LegalBison Assists in Structuring a Luxury Watch Raffle Concept into a Market-Ready Business

When a project doesn’t fit into a standard licensing category, such as a luxury item raffle, founders face real uncertainty about where to register it and how to structure it legally. There is also a down-the-line consideration of avoiding legal complications as the business starts to grow. LegalBison gives founders a clear path through all of it: the right jurisdiction identified, a corporate structure matched to the actual business model, and the incorporation handled from start to finish. LegalBison also identifies whether licensing is applicable and assists in obtaining the license where mandated. As a result, the product launches on solid legal ground. Watch.fun brought this exact challenge to LegalBison.

Meet Watch.fun

Watch.fun needed a legal and corporate structure capable of supporting an online raffle platform that accepts both fiat and cryptocurrency payments across a global user base. The platform allows users to purchase tickets for the chance to win high-value goods, starting with premium timepieces and expanding into other luxury categories. Tickets begin at USD 19, with new drops running every week.

Watch.fun accepts both traditional card payments and cryptocurrency, which serves a global audience of enthusiasts and timepiece collectors. LegalBison supported the client in establishing the legal and corporate structure strongly required to bring the concept of a crypto raffle to market.

Challenges at Hand

The Watch.fun team faced three interconnected challenges before launch: finding a jurisdiction compatible with their raffle and crypto payment model, building the right corporate structure for an offshore gaming venture, and verifying that crypto payment flows met compliance requirements in their chosen market.

Jurisdiction Selection

The team needed to find a jurisdiction compatible with their business model: an online raffle platform accepting both fiat and cryptocurrency, serving a global user base. The chosen jurisdiction had to support this model legally while offering practical conditions for incorporation and ongoing operation.

Corporate Structure

Beyond selecting a jurisdiction, the client required a corporate structure appropriate for their specific operational and privacy requirements as an offshore gaming venture. Getting the structure right from the start was essential for the business to grow and develop without needing to restructure later.

Crypto Payment Integration

Accepting cryptocurrency payments as part of a raffle platform implies multiple regulatory and structural considerations. The team needed a setup that accommodated crypto payment flows without creating compliance issues in their operating jurisdiction.

Solutions with LegalBison

Costa Rica emerged as the right jurisdiction for Watch.fun’s model, and LegalBison managed the full incorporation from documentation through to a commercially ready entity.

Jurisdictional Recommendation

After LegalBison reviewed the business model and operational requirements, the client settled on Costa Rica as the appropriate jurisdiction for incorporation. Costa Rica offers a pragmatic regulatory environment for internationally-facing online businesses and is well-suited to companies operating with both fiat and cryptocurrency payment systems. The jurisdiction was selected based on its compatibility with the client’s specific model.

Company Formation and Corporate Administration

LegalBison managed the full incorporation process in Costa Rica, handling all documentation, registration requirements, and ongoing corporate administration. Through its licensed Corporate Service Provider infrastructure, LegalBison completed the process efficiently and delivered a fully formed, properly administered entity ready for commercial use.

Structural Guidance for Crypto Payments

LegalBison offered structural guidance to support the client’s dual payment model, making sure that the corporate setup was compatible with both card payment processing and cryptocurrency acceptance. The advisory covered the practical requirements of running a platform that accepts crypto within the incorporated entity’s framework.

LegalBison’s Approach

LegalBison applied its five-phase methodology to assist in turning Watch.fun into a fully incorporated, commercially operational entity.

Phase 1: Jurisdictional Strategy

The first phase identified the priority regions and jurisdictions aligned with Watch.fun’s business goals and operational reality. LegalBison assessed the client’s model against the regulatory environments across relevant markets: the nature of the raffle mechanism, the dual fiat and crypto payment structure, the offshore gaming context, and the global user base. 

Costa Rica emerged as the jurisdiction best suited to all four variables. The recommendation was based on the client’s specific operational requirements.

Phase 2: Operational Architecture

With the jurisdiction confirmed, LegalBison mapped the user and fund flows that would define how the platform operated. This covered the ticket purchase path for both card and cryptocurrency payments, the movement of funds within the incorporated entity, the custodial handling of assets, and the roles of third-party providers, including payment processors and the Wristcheck authentication partner. 

Each element was evaluated against the legal requirements of the Costa Rica operating environment. The result was a clear operational blueprint showing how the platform’s technical infrastructure aligned with its jurisdictional framework.

Phase 3: Regulatory Navigation

LegalBison conducted a focused analysis of the local requirements governing Watch.fun’s specific model in Costa Rica. This phase examined the licensing triggers applicable to the raffle mechanism, the compliance obligations of cryptocurrency payment acceptance, and the cross-border operability of a platform serving a global user base. 

The outcome was a confirmed regulatory position: Watch.fun’s model was operable within the Costa Rica framework without triggering additional licensing requirements at launch.

Phase 4: Legal Foundation

LegalBison prepared the essential legal documentation required to protect the platform from day one of operations. The documentation was drafted to reflect the operational architecture defined in Phase 2 and the regulatory position confirmed in Phase 3, creating a structured legal framework across the platform’s user-facing and compliance-facing requirements.

Phase 5: Licensing Execution

Watch.fun’s model did not require a specialized financial license at launch, which the regulatory navigation phase had confirmed. LegalBison proceeded directly to incorporation, managing the full company formation process in Costa Rica through its licensed Corporate Service Provider infrastructure: all documentation, registration requirements, and ongoing corporate administration. 

The process was coordinated by LegalBison’s dedicated implementation manager. The result was a fully formed, properly administered entity delivered ready for commercial use.

Conclusion

Watch.fun successfully incorporated in Costa Rica with LegalBison’s support and launched its luxury raffle platform with a legal structure suited to its global business model. The client completed the process with a fully formed entity and a clear operational foundation.

What did LegalBison do?

• Identified Costa Rica as the optimal jurisdiction through a structured assessment of the client’s raffle model, crypto payment requirements, offshore gaming context, and global user base;
• Mapped the operational architecture covering user flows, fund flows, and third-party provider roles before incorporation;
• Conducted regulatory navigation to confirm the platform’s operating position and identify applicable compliance obligations;
• Managed the full company formation process in Costa Rica through LegalBison’s licensed Corporate Service Provider infrastructure, delivering a commercially ready entity.

How did LegalBison do it?

LegalBison applied its five-phase implementation methodology: jurisdictional strategy to identify the right market, operational architecture to map how the platform would function legally, regulatory navigation to confirm the compliance position, legal foundation to establish protective documentation, and licensing execution to complete incorporation.

The benefits of working with LegalBison

Watch.fun became a fully incorporated entity without carrying the cost and complexity of coordinating jurisdiction research, regulatory analysis, legal documentation, and corporate administration across separate providers. The five-phase structure meant every element of the engagement was sequenced correctly, with the operational architecture and regulatory position confirmed before any filing took place. The platform was launched legally ready.

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