Details, Prizes and How to join:

The Metropolitan Police Football Club Lottery was established in June 1964 to provide non-public funds for sport within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). It is registered with the Gambling Commission and is administered within the MPS by the Metropolitan Police Athletic Association (MPAA).

Prizes:

A £20,000 Super Jackpot is payable on the 1st Saturday in January and July.

A £10,000 Jackpot is payable on the 1st Saturday in the 10 remaining months and on the remaining Saturdays throughout the year, prizes are payable of £5000, £3000, £1000, £500, £300 and £200, making a total of £10K per week.

How it works:

It is a series of weekly lotteries on each Saturday throughout the year. Shares cost £1.00 per week with a maximum of 9 shares per person. Eligibility to take part is restricted to past and present members of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) who are over 18 years of age.

From Saturday 6th January 2018, the Lottery moved to a Random Number Generator System, which selects random winning Lottery numbers automatically for every Saturday throughout the year for all prizes with witnesses present. The Lottery is no longer based on the scores of football teams during the football season or county cricket batsman during the non-football season months as it was for many years.

This will help improve the efficiency of the MPAA Office and the running of the Lottery in general, as the old system was becoming tired and out of date. The Random Number Generator System will also mean there will no longer be the possibility of multiple winners sharing the prize money.

Lottery subscribers are issued with three different numbers which will be allocated by the new system.

Please note that the new system will not affect the prize money in anyway as it is just the way the winning numbers are selected that has changed.

It is still only £1 per share per week to enter and there will still be a twice yearly Super Jackpot prize of £20,000 payable on the first Saturday in January and July, 10 monthly Jackpot prizes of £10,000 payable on the first Saturday of the remaining months and prizes of £5000, £3000, £1000, £500, £300 and £200 payable on the remaining Saturdays of the year.

Prize winners are notified by email and post. The results are published weekly on the MPAA internal Intranet Site for subscribers within the MPS and on this site for former members of the MPS. If you are a winner and do not wish your details to be shown, please let us know at mpaa@met.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Please note that you will be contacted automatically should you win a prize, so there is no need to regularly check the weekly results unless you wish to do so.

How Lottery funds are used:

The aim of the Lottery is:

- To provide the weekly cash prizes as shown above;

- To provide funds for sport within the MPS via the MPAA and its Sporting Sections; and

- As the registered owner of the Lottery, to provide funds for the general day to day running of the Metropolitan Police Football Club (MPFC).

For further information on this, please contact the MPAA Office at mpaa@met.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Lottery Information / Winners Information:

Due to the number of subscribers to the Lottery both within the MPS and externally, we are unable to contact subscribers individually to update them on Lottery information, such as the weekly results (winners). This information will be displayed within the MPS on the MPAA Intranet Site for serving subscribers and on this website for former members of the MPS. If you are a winner and do not wish your details to be shown, please let us know at mpaa@met.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

For the winners details on this site, please see the relevant page.

It is therefore the responsibility of all subscribers to check these websites for Lottery information.

Please note however, that should a subscriber win a prize in the Lottery, they will be contacted automatically (normally by e-mail) by the MPAA Office.

How to join the Lottery:

The Lottery is restricted to past and present members of the Metropolitan Police Service who are over 18 years of age. Shares cost £1.00 each per week with a maximum of 9 shares per person.

To join, please request the appropriate application form by e-mail from mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or send via post to the Lottery Manager, MPAA Office, The Piazza, Empress State Building, Lillie Road, London SW6 1TR.

Further details can be obtained on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Lottery Numbers:

Your Lottery numbers are allocated by the Random Number Generator System and you will be sent details of your numbers on joining.

Should you win a prize in the Lottery, you will be contacted automatically (normally by e-mail) by the MPAA Office.

However, if you are a member and wish to clarify what your Lottery numbers are, or require further information on the Lottery, please contact the MPAA Office via mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Subscriptions:

Lottery subscriptions are taken directly from your salary for serving members, from your pension if you are a retired police officer, or via standing order if you are a retired police staff member or a past member of the MPS who is not in receipt of a police officer pension.

All subscriptions must be paid in advance of a Lottery taking place and failure to pay subscriptions will result in you being removed from the Lottery.

You will remain a member of the Lottery unless you request to withdraw or go off pay for any reason (such as on maternity leave or a career break). See paragraph below and also the section further down on Gambling and You - Withdrawal.

Please note, if you are paying your subscriptions via your salary and you go off pay for any reason (such as on maternity leave or a career break), you may be removed from the Lottery and may not be automatically re-entered on your return to work. You may have to re-apply. Or if you do re-enter automatically you may be allocated different Lottery numbers from those you had when you went off pay.Please contact the MPAA via mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044 for further information on this issue.

All pre-paid Lottery subscriptions are protected in the event of MPFC ceasing as a football club.

Data Protection:

Please be aware that the information you provide on your Lottery Application Form will be stored both as a hard copy in the MPAA Office and electronically on a secure stand-alone computer in the MPAA Office. This information may be shared with the Gambling Commission and the independent MPAA accountants when the Lottery is audited or inspected.

Should you win a prize in the Lottery you will be asked to provide via email your 6 digit sort code and 8 digit bank account number, so that an electronic payment of your winnings can be made to your bank account. The email you send will be deleted once your winnings have been paid, but a hard copy of the email will be stored in the MPAA Office for auditing purposes by the MPAA accountants/Gambling Commission. These will be destroyed after 7 years in accordance with current financial regulations.

The results of the lotteries are published weekly on the MPAA internal Intranet Site for subscribers within the MPS and on this site for former members of the MPS. If you win and do not wish your details to be shown, please let the MPAA Office know advising which site you wish to be removed from.

For further information on Data Protection or to obtain a copy of the MPFC Lottery Privacy Notice, please contact the MPAA Office at mpaa@met.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Control and Codes of Practice:

This Lottery is a “Society Lottery” defined, licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005.

www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.

The Lottery procedures, management systems and its fairness are inspected by the Gambling Commission and MPFC hold Operating Lottery Licence Number: 000-004683-N-305076-010.

The Honorary Promoter of the Lottery is Mr Desmond Flanders who can be contacted via the Metropolitan Police Athletic Association (MPAA), The Piazza, Empress State Building, Lillie Road, London SW6 1TR or via mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

MPFC is also a member of the Lotteries Council www.lotteriescouncil.org.uk

Complaints and Disputes:

Should a Lottery subscriber have a complaint or dispute concerning the Lottery, they should in the first instance contact the Honorary Promoter, Mr Desmond Flanders, via the MPAA Office (address shown above). If the complaint or dispute cannot be resolved by the Honorary Promoter, or if the subscriber is not satisfied with the outcome of the matter, it will be referred to the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS) normally within 8 weeks, via the Lotteries Council.

Complaints procedures and further information can be found at www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.

Gambling and You - Withdrawal, responsible gambling and self exclusion:

Subscribers can withdraw from the Lottery at any time by giving one month’s notice via e-mail to mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or in writing to the Honorary Promoter, via the Metropolitan Police Athletic Association (MPAA), The Piazza, Empress State Building, Lillie Road, London SW6 1TR.

If you subscribe via your police salary or police pension it may take a month or so to remove you from the Lottery due to the payroll amendment deadlines with the MPS Payroll System. Lottery subscribers who pay via a bank standing order are responsible for cancelling the standing order with their bank as we do not have the permission required to do this.

Each subscriber may only have up to 9 shares (£9) per week.

The Lottery is restricted to past and present members of the Metropolitan Police Service who are over 18 years of age.

We recognise that for a very small minority, gambling in any form can lead to a range of problems for individuals and families. If you would like information on how to gamble safely, visit www.begambleaware.org

If you, or someone you know, has been adversely affected by gambling you can contact Gamcare via their website www.gamcare.org.uk or on freephone 0808 8020 133.

If you suffer from gambling problems and would like to specifically block your attempt to join the Lottery via Self Exclusion, please contact the MPAA Office via mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044 for further advice on this issue.

Please remember to keep your details up to date:

All serving lottery subscribers are reminded that it is essential to let the MPAA Office know if you change your work contact details.

Former members of the MPS should inform the MPAA Office of any contact change via mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or on telephone number 0207 161 3044.

Contact Information:

If you have any query with your Lottery Application, if you are a winner looking to claim your prize, wish to become a subscriber, or have any other enquiry please e-mail mpaa@met.pnn.police.uk or telephone 0207 161 3044.

Disclaimer

This is not an official Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) website. This site was developed by MPFC without the use of public funds, and does not represent the views or policies of the MPS.