Lottery
Hospice
What Your Support Means
At Local Hospice Lottery Ltd we care about the people who play the Local Hospice Lottery. We recognise that the lottery provides a good way for the public to support their chosen hospice charity, but want players to do so by gambling responsibly and within their means.
As such, nobody under the age of 18 can participate in the lottery and controls are in place to limit the amount that any one player can subscribe to the lottery.
If you choose to play the Local Hospice Lottery, please remember that:
If you have any concerns about your gambling, there are many organisations that can help you. Details are provided below.
Local Hospice Lottery also offers a self-exclusion facility for any player who decides that they want to place a control on their gambling activity and wishes to stop their lottery play for at least six months. Further information about self-exclusion can be found in our Terms and Conditions and on our Self-exclusion page.
For information and advice and support
BeGambleAware provides information, advice and directs people to support to help keep people safe from gambling harms.
For more information visit:
www.gambleaware.org
For information about gambling treatment services (telephone, online and face-to-face)
The National Gambling Treatment Service is a network of organisations working together to provide confidential treatment and support for anyone experiencing gambling-related harms, free to access across England, Scotland and Wales.
For more information visit:
www.gambleaware.org/ngts
For support via telephone and live chat
GamCare operate the National Gambling Helpline and offer confidential information, advice and support for anyone harmed by gambling in Great Britain.
The Helpline is open 24 hours every day on Freephone 0808 8020 133 or via Live Chat. Advisers will listen to you, they won’t judge and your conversation is confidential.
For more information visit: www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/talk-to-us-now
For information and advice
GamCare provides a range of services for anyone affected by gambling harms across England, Scotland and Wales. This short video explains more about the help and support available to you: https://vimeo.com/415921217
For support via forums and chatrooms
GamCare offers a moderated online forum and daily online group chatrooms to enable those affected by gambling harms to connect with others in similar situations, share their experience and support one another.
For more information visit:
www.gamcare.org.uk/gamcare-forum
and
www.gamcare.org.uk/group-chatroom
For support via text, email, forums and support groups
Gambling Therapy are a global online support service, offering advice in multiple languages for people who have been adversely affected by gambling.
Their support includes text-based and email support plus online peer support groups and forums.
For more information visit:
www.gamblingtherapy.org.
Gambling blocking software
There is software available that you can install on your device that will prevent access to gambling sites.
For details of organisations that offer blocking software, go to:
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/self-help/blocking-software/
Bank account gambling blocks
For a list of financial services organisations in the UK that currently offer gambling blocks on debit cards see: www.gamcare.org.uk/block-gambling-transactions
Limiting exposure to gambling advertising on social media
Information on how to limit exposure to gambling advertising across social media platforms can be found at: www.begambleaware.org/limiting-gambling-ads-online
Local Hospice Lottery is a member of both the Hospice Lotteries Association and the Lotteries Council. On behalf of their members, both of these organisations make financial contributions to GambleAware (www.gambleaware.org), an independent charity tasked to fund research, education and treatment services to help to reduce gambling-related harms in Great Britain.