Licensing

These can only be promoted by one of the members of a society and tickets can only be sold:

• to other members of that same society;
• persons on premises used for the administration of the society.

The lottery may only be promoted for a purpose for which the society is conducted and the society can be any group or society, provided it is not established and conducted for purposes connected to gambling e.g private members clubs.

Private lotteries cannot be conducted on vessels. The Gambling Act 2005 definition of a vessel is:

• anything (other than a seaplane or amphibious vehicle) designed or adapted for navigation or other use in or on or over water;
• a hovercraft;
• anything or part of any place situated on or in water.

Advertising of Private Lottery

Private lotteries must comply with conditions relating to advertising which state that no advertisement for a private society, work or residents lottery maybe displayed or distributed at any other premises except at the society's or work premises, or the relevant residence.

Tickets

Conditions are set as to information relating to tickets these are:

• a ticket in a private lottery maybe sold or supplied only by or on behalf of the promoters;
• tickets (and the rights they represent) are non-transferable;
• each ticket must state the name and address of the promoter of the lottery the persons to whom the promoter can sell or supply tickets and the fact they are not transferable.

The price of the ticket must be the same amount paid to the promoter of the lottery before any person is given a ticket.

Work Lottery

The promoter of the lottery must work on the premises and tickets can 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 lottery e.g. Grand National Sweepstake.

Resident's Lottery

These must not be run for profit and all the proceeds must be used for prizes or reasonable expenses. The promotor of the lottery must reside on the premises and tickets can only be sold to the residents of the same premises. The residency requirement can still be satisfied where the premises are not the sole premises in which a person resides (e.g. student halls of residence)

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