# Free vs. Paid Raffles Sudo supports both free and paid token raffles. The choice affects how liquidity is funded. ## Paid Raffles * Users pay APT per ticket (e.g., 0.01 APT). * The APT collected from ticket sales funds the DEX liquidity pool. * After the raffle ends, 50% of the token supply + all collected APT migrate to the DEX as a liquidity pair. * The DAO owns the LP position. **Best for:** Projects that want price discovery driven by participant demand. ## Free Raffles * Tickets cost 0 APT (users only pay gas). * Since no APT is collected, the creator seeds the liquidity pool with their own APT. * An **Initial Liquidity** field appears during raffle creation where the creator specifies how much APT to contribute. * The creator signs an additional transaction during deployment to transfer the APT. **Best for:** Community airdrops, promotional launches, or projects that want maximum participation. ## What Happens If a Raffle Expires If a raffle reaches its expiry time before all tickets are sold: * Distributed tokens stay with winners. * Remaining unsold tokens are burned proportionally. * Whatever APT was collected (or seeded) still migrates to the DEX with the distributed tokens. * The raffle page shows how many tokens were distributed vs. burned. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sudoprotocol.com/launching-tokens/free-vs-paid-raffles.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.