Before holding a lottery where members of the public can buy a lottery ticket, a society should first be registered with their local council in the area in which their office or head office is located.

Please read our lottery guidance [PDF, 0.1MB] for more information.

The licence is valid for 1 year and there is a yearly renewal fee. The renewal fee must be paid within the 3 months before the licence expiry date.

Fees:

• first application for a licence: £40
• yearly fee to renew: £20

A return is required for every draw. The lottery return form must be submitted within 3 months of the draw.

Gaming machine notification

When an alcohol-licensed premises such a public house is granted a premises licence it is also automatically entitled to have up to two gaming machines of category C or D.

To make use of this entitlement, licence holders must give us notice of the gaming machines by submitting the correct form and £50 fee.

Notifications cannot be transferred, if the alcohol licence is transferred to a new licence holder then submission of a new Gaming Machine Notification by the new alcohol licence holder will be required.

Gaming machine permit

We may also issue licensed premises with a gaming machine permit for any number of category C or D machines. A gaming machine permit authorises the number of machines specified in the application and effectively replaces the automatic entitlement of up to two machines.

The permit also requires payment of a £50 annual fee.

You may apply for this permit using the correct form accompanied by the £200 application fee.

Please email licensing@scambs.gov.uk  for more information on how to submit the notification.

Clubs which provide access to Gaming Machines for their members will need a Club Machine Permit. Clubs which also provide other forms of Gaming will need a Club Gaming Permit.

A Club Gaming Permit allows a club the provision of no more than 3 gaming machines. These machines must be from categories B3A, B4, C or D but only one B3A machine is allowed on the premises under the certificate.

Club Gaming Permits allow a less restricted set of regulations on other types of gaming permitted on the premises.

Club premises that don’t wish to have access to the extensive gaming activities permitted by the Club Gaming Permit can apply for a Club Machine Permit. This authorises the permit holder to have no more than 3 gaming machines of categories B3A, B4, C and D.

Commercial clubs are not permitted to have any non-machine gaming other than exempt gaming under section 269 of the Gambling Act 2005, so they should apply for a Club Machine Permit, although they will not be authorised to site any B3A machine offering lottery games in their club.

Both the Club Gaming Permit and Club Machine Permit have an initial application fee and a subsequent annual fee due each year the permit is active.

Fees:

• application fee: £200
• annual fee: £50

Please email licensing@scambs.gov.uk for more information on how to submit the application.

In accordance with section 150 of the Gambling Act 2005, premises licences can be issued to:

• adult gaming centres
• betting premises
• bingo halls
• casinos
• family entertainment centres

Applications can be made by any person aged 18 or over (this includes companies and partnerships), who has a right to occupy the premises.

Applicants must hold an operating licence with the Gambling Commission, which authorises them for the proposed activities.

Track owners who wish to offer betting facilities themselves, rather than through an on-site betting operator, must apply for an operator’s licence from the Gambling Commission.

Only one premises licence may be issued for any particular premises at any time, although the licence may authorise more than one type of gambling.

Tracks have an exemption to this rule, as they may be subject to more than one premises licence, as long as the licence applies to a specific area of the track. In this instance, the owner of the track does not have to apply for an operator’s licence.

To apply for a Gambling Premises Licence you will need to submit;

• a completed application form
• the correct fee
• a plan of the premises drawn on a scale of 1:100 to which the application relates

Once successfully submitted you will also be required to advertise the application in a local newspaper and by displaying a notice on the premises the licence application relates to.

To complete the application form and submit the plan and fee online please select the link below.

Occasional Use Notices allow licensed bookmakers to provide betting facilities at genuine sporting events for a short period of time, without needing a full betting premises licence. For example, at point-to point racecourses or major golf tournaments. The event must be temporary or infrequent.

An Occasional Use Notice cannot be used for more than 8 days in a calendar year for any one venue.

The person administering the gambling under an Occasional Use Notice must hold a Gambling Commission operating licence.

There is no fee for an Occasional Use Notice. please apply using the online form below.