The promoter
1. The promoter is Digging History UK (“the club”), a small society lottery registered with Peterborough City Council under the Gambling Act 2005, registration number 136429. The society’s registered address is Woodgate House, 43 High Street, Maxey, Peterborough PE6 9EE.
2. The designated responsible member is Martin Stokes, at the address above.
3. All profits from this raffle go to Combat Stress, the UK charity for veterans’ mental health, registered charity number 206002 in England and Wales and SC038828 in Scotland.
Who can enter
4. Entry is open to residents of England, Scotland and Wales aged 18 or over.
5. Residents of Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and anywhere outside Great Britain cannot enter. Payments with a billing address outside England, Scotland and Wales are automatically refunded in full and the associated tickets are void.
6. The two people who run the draw cannot enter: the designated responsible member and the operator of the ticket system. Nobody else is involved in administering the draw.
7. By entering you confirm that you meet these requirements. If a winner turns out not to meet them, the win is void and the prize is redrawn (clause 22). Under age gambling is an offence; anyone found to be under 18 receives a refund and their entry is void.
Tickets
8. Tickets cost £10 each. Every ticket is the same price, and no discounts or free tickets are available. A maximum of 2,000 tickets will be sold. Each purchase can be for up to 50 tickets.
9. Tickets are sold online only, through the club website, with payment taken by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay via our payment provider, Stripe. Payment in full is required at the time of entry.
10. Your ticket numbers are shown after payment and emailed to the address you give at checkout. That email is your ticket. Please save or print it. If it has not arrived within an hour, check your spam folder, then contact us (clause 27).
11. Ticket sales open on 1 August 2026 and close at 12:00 midday on 23 December 2026, or earlier if all 2,000 tickets sell out. Entries are only valid once payment has been accepted; an unfinished checkout does not hold a ticket beyond the checkout window.
The draw
12. The draw takes place at 8pm on Thursday 24 December 2026, live in the Digging History UK Facebook group.
13. When ticket sales close, the final list of valid entries is locked, and the number of entries and a cryptographic fingerprint of the entry list are published on the draw page of the club website.
14. The winning ticket is selected using the drand public randomness beacon, an independent, publicly verifiable source of random numbers, using a beacon round committed to in advance. The calculation is shown on the draw page so anyone can check the result. In the unlikely event the beacon is unavailable at draw time, the first beacon round published after it recovers is used instead, and this is stated in the published result.
15. The winner is contacted by email and telephone within 48 hours of the draw, using the details given at checkout. The winner’s first name is announced during the live draw and in the club’s channels; no further personal details are published without the winner’s consent. If the winner cannot be reached within 14 days of the draw despite reasonable efforts, the prize is redrawn (clause 22).
The prize
16. The prize is a two week gold detecting trip for two people to the Golden Triangle region of Victoria, Australia, in October 2027, timed around the Laanecoorie Gold Bash 2027. It includes return flights from a UK airport, fourteen nights’ accommodation, a five day gold prospecting boot camp with expert tuition, metal detecting equipment hire for the whole trip, and entry to the Laanecoorie Gold Bash 2027 including lunch.
17. The prize does not include anything not listed in clause 16. In particular it does not include travel to and from the UK departure airport, travel insurance, vehicle hire or vehicle insurance in Australia, passports or visas, the Victorian miner’s right licence, meals other than those stated, spending money, or personal expenses.
18. The winner nominates one companion to travel with them. The companion must be aged 18 or over at the time of travel and must hold, or be able to obtain, a valid passport and any visa required for travel to Australia. The same applies to the winner.
19. Travel dates are fixed to the October 2027 window around the Laanecoorie Gold Bash 2027. The prize has no cash alternative, cannot be exchanged, and cannot be sold or transferred to anyone else. If the winner is unable to travel in that window, the club may at its discretion offer the prize to a redrawn winner instead.
20. The club will work with the winner on booking arrangements after the draw. The winner and companion are responsible for meeting Australian entry requirements in force at the time of travel.
Refunds, voided tickets and redraws
21. All ticket sales are final, except where these terms or the law require a refund. If a payment is refunded, reversed or charged back for any reason, every ticket in that purchase is void and takes no part in the draw. Voided ticket numbers are never resold.
22. The prize is redrawn, using the same published method with the next available beacon round, if the winner: does not meet the eligibility rules; cannot be contacted within 14 days of the draw; had their payment refunded, reversed or charged back; or declines the prize. Any redraw is announced in the same channels as the original draw.
23. If a genuine payment dispute is resolved in the buyer’s favour before the entry list is locked, the club reinstates the affected tickets. Disputes resolved after the list is locked cannot be reinstated, because the draw must run on the published list.
Your data
24. The club collects the details you give at checkout (name, email address, telephone number and billing address) and uses them only to run this raffle: issuing tickets, checking eligibility, contacting the winner, processing refunds and keeping the records the law requires for a registered lottery. If you tick the mailing list option at checkout, your name and email address are also added to the club newsletter list, which you can leave at any time.
25. Payments are processed by Stripe, ticket emails are sent through Resend, and the ticket system runs on Cloudflare. Each processes your data only to provide those services. Your details are never sold or passed to anyone else for marketing.
26. Records are kept for as long as the law requires for lottery returns and financial records, and buyer contact details not needed for those records are deleted within twelve months of the draw.
General
27. Questions about the raffle should go to digginghistoryuk@outlook.com. We aim to reply within a few days; this is a volunteer run club raffle, so please bear with us.
28. Please gamble responsibly and only spend what you can afford. Support and free advice are available from BeGambleAware at begambleaware.org or on 0808 8020 133. If you would like us to stop you entering further club raffles, email us (clause 27) and we will exclude you.
29. The club is not responsible for entries that fail because of incorrect details given at checkout, email delivery problems outside its control, or internet or payment failures, although the ticket system is designed to detect and repair failed deliveries automatically. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
30. This raffle is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook or Meta. The live draw simply takes place in the club’s Facebook group.
31. By buying a ticket you agree to these terms. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.
32. If the raffle cannot go ahead for reasons outside the club’s control, all ticket payments are refunded in full.
Promoter: Digging History UK, registered small society lottery, Peterborough City Council No 136429. Designated responsible member: Martin Stokes, Woodgate House, 43 High Street, Maxey, Peterborough PE6 9EE. All profits to Combat Stress. 18+, residents of England, Scotland and Wales only.