RAF Central Fund
Headquarters Air Command
Royal Air Force
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP14 4UE
Tel: 01494 496458
Fax: 01494 497915
Email: [email protected]
RAF Sports Association Presidents
RAF Sports Association Chairs
(cc RAF Sports Charity CEO)
(cc RAF Sports Directorate Director)
RAF SPORTS LOTTERY RE-LAUNCH
Further to my letter of Sep 15, I’m pleased to advise that we have now completed all the necessary
regulatory procedures to allow us to launch the new RAF sports Lottery (‘the Lottery’).
As previously indicated we need to re-sign every player to the new game and to ensure the draw is
compliant from day one, it is absolutely imperative that we have the minimum of 37,500 tickets in play
from the first draw onwards. To achieve this and protect the Lottery from possible permanent
suspension by the Gambling Commission, the support of your members as our key players and
ambassadors is fundamental.
There is currently essentially one key message for which I need your Associations’ assistance with our
communication of the new Lottery promotion1 :
The RAF Sports Lottery is back, but you need to re-register online at www.rafcf.org.uk to
play.
1
The Gambling Commission require any individual or organisation that is seen to promote a registered Lottery to hold an
appropriate promotional licence with the Gambling Commission. It is however acceptable for individuals or organisations to
assist a Lottery Promoter in the advertising of Lottery promotion. It is on this basis, as a Lottery Promoter, that I seek assistance
from the Associations to advertise our re-launched Lottery promotional messages.
The RAF Sports Lottery operates as a society lottery within the Royal Air Force Central Fund and is licensed and regulated by the Gambling
Commission under licence number 000-005199-R-322422-001
The Royal Air Force Central Fund is a Company registered in England and Wales 8555984, Charity registered in England and Wales 1152560,
Charity registered in Scotland SC044299
All of the Lottery game details and conditions can be found online, however I have attached some of the
key information in the Appendix below for reference. Please communicate the key message and any of
the supporting details on our behalf as widely as possible (social media is obviously fantastic for this).
We do now additionally have (fledgling) Facebook and Twitter profiles, so please do feel free to share
with us at:
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Facebook
/RAFCentralFund
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Twitter
@RAFCentralFund
The updated RAF Central Fund (‘the Fund’) sports grant policy for individual and unit funding for 2016 is
currently under final review by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. I will release the policy for your information
as soon as it has received final approval, however in broad terms the policy, which will become effective
on 1 Apr 16, will seek to:

Ensure grant funding is available to all eligible RAF sports participants at a comparable level to
the 2015 grant structure (i.e. a basic level of grant support will remain available to all RAF
personnel meeting the grants criteria who chose not to play the Lottery).
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Enhanced grant funding will be available to all eligible RAF sports participants who play the
Lottery. The level of enhanced grant support will be tiered according to the number of tickets held
in play in the Lottery by the applicant.
To reiterate, we need the re-launched Lottery to succeed from the start and I need the assistance of your
members to ensure this happens. As ever, I thank you in advance for your support and if you would like
to discuss any re-launch matters please do feel free to contact me or a member of my team on 95221
6458/7793/7532.
Alicia Chivers
Chief Executive Officer
RAF Central Fund
The RAF Sports Lottery operates as a society lottery within the Royal Air Force Central Fund and is licensed and regulated by the Gambling
Commission under licence number 000-005199-R-322422-001
The Royal Air Force Central Fund is a Company registered in England and Wales 8555984, Charity registered in England and Wales 1152560,
Charity registered in Scotland SC044299
Appendix – RAF Sports Lottery Game Summary Details2
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The RAF Sports Lottery (‘the Lottery’) will be drawn weekly every Friday.
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Tickets cost £1 per ticket.
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All Serving (Regular & Reserve) and retired RAF are eligible to play.
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Players will be able to hold between 1 and 5 tickets in play for each weekly draw.
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The total prize fund which will be won each week is £25,000.
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The weekly prize break-down across ten prizes is:
o 1st Prize
£10,000
o 2nd Prize
£ 5,000
o 3rd Prize
£ 3,000
o
£ 1,000
7 runners-up Prizes
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Player registration will be available online only at www.rafcf.org.uk.

There is NO option to register via hard copy forms/email.
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Players will be able to register via Android and IOS apps to be launched imminently.
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The preferred payment method is via direct debit (a credit card payment option is available if
registration is accessed via a non-DII device).
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There is NO option to pay via payroll/JPA.
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Players who register prior to 31 Jan 16 will be automatically entered into a free early-bird draw to
win one of 250 additional prizes including Fitbits, IPods and launch-edition clothing.
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Key dates:
o
Player registration commences
1 Dec 15
o
Early-bird draw cut-off
31 Jan 16
o
1st draw registration cut-off
23 Feb 16
o
1st draw
1 Apr 16
Enhanced grant funding will be available to all eligible RAF sports participants who play the
Lottery.

Enhanced grant funding will be tiered according to the number of tickets held in play by the
applicant.
2
This appendix represents a summary of key game details only. Full game rules/T&Cs can be found on the website or
obtained from the Fund’s office on request.
The RAF Sports Lottery operates as a society lottery within the Royal Air Force Central Fund and is licensed and regulated by the Gambling
Commission under licence number 000-005199-R-322422-001
The Royal Air Force Central Fund is a Company registered in England and Wales 8555984, Charity registered in England and Wales 1152560,
Charity registered in Scotland SC044299