Small society lottery registration - Licences and permissions

If you intend to sell printed raffle tickets before the day of the prize draw, you must register as a 'small society lottery'.

Small society lotteries are lotteries held to raise funds for a non-commercial society. A society is non-commercial if it is run for:

• Charitable purposes
• To enable participation in, or support, sport, athletics or cultural activities
• Any other non-commercial purpose other than that of 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 you would need a licence from the Gambling Commission.

Every society registered with us must submit a returns form following each draw.

Gambling Act 2005

The annual fee must be paid within the period of two months before expiry of the licence. Once the licence has expired it cannot be renewed and the society will need to make a new application.

Small society lottery forms

• Telephone: 01432 261761 (All calls are dealt with by our contact centre staff and are allocated to an officer who will take action on the service request between one to ten working days)
• Email: licensing@herefordshire.gov.uk
• Address: Herefordshire Council, Licensing Department, Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE - for correspondence only
  There is no reception open to the general public in respect of licensing at Plough Lane and staff have no access or ability to photocopy applications or documents.
  You should send applications or documents by email to licensing@herefordshire.gov.uk

Emails to the department are allocated to the appropriate staff member who will take action between one to ten working days.
If you have not had a response before the 10 working days have expired please do not contact us again, as it may further delay a response. Please also ensure you have quoted your licence or taxi licence reference number or given your address in your call/email.
Sending repeat or chaser emails will not prompt a quicker response and may result in a back log of emails and a possible further delay.

Thank you for your understanding.