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Consultation on society lottery reform - responses
Consultation on society lottery reform - responses - April 2020
Annex A: Amended licence conditions and new SR Code
The following general licence conditions will come into effect on 29 July 2020. The bold text highlights the changes from the existing condition.
Amendment of licence condition 11.1.1.2
All lottery operating licences issued to non-commercial societies or local authorities
2a Subject to 11.1.1.2b, the proceeds of any lottery promoted in reliance on this licence may not exceed £5,000,000 and the aggregate of the proceeds of lotteries promoted wholly or partly in a calendar year in reliance on the licence may not exceed £50,000,000.
2b In 2020 the aggregate of the proceeds of lotteries promoted wholly or partly in a calendar year in reliance on the licence may not exceed £31,311,475.
Amendment of licence condition 11.2.1.2
Lotteries – managers
All lottery operating licences issued to non-commercial societies or local authorities
2a Subject to 11.1.1.2b, the proceeds of any lottery promoted in reliance on this licence may not exceed £5,000,000 and the aggregate of the proceeds of lotteries promoted wholly or partly in a calendar year in reliance on the licence may not exceed £50,000,000.
2b In 2020 the aggregate of the proceeds of lotteries promoted wholly or partly in a calendar year in reliance on the licence may not exceed £31,311,475.
Amendment of licence condition 11.1.1.5 and 11.1.1.6
Lotteries – managers
All lottery operating licences issued to non-commercial societies or local authorities
5 For the purposes of this condition:
a. two or more lotteries are linked if any of them is so structured that a person who wins a prize in that lottery will also win a prize in some or all others, unless the maximum amount which a person can win is no more than £500,000 in aggregate. In determining whether two or more lotteries are linked it is immaterial how many of them are promoted in reliance on this licence.
b. a lottery is linked to a free draw or prize competition if:
i. a person’s participation in, or his being allocated a prize in, the lottery is a means of establishing his eligibility to enter the draw or competition
ii. the arrangements for the lottery and/or the draw or competition are such that a person may win more than £500,000 in aggregate as a result of his participation in the lottery and the draw or competition.
6 If a lottery, whilst not a linked lottery, has the feature that by selecting the same numbers in the lottery and in one or more other lottery or lotteries the participant in those lotteries may win prizes which, in aggregate, exceed £500,000, no advertisement for, nor other marketing of, the lottery may make any reference to that feature.
Amendment of licence condition 11.2.1.5 and 11.2.1.6
Lotteries – managers
All lottery operating licences issued to non-commercial societies or local authorities
5 For the purposes of this condition:
a. two or more lotteries are linked if any of them is so structured that a person who wins a prize in that lottery will also win a prize in some or all others, unless the maximum amount which a person can win is no more than £500,000 in aggregate. In determining whether two or more lotteries are linked it is immaterial how many of them are promoted in reliance on this licence.
b. 5b a lottery is linked to a free draw or prize competition if:
i. a person’s participation in, or his being allocated a prize in, the lottery is a means of establishing his eligibility to enter the draw or competition
ii. the arrangements for the lottery and/or the draw or competition are such that a person may win more than £500,000 in aggregate as a result of his participation in the lottery and the draw or competition.
6 If a lottery, whilst not a linked lottery, has the feature that by selecting the same numbers in the lottery and in one or more other lottery or lotteries the participant in those lotteries may win prizes which, in aggregate, exceed £500,000, no advertisement for, nor other marketing of, the lottery may make any reference to that feature.
The following general SR code will come into effect on 29 July 2020. The bold text highlights the changes from the code proposed in our consultation.
Addition of new social responsibility code provision 4.3.3
Lotteries – Information to consumers
All lottery operating licences issued to non-commercial societies, local authorities and external lottery managers
- Licensees must ensure that clear, transparent and easily accessible information is made available to consumers to enable them to make an informed choice prior to participating in a lottery. This must include but is not restricted to details of how proceeds are used, the likelihood of winning a prize and how prizes are allocated.
- Licensees must take into account the Commission’s guidance on information to lottery players.
Summary of responses - society lottery reform
Last updated: 12 April 2021
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