An incidental non-commercial lottery is one that is incidental to a non-commercial event and where the conditions in Part 1 of Schedule 11 to the Gambling Act 2005 are met.

Examples include a lottery held at a school fete or at a dinner dance. An event is non-commercial if all the money raised at the event, including entrance fees, goes entirely to purposes that are not for private gain.

A social event with an entrance fee would be non-commercial if the profits went to a society is not non-commercial if the profits were kept by the organiser for private gain.

The promoters of the lottery may not:

  • take more than £100 from the proceeds to cover the cost of organising the lottery
  • take more than £500 from the proceeds to cover the cost of prizes awarded in the lottery
  • involve a roll-over of prizes from one lottery to another

All tickets must be sold at the location during the event and the result made public while the event takes place.

For more information call 01634 333 333.