Lotteries: Prizes
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the limit on prizes for society lotteries.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock
Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see them continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery.
The Government has taken the decision not to make further changes or to abolish society lottery limits at this time. Independent research shows that the existing society lottery sales limit only impacts one operator and increasing the annual sales limit could result in a decrease in National Lottery participation.
The Government wants a lotteries sector centred on one national lottery - The National Lottery - whilst continuing to support the hundreds of wider society lotteries that exist. This model has worked successfully for the last 30 years and created the conditions for the National Lottery to flourish and support life changing projects, alongside a thriving society lotteries sector.
Further information on this can be found in a Written Ministerial Statement published on Thursday 26 June 2025.
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