Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

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Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

Lotteries, raffles and some competitions are forms of gambling so before you start organising, you should check if your fundraiser is classed as a lottery. Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

You'll also need to check if you need permission before you start selling tickets. Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

You need a licence or registration to run an online lotteryIs BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

This includes lotteries on social media and live-streaming platforms. You might want to consider other fundraising options if you don't want to register with your local authority or apply for a licence from us.

You also need a licence from us if you do any of the following:

  • sell (or expect to sell) more than £20,000 in tickets from a single lottery or £250,000 in a calendar year
  • sell tickets to members of the public outside of an event, private club, workplace, business or place of residence
  • you're a local authority and plan to run a lottery or lotteries
  • you're acting as an external lottery manager for a society that holds a licence with us.

Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

If you do any of the following you don't need a licence from us, but you'll need a registration from your local authority:

  • sell less than £20,000 in tickets from a single lottery, or less than £250,000 in a calendar  year
  • you plan to sell tickets to the public in a lottery, or outside of an event, private club, workplace, business or place of residence.

Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025

You don’t need a licence or registration to run a lottery if you only take ticket payments face to face and do any of the following:

  • sell physical tickets on a single set of physical premises that are residences, a workplace or a business 
  • sell physical tickets at an event 
  • sell physical tickets to guests at a private society or club, or to its members.

Find out more about the types of lottery you can run without a licence.

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Last updated: 12 July 2022

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