Lucky 7s Legal Terms of Reference

Lucky 7s is fundraising lottery conducted and managed by Easington Sports Football Club, Addison Rd, Banbury OX16 9DH. Easington Sports Lucky 7s complies with the gambling commission's Gambling Act 2005 (Incidental Lotteries) Regulations 2016 for the sole pupose of raising funds for the club through its membership as such it is deemed as private lottery.

Private society lotteries
A lottery is a private society lottery if it is promoted only by authorised members of a society and each person to whom a ticket is sold either is a member of the society or on premises wholly or mainly used for the administration of the society or the conduct of its affairs. The society can be any group or society, provided it is not established and conducted for purposes connected to gambling; for example private members clubs can organise such lotteries.

This type of lottery can be organised in two ways:
a. promoted and raise proceeds for the purposes for which the society is conducted; or,
b. promoted wholly for a purpose other than that of private or commercial gain
(such as to raise funds to support a charity or ‘good cause’).

The lottery must be promoted wholly for a purpose other than that of private gain ie the lottery can only be promoted for charitable or other ‘good cause’ purposes - and cannot be run for private or commercial gain.

Private lotteries can all be used to raise funds (profit) for noncommercial purposes (such as a charity or a club). Under section 261 of the Act it is an offence to use or permit profits from these types of lottery to be used for any purpose other than the purposes for which the lottery was permitted or promoted.

More information can be found here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Organising-small-lotteries.pdf