Lotteries

Exempt lotteries are not required to be run under an operating licence or registration, but may not be run for private gain and must be run in accordance with the law: 

• incidental non-commercial lotteries - held at non-commercial events, where all money raised at the event goes entirely to purposes that are not for private or commercial gain
• private society, work or residents' lotteries - where tickets can only be sold to society members, workers in or residents of a premises
• customer lotteries - run by occupiers of business premises selling tickets only to customers on the premises itself.

Please note that in the case of work, residents' or customer lotteries, no profit may be made for any purpose, including worthy causes. If you are not sure whether your lottery falls into one of these categories, please read the relevant document, issued by the Gambling Commission.