The City licenses lottery events at a bazaar where any combination of the following are held:
As part of the City’s COVID-19 response, application for lottery licences or permits, event-specific report forms and eligibility documents for new licences and renewals are currently accepted by email or mail only. In-person services are not being provided as City Hall remains closed.
Lottery licence fee payments will be accepted by cheque only. Please make cheques payable to the Treasurer, City of Toronto. For more information, email lotterylicences@toronto.ca or call 416-392-7037.
Your organization may be eligible if it:
An individual is not eligible for a lottery licence.
Your organization is a New Applicant if it has not been licenced for any type of lottery event in the past two years.
New Applicants must submit to Gaming Services:
Gaming Services will review your application and within 30 days will notify you in writing of your organization’s eligibility to conduct a lottery.
Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant.
Once you have received Eligibility approval:
Submit to Gaming Services:
Gaming Services will process and issue your licence within 15 business days. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant.
Returning Applicants should:
Once completed returning applicants should submit to Gaming Services:
Gaming Services will process and issue your licence within 15 business days. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant.