Hon, I wish You all the best of luck with Patreon, but avoid doing raffles! All raffles are against the ToS of Patreon, as they are considered gambling :C Ergo paying to get into a lottery, which seems pretty reasonable. If You got discovered You could get Your account shut down or blocked permanently! D:

aren't they only forbidden as a reward ? I kept my rewards free of raffles...
I'm pretty sure you're allowed to do Patron Raffles as long as no reward is excluded >3> I'll go look it up or just ask them about it @_@

Can I enter patrons into a raffle as part of a reward?
Unfortunately, raffles, giveaways, or “chances-to-win” are not allowed on Patreon, as they are technically a form of gambling. In order to stay in accordance with our state’s gambling laws, if we catch wind of you offering a raffle as a reward, we’ll kindly ask you to remove it.

but also it should still be gambling since you are paying an amount but they only mention it as a reward ;_; AHHHH

I'll go mail them about it
ughhhh

You cannot: Use raffles, or any prizes based on chance, as a reward.

it's not a reward its just
a thing
AHHHHH

I just think its not worth the risk You know. its better to keep Your patreon going and do what you do. offer normal rewards and people will come eventually! Believe me it took me a while to even have the little patrons i have! It's best to focus on some projects like Your pins etc. and do it for a while, let people start connecting You to what You do and there wil be followers~<3

you know what ima go cheat my way out of it and just say that I'll post notifications for art giveways there that are held on my FurAffinity that will be disguised as a boring journal or sth idk.

Like if i randomly draw something for my Patrons just because i want to its not gambling either is it ?
UGH I HATE LAWS SOMETIMES LOL