Our first raffle in 90 years of the branch
Support Branch 370 — one ticket at a time.
Our very first 50/50 raffle, proudly run by your local Royal Canadian Legion in Iroquois. Half the pot goes to one winner. The other half stays here, in this village, keeping the hall open.
Prefer not to buy online? Call the branch on 613-652-4516 and a volunteer will help you, or come to the hall on a Friday afternoon.
Estimated jackpot
Not yet open
Prize amounts shown are estimates and will be finalized after the close of sales.
Sales cut-off
Licence #RAF####### [TBC — client to confirm] · 50% to the winner
How it works
Four steps. No jargon.
Confirm you qualify
You need to be 18 or older and physically in Ontario when you buy. That is the law, not our rule.
Choose a bundle
Four sizes, from a ten-dollar impulse to a hundred tickets. Pick whatever suits you.
Pay securely
Checkout happens on our licensed raffle partner's site. Your numbers arrive by email.
Watch the draw
Drawn at the hall on 24 Dundas St. Results are posted here the same day.
Ticket bundles
Pick your bundle
Proposed pricing, pending approval of our licence application.
50% of total ticket sales goes to the winner. The other 50% stays with Branch 370.
What you should know before you buy
- Prize amounts shown are estimates and will be finalized after the close of sales.
- Tickets are sold only to purchasers 18+ physically located in Ontario.
- A raffle ticket is not a gift. It is not eligible for a charitable tax receipt.
- This is Branch 370's first raffle — thank you for your support as we get started.
Where your ticket helps
Half the pot stays in Iroquois.
Branch 370's share of every 50/50 draw supports our general branch operations: hall maintenance, veterans' support programs administered by our Service Officer, and community events. That is the whole list. We are a small branch in a village of about 1,400 people, and the money does ordinary, unglamorous, necessary work — a furnace, a roof, a Friday night that stays open.
Raffle proceeds are not Poppy Fund money
Raffle proceeds are separate from, and are never used as, Poppy Fund donations. The Poppy Fund exists solely to support Veterans and their families and is governed by strict national rules. Read about the Poppy Fund.
An honest word about the jackpot
With 1,406 residents, early jackpots will be modest — realistically in the low hundreds, not five figures. We would rather tell you that now than disappoint you later. Every ticket bought from outside the village is what makes the pot grow.
More than a raffle
Your community hall.
The building at 24 Dundas Street does more work than most people realise. It is a licensed lounge and a banquet hall. It hosts the Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club. Once a year the Iroquois Amateur Radio Club fills it with a Hamfest and flea market. It holds celebrations of life, anniversaries, meat draws, and the occasional very loud darts night.
Keeping it standing is most of what the branch does, and most of what your ticket pays for.
Remembrance
The Poppy Fund is a different thing entirely.
Through your donations to the Legion Poppy Fund, the Legion provides financial assistance and support to Veterans, including Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP, and their families who are in need.
It is a trust fund. It is held separately, governed by national rules, and spent only on Veterans and their families. It has nothing to do with our raffle, and we keep the two apart on purpose — in our accounts, in our tooling, and on this website.
Poppy Fund donations are separate from raffle tickets
The Poppy Fund is a trust fund governed by strict national rules and used only to support Veterans and their families. It is entirely separate from Branch 370's 50/50 raffle. Poppy Fund donations cannot be made through the raffle purchase flow.
Buying a ticket is not a donation, and a donation is not an entry.
Help us reach further
1,406 people cannot carry a raffle alone.
Branch 370 has never had a website, a Facebook page, or a raffle. We are starting all three at once. The single most useful thing you can do — more useful than buying a ticket — is send this page to somebody in Morrisburg, Prescott, Cornwall or Ottawa.
Common questions
Is this really Branch 370's first raffle?
Yes. The branch has never run a 50/50 of its own, online or on paper. The only 50/50 ever documented at the hall belonged to a third-party renter at their annual Hamfest.
Do I have to live in Iroquois?
No. You must be physically present in Ontario at the moment you buy. Where you live does not matter.
Is my ticket tax-deductible?
No. The Canada Revenue Agency does not treat a lottery ticket as a gift, so no charitable receipt can be issued for it.