Newly Registered Lotteries

Request

5/6 of the newest Gambling Commission registered lotteries, i.e. going from small to £250k plus turnover.

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested 5/6 of the newest Gambling Commission registered lotteries, i.e. going from small to £250k plus turnover.

The Gambling Commission can confirm that the six newest registered lotteries are as follows:

Newly Registered Lotteries

Account Name	Type	Start Date
WI Enterprises Limited	Remote	22 August 2024
The Christie charity	Ancillary Remote	17 July 2024
The Christie charity	Non-Remote	17 July 2024
Civil Service Benevolent Fund	Remote	11 July 2024
Network for Animals Charitable Trust	Ancillary Remote	9 July 2024
Network for Animals Charitable Trust	Non-Remote	9 July 2024

The Commission also publishes a full register of gambling businesses on our website: Register of gambling businesses (gamblingcommission.gov.uk).

In relation to turnover, gambling operators are required to send us a regulatory return for each type of activity for which they hold a licence. We use the data provided to:

• ensure they are within the correct fee category
• to provide us with vital information to ensure we regulate effectively
• to publish industry statistics.

The requirement to provide a regulatory return is contained within LCCP Condition 15.3.1 - General and regulatory returns (gamblingcommission.gov.uk) of our Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (gamblingcommission.gov.uk).

Regulatory returns are now collected quarterly. We therefore do not hold information in the scope of your request in relation to the turnover for the list of the newest registered lotteries.

Review of the decision

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email. 

Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission. 

It should be noted that if you wish to raise a complaint with the ICO about the Commission’s handling of your request for information, then you are required to do so within six weeks of receiving your final response or last substantive contact with us.

The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in a new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission