1.1. The Parents Lottery (‘the Lottery’) will be operated as a Society Lottery under the Gambling Act 2005 as amended (‘the Act’)
1.2. The lottery is promoted by Parentkind Enterprises Ltd (PEL) and conducted for the benefit of the good causes listed from time to time as beneficiaries.
1.3. PEL hold a Remote Operating Licence No: 000-057904-R-333479-003 (account number 57904)
1.4. The lottery is administered, on PEL’s behalf, by the External Lottery Manager, CFP Lottery and Raffles Ltd (‘’CFP’’), Suite 1, Grove Park, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3LW
1.5. CFP is certified as an External Lottery Manager (ELM) by the Gambling Commission (ELM Remote Operating Licence No: 000584-R-103711-016 and Non-Remote 000584-N-103710-015)
2.Definitions
‘Act’ The Gambling Act 2005
‘Lottery’ The Parents Lottery
‘Draw’ The process by which winners are selected
‘CFP’ Administrator of the Lottery
‘Member’ An individual who has successfully registered with the lottery
‘Rules’ The rules of the lottery as set out below and amended from time to time
‘Chance’ The entry into the lottery
‘Society’ Parentkind Enterprises Ltd (PEL) who organise and promote the lottery from time to time
‘Promoter’ Parentkind Enterprises Ltd (PEL) are the registered and licenced promoter for the The Parents Lottery
‘Winning Ticket’ The ticket number picked at random as explained in Rule 12
‘Beneficiary’ PTA or school Parent Body or parent fundraising team associated with an educational establishment or a School
‘Parentkind’ The parent company of Parentkind Enterprises Ltd. Parentkind is a registered charity (Charity No: 1072833)
3.Entry into the Lottery
3.1 The lottery is promoted in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 as amended (‘the Act’). In order to comply with the Act, during the purchase of Lottery Chances you will be required to confirm that:
(a) You are at least 18 years of age
(b) You are resident in the United Kingdom
(c) You will not buy or claim to buy lottery chances on behalf of another person
3.2. If, upon winning any prize in the Lottery, you are not able to prove that you have met the criteria specified in Rules 3.1 (a),(b) and (c) above then you will not be entitled to receive that prize.
3.3. In order to comply with the Act, Lottery Chances that have been purchased are prohibited from being subsequently refunded.
3.4. By entering into the Lottery, you agree to be bound by the Rules, and applicable provisions of the Act and any relevant regulations made there under from time to time. The Society shall not be liable for any loss or damage (including loss of the opportunity to enter the lottery and/or the right to receive a prize) suffered by you if you have not complied with the Rules. The Rules may be amended by CFP and/or PEL from time to time.
3.5. PEL, Parentkind and CFP employees and associated subsidiaries are prohibited from purchasing lottery chances and shall be ineligible for any prize.
4. Registration with the Lottery
4.1 You can only enter the Lottery by registering with the lottery via the completion of an online application form which will be published in a variety of forms from time to time
4.2 Registration will require you to provide the following information
(a) Your name and address - we will write to you to confirm your entry into the Lottery and contact you if you have won a prize
(b) Your email address
(c) Your date of birth and confirmation that you are over 18 years of age, in order to ensure compliance with the Gambling Act. CFP and Parentkind reserve the right to request official identification documents to confirm your date of birth if required.
(d) The number of Chances in the Lottery you wish to purchase. An individual is limited to purchasing six (6) Chances.
4.3 You will also be required to provide information relating to the purchase of your Chances. Payment may be made via the following methods and the relevant information will vary depending upon the payment method.
(a) Direct Debit Mandate – Information required will include name of bank, account number and sort code
(b) Debit Card – Information required will include card number, expiry date and card security number
4.4 CFP shall be entitled to take any steps necessary to verify the above information and to process your registration. CFP may, at its sole discretion, refuse to accept an application for an individual to become a member of the lottery
4.5 Following registration CFP will send you confirmation of registration by post
4.6 It is your responsibility to ensure that the personal information you provide to CFP is accurate
4.7 If you discover an error in your name, address, date of birth or any other details provided to CFP as part of your registration, when you receive your confirmation you must correct this by notifying CFP in writing or by email. CFP will make any required corrections as soon as reasonably possible. Any correction notified to CFP shall only become effective once the correction has been made. CFP and/or PEL shall not be liable for any loss or damage (including loss of the opportunity to enter the lottery and/or the right to receive a prize) suffered by you until such correction has been made.
4.8 Each Chance has a Lottery Number that is unique to you. Your Lottery number(s) will be assigned after receipt of cleared funds as payment. You will be notified of your Lottery Number(s) in your registration confirmation letter within 21 days of registration. Tickets for individual draws may not be issued.
5. Beneficiaries
5.1 At the time of registering for the Lottery you will be asked to choose your preferred beneficiary
5.2 Registered Beneficiaries will benefit from the Lottery. For every £1 Chance purchased your chosen beneficiary, the Gross Ticket Sales will be split as will receive:
(a) Between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025
· 60% will go to the chosen beneficiary
· 18.18% towards prizes
· 21.82% for administration of the Lottery
(b) From 1st January 2026 until further notice, Parentkind Enterprises Ltd will alter the split of Gross Ticket Sales as follows or another structure:
· 60% will go to the chosen beneficiary who retains PTA Membership by Parentkind for the school term in which the draws are held
OR
· 50% will go to the chosen beneficiary who does not retain PTA Membership by Parentkind, or who is a school, for the school term in which the draws are held
· 18.18% towards prizes
· 21.82% for administration of the Lottery
5.3 Should Chances be purchased with Parentkind (the Charity) as the beneficiary, Parentkind reserves the right to distribute 60% of the ticket proceeds to Good Causes as determined at the time of distribution or use the proceeds to further its charitable remit
6. Payment
6.1 Payment for Chances may be made by the following methods:
(a) Direct Debit Mandate
(b) Debit Card
(e) Any other method made available by PEL or CFP from time to time
6.2 Payment for Chances are made directly to PEL Thereafter:
(a) Any other method made available by CFP from time to time would also be referenced as or be payable to PEL or The Parents Lottery on any appropriate documentation.
6.3 The price for each Chance is £1 per week
6.4 Payment for Chances is required in the month proceeding the month in which the draws take place. Payment will be taken for a minimum of one calendar month’s draws per payment, being the sum of £4.34 per Chance.
6.5 Only Lottery numbers for players with sufficient credit at the time of the draw will be eligible for prizes. Late or missed payments may result in your Lottery number(s) being excluded from every draw for which the payment covers.
6.5 At the time of purchase you will have the option to add a donation to your payment and complete a Gift Aid declaration form. Donations will go to your chosen beneficiary
6.6 Where a Gift Aid declaration form is completed, PEL reserves the right to allow its parent company, Parentkind, to claim Gift Aid either immediately or at some future date. Any Gift Aid amount collected will be used to further Parentkind’s charitable objectives.
7 Entry into the Lottery
7.1 Your Chances and therefore associated Lottery Number(s) will not be entered into the Draw(s) unless PEL have received all amounts payable (cleared funds) relating to your Lottery Number(s). If there is a dispute regarding whether Chances have been paid for, then such dispute shall be resolved by reference to details included in the official statements from the bank with which the PEL’s bank accounts operate.
7.2 You may cancel your entry or reduce your number of Chances into The Parents Lottery by notifying CFP in writing, by email or by telephone (or via any other methods specified by CFP from time to time). Upon receipt of this notice CFP will:
(a) In accordance with the Gambling Act and as described in Rule 3.3 any payments made prior to such cancellation taking effect but which have not been used to pay for Chances in previous Draws will be used to pay for entry for your Chances into future Draws.
7.3 CFP may cancel your entry into the Lottery (in its absolute discretion) at any time. CFP will notify you accordingly as soon as reasonably practicable and Parentkind will reimburse any amounts which have been paid but relate to future Draws. Other than the reimbursement of any such amounts, CFP or PEL shall not be liable for any loss or damage (including loss of the opportunity to enter the Lottery and/or the right to receive a prize) suffered by you in relation to such cancellation.
8. Protection of Customer Funds
8.1 We are required by our licence to inform customers about what happens to funds which we hold on account for you in the event of insolvency. The Gambling Commission provides further information on our licence conditions detailing what we need to tell customers about their funds.
8.2 We hold customer funds separate from company funds. These funds are not protected in the event of insolvency: not protected segregation. For more information, please see the customer funds insolvency ratings system.
9.Lottery Numbers
9.1 Your unique six-digit lottery number(s) will be provided after purchase. Your number(s) will remain the same each week. No ticket will be supplied. You will be sent these with your confirmation of registration letter by post within 21 days.
10. Changes to Member Details
10.1 Any changes to your details as provided by you upon registration should be notified to CFP by telephone (01628 369182), by email (contact@theparentslottery.org) or in writing:.
The Parents Lottery
C/O CFP Lottery and Raffles Ltd
Beechwood, Suite 1
Grove Park
White Waltham
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 3LW.
11. Draws
11.1The weekly draw will take place every Friday. In the event of a Friday Bank Holiday, that week’s draw will be conducted on the next working day.
11.2 The Draw process for the lottery is based upon the random generation of a winning number. The Draw will be conducted by a random number generator that has been tested and approved by an independent, Gambling Commission approved, third-party test house.
A winning combination occurs when a player’s lottery numbers match three or more digits in the correct position within the Winning Number.
11.3 In order to comply with the Act only those Chances for which payment has been received are eligible for entry into the Draw
11.4 In the event that the random generator as described in Rule 11.2 is not available on a single occasion then the Winning number shall be determined in the same way but from an alternative random number generating resource. Details of such an occurrence will be published on the Lottery website.
11.5 In the event that the random generator as described in 11.2 ceased to be available or is subject to fundamental change which prevents a Winning number being selected then CFP reserves the right to select an alternative random number generating process. Such an alternative process would be selected on the basis that the basic principles of the Draw as described in 11.1 would continue and the basic principles of how winners would be selected would continue as described in Rule 11.2. Such changes will be published on the Lottery website.
11.6 PEL and the Lottery are not related in any way to the random generator
12 Winning Numbers
12.1 Winning number combinations will be chosen as set out in 11.2
12.2 The random generator will generate a six-digit number (the Winning number).
12.3 Winning combinations will be for Chances which match three or more of the digits in the correct position within the winning number
13. Prizes
13.1 Prizes are available for winning combinations as set out in 12.3 The monetary value of the winning combinations are as follows:
(a) Match 6 (six) numbers in the correct order - £25,000
(b) Match 5 (five) numbers in the correct order - £1,000
(c) Match 4 (four) numbers in the correct order - £25
(d) Match 3 (three) numbers in the correct order - £ 5
There are no alternatives to any prize and no interest will be payable.
13.2 Based on 12,000 Chances per week entered into the Lottery, the odds of your Chance(s) matching a winning order, as set out in 13.1 above, are:
(a) Match 6 (six) numbers – 1:1,000,000
(b) Match 5 (five) numbers – 1:18,518
(c) Match 4 (four) numbers – 1:823
(d) Match 3 (three) numbers – 1:69
The overall chance of winning a prize each week with one entry is 1 in 63.
13.3 PEL reserves the right to amend the prize structure at any time. Any such changes will be published on The Parents Lottery website before the draw(s) takes place.
13.4 Each Lottery Number matching the correct amount of numbers in the correct order of the Winning number shall only be entitled to win one prize in one draw
13.5 The results of each Draw (including winners’ initials and last name) will be published on the Lottery website from the Monday after the draw and may also be published in any other manner determined by PEL, Parentkind or CFP from time to time including the Weekly Lottery Helpline on 01628 369182
13.6 Winners will be notified by letter within two weeks of the date of the draw.
13.7 Winners will be paid their prizes by the method chosen to pay for their Chances.
13.8 Whilst all efforts are made to ensure a Member has complied with the Rules when they enter the Lottery, CFP and PEL reserve the right withhold the payment of prizes when it believes the Member has not complied with the Terms and Conditions of Play.
13.9 If, upon winning any prize in the Lottery, you are unable to prove that you have met the criteria specified in Rules 3.1 (a) (b) and (c) above then you will not be entitled to receive that prize
13.10 There are no alternatives to the prizes offered from time to time and no interest is payable
13.11 If for any reason, CFP are unable to pay the funds to the winner and after all reasonable attempts are made to contact the winner, the prize will be donated to Parentkind who will determine how the unpaid funds are distributed.
14. Suspension of the Raffle
14.1 The promoter may (at its absolute discretion) suspend the Lottery for any period of time. During such period, PEL shall:
(a) Retain any amounts which were paid prior to such suspension taking effect that have not been used to pay for chances in previous Draws.
You will be notified of further details regarding the resumption of the Lottery or otherwise as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of suspension in writing.
15. Liability
15.1 Neither CFP, Parentkind or any of the Beneficiaries participating in the Lottery from time to time shall be liable to you for any loss or damage suffered by you arising from:
(a) Any delays or failures in the postal service or other delivery methods used by CFP, PEL or you from time to time
(b) Any delays for failures in any systems used by CFP, PEL, Parentkind or you to transmit emails
(c) Any failure in any software of other systems used by CFP, PEL or Parentkind for the administration of the Lottery
(d) Any delays or failures in the banking system used by CFP, PEL or you
(e) Any refusal by CFP or PEL to accept registration of an individual as a member or the cancellation of a Member by CFP or PEL
(f) Any failure to enter your Chance into the Draw
(g) Any event beyond the reasonable control of CFP and PEL
15.2 Neither CFP, PEL or any of the beneficiaries participating in the Lottery from time to time shall be liable to you in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise for any indirect or consequential loss suffered by you in relation to your participation in the Lottery (including loss of the opportunity to enter the Lottery and/or the chance of winning a prize)
14 Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of Play
14.1 You, by registering to take part in the Lottery, accept these Terms and Conditions of Play
16.1 PEL will collect and process Members personal information in order to conduct the weekly Lottery and it will be shared with PEL’s agents to the extent necessary for the weekly Lottery to be administered and the prize to be delivered to the winner(s).
16.2 Members’ names and other personal details from their entry to the weekly Lottery will be collected and sorted by PEL’s parent company, Parentkind, and held in accordance with the applicable privacy polity in place from time to time.
16.3 PEL and/or Parentkind will send Members marketing material, informative information and invitations to take part in research outside the scope of the Lottery, that they have explicitly consented to receive.
17 All correspondence should be sent to the following address:
Responsible Gambling
Please gamble responsibly. If you are worried about your gambling or that of someone close to you, BeGambleAware is the UK's leading authority on the provision of support, advice and counselling to people affected by gambling problems. If you or someone you know needs help or advice call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 (lines open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) or visit www.begambleaware.org
Keep the Change
Keep the change, allows you to increase the value of your gift each month with an additional Donation. For example, if you purchase 1 entry at £4.34 per month, you can round your payment up to £5.00 per month with £0.66 treated as a donation to PEL or it’s beneficiaries. You can also choose your own amount to round up. If you choose to round up your donation you can amend or remove this from your Direct Debit at any time by contacting the Lottery Hotline on 01628 369182. We are able to claim Gift Aid on your top up donation. Due to legal reasons, we can not claim Gift Aid on your Lottery entries. Your donation will not be used to top up your lottery account if you do not have enough credit to be entered into a draw.
Direct Debit Guarantee
This Guarantee is offered by all banks and building societies that accept instructions to pay Direct Debits.
If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit PEL will notify you 10 working days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed. If you request PEL to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request.
If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Debit, by PEL or your bank or building society you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society. If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when PEL asks you to.
You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society. Written confirmation may be required. Please also notify us.
The Parents Lottery
C/O CFP, Beechwood, Suite 1, Grove Park, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3LW
The majority of people do gamble responsibly. It may help you to keep your gambling under control by remembering the following:
You're taking part for fun - not as a means of investing your money
Before playing, set strict limits on how much time and money you're going to spend
Quit while you're ahead
Only gamble with money you can afford to lose
Don't spend more money on gambling, hoping to win back money that you've lost
Keep up other interests and hobbies - don't let gambling take over your life
Don't gamble in order to escape from stress or boredom
Gambling in moderation is okay
For some however gambling can become a problem. If you are concerned about the amount you are gambling, and feel it is taking over your life - or you are concerned for a friend or relative - then the following questions may help you by giving you some guidance.
Have others ever criticised your gambling?
Have you lied to cover up the amount you have gambled or the time you have spent doing it?
Do arguments, frustrations or disappointments make you want to gamble?
Do you gamble alone for long periods?
Do you stay away from work or college to gamble?
Do you gamble to escape from a boring or unhappy life?
Are you reluctant to spend 'gambling money' on anything else?
Have you lost interest in your family, friends or pastimes due to gambling?
After losing, do you feel you must try to win back your losses as soon as possible?
When gambling and you run out of money, do you feel lost and in despair, and need to gamble again as soon as possible?
Do you gamble until your last penny is gone?
Have you lied, stolen or borrowed just to get money to gamble or to pay gambling debts?
Do you feel depressed or even suicidal because of your gambling?
If you are answering 'yes' to some of these questions, then it is likely that a gambling problem exists. For friendly and helpful advice from trained counsellors call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133. The helpline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Calls outside of these hours will be taken by a message taking service.
Sometimes just telling someone about your problem can be a relief and it is the first step towards dealing with your problem. You can also visit the BeGambleAware website www.begambleaware.org for more information and advice.
Self-exclusion policy
Whilst most lottery players are able to enjoy their participation in such activity, we recognize that for a very small number of people this form of gambling activity may cease to be fun. For those players who wish to restrict their gambling, we provide a self-exclusion facility. Self-exclusion is a formal process whereby we cease to allow you to participate in our online and direct mail lotteries.
To self-exclude please send an email to our ELM (CFP) at contact@theparentslottery.org with ‘self-exclusion’ in the title, and include your full name and address, or complete our online self-exclusion form. We shall mark your record accordingly within 2 working days of receipt of your self-exclusion notification. We will hold your details on a register to ensure that you aren't entered into any future draws and that we don't send you any promotional material. If you have purchased entries in our lottery, and subsequently send us a self-exclusion notification which is received prior to the lottery close date, we will remove you from the draw. The minimum period of exclusion is 6 months. If you would like to enter our lotteries again after this period you can call our helpline.
In requesting self-exclusion you agree to provide full and accurate personal details, now and in the future, so as to ensure we are able to restrict your access to our services. If you do choose to self-exclude we will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure we comply with your self-exclusion. However in agreeing to self-exclude you accept that you have a parallel undertaking not to seek to circumvent the self-exclusion. Accordingly, neither our ELM (CFP) nor the charity has responsibility or liability for any subsequent consequences or losses howsoever caused, that you may suffer or incur if you commence or continue gambling by providing misleading, inaccurate or incomplete details or otherwise seek to circumvent the self-exclusion agreed.
