Lotteries fall into two overall definitions:
A simple lottery where:
A complex lottery where:
A prize includes any money, articles or services:
Promoting or facilitating a lottery is unlawful, unless it falls into one of the two categories of permitted lotteries:
Licensed lotteries are:
These lotteries must have an Operating Licence issued by the Gambling Commission.
Small society lotteries - these are where the proceeds (ticket sales) in a single lottery are £20,000 or less and £250,000 or less in all lotteries in the same calendar year. They are exempt from holding an operating licence but must be registered with their local authority;
These lotteries are exempt from the need to be licensed by the Gambling Commission. Promoters of exempted lotteries must apply to the local authority for the appropriate permits and pay a fee (£40 for the grant of a permit and £20 renewal payable before the 31st December each year)
A small society lottery is a non-commercial lottery established and conducted for:
In order to qualify as a Small Society Lottery:
Also the fees and payment times have changed in the Licensing section. I wonder if it is worth duplicating the information in the Licensing section in the Licensing section. I assume that the reason it is in both is that although it now comes more naturally under the Gambling Section it is still remembered as being a Licence.
The Licensing Authority must refuse applications for registration if an Operating Licence held by the applicant has been refused or revoked in the previous 5 years.
The Licensing Authority can refuse an application if they believe:
A Licensing Authority may revoke the registered status of a society if it thinks that they would have been compelled or entitled to refuse an application for registration had it been made at that time.
The society may make representations as to why revocation should not take place.
The Licensing Authority will provide reasons and an outline of the evidence that gives rise to consideration of a revocation of the registration.
Any appeal against a refusal to grant or the revocation of a registration must be made to a Magistrates Court within 21 days of receiving notice of the decision.
The Magistrates may:
All private lotteries must comply with certain conditions:
Private lotteries fall into three types:
Private Society Lottery
These can only be promoted by authorised members of the society to other members of the society or to persons on they society premises.
The society may only be promoted for a purpose for which the society is conducted.
A society can be any group or society provided it is not established and conducted for purposes connected to gambling.
Work Lotteries
The promoter of a work lottery must work on the premises and tickets must only be sold to other people who work on the same premises.
The lottery must not be run for profit and all the proceeds must be used for prizes or reasonable expenses incurred in organising the lotteries.
Customer Lotteries
A customer lottery is a lottery run by the occupiers of a business premises who sell only to customers present on their premises.
The following conditions apply:
The lottery may thus only be advertised on the premises on which it is held.
Customer lotteries may not be conducted on vessels.
The promoter must reside on a single set of premises and tickets may only be sold to other residents of the same set of premises.
These lotteries must not be run for profit and all the proceeds must be used for prizes or reasonable expenses.
Telephone: 01304 872295
E-mail: licensing@dover.gov.uk
Post:
Licensing Section
Dover District Council
White Cliffs Business Park
Dover
Kent CT16 3PJ
