Local councils are the registration authority for society lotteries promoted for the purpose of raising funds for sporting, charitable or benevolent purposes. A typical society lottery would be a local school parent-teacher association or a local amateur football club.
Lotteries not promoted by societies or where the value of tickets for sale in a lottery exceeds £20,000 have to register with the Gambling Commission and not their local council.
Licence application forms and notes
View and download licence application forms and notes.
Exempt lotteries
Exempt lotteries do not require a licence from the Gambling Commission, although small society lotteries are required to register with their local authority.
In addition to small society lotteries, exempt lotteries include:
- incidental non-commercial lotteries - commonly held at charity fund raising events
- private society lotteries - only members of the society and those on society premises can participate in the lottery
- work lotteries - only people who work together on the same premises may participate
- residents' lotteries - only people who live at the same premises may participate
- customer lotteries - only customers at the business premises may participate
The Gambling Commission provide information on organising small lotteries
Legislation
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