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Consultation on Society Lottery Reform

Options for amending sales and prize limits for large and small society lotteries

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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Society lotteries play a vital part of the giving landscape by enabling charities and other societies, such as sports clubs, to run lotteries for good causes. The amount a society can raise is subject to limits of £4m sales per draw, £10m sales per year and a maximum prize of £400,000.

Our preferred options would allow a tenfold increase in the amount that a large society lottery can raise per year, bringing the annual limit to £100m. The per draw sales limit would rise to £5m and the maximum prize to £500,000.

Read the advice provided by the Gambling Commission.

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Consultation on Society Lottery Reform · Order Paper · Order Paper