Yes, but it's a state or local government specific thing. Why don't you go back to the principal with something like this? "Since it appears the laws concerning raffles have changed since we last did one, I want to make sure we get this set up correctly this year. I did some research, and here's what I found.... It seems to be a little different from what you told me. Can you tell me where you got your information from so I can make sure I get all this documented properly?"

We have included a raffle in our fall carnival for the last 10 years. We always sell tickets 4 to 5 weeks prior to the carnival. We use this money to pay all our teachers a $300.00 bonus to use for classroom materials. Our principal has just informed us that due to raffle laws we can only run the raffle for two weeks. I have checked our state raffle laws and they make no mention to lenght of a raffle. We have already promised this money to teachers and any have already spent the money, now I feel we are going to come up short as this is half the time we usually sell. Have any of you ever heard of rules regarding lenght of a raffle. In a pinch!