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Our raffles are a fun and exciting way for new and existing supporters to get involved. By playing our raffles, you’ll help to raise funds to support seriously ill children cared for by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). We hope that by offering a choice of ways to get involved, we’ll reach more people and continue to engage our valued supporters too.

Your donation will go to support the construction of the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH. In the event that costs change, additional funds are received over and above our target, or the needs of the hospital or patients change, we reserve the right to redirect funds for use against the hospital’s most urgent needs.

Based on the New Year Raffle 2025, drawn on 7 March 2025, The total proceeds generated from all ticket sales was £124,098.00. Of which, 8.3% was spent on prizes, 22% was spent on expenses related to promoting and running the lottery, and 69.7% came to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity to support our work.

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Based on the New Year Raffle 2025, drawn on 7 March 2025, GOSH Charity estimates the likelihood of winning a prize to be on average 1 in 9,536 for each ticket purchased.

With all our fundraising activity, we’re careful to keep the costs as low as possible to ensure as much money as possible goes to support the hospital. We anticipate the money we raise through the New Year Raffle 2026 will significantly exceed the prize money offered. We also hope that the raffle will help us reach new supporters too.

We continually monitor the cost effectiveness of all our fundraising activity, and this includes our raffle programme.

Yes, every £1 ticket has an equal chance of winning, and the winning numbers will be drawn at our external lottery management company’s offices, using an industry-standard ‘random number generator.’ GOSH Charity’s raffle is regulated by The Gambling Commission to ensure it’s conducted fairly, openly and transparently.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

The minimum age to enter our raffles is 18.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

The raffle rules are available on our rules page. The purpose of these rules is to ensure you're informed about the terms of playing our raffles and to promote responsible gambling.

No, you must be a resident of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to enter. Residents of Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and The Channel Islands are also excluded from entering as they are covered by their own gambling laws.

You can find the rules on our rules page.

After the draw has taken place we will list the lucky winners on our Winner's page by 6 April 2026.

We will contact you automatically if you are a lucky winner! If you do not wish to claim your prize you can just let us know by contacting the raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 or emailing us at gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk.

Winners will be notified by post and will receive a cheque to the value of the prize won. Prizes will be posted to winners as soon as practicably possible, and are subject to successful completion of age verification.

If you’ve lost your raffle ticket number(s), then do not worry. You can call our friendly raffle team on 0370 241 3495 or if you’d prefer to email, you can email us at gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk.

The maximum number of entries you can buy online in one go is 50. (£50).

To buy more tickets, please call 0370 241 3495. The maximum number of tickets one person can buy is 100.

When taking payments, GOSH Charity uses a secure payments system provided by our external lottery manager. This ensures your details are taken in a safe and secure manner when you enter our raffles online.

You’ll only be officially signed up if you reach the 'Thank You’ page and receive the confirmation email.

If you have connection issues and do not receive the confirmation email within a few days of sign up, it’s likely you haven’t been successful. Please call our raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 Mon–Fri 9am–5pm where we will be able to help you and confirm if you have successfully purchased your raffle ticket(s), and let you know what your ticket number(s) are.

Yes, we operate in compliance with the requirements of The Gambling Commission (the UK regulatory body concerned with lotteries), and the raffle is administered by a certified external lottery manager. For further information, please see our Rules page.

For any further questions, please contact our raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm) or email gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk.

We’ve designed our raffles to offer a way for existing and new supporters to get involved with fundraising for the hospital.

The GOSH Charity raffles are legislated by The Gambling Commission, the body responsible for overseeing the way charities and other organisations run lotteries and raffles to ensure they’re conducted openly, honestly and transparently. We appreciate that not all our giving opportunities will resonate with all our supporters, but we hope that by offering different choices, we’ll reach new and wider audiences and continue to engage our valued supporters.

Responsible gambling is a term that means staying in control of how much time and money is spent on gambling-related activity. This is absolutely central to GOSH Charity when considering how we create and responsibly promote these fundraising opportunities.

Our raffles aim to encourage fair and open play and protect the young and the vulnerable. Some steps we’ve taken include limiting the ticket entries to only 50 per transaction, with a maximum of 100 in total, and only allowing people over 18 to participate.

If you’re worried about your gambling or that of someone close to you, GambleAware is the UK's leading authority on the provision of support, advice and counselling to people affected by gambling problems. If you or someone you know needs help or advice, call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 (lines open 24 hours a day) or visit www.gambleaware.org.

While most people gamble within their means, we recognise gambling can be a problem for some.

If you’re worried about your gambling or that of someone close to you, GambleAware can provide support and information. You can contact GambleAware via the website, www.gambleaware.org, or by calling 0808 8020 133.

To support problem gamblers, we operate a self-exclusion policy, which means you won’t receive any information about our lottery or raffles. To be added to our self–exclusion programme, please contact our Supporter Care team by phone on 0345 120 1363 (lines open Mon–Fri, 9am–5.30pm) or by email at supporter.care@gosh.org.

You can also exclude yourself from future GOSH Charity raffles and lotteries by writing to us at GOSH Charity, 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1LE. We’ll take all reasonable steps to prevent any marketing material relating to our raffles being sent to any self–excluded customer and maintain a register of self-excluded persons.

For more information on responsible gambling, please visit www.gambleaware.org

Please contact the raffle helpline on 0370 241 3495, lines open Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm, or email gosh@thecharityraffle.co.uk