What is Allowlist Raffle?

What is Allowlist Raffle?

How it works

Entry is normally gated on evidence of genuine involvement: a held token, a completed quest series, a minimum point balance, or a tenure role. At close the bot draws winners and produces a list of Discord identities, which is then mapped to wallet addresses for the allowlist itself. The wallet-linking step is where most operational pain lives, because a winner without a verified address cannot be honoured.

When to use it

Use an allowlist raffle when demand for a mint clearly exceeds supply and first-come-first-served would reward bots and timezone luck rather than community members.

Worked example

For 100 allowlist spots against 5,000 members, an entry cost of 250 points with a 3-entry cap gives you a pool where a committed member holds about 3 percent of the odds. Publish the spot count and the entry total before the draw; allowlist raffles generate more accusations of favouritism than any other mechanic, and the numbers are the defence.

Common mistakes

• Drawing winners before collecting verified wallet addresses, which forces a scramble or a redraw.
• Gating on follower counts or social clout, which selects for outsiders rather than your community.
• Not publishing the entry count, which makes an honest draw indistinguishable from a private allocation.

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