Licence - lottery
The Gambling Act 2005, which repeals the
Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, establishes a licensing regime
for large non-commercial society and local authority lotteries to
be administered by the Gambling Commission and continues a
registration system for small non-commercial society lotteries to
be administered by local councils.
If you wish to apply for a Small Lottery
Registration or renew your registration the forms are
available to download at the bottom of this page. The price of a
Small Lottery Registration is £40 for an initial registration and a
further fee of £20 which is payable annually.
Following a lottery The Act requires that a
return of the financial information is supplied to Allerdale
Borough Council within 3 months. The return must be signed by two
members of the Society appointed in writing for that purpose, and
accompanied by a copy of that appointment. All signatories must be
over the age of 18 years.
The Gambling Commission have produced a
document called
Lotteries and the Law (Gambling Act 2005) which provides
further information.
Exempt Lotteries
The Gambling Act 2005 introduced three types
of exempt lottery. They are as follows:
1) Incidental non-commercial lotteries
These are lotteries held at non-commercial
events, where all money raised at the event goes entirely to
purposes that are not for private or commercial gain. They
must be run in accordance with the relevant regulations which state
the maximum sums that promoters of incidental non-commercial
lotteries may deduct from the proceeds of a lottery. The
limits are:
a) In
respect of the cost of the prizes awarded in the lottery, the
promoters may deduct no more than £500.00.
b) In
respect of the costs incurred in organizing the lottery, the
promoters may deduct no more than £100.00.
2) Private society, work or residents
lotteries
These are lotteries where tickets can only be
sold to society members, workers in or residents of a premises.
3) Customer lotteries
These are lotteries run by occupiers or
business premises selling tickets only to customers on the premises
itself.