Lottery Licences

Complete the Lottery Licensing Eligibility form to confirm your organization is suitable to conduct a lottery.

Apply for Licencing Eligibility

The cost of a lottery licence is 3% of the total prize value.

Municipalities have the authority to issue licences for most lottery events conducted in their communities, including:

• Bingo event with prize boards of up to $5,500
• Non-electronic raffles with prizes of up to $50,000
• Break open ticket events
• Bazaar gaming events
• Media bingo

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a lottery licence, an organization must first have charitable objects and purposes that fall within one of the four classifications of charitability:

1. Relief of poverty
2. The advancement of education
3. The advancement of religion
4. Other charitable purposes beneficial to the community

Examples:

• Churches and their affiliated groups
• Service Clubs
• Schools
• Museums and Galleries
• Health and Special Needs Organizations
• Youth Groups

Ineligibility

An organization is ineligible for a lottery licence if:

• it is established asw a profit-making entity;
• it does not have a charitable object or purpose;
• it promotes private benefits to a restricted class of members;
• it is established solely for the purpose of adult recreation;
• it is established for the purpose of tourism or other activities that are purely economic in nature; or
• it is a sub-group, “partner” or auxiliary of an eligible organization that is already licenced.

Examples:

• Union and employee groups
• Professional associations
• Political parties or action groups
• Government agencies or bodies
• Business associations
• Chamber of Commerce
• Social or private sport clubs
• Adult recreational hobby or sporting teams

The licensee must provide the Town with a financial report outlining the results of the lottery on the prescribed form. The follow documents must accompany the financial report:

• copies of all deposit slips related to the event
• a list of winners

Money raised by lotteries must fall within one of the following four (4) charitable purpose categories:

• Relief of poverty
• Advancement of education
• Advancement of religion
• Other charitable purposes beneficial to the community