Does anyone know of any legal ruling or Camelot T&C that says Lottery winnings must be paid to an individual.
Suppose our syndicate won the big Euro Lottery on Friday (yeah right) can I not just ask for 10 seperate cheques?
The T&C say that prizes may only be claimed by an individual.
If you win over £50K you have to claim in person at a regional centre.
Don't know if having claimed you can ask for separate cheques. I doubt it, because on the claim form you will have declared that YOU and only you are entitled to the prize. If you can't make this declaration you are not entitled to it.
Remember your syndicate has little if any legal basis. It hasn't bought the tickets - you (or another member of it) has.
If you win over 50K you have to claim in person at a regional centre.
Don't know if having claimed you can ask for separate cheques. I doubt it, because on the claim form you will have declared that YOU and only you are entitled to the prize. If you can't make this declaration you are not entitled to it.
Remember your syndicate has little if any legal basis. It hasn't bought the tickets - you (or another member of it) has.
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I don't think that can be right. It depends how the syndicate is set-up. Camelot do an advice pack for people setting up syndicates to make sure they get it right. That includes the legalities. Many big prizes are won by syndicates and all their photos will be released to the press, so Camelot are certainly aware that the prize does not belong to one named individual.
Neb
Under the rules the lottery only recognizes individual players, even if they are heading a syndicate - that's why the written agreement as set out in the syndicate pack with all the Is dotted and Ts crossed is so important. A ticket can only be associated with one player, who in the case of the syndicate is the syndicate manager. You can download the pack at the national lottery website -
Nebulous wrote:
Have a look on the web site, there's advice on syndicates:
Camelot acknowledges and promote syndicates. If a syndicate wins they say a syndicate has won. If a syndicate of 10 people each contribute 10p to a ticket they have offered their share of the consideration.
So surely all syndicate members can contact Camelot together with the winning ticket and ask for their share. How can Camelot then say I do not acknowledge this syndicate to pay the winnings, you must choose between yourselves who I pay the money to and good luck with the tax man if you die.
In message , Janet Stone writes
No. See below
AIUI only an individual can enter, but that individual can be entering as trustee for the syndicate, therefore the dosh (other than his share) is not 'his'.
Yes, and that individual is merely trustee for the syndicate.
No, the syndicate agreement shows there is a trust and that payments by the trustee to beneficiaries are not potentially exempt transfers and, therefore, not part of his estate.
"Janet Stone" wrote
Quite apart from anything else, you need to be at least 16 years old to be a valid owner of a lottery ticket (see cases previously where under-16's have "bought" a ticket and the winnings weren't paid out!).
So ... is the syndicate "at least 16 years old" ? ;-(
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