Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

11 Rules for authorised lotteries

(1) In the case of a society's lottery—

(a) the promoter of the lottery shall be a member of the society authorised in writing by the governing body of the society to act as the promoter; and

(b) every ticket and every notice or advertisement of the lottery lawfully exhibited, distributed or published shall specify the name of the society, the name and address of the promoter and the date of the lottery.

(2) No ticket or chance in a society's lottery or a local lottery shall be sold at a price exceeding 25p.

(3) The price of every ticket or chance shall be the same, and the price of any ticket shall be stated on the ticket.

(4) No person shall be admitted to participate in a society's lottery or a local lottery in respect of a ticket or chance except after payment to the society or authority of the whole price of the ticket or chance; and no money received for or on account of a ticket or chance shall in any circumstances be returned.

(5) No prize in a society's lottery which satisfies the condition specified in section 5(3)(d)(i) above shall exceed £1,000 in amount or value.

(6) No prize—

(a) in a society's lottery which satisfies the condition specified in section 5(3)(d)(ii) above, or

(b) in a local lottery,

shall exceed in amount or value the sum which is specified in subsection (7) below as the appropriate sum in relation to that lottery.

(7) The appropriate sum is—

(a) £1,000, for a short-term lottery,

(b) £1,500, for a medium-term lottery, and

(c) £2,000, for any other lottery.

(8) The total value of the tickets or chances sold—

(a) in a society's lottery which satisfies the condition specified in section 5(3)(d)(ii) above, or

(b) in a local lottery,

shall not exceed the sum which is specified in subsection (9) below as the appropriate sum in relation to that lottery.

(9) The appropriate sum is—

(a) £10,000, for a short-term lottery,

(b) £20,000, for a medium-term lottery, and

(c) £40,000, for any other lottery.

(10) For the purposes of subsections (7) and (9) above—

(a) a lottery is a short-term lottery if less than one month has passed between the date of that lottery and the date of a previous lottery promoted on behalf of the same society or by the same authority; and

(b) a lottery is a medium-term lottery if less than three months but not less than one month has passed between the date of that lottery and the date of a previous lottery promoted on behalf of the same society or by the same authority.

(11) The amount of the proceeds of a society's lottery or a local lottery appropriated for the provision of prizes shall not exceed one half of the whole proceeds of the lottery.

(12) The amount of the proceeds of a society's lottery or a local lottery appropriated on account of expenses (exclusive of prizes) shall not exceed whichever is the less of—

(a) the expenses actually incurred ; and

(b) whichever of the amounts specified in subsection (13) below applies.

(13) The amounts referred to in subsection (12)(b) above are—

(a) where the whole proceeds of the lottery do not exceed £5,000,25 per cent, of those proceeds ; or

(b) where the whole proceeds of the lottery exceed £5,000, 15 per cent, of those proceeds or such larger percentage, not exceeding 25 per cent., as the Board may authorise in the case of a particular lottery.