1. a contest in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are given to holders of tickets drawn at random

1. to offer as a prize in a raffle

Examples

• The school held a raffle to raise money for new computers.
• She bought five raffle tickets hoping to win the bicycle.
• The winning raffle number was announced at the end of the evening.
• They decided to raffle off the donated artwork.
• The charity will raffle a vacation package at the fundraiser.
• He won a gift certificate in the office raffle.
• The organization raffled several prizes during the event.