World Horse Welfare Raffle

Spring Raffle 2025

Our Spring Raffle 2025 opens on 24th February 2025. By entering the raffle, you can help us support vulnerable horses and be in with a chance to win £4,000.

Our latest raffle winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Winter Raffle 2024 and our congratulations go to:

1st prize of £4,000 – Mrs Berry of Somerset
2nd prize of £1,000 – Mrs Elsdon of Essex
3rd prize of £500 – Ms Lowe of Hampshire 

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Winter Raffle 2023 and our congratulations go to:

1st prize of £4,000 – Mrs Kelly of London
2nd prize of £1,000 – Mrs Lindley of Buxton
3rd prize of £500 – Mrs Roots of Somerset

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Summer Raffle 2023 and our congratulations go to:

1st prize of £4,000 – Mrs Taylor of Fife
2nd prize of £1,000 – Mrs Cooper of Leicester
3rd prize of £500 – Mrs Lawson of Loughborough

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Spring Raffle 2023 and our congratulations go to:

1st prize of £4,000 – Miss Wollen of Dorset
2nd prize of £1,000 – Mr Bullock of Bath
3rd prize of £500 – Mr Miles of Martock

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Winter Raffle 2022 and our congratulations go to:

1st prize of £4,000 – Shelagh of Liverpool
2nd prize of £1,000 – Mrs Kynoch of Falkirk
3rd prize of £500 – Mrs Harrison of Suffolk

World Horse Welfare Raffle Terms and Conditions

Raffle style draws
We hold raffles throughout the year.

Draw date
The draw date for the Spring Raffle 2025 is 22nd April 2025.

Winners and prizes

• The prizes for the Raffle are 1st Prize £4,000, 2nd Prize £1,000, 3rd Prize £500. There are no alternatives to any prize.
• Winners are contacted once the draw has taken place.
• We operate a combined online/offline draw ensuring that each entrant has an equal chance of winning each prize. The draw will be conducted by utilising a Random Number Generator in combination with a blind draw in plain sight of staff. The results of the draw are final.
• Prizes are sent out by post within seven working days of the draw taking place.
• Winners’ names, area of residence and corresponding prizes are published on our website and in our newsletter.
• Any uncashed or expired prizes will be treated as a donation six months after the date of issue.
• We reserve the right to amend the prize structure at any time.
• Late entries will be treated as donations.
• Winners will be notified by post, email or telephone no later than two weeks after the draw date. Please keep your ticket number as proof of purchase.
• Winners may be asked to take part in World Horse Welfare PR and promotional activity.
• If a prize is unclaimed after reasonable efforts have been made by World Horse Welfare to contact the winner, then World Horse Welfare will be entitled to dispose of the prize as it thinks fit. The winner has one month after notification to claim the prize
• The World Horse Welfare policies for raffles can be found here. This includes our policy on responsible gambling, underage gambling, protection of customer funds and our complaints procedure.
• Based upon the number of entries in our Autumn / Winter Raffle 2024 the average chance of winning a prize for a single ticket is approximately 1 in 14,937.
• Of the £44,811 received in ticket sales in the Autumn / Winter Raffle 2024, 15% went on expenses (including printing raffle tickets and setting up the online raffle within the Gambling Commission’s legal framework), 12% on prizes and 73% came back to Charity to fund our important work.
• Entries must be received by 11th April 2025.
• The draw will be held on 22nd April 2025.

A list of winners will also be published on the website within two weeks of the draw date. These will only be in summary, for example Ms Smith from Berkshire.

Online entries

• To enter the online raffle an entrant must self-certify that they are the required age to play. A confirmation email will be sent to the entrant confirming their numbers in the draw and thanking them for their participation. Random age verification checks are carried out at regular intervals. If an entrant is found to be under the required age their payment will be returned and they will not be entered into the draw.
• Entries must not be bought on behalf of somebody else.
• In order to promote responsible gambling, it is recommended that no more than 100 chances are to be purchased per person for the Raffle.
• Material changes to this raffle are not predicted to happen, but in the event that this occurs you will be notified by email 14 days in advance of any changes.

Data
The World Horse Welfare database is updated with who was sent tickets and who bought tickets.

Cost of entry
£1 per ticket. Players may purchase more than one entry, and payment must be in advance

Multiple entries
The number of tickets is limited to 100 per person.

World Horse Welfare Responsible Gambling

Age verification: It is an offence for raffle tickets or entries to be sold to, or by, a person under 18 years of age. World Horse Welfare Fund may undertake a search with a third party for the purpose of verifying that you are 18 or over.

Any person found to be under 18 years of age automatically forfeits the right to any prize and will have monies paid in relation to the lottery returned to them.

GambleAware.org

Are you gambling more than you really want to? If you feel you have a problem with gambling, please call the Gamcare National Telephone Helpline on 0808 8020 133.

For information about responsible gambling, please visit GambleAware’s gambling support page.

General Information

• World Horse Welfare is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 4708. The qualifying positions are held by Mr Peter Rowbottom. World Horse Welfare is committed to using raffles to fundraise responsibly and encourage responsible gambling.
• While the risk of ‘problem gambling’ associated with raffles is small, there may be circumstances where some players may wish to discuss gambling-related problems with specialist advisers. For help, support and advice about problem gambling, please contact GAMCARE on 0808 8020 133 or visit if needed.
• If you would like to be excluded from our raffles, please contact us by:
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 01953 497239 or
  • In writing to: Fundraising team, World Horse Welfare, Anne Colvin House, Snetterton, Norfolk NR16 2LR
• If you have any concerns about our fundraising please refer to our Complaints page.
• All our raffle products are restricted to individuals aged 18 or older who are residents of Great Britain (this excludes the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland).
• All profits from the World Horse Welfare Raffle Draw go directly towards helping horses in need in the UK and around the world.