Manchester City Council

Small society lottery

  2. Summary

    A small society lottery is promoted on behalf of a non-commercial society for:
    a) charitable purposes;
    b) the purpose of enabling participating or supporting sport, athletics or cultural activity;
    c) any other non-commercial purpose other than private gain.

    The total value of tickets for sale in a single lottery cannot exceed £20,000 and the aggregate value of tickets on sale in a calendar year cannot exceed £250,000. Anything above would be a large society lottery and a licence would be required from the Gambling Commission.

    The society must be registered with the local authority where they are based. A statement of return must be submitted within three months of any draw taking place.

  3. Fees

    £40

  4. Application and guidance notes

  5. Processing and timescales

    10 working days

  6. Validity and renewals

    We will send invoice for the annual fee of £20 to the correspondence address we hold.

  7. Register

  8. Complaints

    Please contact Premise Licensing in the first instance.

  9. Contact us

    premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk

  10. Legislation

    For more detail on this topic you can visit the Gambling Commission guidance page