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Who can promote lotteries?

In addition to some small lotteries, which are ‘exempt’ from the requirement to hold a licence, the Act permits licensed or registered non-commercial societies and local authorities to promote lotteries. It is the view of the Commission that the intention is to allow non-commercial societies and local authorities to use a lottery as a means of raising funds to support their purposes.

The Act also allows those societies and local authorities to appoint a person - who is not a member, officer or employee of the society or local authority - as an ELM to make the arrangements for the lottery on their behalf. Where arrangements for the lottery are made by an ELM on behalf of a society or local authority, both the ELM and the society or local authority promote the lottery ( Section 252(4) of the Gambling Act 2005 (opens in new tab)). The intention of the provision is relatively limited in scope; it is designed to do nothing more than allow a society or local authority to outsource the running of its lottery or a part of its lottery to a third party.

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