Register a small society lottery

Charities, clubs and non-commercial organisations that run small fundraising lotteries need to register with us if their head office is in Southwark.

Your organisation can raise up to £250,000 per calendar year using small lotteries. The proceeds from each individual lottery cannot be greater than £20,000.

You must submit records after the lottery has taken place.

Lottery conditions 

Small lotteries must follow the following rules:

• the money raised from a single lottery cannot be more than £20,000
• the total money raised from all your lotteries in a year cannot be more than £250,000
• at least 20% of the proceeds must go toward the reason your society was set up

Ticket restrictions

All tickets in your lottery must be the same price. When someone buys a ticket, you have to give them a document that shows:

• who is running the lottery
• how much the ticket costs
• the name and address of a person in charge of the lottery
• the date when the draw will take place.

Only people over 16 can buy tickets.

Prize limits

The biggest prize you can offer in a small lottery is £25,000. This includes both: 

• cash prizes
• the value of any goods or services offered as a prize

If a prize is not claimed, you can move it to a future lottery as long as you don't go over the prize limit.