Licence activities
Remote society lottery licence
Society lotteries can only be run for good causes and cannot be run for private or commercial gain. Local authorities can promote a lottery to raise funds to spend on anything where they have power to incur expenditure.
Regardless of where you are based in the world, you need a licence from us if:
- you are providing facilities for gambling to consumers in Great Britain online (or through any other means of remote communication)
- any part of your remote gambling equipment is based in Great Britain.
There is a remote operating licence for each type of gambling activity you might want to provide.
There is a remote operating licence for each type of gambling activity you might want to provide.
Depending on the category of licence you apply for, this lets you run a lottery with proceeds of up to £5 million for a single draw and aggregate proceeds of £50 million in a year (pro-rata limit of £31,311,475 in 2020).
Current application fees
| Fee category | Annual proceeds | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Less than £100,000 | £235 |
| G1 | £100,000 or greater, up to but excluding £500,000 | £352 |
| H1 | £500,000 or greater, up to but excluding £10 million | £469 |
| I1 | £10 million or greater, up to but excluding £20 million | £1,340 |
| J1 | £20 million or greater, up to but excluding £30 million | £2,233 |
| K1 | £30 million or greater | £3,572 |
Current annual fees
Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).
After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.
| Fee category | Annual proceeds | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Less than £100,000 | £400 |
| G1 | £100,000 or greater, up to but excluding £500,000 | £796 |
| H1 | £500,000 or greater, up to but excluding £10 million | £1,677 |
| I1 | £10 million or greater, up to but excluding £20 million | £3,350 |
| J1 | £20 million or greater, up to but excluding £30 million | £5,025 |
| K1 | £30 million or greater | £8,350 |
Related activities
- Non-remote society lottery operating licence
- Non-remote external lottery manager operating licence
- Remote external lottery manager operating licence
Last updated: 9 February 2023
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