BetterWorld Calls It a Giveaway.
Your State Calls It a Raffle.
There’s a Difference.

Yes — BetterWorld charges no platform fee to the organization. Revenue comes from optional donor contributions at checkout, plus paid Flex (2.2–5% platform fee) and Partner ($1,550/year + 1% per transaction) plans for organizations that prefer to remove the donor prompt. The 2.9% + $0.30 that is sometimes cited as "BetterWorld's fee" is the Stripe payment processing charge — that goes to Stripe, not BetterWorld. For donation campaigns and simple giveaways, the free model works very well. For regulated paid-entry raffle events, also verify that BetterWorld's giveaway-centric structure meets your state's charitable gaming requirements.

A giveaway typically requires no purchase to enter — a prize drawing open to all participants. A raffle requires paid ticket purchase and is regulated as charitable gaming in most U.S. states, with requirements for fixed pricing, licensed operation, and drawing record-keeping. BetterWorld's platform is architected around giveaways. If your event is a regulated paid-entry raffle, confirm BetterWorld's structure meets your state's specific requirements. See: Raffle Laws by State →

No — not in the way they need to operate. Basket raffles require separate ticket pools per basket, independent drawings for each prize, and ticket splitting across multiple baskets. BetterWorld uses a single unified pool with a single winner draw. They publish excellent content about basket raffle ideas and themes — but their platform architecture cannot execute per-basket pool structure. The team behind Chance2Win has been running basket raffles since 2005. See: Basket Raffle Platform →

No. Queen of Hearts requires progressive jackpot logic, ongoing multi-week ticket sales infrastructure, and card management across drawing sessions. BetterWorld's platform is designed for one-time fundraising campaigns, not multi-week progressive draws. Chance2Win supports the full Queen of Hearts workflow. See: Queen of Hearts Platform →

BetterWorld offers chat, email, knowledge base, and FAQ support. Dedicated live phone support during active fundraising events is not a listed feature. When something goes wrong during your live raffle on a Saturday night — a refund question, a drawing issue, a ticket pool problem — Chance2Win has real people who understand raffle operations and answer the phone.

BetterWorld's Free plan relies on optional donor contributions at checkout. For organizations that prefer to remove the donor prompt, they offer a Flex plan (2.2–5% platform fee on transactions — rate varies by campaign type) and a Partner plan ($1,550/year + 1% per transaction). Always verify current plan details at betterworld.org before making a platform decision.

Not on this platform — and this is a gap most organizations discover on event night rather than during setup. Supporters who pay cash at the door, mail in a check, or pay a board member in person have no path into the digital drawing pool. The platform supports card-present payments via Stripe Terminal at events, but that is a digital Stripe transaction at a physical location — not the same as accepting cash or check entries into the pool. Chance2Win is the only major online raffle platform where cash sales, check payments, and online purchases all enter the same unified drawing pool. If your event has any in-person component — a table, a door, a venue — this capability matters more than most organizations expect until they need it. See: Hybrid Raffle Platform →

Chance2Win's manual order entry feature lets you import all previously sold tickets directly into a Chance2Win drawing pool — name, contact, ticket count, prize selections. Every prior buyer keeps their entry with equal standing to digitally purchased tickets. This capability exists because the same feature handles everyday cash-at-the-door sales and emergency platform migrations. We've seen organizations three and a half weeks into an active campaign get their account locked due to a restricted prize category — manual order entry is how the event still runs with a complete drawing pool. Contact our support team to walk through your situation: Contact Support →

Not on this platform — and this is a gap most organizations discover on event night. Cash buyers at the door, supporters who mail a check, board members who pay in person — these entries have no path into the digital drawing pool. Card-present Stripe Terminal payments are a digital transaction at a physical location, not the same as accepting cash. Chance2Win is the only major online raffle platform where cash sales, check payments, and online purchases all enter the same unified drawing pool — one drawing, one audit trail. See: Hybrid Raffle Platform →

Chance2Win's manual order entry lets you import all previously sold tickets — name, contact, ticket count, prize selections — directly into a Chance2Win drawing pool. Every prior buyer keeps their entry with equal standing to digitally purchased tickets. This has resolved real emergency situations: organizations whose accounts were locked or restricted mid-campaign have moved to Chance2Win and run a complete drawing with every ticket intact. Contact our support team to walk through your specific situation: Contact Support →

BetterWorld: always free to your org — donor contributions fund the platform. Chance2Win Zero Fee: $0 to your org, fixed 12% donor service charge shown upfront, you keep 100% of ticket proceeds. Chance2Win Premium: $329 flat (≤$5k, 6.6% effective), $459 (≤$10k, 4.6%), +$329 per additional $10k. At $20k: $788 flat (3.9%). At $100k: $3,420 flat (3.4%). Premium is lower than Zeffy/RallyUp Flex 6.9% at every event size. See: Full Pricing Details →