Licensing requirements
An ELM must hold a lottery manager operating licence issued by the Commission before they can promote a society or local authority lottery. The ELM (and the relevant society or local authority) will also need to hold a remote gambling licence if they intend to sell tickets by means of remote communication (for example, internet, telephone etc).
It is the responsibility of both the society (or local authority) and the ELM to ensure that the other party holds the relevant operating licence(s) before they enter into any arrangements regarding the promotion of lotteries.
Unless an ELM qualifies as a small scale operator (SSO)2, individuals holding key management positions at an ELM may be required to hold a Personal Management Licence (PML) - this may be the managing director, chief executive, finance director, compliance manager, marketing manager and IT manager.
The Commission expects all licensed operators to put in place people and systems to enable them to be compliant with the Act and licence conditions. In general the function of regulatory compliance should be assumed by one individual who will have overall responsibility for ensuring compliance. For large scale operators the person holding responsibility for compliance should have no other function in order to ensure they can carry out their role without the potential for any conflict of interest. The Commission understands and accepts that this may not always be possible for small scale operators who have few employees able to hold key management positions.
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Last updated: 23 November 2023
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