Raffle Permit

Access the municipal code on raffle permits.


Permit Required

The City of Aurora requires a Raffle Permit to be issued for any raffle to be held within the City of Aurora limits.

Organizations Eligible for a Raffle Applications

  • 501 (c)(3)
    • Charitable
    • Educational
    • Religious
  • 501 (c)(5)
    • Labor
  • 501 (c)(19)
    • Veterans Organization
  • 501 (c)(8) or 501 (c)(10)
    • Fraternal
  • Other Not-For Profit Businesses

Required Information

  • Application Fee
    • None if aggregate prize value is $500.00 or less
    • $5.00 if aggregate prize value is between $500.01 and $5,000.00
    • $25 if aggregate prize value is $5,000.01 and over
  • Articles of Incorporation and/or Charter
  • Organization's IRS Letter of Determination (if applicable)
  • Organization's Raffle Rules.
  • Fidelity Bond OR Corporate Surety

All operation and conduct of raffles shall be under the supervision of a single raffle manager as designated on the license application. Applicant must provide protection against dishonesty or theft as follows: 

  1. Fidelity bond or corporate surety is not required if the anticipated aggregate prize value is less than $500 AND a majority of the members of the organization vote to waive the bond or, if there are no members of the organization, then a majority of the members of the governing board of the organization vote to waive the bond. Proof of waiver must be submitted with application.
  2. Fidelity Bond or Corporate Surety: 
    1. Fidelity bond, (in favor of the organization/applicant conditioned upon the raffle manager’s honesty in the performance of his/her duties) in the sum of the aggregate retail value of the prizes if the anticipated aggregate prize value is greater than $500 but less than $15,000.
    2. Corporate surety is required if the anticipated aggregate prize value is greater than $15,000.