What is Play Fund Win?

Play Fund Win manages 5 data types including leads. Helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 place for teams and solo users.

So a "100 club" or club lottery needs to be registered?

A traditional 100 club where everyone pays to enter is a small society lottery, and yes — it needs to be registered with the local council as a non-commercial society lottery, with an annual return. Our route avoids that by running the prize element as a prize draw with a genuine free-entry route alongside the fundraising campaign.

What stops supporters just using the free-entry route?

Nothing — and that's the point. The free route is genuine and has the same chance of winning. In practice, the overwhelming majority of supporters pledge anyway because they want to back the cause. The free route is what keeps the structure compliant.

No. A prize draw with a genuine free-entry route is not gambling under UK law because participants don't have to pay to enter. That is the test. We provide the structure and the audit trail.

One transparent service fee on funds raised. No setup, no subscription, no licensing or registration fees, no hidden charges.

For Clubs, Supporters' Trusts & Community Groups

How to run a club "lottery" — without a licence

You can run a chance-to-win fundraiser for your club with no Gambling Commission licence and no council registration. The trick: run it as a prize draw with a genuine free-entry route — so there's always a free way to enter with the same chance of winning.

General information, not legal advice.

A lottery vs a prize draw

Two different legal structures. Same supporter experience. Very different paperwork.

Traditional route

Small society lottery

Council registration with a local authority
Annual returns submitted on time
Promoter named and registered
Volunteer admin every single draw
"Small society lottery" rules apply

The Play Fund Win route

Prize draw (with free entry)

No council registration needed
No annual returns
No registered promoter
Automated — we run the draw and the audit trail
Structured as a prize draw — outside lottery rules

Side by side

	Traditional (small society lottery)	Play Fund Win (prize draw)
Council registration	Required (small society lottery)	Not required
Annual returns	Required	Not required
Who can run it	Registered promoter at a non-commercial society	Any UK club, trust or community group
Admin	Manual — every draw, every month	Automated — we handle entries, draw and records
Licence	Not a Gambling Commission licence, but registration with the council	None — run as a prize draw with a genuine free-entry route

How Play Fund Win makes it automatic

We don't ask you to draft your own rules, register anything, or run the draw yourself. We provide the compliant structure — and the platform runs it.

A genuine free-entry route on every draw, with the same chance of winning

Pledgers automatically receive entries as a thank-you

Random winner selection with a full audit trail

Compliant terms and conditions generated for you

Supporter records captured in your own database

One transparent service fee — no licensing or registration fees

General information, not legal advice. If you'd like to talk it through, email hello@playfundwin.com.

Club lottery without a licence — your questions

Yes — provided it's structured as a prize draw with a genuine free-entry route. That means there's always a way to enter for free with the same chance of winning. That structure keeps it outside the legal definition of a lottery, so no Gambling Commission licence and no local-authority registration is required. A paid-only draw, by contrast, is a lottery and would need registration or a licence.

Run it the compliant way. Skip the paperwork.

A prize draw with a genuine free-entry route, baked into your supporter-funding campaign. Live in minutes.

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Free to set up · No licence or registration fees · One transparent service fee