Trade promotions
A business can conduct a free-entry trade promotion lottery, where winners are determined by chance, to promote its products or services. A business may be a sole proprietor, a partnership or a company. A business must hold a permit for this lottery.
For more information about this type of lottery see our fact sheet:
Email quieries to 
lottery.inquiries@communities.nsw.gov.au
or call (02) 9995 0666.
In the trade promotion lotteries fact sheet you will find out about:
- Ticketing
- Permits
- Keeping records
- Using SMS/MMS facilities
- Conducting lotteries
- Prizes
- Advertising and promoting
- Rules and scrutiny of the draw
- Pre-determined, instant win, scratch and bingo-style lotteries
- Health regulations
- Advertising restrictions
- Involvement of charities and not-for-profit organisations
- Card jackpot games
- What to do with prize results
You can lodge an application for a trade promotion lottery permit:
- online at www.licence.nsw.gov.au
- or by mailing us a completed Trade promotion lottery application form
We encourage you to lodge online because it delivers a better, faster service to customers at a discounted fee.
Use our Customer assistance guide for licence account holders if your organisation has an established account with the Government Licensing Service.
Use our Customer assistance guide for first-time applicants if your organisation does not have an account with the Government Licensing Service.
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