Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to require services that assemble syndicates to subscribe for multiple lottery entries to publish prominently the proportion of the syndicate subscription which is spent on buying lottery tickets.

The Gambling Commission is responsible for regulating the National Lottery under the National Lottery etc Act 1993, and non-commercial lotteries (such as society lotteries and Local Authority lotteries) under the Gambling Act 2005.

It is not within the Commission’s remit to regulate or licence syndicates as long as they operate in a specific way that avoids them being classed as “promoting a lottery” under the Gambling Act 2005. Consequently, the Commission does not mandate any requirements with regards to their operation.

The Government has no plans to make changes to the operation of syndicate lotteries.