The card that turns a raffle into a weekly event.
The free card draw tool below reveals one card at a time from a shuffled 54-card deck. Every reveal is verifiable. If you are running a full ongoing Queen of Hearts raffle with ticket sales and progressive jackpots that is a different conversation, and we have been having it for 20 years.
Reveal the cards. See if the Queen is hiding.
Click any card to reveal it, or use Draw Random Card for the week's automated reveal. Every reveal creates a verifiable timestamped record.
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Weekly suspense. Progressive jackpots. The fundraiser people actually look forward to.
Queen of Hearts is different from every other raffle format because it doesn't end when you sell the last ticket. It ends when the right card is found. That could be week two. That could be week 22. That uncertainty is exactly what makes it work.
Here is what happens each cycle:
Supporters purchase tickets and select a card
Each ticket corresponds to a card in the deck. Multiple supporters can select the same card that's intentional. The card doesn't win, the ticket does. The card just determines which ticket wins. More tickets sold means more entries, not more cards.
One winning ticket is drawn each week
From all tickets sold for that week, one is selected at random. The card assigned to that ticket is revealed. This is where the drama lives everyone who selected that card is watching.
If it's the Queen of Hearts jackpot
The supporter whose ticket was drawn wins the accumulated jackpot. The raffle ends. If it's any other card, the jackpot grows and the game continues next week with the revealed card removed from the deck.
The jackpot builds until she's found
A percentage of each week's ticket sales rolls into the jackpot. The longer the Queen hides, the bigger the prize. We have seen jackpots grow from a few hundred dollars to over $300,000 before the Queen finally appeared.
We have seen jackpots that made local news. And we have seen jackpots that fizzled at week three. Here is the honest version of both.
Queen of Hearts is the highest-ceiling raffle format we run. It is also the one we have to talk people out of most often because the ceiling only matters if the foundation is there.
A caller once reached us at week 18. Half the town was obsessed with their Queen of Hearts raffle. The other half was jealous they hadn't entered sooner. Then they hit a problem: their state permit capped the prize at $50,000. And the jackpot had officially crossed that number.
We walked them through a draw-down drawing weekly winners until the Queen was finally revealed, closing the raffle on a high note with full legal compliance and a very happy winner. It was a great problem to have. But it only worked because they called before the cap became a crisis.
The lesson: Know your permit limits before you launch. Build your exit plan into your raffle rules. When your jackpot hits the cap, you want to be ready not scrambling.
It's not for every organization. And that's okay.
Queen of Hearts is a stadium strategy. It only works if you fill enough seats to get the momentum going. We have seen the format raised to extraordinary heights and we have seen it fizzle at week three because the audience simply was not there yet.
The format works when you have a large, loyal membership or regional following. Consistent marketing capacity for weeks or months. Volunteers who can manage weekly entries and announcements. Patience because the first few weeks might be quiet. Then people start talking, the jackpot grows, local media may pick it up, and suddenly supporters are sharing your raffle link across the state.
It does not work when you have 25 people on Facebook and a goal of raising millions. We have taken that call too. More than once. The jackpot requires volume to grow. Without volume, it stalls.
If your organization is newer or your list is under a few hundred active supporters start with a traditional raffle or basket raffle. Build your audience. When your mailing list feels ready to celebrate week after week, that is when you bring out the deck.
This card draw tool is the reveal. The platform is everything else.
Chance2Win's Queen of Hearts platform available at onlinequeenofhearts.com handles the full raffle operation. Here is what the free tool cannot do and the platform can.
Online ticket sales with card selection
Supporters buy tickets online and assign each ticket to a specific card. Multiple supporters can select the same card. The system tracks every selection automatically with no manual effort.
Automated weekly drawings
The system runs the weekly draw automatically. No manual ticket pulling, no spreadsheet, no spreadsheet disaster at 11pm on a Thursday. The winner is selected, the card is revealed, the jackpot updates.
Progressive jackpot tracking
The jackpot total is calculated and displayed automatically each week as a percentage of ticket sales rolls over. Supporters can see it growing which is exactly the point.
Payment processing and digital tickets
Stripe, Square, or Authorize.net. Supporters receive digital ticket confirmations by email immediately after purchase. No manual ticket distribution, no lost receipts.
Hybrid online and in-person entries
Cash and check entries from your weekly event combine with online ticket sales in one drawing pool. This is exclusive to Chance2Win no other platform can do this. It is critical for VFW posts, fraternal organizations, and anyone who still sells tickets at the door.
Runs for 1 to 53+ weeks
The platform manages the deck state week to week, tracking which cards have been revealed and which remain. It runs as long as the Queen stays hidden one week or more than a full year.
The call that explains why Queen of Hearts is not magic.
It's "selecting" a card. Not betting. Not wagering. Not gambling.
This is not a style preference. In charitable gaming contexts, betting and wagering language is legally prohibited in most US states. Supporters select a card which means they assign their ticket to a specific card as their entry identifier. They are not predicting an outcome, wagering on odds, or placing a bet.
This distinction matters in your raffle rules, your promotional materials, your social media posts, and your weekly announcement emails. Every piece of content connected to your Queen of Hearts raffle should use "selecting a card" never "betting on," "wagering on," or "gambling on" a card.
"Supporters purchase tickets and select a card." ✓
"Each ticket is assigned to a card of the supporter's choice." ✓
"The winning ticket's selected card is revealed." ✓
Never say: "Bet on a card." "Wager on the Queen." "Gamble on your favorite card." ✗
Raffle and charitable gaming laws vary significantly by state. This is not legal advice. Before launching a Queen of Hearts raffle, verify your state's specific requirements for charitable gaming permits, prize caps, and drawing procedures. Call us at (813) 699-9325 we have fielded these questions from virtually every state and can point you toward the right questions to ask your regulator.