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Society lotteries must be registered and promoted on behalf of a properly constituted society. A constituted society is recognised as being established and conducted for either:

  • charitable purposes
  • participating in or in support of athletic, sports or games or cultural activities.

Societies require the printing of special lottery tickets containing stipulated information and no single ticket can cost more than £2.

The maximum proceeds from any one lottery is £20,000. Lotteries hat exceed this amount must be registered with the Gambling Commission. The proceeds from these lotteries cannot be used for personal gain or commercial undertakings.

Further advice and terms are available on our lottery licence guidance and small society lotteries conditions pages.

Apply for or renew a permit

You can apply and pay online:

  • for a new small society lottery permit at a cost of £40
  • to renew a small society lottery permit at the annual cost of £20.

Application process

We'll aim to process your application within 28 days and if successful, we'll send your permit to you.

As a condition to a small society lottery permit, you must inform us of the results of the lottery within three months of it taking place using the online return form.

Current permit holders

You can submit a change notification online if you need to change the name and address of the promoter for your small society lottery. There is no payable fee for this change.