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Highest-Yield Add-On

The Golden Ticket.
High-margin revenue.

Instead of one bidder taking the trip, your event sells a capped run of low-cost tickets and draws one winner at the end of the night. High-margin revenue with zero upfront cost — your only expense is the package reserve, owed only after you draw a winner. Ready to bolt onto any event or fundraiser.

Add a Golden Ticket to my event
The math

The perfect addition to every silent and live auction.

A Golden Ticket doesn't replace anything in your event — it stacks on top of your silent and live auctions and adds high-margin revenue you wouldn't otherwise capture. The same luxury trip works much harder as a Golden Ticket prize than as a silent-auction item alone.

The simple formula
100tickets×$100each=$10,000for your mission

That's it. One capped run of $100 tickets, one drawing at the end of the night, and you've stacked five figures of high-margin revenue on top of everything else your event was already going to raise.

Same Trip — In a Silent Auction
Format1 winner
Winning bid$3,300
Nonprofit cost (varies by trip)−$2,495
Net to mission$805
Same Trip — As a Golden Ticket
Tickets sold100 × $100
Gross revenue$10,000
Nonprofit cost (varies by trip)−$2,495
Net to mission$7,505
How it works

Five steps from "yes" to drawing.

  1. STEP 1

    Pick your prize

    Choose from our pre-built Golden Ticket packages.

  2. STEP 2

    Set your price

    $100 tickets — simple, accessible, easy to sell out.

  3. STEP 3

    Promote it

    We send you a media kit with every marketing asset you need.

  4. STEP 4

    Sell your tickets

    Sell before and during your event — aim for a sellout.

  5. STEP 5

    Draw live

    Announce the winner from stage, hand them their trip.

Success story

One night. $15K raised — and a brand-new $10,000 donor.

A local women's shelter tried the HGA Golden Ticket for the first time. They started selling online the Monday before their event — and by the time the doors opened Saturday night, all 100 tickets were gone.

Then their auctioneer offered a second Golden Ticket as a live-auction item, after the paddle raise. Bidding stalled at $3,500 — until a guest no one recognized held up ten fingers and shouted “$10,000!” He'd passed on every other chance to give that night. The Golden Ticket is what moved him.

They didn't just net $15,000 — they walked away having identified a brand-new $10,000 donor.

Read the full success story
$15K

Net to the mission, in one night

100/100

Tickets sold — a full sellout

$10K

Brand-new donor uncovered

1st

Time using the HGA Golden Ticket

Adds $15K-$50K of high-margin revenue on a single night
Zero upfront cost; you only pay reserve when the winner claims
Run it as a raffle or drawing — your choice, your state
Plug-and-play at any event, paddle raise, or silent auction
Includes the full media kit — poster, signage, promo video, and marketing assets
Winner gets a hand-built HGA luxury experience
FAQ

Questions from nonprofit teams

Ready to add a Golden Ticket to your event?

Tell us your event date and headcount and we'll send a 1-page Golden Ticket playbook with revenue projections.

Plan My Golden Ticket Drawing