Honest Question Regarding Rules

[Dustytome]

okay so a few scenarios in mind "donate to gil bank to win"-that sounds like a no go now with these replies "raffle for fun"-sounds okay, but what about something like a gathering contest "get all the ds ore" or something like that for example....maybe I should just scrap the idea and play it safe.

If anything outside of the game is involved it needs to be a straight up giveaway with no entry fee/object, otherwise it can be seen as a form of gambling/rmt. I believe people have been able to do dice gambling type things in game as long as they aren't spamming, so you could perhaps do in-game only prizes (crafted items, gil prizes) with some type of entry and the drawing would have to be live with everyone doing a dice roll (one per entry for prize?) and you choose the winner based on pre-determined rules stated within the game. Basically for an entry raffle type deal you have to handle everything in game so if there's a dispute the GMs have all the info on their systems. I would absolutely check with a GM about that if you went that route though and don't accept a canned response as it's always possible that SE can change their stance on such things.