To consider setting up a local lottery to benefit local community groups and charities that are able to contribute towards the Council’s ambitions and likely to be impacted by further reductions in local authority funding.

(i)       that the establishment of a local lottery as outlined in Exempt Appendix 2 to the submitted report be approved;

(ii)      that the preferred option to appoint an External Lottery Management (ELM) be approved and the appointment of Gatherwell Ltd be progressed by the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services;

(iii)      that the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services and Assistant Director of Community and Customer Services be appointed to hold the licence for the local lottery and submit the necessary application to the Gambling Commission; and

(iv)     that the Assistant Director of Corporate and Business Services and Assistant Director of Community and Customer Services, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing and Corporate Services, be authorised to make any necessary changes to the proposed local lottery to meet the requirements of the Gambling Commission and Gatherwell Ltd.

To enable the Council to establish a local lottery.

Alternative options were set out in the submitted report but not discussed at the meeting.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

The submitted report set out a proposal to establish a local lottery, managed on behalf of the Council by an external lottery management operator, to benefit local community groups and charities that are able to contribute towards the Council’s ambitions and targeted actions set out in the Corporate Plan and are likely to be impacted by further reductions in local authority funding.

The Council will be the licence holder and will be responsible for all licence related activities, the structure, form and control of the lottery and good cause membership.  Gatherwell Limited, the external lottery management operator, will be responsible for all development and day to day running of the lottery on behalf of the Council, including player management, financial management, website management and ticket sales.

The Mayor considered the recommendations of the Policy Development and Decision Group (Joint Operations Team) made on 23 November 2016 and his decision is set out above.

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