And if the raffle you mean recently refers to the one by Apollo on behalf of the LCEF, you'll note that proceeds 100% went to a non-profit society to support couriers in London who have been taken out off their bike (and out of work) by circumstances beyond their control (road traffic incidents mostly). So the existence of 1 raffle, which sought permission and investigated the gambling commission rules beforehand, does not imply that raffles are acceptable.
And nope, not Apollo. It was Pistofski's