Gambling Act 2005

What we will do with your Personal Information
Telford & Wrekin Council’s Licensing Service is collecting your personal information for the purpose of meeting the statutory requirement of the Gambling Act 2005. 

Telford & Wrekin Council will not share any of your personal data collected with external organisations unless required to do so by law when your data may be shared with other regulatory bodies.

View our privacy notice for further details on the Council’s privacy arrangements.

Gaming machines in alcohol-licensed premises, such as pubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Download the Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Notification

Gaming machines for members clubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a club gaming permit or club machine permit

Gaming in members clubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a club gaming permit or club machine permit

Unlicensed family entertainment centres (Category D machines only - those that have the lowest level of stakes and prizes)

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Download the Unlicensed FEC application form

Prize gaming

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a prize gaming permit

Small society lotteries

If you intend to sell raffle tickets before the day of the prize draw, you must register as a ‘small society lottery’.

Small society lotteries are lotteries held to raise funds for a non-commercial society. A society is non-commercial if it is run for:

• charitable purposes
• to enable participation in, or support, sport, athletics or cultural activities
• any other non-commercial purpose other than that of private gain.

Societies who run small society lotteries (where less than £20,000 worth of tickets are put on sale and the society's combined funds raised from lotteries do not exceed £250,000 a year) may operate without a Gambling Commission licence provided they register with Telford & Wrekin Council.

There is an initial fee of £40 to register and an annual fee of £20. The annual fee must be paid within the period of two months which ends immediately before each anniversary of the registration.

An application to register a Small Society Lottery should be accompanied by a copy of the Society's Terms and Conditions and Constitution.

Visit the Gambling Commission website for more information on running a Small Society Lottery.

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete a small society lottery application form

Download the financial return form (to be completed by all lottery registration holders)

Last updated: 14/07/2022 11:24