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title: Items to Verify Before Publishing
description: "Before you open sales on your Queen of Hearts raffle, run this quick pre-launch checklist — the core list every raffle should run, plus the Queen-specific checks. ## The core go-live checklist 1. **Payment processor connected.** Confirm your processor is…"
url: "https://chance2win.org/research-library/basket-raffles-items-to-verify-before-publishing/"
updated: "2026-08-26"
category: Before You Launch
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# Items to Verify Before Publishing

Before you open sales on your Queen of Hearts raffle, run this quick pre-launch checklist — the core list every raffle should run, plus the Queen-specific checks.

## The core go-live checklist

1. **Payment processor connected.** Confirm your processor is fully set up and connected so you can actually accept money. Nothing else matters until this is done.
2. **Start and end dates are set.** Double-check your event’s start and end dates. The end date is also what unlocks your drawing.
3. **Ticket prices match your rules.** Make sure your ticket packages and pricing line up exactly with what your printed and posted rules say.
4. **Do a real live test order.** Have someone who will actually be entered in the raffle buy a ticket for real. This is the big one: it confirms the payment processor works end to end, the confirmation email looks right, and the checkout flows the way you want it to.

## Queen of Hearts specific checks

1. Confirm the **card board displays correctly** and that selected cards drop out of the pool as they’re chosen.
2. On your test order, **select a card** and confirm the chosen card carries through checkout onto the issued ticket.
3. Confirm your **draw schedule and jackpot structure** are settled and clearly spelled out in your printed and posted Rules & Legal copy — walk through it once more, ideally with counsel, so what's posted matches how you'll actually run it.

  **Pro tip.** One rehearsal, start to finish: buy a ticket, select a card, check out, confirm the ticket shows the card. If that loop is clean and the copy is right, you’re ready.

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