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Law and Disorder Policy
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People conducts the online element of their raffles through CFP Lottery & Raffles Ltd - a registered External Lottery Manager (ELM) licensed by the Gambling Commission. CFP Lottery & Raffles Ltd operate a platform which complies with all relevant codes and remote technical standards.
The ELM (CFP Lottery & Raffles Ltd) operates the payment function and are responsible for the payment of income back to the charity. Ticket and chance distribution records are available for police checks.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will only use gambling software (a Random Number Generator (RNG)) produced by CFP Lottery and Raffles Ltd which has been approved by the Gambling Commission.
Banking reports are issued by the ELM (CFP Lottery & Raffles Ltd) to an agreed schedule. They will provide contact and payment details of any monies received.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will refuse to be associated with any proposed lottery scheme or other gambling activity that may breach the law.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will refuse to contract with any contractors or agents who Hearing Dogs for Deaf People suspects may be associated with any potential or actual criminal activities.
Our External Lottery Manager keeps a record of all tickets that have been distributed.
Extra tickets will not be made available to players until all monies have been received for existing tickets within that draw or customer interaction has taken place.
Our External Lottery Manager is able to provide information for any police checks of a Lottery Ticket seller that may be carried out. They are able to provide address details and details of any monies sent in for tickets received.
Our External Lottery Manager operates from secure premises, with fire safes in situ, and with contractors such as G4S.
Our External Lottery Manager processes all entries and handles all monies received for a lottery, although monies are paid directly in to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People’s bank account, and banking reports are issued by our External Lottery Manager on a weekly basis.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will send cold recipients no more than a maximum value of £20 worth of tickets.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will require suppliers and contractors to ensure that all staff and contractors who are likely to be engaged with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People to obtain relevant references.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will monitor their staff and self-employed agents on an ongoing basis, particularly regarding their direct or indirect association with potential criminal activities.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will ensure that it reports any actual or suspected criminal activities to the police.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will expect that any suppliers or consultants who are associated with their lottery/ raffle will report any potential and actual criminal activities to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People as soon as possible
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will expect that any suppliers or consultants who are associated with their lottery/ raffle will cooperate fully with the police and Gambling Commission should any actual or suspected criminal activities arise.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Staff involved in promoting lotteries/ raffles or selling lottery/ raffle tickets face to face or via telephone will be trained to a satisfactory standard to ensure compliance with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People’s gambling policy and procedure.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will not enrol any person into any of its lottery schemes if that person is suspected of any potential or actual criminal activities
Fair and Open Draws
Draws are conducted using a random number generator, or blind draw, on ELM premises (CFP Lottery & Raffles Ltd) in plain sight of staff and ourselves.
We publish draw results on our website https://www.raffleplayer.com/hearingdogs and in letters to players. Winning numbers shall also be available by contacting Hearing Dogs Supporter Services team on 01844 348109. Rules are also available on our website. Rules and results are always available on request.
A record is kept of both online and ticketed sales, as well as tickets not purchased but distributed regardless of whether they are returned or not.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will reserve the right to offer alternative prizes of equal value if, due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, the stated prizes are no longer available.
There is an additional Charity Complaints Procedure.
Player’s Queries and Complaints Procedure
Telephone complaints
Our ELM's advisers (CFP) handle initial complaints and queries and will complete a log sheet detailing the caller’s and advisor’s contact details, the nature of the complaint and steps taken to resolve the complaint. Additionally Charity complaints Procedure is available online https://hearingdogs.org.uk/terms/complaints-policy or by request.
If an initial complaint cannot be resolved, we are notified immediately of the issue and will resolve it internally.
In the event that a telephone or online complaint cannot be resolved by the ELM (CFP) or representatives of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, CFP will provide free third party arbitration via IBAS.
All general queries will be logged and held for future reference. Our ELM (CFP) will retain these telephone log sheets for three years.
Written Complaints
Our ELM’s administration team (CFP) will respond to complaints and queries within 48 hours of receiving the complaint.
The subsequent logging and resolution procedure is that of telephone complaints. Complaints log sheets and written complaints are retained by our ELM (CFP) for three years.
In the event that a written complaint cannot be resolved by the ELM (CFP) or representatives of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, CFP will provide free third party arbitration via IBAS.
All general queries will be logged on the log sheets by the ELM (CFP) and held for future reference.
Protecting Children and Vulnerable People
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People has taken steps to ensure that our raffles do not attract young people. The following procedures are designed to exclude underage players from participating in lotteries promoted by Hearing Dogs for Deaf People:
In the event that a request to cease marketing lottery packs is received from a vulnerable person’s carer, we remove their details from our mailing database immediately. If the person has been sent a lottery pack as a result of their details being supplied to us through a cold list, we will advise the carer of how to have that person’s details removed from the list owner’s mailing records too.
Where possible we check our database to ensure persons are above the legal age limit before data is supplied for the use of a lottery.
Chances may only be purchased once the player has self-certified that they are over 18 years of age.
Any player who provides dishonest information regarding their age automatically forfeits the right to any prize.
Any player that is found to be under the required age to play will have any monies paid in relation to the lottery returned to them.
If in doubt, Age Verification software will be used to ascertain the age of the entrant.
Winners aged under 18 years old will receive cash prizes only, no alternative prize will be offered or provided.
Any portals for remote customers will carry a warning before chances are purchased stating that underage gambling is an offence. Customers will then be required to confirm they are of legal age.
The age verification system will be reviewed regularly and we will implement all reasonable improvements that may be made as technology advances and information improves.
Website will permit filtering software to restrict the access to relevant pages.
Responsible Gambling / Problem Gambling Procedure
The following procedures have been put in place to encourage people to gamble responsibly and seek help should gambling become a problem:
Our website carries information encouraging people to gamble responsibly, and recognise the signs of problem gambling. We also include the National Gambling Helpline and www.gambleaware.org website details for people to refer to should they need further help.
The National Gambling Helpline number and GambleAware website address is included on all tickets and entry forms to lotteries as well as our website address that includes information on gambling.
Players can request a self-exclusion to be added to the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People database so that they are removed from further addressed lottery communications including post, telephone, email and SMS. All self-exclusion requests along with the date of the request will be captured on to the record on the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People database and will be in place for a minimum of six months. All reasonable steps will be taken to prevent any self excluded individuals participating.
To self exclude please see our self-exclusion policy on our Problem Gambling page
Staff are trained on self exclusion and will signpost counselling and support services.
To stop receiving unaddressed mail delivered by your postman, visit the Royal Mail website (link is an external).
A restriction of 60 tickets per customer will be in place unless customer interaction occurs. Without customer interaction chances will not be entered in to the draw. Interactions will be recorded and where the tickets are purchased beyond the limit, records will be kept for 3 years.
All relevant sources of information will be used to identify customers at risk of problem gambling.
Lotteries are only conducted with an External Lottery Manager (CFP) who is registered with the Gambling Commission (licence number 000-000-584-R-103711-007).
Age Verification Policy
Players must be over the age of 18 to purchase chances online.
Players will not be able to proceed to the payment page until they have self-certified that they are over 18 years old.
If there is any doubt as to the age of a self-certified player we will use Age Verification software to seek confirmation. For any records which are not matched, we use a secondary stage service where records are run against the electoral role. If this proves unsuccessful, where possible we will try to contact the player by telephone.
Once payments have been successfully processed, a confirmation email is sent to entrants confirming their playing status. This email includes a self-certification statement confirming the entrant is over 18 years of age to play online.
If we are unable to verify the age of a player the payment will be returned to the entrant.
The minimum age for play for the paper raffle is 16 and is detailed on the back of all paper tickets and entry forms produced.
Any player who provides dishonest information regarding their age automatically forfeits the right to any prize. This fact is also stated on the reverse of all tickets and on all entry forms.
