Disclosure Log

Registered lotteries (FOI/6157)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 23 July 2025

Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00006157

Thank you for your email of 23 July 2025 where you requested:

Please could you provide the following details regarding lotteries registered with your council:
 
  1. A list of all societies or organisations that have registered a lottery with your council.
  2. The name of each society or organisation.
  3. The date of registration and, if applicable, the expiry date.
  4. The type of lottery (e.g., small society lottery).
  5. Prizes on offer
  6. Proceeds of the Lottery (ideally split by remote and non remote)
  7. Amounts deducted - prizes, costs
  8. Amount applied to cause

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this authority.  Nottinghamshire County Council are not responsible for the licensing of lotteries, in Nottinghamshire this function is carried out by the district and borough councils.

The district and borough councils in Nottinghamshire may hold the information you are seeking.  If you have not already done so, then you may wish to write to:
 
  • Ashfield District Council, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 8DA or [email protected].
  • Bassetlaw District Council, Queen’s Buildings, Potter Street, WORKSOP, S80 2AH or [email protected].
  • Broxtowe Borough Council, Council Offices, Foster Avenue, Beeston, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 1AB or [email protected].
  • Gedling Borough Council, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 6LU or [email protected].
  • Mansfield District Council, Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, MANSFIELD, NG19 7BH or [email protected].
  • Newark and Sherwood District Council, Castle House, Great North Road, NEWARK, NG24 1BY or [email protected].
  • Rushcliffe Borough Council, Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7YG or [email protected].

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers (He/Him)
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714