Lottery Rules

Parmiter's School Parents' Association

Lottery Rules

The following are the rules for the Parmiter's School Lottery:

Name

1. The lottery shall be known as the Parmiter’s School Lottery.

Management

2. The lottery shall be managed by the Parmiter’s School Lottery Committee which will comprise of members of the Parmiter’s School Community.

Private Lottery

3. The Lottery shall be a private lottery within the meaning of Section 4(1) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 or as subsequently amended.

Promoter

4. The Promoter shall be the Chairman of the Parmiter’s School Lottery Committee.

Participation

5. Participation shall be confined to members of the Parmiter’s School Community. No participation in the lottery may be made by anyone under the age of 16 years.

Payment

6. Admission to the lottery shall be on payment to the Parmiter’s School Lottery the sum of £1 per chance, per month. Payment shall be by way of annual banking order direct into the Parmiter’s School Lottery Account and paid on or about the 1 day of the month in which the chance is intended to participate.’

Limit on Chances

7. No participant shall hold more than ten chances at any time.

Joining, Withdrawing or Varying the Number of Chances Held

8. A member may join, withdraw from the lottery or vary the number of chances held, subject to the prescribed maximum, at any time. New members may join at any time, and members resigning will purchase their last shares in the month of leaving.

Expenses

9. All expenses in connection with the lottery shall be paid by the Parmiter’s School Lottery Account.

Disposition of Funds.

10. The total monthly income from chances in the lottery shall be distributed as follows

1) 50% to payments in prizes to winners.

2) 50% to the Parmiter’s School.

Prizes

11. Prizes to winners each month shall be paid according to the following scale related to the total income from payments for chances in that month.

First Prize 40%

Second Prize 5%

Third Prize 2.5%

Fourth Prize 2.5%

Limitation as to Prizes

12. Not more than one prize shall be awarded in respect of any one chance at any determination of prizes.

Lottery Numbers

13. Every participant shall be allocated a lottery number consisting of four digits in respect of every chance held. A letter specifying the lottery numbers and the month of the first determination of winners in which those numbers are included, shall be issued to each participant. Numbers will not be transferable, but may be reallocated following the withdrawal of a participant.

Records

14. The Promoter shall maintain records of numbers allocated to each participant. The records may be inspected by any participant, or by any member of the Parmiter’s School Parents’ Association Executive Committee, at any reasonable time on application to the Promoter. The records must be produced at every draw.

Date and Place of Draw

15. The draw shall normally be held once each calendar month at Parmiter’ s School during the last ten days of the month, and shall be made in respect of shares purchased that month. The Promoter may vary the day and place of the draw.

Conduct of the Draw

16. The draw shall be conducted openly under the supervision of at least one member of the Parmiter’s School Lottery Committee and in the presence of at least three other members of the Parmiter’s School Community. The draw shall be made by drawing balls, each bearing a single digit, from receptacle(s) so that the digits on the first four balls drawn constitute in that order the lottery number qualifying for the first prize. After each draw, the drawn balls will be returned to the receptacle(s). If a number drawn has not been allocated, a further four balls shall be drawn to determine the number qualifying for that prize. Thereafter, the procedure shall be repeated to determine subsequent prizes. A list of the winning numbers shall be compiled at the draw and signed by the member of the Committee and two other persons present.

Payments to Winners

17. Payments to winners shall be by cheque drawn on the Parmiter's School Lottery Account, subject to scrutiny to ensure:-

a) Payment shall be made to the person registered as the participant to whom the winning lottery numbers were allocated at the time of the draw;

b) No payment shall be made unless the person to whom the winning number was allocated was, and was entitled to be, a member of the Parmiter’ s School Community both at the time the chance was purchased and at the time when the draw was made.

Publication of Results

18. The Promoter shall arrange for the names, lottery numbers of the winners and amounts of each prize drawn, together with the total income in payments for chances, to be placed on a notice board at Parmiter’s School on the day of the draw. The same information will also be contained in the next edition of the ‘Parmiter’s Diary’ to be published.

Disputes

19. All questions or disputes arising in connection with the lottery shall be referred to a committee comprised of members of the Parmiter’s School Board of Governors and members of the Executive Committee of the Parmiter’s School Parents’ Association. Their decision shall be final.

Alterations to Rules

20. Participation in the lottery shall be governed by these rules which shall not be amended except at a general meeting of the Parmiter’s School Lottery Committee. Notice of any proposed alteration must be submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Committee at least fourteen days before the date of the Meeting.

Dissolution

21. The President of the Parmiter’s School Parents’ Association shall have the power to authorise the dissolution of the lottery and to direct that the Parmiter’s School Lottery Committee make arrangements for the final draw to be made.

Commencement

22. These Rules became effective 1 April 2001.