Lottery Licences

Your organization must assist people in financial need, distress, suffering or social disadvantage, such as:

• The homeless
• Disabled persons
• Victims of crime

Your organization must provide programs, supplies or facilities for scholastic or vocational training, such as for:

• Public schools
• Colleges or universities
• Non-profit parent or teacher associations that support these institutions

Your organization must show that its programs and services provide religious services to the community, including maintaining a place of public worship.

Your purpose must be charitable and benefit the general public. Eligible purposes include:

• Community project groups
• Certain service clubs
• Cultural or ethnic group improvement
• Health quality improvement
• Medical research
• Public sporting and recreational facilities

To apply for a new licence, you must provide the Clerk's Division with:

• A completed Break-Open Ticket Licence Application from two official members of your organization
• Your organization's budget (past and upcoming year) and constitution or by-laws showing how the lottery money will be raised and used
• If you do not sell tickets on your own premises, a Gaming Supplier registration from the third-party location where you'll sell tickets
• Your Letters Patent (Federal) or Letters of Registration (Provincial)
• A letter detailing your organization's objects and purposes
• A sample ticket

After submitting your application:

• We will contact you by letter about your application status
• If approved, the two signing officers must provide police clearances
• You must pay a 3% licence fee on the total prize value. Payment must be by cheque from your official Lottery account, made out to "The City of Cornwall"

After selling tickets, you must:

• Submit a completed Break-Open Ticket Report form and receipts for all expenses
• Submit a Financial Year-End Statement at the end of your organization's fiscal year

To apply for a new licence, you must provide:

• A completed Raffle Application from two official members of your organization.
• A letter detailing what the raffle proceeds will fund.
• Your organization’s budget for the past and upcoming year.
• A copy of the raffle ticket (a hand-drawn sample is acceptable).

After submitting your application:

• We will notify you of your application status by letter
• If approved, your organization must provide police clearances for the two signing officers
• You must pay a 3% licence fee on the total prize value with payment must be by cheque from your official Lottery account, made out to "The City of Cornwall"

After the raffle, you must, within 30 days of the event, submit a Raffle Report form, a list of winners and receipts for all expenses.