Apply for a small society lottery licence, which is required by any non-commercial society organising a lottery where tickets are sold in advance.

A society is non-commercial if it's for sports, cultural activities, charitable causes or any other non-commercial purpose. 

The Gambling Commission website Go to http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-gambling-businesses/Compliance/Sector-specific-compliance/Lotteries/Society-lotteries.aspx (opens new window) has more information on the lotteries available for non-commercial societies.

Find out about the pdf rules and regulations for the Gambling Act 2005(94 KB) .

Apply for a non-commercial lottery

This is a called a small society lottery.

You must complete and return the document non-commercial society lottery registration form: small society(50 KB) .

Post the completed documents to: 

Licensing Team, PO Box 3300, Bristol, BS1 9LN

You can also hand in the documents to the Citizen Service Point, 100 Temple Street, Bristol BS1 6AG.

Cost of non-commercial lottery licence

The fee is £40 and the licence lasts for one year. 

You must include a cheque made payable to Bristol City Council.

After the lottery draw: return statement

Once the small society lottery has taken place complete and send back to us the document small society return statement(87 KB) .

This statement must be submitted no later than three months, beginning on the date on which the draw, or last draw, in the lottery took place.

Renew your non-commercial lottery licence

When your licence is close to expiring we'll send you a reminder with a renewal form.

If you want to renew your licence then complete and return the  document renewal form(29 KB) to us. The renewal fee is £20.