed 12% supporter service charge is shown before purchase and costs about 1 to 2% of sales. Tip-based platforms that surprise donors at checkout lose far more supporters, week after week.

Source: Internal analysis across tens of thousands of raffle transactions. Baymard Institute corroborates unexpected-cost abandonment baseline.

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The Only Major Raffle Software Supporting This

Search for “Queen of Hearts raffle software” and examine what the other platforms actually offer. The comparison is not close.

If you want to run a Queen of Hearts raffle online, Chance2Win is the only option among the major nonprofit raffle platforms. There is no meaningful competition for this capability.

Real Results from Real Organizations

“We’ve used Chance2Win two years in a row at my workplace for our summer event, and it has been a great experience! The websites always look wonderful, and they’re incredibly easy to use on both the admin side and the patron side. Some of our patrons are in their 80s+, and they were able to navigate the basket and traditional raffle sites with little difficulty. Their customer service is AMAZING and extremely prompt. I cannot recommend Chance2Win enough for all of your online raffle needs!”
— Ariel Schroeder

“Chance2Win handled our raffle smoothly and efficiently! They are very service minded, and very responsive to questions and allowed us to arrange their site graphic look as we wanted. Their dashboard platform is quite amazing and you can monitor ticket sales easily. We will definitely use them again.”
— Tom Clark

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No tip prompts. No hidden fees. No surprises at checkout. Choose how fees are handled — we handle everything else.

What Makes a Queen of Hearts Raffle Succeed

We know what separates organizations that build life-changing jackpots from those that stall in week five.

1. 01. Set Up Your Game. Queen of Hearts is not a launch pad. It’s a multiplier. Organizations with hundreds or thousands of engaged supporters see the jackpot build quickly. Build your audience first — then launch QoH.
2. 02. Consistent Weekly Promotion. Every week there is something to announce — which card was revealed, how large the jackpot has grown, how many cards remain. Organizations that promote that story weekly keep supporters engaged and attract new participants.
3. 03. A System That Can’t Be Questioned. Every entry logged. Every card reveal recorded. Every draw verifiable. This is not a nice-to-have. It is the operational foundation the entire game depends on. When someone asks “how does this work?” — you need a clear answer.
4. 04. Hybrid Sales for In-Person Communities. The strongest QoH organizations sell tickets at weekly events. Giving supporters the option to buy online between events, while still capturing in-person cash and check sales in the same pool, dramatically increases total ticket volume.
5. 05. Bundle Pricing That Drives Real Revenue. Bundle pricing consistently pushes average order values 5–6× above single-ticket sales. The card selection mechanic makes bundles a natural upsell — more tickets means more strategic choices and deeper weekly engagement.
6. 06. Transparency at Every Draw. A publicly visible digital board showing every revealed card — in order — is the single biggest trust signal a QoH raffle can have. When supporters can verify the history themselves, credibility is never in question.