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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Lottery Duty online service.
Using money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) gives grants to sustain and transform the UK’s heritage. Museums, parks, historic places, archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions all receive investment.
Apply to the Gambling Commission for a personal gambling licence or a gambling operating licence if you run or manage a gambling business. The Gambling Commission regulates arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, gaming machine providers, gambling software providers, lottery operators, external...
How Gaming Duty is charged, and who has to pay.
A collection of the annual report and accounts of the National Lottery Distribution Fund Investment Account.
The National Lottery Community Fund awards money raised by National Lottery players to communities across the UK, working with local groups and UK-wide charities, enabling people and communities to thrive. The National Lottery Community Fund is an executive non-departmental public...
Every year the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) gives out millions of pounds from the UK’s National Lottery to good causes, with money going to community groups and health, education and environment projects.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Notices for Bingo, Gaming, General Betting, Lottery, Machine Games, Pool Betting and Remote Gaming duties.
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
How to appeal to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a Gambling Commission decision about a personal or operating gambling licence.
Advice for society lotteries, local authority lotteries and external lottery managers about the requirements relating to the distribution of lottery proceeds
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