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Bluefundr is a platform for Irish sports clubs to take money online. Run a club lotto, split the pot, raffles and fundraising competitions, collect membership fees, take facility bookings, and take payments on the day with scan to pay. Money goes straight to your club's own account.

No. Clubs run their own competitions on Bluefundr. The club is the organiser, and we provide the tools, the payments and the automation.

Yes. It's free to set up and there are no monthly fees. We take a small fee on each payment, which comes out of the money raised rather than being added on top for the payer. The pricing page lists the rate for each product.

In most cases, yes. A paid competition is a lottery under Irish law, so your club needs a lottery permit or licence unless it qualifies for an exemption. Our permit guide explains the routes, and the application form is on Gov.ie.

In club settings, tell us whether your club holds a lottery permit or licence, or runs under an exemption. If you have a permit or licence, upload a copy and we check it, then email you once it's confirmed. If you choose the exemption, you confirm it yourself and can start straight away.

Currently, pay-to-enter competitions are only available to organisations based in the Republic of Ireland. This is because pay-to-enter competitions require a valid lottery licence, and we can only support lottery licence verification for Irish organisations at present. We are actively working on expanding pay-to-enter competition support to the UK in the future.

As the competition organiser, you are responsible for managing the competition according to our Terms of Service. Bluefundr provides the platform, automatically processes results and winners, and handles payment processing, but you control the competition setup and prize distribution

Bluefundr offers multiple secure login options: log in with your email address or phone number (we'll send you a verification code via email or SMS), or use Google Sign-In for instant access. We're a fully passwordless platform following the latest security standards, so we never store passwords. This makes your account more secure and easier to access.

Passkeys are the most secure form of authentication available and the only method that is completely phishing-proof. After your initial login, you can create a passkey which uses biometric authentication (fingerprint, face recognition) or your device's security. We strongly recommend enabling passkeys for maximum security. Passkeys are faster, more secure, and eliminate the risk of phishing attacks completely.

Whoever sets up a club verifies a mobile number first, to help prevent fraud. Supporters don't have to. After you buy something, we may ask for your number so your club can reach you if you win, and you can say not now. If you make too many verification attempts, you'll need to wait 24 hours before trying again.

Yes, you must use your real name on the platform to be eligible to claim prizes. This helps ensure fair competition and proper prize distribution. If you win a competition, the organiser will need to verify your identity, so using your real name from the start makes the prize claim process smooth and hassle-free.

Click Get started and sign in. You'll be guided through your club details, a quick identity check with Stripe, our payment provider, and whether your club holds a lottery permit or licence. You'll need your club's IBAN, a bank statement or utility bill showing the club's name and address, and photo ID. Once that's done you can set up any product from your club dashboard.

Golden Goal, where each entry gets a minute and the one nearest the first goal wins. Over the Bar, predicting a GAA score in goals and points. Perfect 10, calling ten results right. And Last Man Standing, where entrants pick a different team to win each round, a draw or a loss puts them out, and the last one standing wins.

Share your unique competition link via social media, email, WhatsApp, or QR code. Participants click the link, make their predictions, and pay the entry fee through Stripe. No app download required.

Sponsored prizes allow local businesses to provide prizes for your competition in exchange for promotional exposure. When you mark a prize as sponsored, the sponsor's details are displayed prominently on the competition page, giving them visibility to all participants.

Only Over the Bar competitions support sponsored prizes. Over the Bar uses skill-based scoring with smart tiebreakers, so it almost always produces a single winner who can be clearly promoted to sponsors. (In the rare event of a true tie on a fixed-prize competition, a random draw decides the winner.) This makes it ideal for sponsor partnerships, as sponsors can see exactly who won their prize and gain clear promotional value.

Golden Goal competitions can have multiple winners sharing the prize pot. Perfect 10 competitions have no guaranteed winner - if no one gets a perfect prediction, there's no winner at all. Sponsors need guaranteed individual winners to justify their prize investment and get promotional value.

The top scorer prize is an optional secondary prize in Perfect 10 competitions. It's awarded when no participant achieves a perfect prediction. The participant with the highest score wins. If multiple participants tie for the top score, tie-breaker score is compared first (Home Win=1, Away Win=2, Draw=3). If still tied, the top scorer prize is split equally between all tied players.

GAA uses a unique scoring system where Goals = 3 points and Points = 1 point. A score of 2-07 means 2 goals + 7 points = (2×3) + 7 = 13 total. In predictions: 3 points for exact (both goals and points correct for both teams), 2 points for both teams' total score correct (any goals/points split), 1 point for correct result only (win/draw/loss), 0 points for wrong result.

If no goal is scored in the match (0-0 draw), minute 0 wins. If no one predicted minute 0, the entry closest to 0 wins. This ensures there's always a winner even in goalless draws.

A first goal in the 90th minute or later, including injury time, counts as minute 90, so whoever holds minute 90 wins. Extra time doesn't count: if there is no goal in normal time, minute 0 wins.

Perfect 10 competitions have 2 backup matches chosen by the club. If a primary match is cancelled, the system automatically replaces it with the next available alternate and your predictions for the alternate become active. If both backups are used, the jackpot is disabled and you receive 0 points for any remaining cancelled matches. The competition continues with the remaining valid matches.

Golden Goal and Over the Bar can carry one backup match, chosen by the club. If the main match is cancelled, the backup replaces it and its predictions count. With no backup, or if the backup is also cancelled, the winner is drawn at random from all entries. For Golden Goal, your minute stays the same on the backup.

Club Lotto is a weekly online lotto your club runs itself. You set the format (how many numbers players pick and from what range), the draw day and time, and the prizes. Members pick their numbers and pay on their phone, the draw runs on your schedule, and we handle the entries, payments, winner matching and reports. It is the same idea as a traditional paper club lotto, run entirely online.

Yes. A club lotto is a lottery, so in Ireland it must be run under a lottery licence or permit. Club Lotto is available to clubs in the Republic of Ireland only. Get the lottery permit application form on Gov.ie. You are responsible for holding the correct licence for your lotto.

There are no setup fees and no monthly costs. We take 6.6% plus 30c from each payment, and that includes the card processing fee, so supporters pay the line price and nothing on top. Money goes straight to your club's own Stripe account, we never hold your funds. You only ever pay when your members play.

Members open your club page, pick their numbers for the current draw (for example 4 numbers from 30), or tap quick pick to have numbers chosen at random, and pay by card. They get an instant receipt and a record of their entry. There is no app to download, it all works in the browser.

Yes. Members can play a single draw, prepay a run of several draws upfront, or set their numbers to renew automatically each draw using a saved card, so they never miss one. Auto renewal can be cancelled at any time from their account. You choose which options to offer when you set up your deals.

You set the draw day and time. Online entries close automatically at the draw time, then you enter the official winning numbers and the platform matches every entry for you, including any bonus draw. Winners are flagged automatically, and the jackpot rolls over to the next draw if it is not won. The whole schedule runs on its own once it is set up.

A club lotto typically has a jackpot for matching all the numbers, which rolls over and grows when it is not won, plus optional smaller prizes such as a match three pot and a bonus draw drawn at random from that week's entries. You decide the prize amounts when you set up your lotto.

Your club pays winners directly, off the platform, in whatever way suits your club. For this reason Bluefundr never stores or handles prize amounts against winners, we simply tell you who won which prize. This keeps you fully in control of how and when prizes are paid out.

You can run your lotto weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Pick the cadence that suits your club when you set it up, and the platform creates each draw and opens it for entries automatically on schedule.

When sales close for each draw, a report pack is emailed automatically to your nominated recipients, with the entrants and the figures you need for the books. You can also download a draw name list to call names from at the draw, and view income, past draws and auto renewals, and export them, from your organiser dashboard at any time.

Yes. The winning numbers are the official numbers you enter for the draw, and every entry is matched against them automatically by the platform, so there is no manual counting. Any bonus draw winner is selected using a secure random process. Players can view past results on your club's public results page.

Yes. A weekly split the pot is a lottery under Irish law, so it needs a Garda permit or a District Court licence, the same as a club lotto. We check it before your draw goes live.

After our fee, half goes to the winner and half to the club. Nothing rolls over, so every draw has a winner.

No setup fee and no monthly fee. We take 6.6% plus 30c from each payment, card processing included. You set the entry price, from €2.

Weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Online entries close at the draw time.

You draw from the hat, with the online stubs in alongside your paper entries. If the winner entered online, we email them automatically.

The club does, as it does now.

No setup fee and no monthly fee. We take 6.6% plus 30c per order, not per ticket, card processing included. The minimum order is €5.

Yes. Online tickets are numbered separately, and you print a sheet of online stubs to go in the hat with the paper ones.

If every ticket was sold online, Bluefundr can draw it for you. If you sold paper tickets too, you draw by hand with the online stubs in the hat and enter the winners.

Anyone 18 or over with a Bluefundr account.

Straight to your club's own Stripe account and on to your bank.

Yes. Memberships let your club collect its membership fees online instead of chasing cash and paper forms. You set up your membership options once, share a link with your community, and members register and pay online. The money goes straight into the club's own bank account.

Members pay by card when they register through your link. For a season fee they can pay in full, or use Pay your way to pay in their own time until the balance is cleared. For a monthly subscription, such as a gym membership, their saved card is charged each month until they cancel.

Yes. With Pay your way, a member can pay part of the membership now and the rest over the weeks ahead, deciding how much to pay and when until it is cleared. This helps families who would hesitate at one large bill sign up today and spread the rest, without you setting up any fixed payment plan.

Yes. As well as card payments taken online, your club can record payments received offline, such as cash, cheque or bank transfer, against a member. That way every member's balance stays accurate in one place, no matter how they paid.

Yes. When a member still has a balance owing after the deadline, Bluefundr emails them automatically to let them know it is due. The chasing happens on its own, so you are not the one sending awkward reminders or keeping a mental list of who still owes.

Yes. Your club can set one family discount, a percentage off for two or more members paid for by the same person. For a lower youth price, create a separate youth plan at that price.

There are no setup fees and no monthly costs. We take 3.5% plus 30c from each card payment, and that includes the card processing fee. Recording a cash, cheque or bank transfer payment is free. Money goes straight to your club's own account, we never hold your funds.

Facilities Booking puts your club's pitches and facilities, such as a main pitch, an astro or a hall, on one calendar. Club staff and team managers book them for matches and training, and clashing bookings are refused. You can also let the public book a slot and pay online.

Bookings are managed by the club inside the dashboard. As well as the organisation's own admins, a club can invite team managers, a role for people who only book facilities for their team and nothing else. When a booking is created or cancelled, the relevant people can be notified by email.

Booking for your own teams is free. When the public books and pays online, we take 3.5% plus 30c from the payment, card processing included, and the money goes straight to your club.

No setup fee and no monthly fee. We take 3.5% plus 30c per payment, not per item, card processing included.

On their own phone, with Apple Pay, Google Pay, Revolut Pay or a card. They don't need an account, and they get a receipt by email.

Just their phone and the link you send them. They add up the sale and show the QR code, and the screen changes to paid by itself. They see first names and amounts only, and can't refund or change a payment.

No. Scan to pay is for card payments only.

Yes. A club admin can refund a payment in full.

No. It's for things with a price on the day. For a raffle, use the club raffle.

Yes. Share the pay link before the day and mark a price as scanned at the entrance. Each ticket gets its own QR code on the receipt and in the email, and a volunteer scans it once at the door from their phone.

Open the competition from your club's page or the link the club shared, make your picks and pay. You get a confirmation email, and your entry is under My entries.

We'll send you an email notification when the competition closes. You can also check your dashboard or the competition page to see results. Winners receive detailed instructions about prize collection and payout timelines.

Yes, until the entry deadline. Open My entries and change your picks. Golden Goal minutes are assigned at random and can't be changed.

Your entry fee is split according to the competition's settings: a percentage goes to the fundraising cause, another percentage might possibly go to the prize pool, and the remainder covers platform fees. The exact breakdown is always shown before you enter.

No. Once you've entered, your entry counts towards the prize and the club's total, so it can't be refunded. If the club cancels the competition, you are refunded automatically.

Yes. You can choose multiple entries in Golden Goal to get a discount. You can enter other competitions multiple times.

We use Stripe Connect for secure payments. Your club connects its Stripe account once, during club setup. Every payment goes to that account less our fee, and Stripe pays it out to your bank. We never hold your money.

To receive fundraising proceeds, you need to complete the Stripe onboarding process. You'll need: 1. A bank statement showing your club/organisation name (this proves the organisation exists). 2. Photo ID (passport or driving licence) for the person completing the setup. 3. Your organisation's bank account IBAN for receiving payouts. During Stripe onboarding, when asked to upload a document to verify your organisation, select "Other" as the document type and upload your bank statement. When asked about business owners or directors, click "Continue with no owners" and "Continue with no directors" - this is correct for most sports clubs and unincorporated organisations.

Funds are collected directly in your Stripe account. Stripe automatically processes payouts to your linked bank account, typically within 2-7 business days depending on your country. Platform fees are deducted at the time of entry payment.

You (the organiser) handle prize distribution. Our system automatically calculates winners and sends notifications. We suggest distributing your prizes in person, however as the organiser, you are free to use your preferred method. This keeps you in control of prize fulfillment.

If a club cancels a competition or a raffle, everyone who paid is refunded automatically. Lotto and split the pot entries are not refunded. For memberships, bookings and scan to pay, refunds are up to the club.

For professional fixtures, we fetch results automatically from sports data providers, so there is nothing to enter. For a custom event the club creates itself, such as a local match, the club enters the result after the game.

Winners are calculated automatically based on competition rules. For Golden Goal, the closest minute wins. Our system updates results in real-time and notifies winners automatically via email.

Tie-breaker rules vary for each competition. Read the competition rules on the competition details page for more information.

We automatically fetch results from reliable sports data providers. If there's a delay or error, we'll detect it and either fetch corrected data or notify you. You can also contact support to manually verify results.

When a competition closes and winners are determined, all participants receive an email notification with the final results. Winners receive additional instructions about prize collection. Results are also displayed on the competition page.

GAA: Highest points → Closest GAA total difference → If still tied, pot-based prizes split equally / fixed prizes go to random draw
Golden Goal: Exact minute → Closest minute (shared equally)
Perfect 10: All perfect predictors share equally (NO tie-breaking)
Perfect 10 top scorer prize: Highest score → Tie-breaker score (Home Win=1, Away Win=2, Draw=3) → Top scorer prize split equally if still tied

Match results are automatically fetched from sports data providers every 5 minutes. This means scores, match statuses, and competition results typically update within 5 minutes of real-world changes. You don't need to refresh the page - results update automatically in the background.

Yes, participants create a simple account using email, phone or social login (Google). This ties each entry to a real person, allowing them to track their predictions across competitions, and enables us to notify them of results and wins.

Absolutely. All payments are processed securely by Stripe, one of the world's most trusted payment platforms used by companies like Amazon, Google, and Shopify. Your full card number, CVV, and expiry date go directly to Stripe's secure servers - Bluefundr never sees or stores your complete card details. Stripe maintains the highest level of PCI DSS compliance (Level 1) and uses bank-grade encryption to protect your data.

The club sees your name and email address, what you entered or bought, and how much you paid, so it can run its draws and contact winners. If you win, it also sees your mobile number if you gave one. The club never sees your card details, which go straight to Stripe.

Results come directly from official sports data APIs - and other reliable sources. All prediction entries are timestamped and stored securely. Winners are calculated automatically by our system using transparent rules visible on every competition page.

Yes! We support WebAuthn/Passkey login for enhanced security and convenience. You can use Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello, or hardware security keys to sign in without passwords. This provides bank-level security while making login faster and easier.

Visa, Mastercard and other major debit and credit cards, plus Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut Pay on phones that support them. Stripe processes every payment.

Open the menu and choose My entries.

Switch to your club in the menu, then choose Club competitions.

Competitions belong to your club, not to your own account. Switch to your club in the menu and they will be under Club competitions.

Details can be edited in the competition review page before it is published. However, once published, competition details cannot be changed. The competition can be removed and a new one created. However, if a competition has an entry, it cannot be removed in the interests of fairness.

Bluefundr uses backup matches to handle cancelled matches. Golden Goal and Over the Bar can carry one backup match, chosen by the club. If the main match is cancelled, the backup replaces it and its predictions count. With no backup, or if the backup is also cancelled, the winner is drawn at random from all entries. Perfect 10 carries 2 backup matches, chosen by the club. If both are used, you receive 0 points for any remaining cancelled match and the jackpot may be disabled.

Yes. Send a message with the contact form below. Bluefundr is run from Wexford, and we read every message ourselves and reply by email within 24 hours.

Currently we support Football (Soccer) and GAA (Gaelic Football, Hurling). We're constantly adding new sports based on user demand.

Currently, direct messaging is not available. However, you can include important information in your competition description, and participants can contact you through the support system.

Please contact us immediately via the form below with details of the issue. We take complaints seriously and will investigate. If an organiser violates our Terms of Service, we may suspend their account and refund participants.