Consultation outcome

Consultation on Society Lottery Reform

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Society Lottery reform impact assessment

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Response to Consultation on Society Lotteries

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Detail of outcome

The consultation response announces increases to society lottery limits for the per draw sales limit to £5 million, the per draw prize limit to £500,000 and the annual sales limit to £50 million.


Original consultation

Summary

Options for amending sales and prize limits for large and small society lotteries

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Consultation description

Please note - the online response tool has now closed. We continue to accept responses via email or post at the details below.

Society lotteries play a vital part of the giving landscape by enabling charities and other societies, such as sports clubs, to run lotteries for good causes. The amount a society can raise is subject to limits of £4m sales per draw, £10m sales per year and a maximum prize of £400,000.

Our preferred options would allow a tenfold increase in the amount that a large society lottery can raise per year, bringing the annual limit to £100m. The per draw sales limit would rise to £5m and the maximum prize to £500,000.

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Documents

Consultation on Society Lottery Reform

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De Minimis Assessment - Society Lottery Reform Package

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Published 29 June 2018
Last updated 16 July 2019 + show all updates
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