Lottery definition in law. Legislative framework of the Russian Federation

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Federal Law

This Federal Law defines the legal basis for state regulation of relations arising in the field of organization and conduct of lotteries, including the types and purposes of lotteries, the procedure for their organization and conduct on the territory of the Russian Federation, establishes mandatory standards for lotteries, the procedure for monitoring their organization and conduct , as well as the responsibility of persons involved in the organization and conduct of lotteries.

Article 2. Basic Concepts

This Federal Law uses the following basic concepts:

1) lottery - a game that is held in accordance with the agreement and in which one party (the lottery organizer) draws the lottery prize fund, and the second party (the lottery participant) receives the right to win if it is declared a winner in accordance with the terms of the lottery. The agreement between the lottery organizer and the lottery participant is concluded on a voluntary basis and is formalized by issuing a lottery ticket, receipt, other document or in any other way provided for by the terms of the lottery;

2) winnings - part of the lottery prize fund, determined in accordance with the conditions of the lottery, paid in cash to the lottery participant, transferred (in kind) into ownership or provided to the lottery participant recognized as a winner in accordance with the conditions of the lottery;

3) lottery prize fund - a set of funds, other property or services intended for payment, transfer or provision of winnings in accordance with the terms of the lottery;

4) lottery prize fund drawing - a procedure that is carried out by the lottery organizer or on his behalf by the lottery operator using lottery equipment, which is based on the principle of random determination of winnings and with the help of which winning lottery participants are determined and winnings are to be paid, transferred or provided to these participants;

5) lottery ticket - a document certifying, in accordance with this Federal Law, the right to participate in the lottery and serving to formalize the contractual relationship of the lottery organizer with the lottery participant. A lottery ticket is a counterfeit-proof printed product;

6) lottery organizer - the Russian Federation, a subject of the Russian Federation, a municipal entity or a legal entity created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, located in the Russian Federation and received the right to conduct a lottery in accordance with this Federal Law. The lottery organizer conducts the lottery directly or through the lottery operator by concluding an agreement (contract) with him and is responsible to the lottery participants for the fulfillment of their obligations under the agreement (contract);

7) organization of a lottery - implementation of activities related to obtaining the right to conduct a lottery;

8) holding a lottery - carrying out activities including the conclusion of agreements (contracts) with the lottery operator, manufacturer of lottery tickets, manufacturer of lottery equipment, software products and (or) other agreements (contracts) necessary for conducting the lottery, distribution of lottery tickets and conclusion of agreements with lottery participants, drawing the lottery prize fund, examination of winning lottery tickets, payment, transfer or provision of winnings to lottery participants;

9) lottery operator - a legal entity created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, located in the Russian Federation, which has entered into an agreement (contract) with the lottery organizer to conduct the lottery on his behalf and on his behalf and has the appropriate technical means;

10) distributor of lottery tickets - a person distributing lottery tickets among lottery participants, accepting lottery bets, paying, transferring or providing winnings on the basis of an agreement concluded with the lottery organizer or lottery operator;

11) lottery participant - a person who has the right to participate in the drawing of the lottery prize fund on the basis of an agreement concluded with the lottery organizer;

12) revenue from a lottery - funds received from the distribution of lottery tickets for a specific lottery;

13) targeted allocations from the lottery - part of the proceeds from the lottery, directed to the purposes specified in Articles 11, 13 and 14 of this Federal Law in the manner established by these articles;

14) lottery equipment - equipment specially manufactured and used for conducting lotteries, or equipment equipped with lottery programs;

15) lottery bet - paid game combination.

Article 3. Types of lottery

1. Types of lotteries held on the territory of the Russian Federation are determined depending on the method of its conduct, the method of forming the prize fund of the lottery, the territory where it is held, the organizer of the lottery and the technology of conducting the lottery.

2. Depending on the method of its holding, the lottery is divided into draw, non-draw and combined.

Draw lottery is a lottery in which the drawing of the lottery prize fund between all lottery participants is carried out at the same time after the distribution of lottery tickets. The operation of such a lottery may include separate drawings representing the distribution of a batch of lottery tickets, the conduct of a drawing of the lottery prize fund and the payment, transfer or provision of winnings.

A non-draw lottery is a lottery in which winning lottery tickets are determined at the stage of their production, that is, before distribution among lottery participants. When conducting a non-draw lottery, a participant in such a lottery can immediately determine, after paying a fee for participation in the lottery and receiving a lottery ticket, whether his lottery ticket is a winning one or not.

Combined lottery - a lottery in which winning lottery tickets are determined both immediately after paying a fee for participation in the lottery and receiving a lottery ticket, and after the drawing of the lottery prize fund.

3. The lottery, depending on the method of forming its prize fund, is divided into:

1) a lottery, the right to participate in which is associated with the payment of a fee, through which the prize fund of the lottery is formed;

2) a lottery, the right to participate in which is not associated with paying a fee and the prize fund of which is formed at the expense of the lottery organizer (stimulating lottery).

4. Depending on the territory where it is held, the lottery is divided into international, all-Russian, regional and municipal.

An international lottery is a lottery that is held in the territories of two or more states, including the territory of the Russian Federation, on the basis of an international treaty of the Russian Federation. The procedure for conducting an international lottery on the territory of the Russian Federation is determined in accordance with the requirements of this Federal Law.

The All-Russian lottery is a lottery that is held throughout the Russian Federation.

Regional lottery is a lottery that is held on the territory of one constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

The organization and conduct of a lottery in the territories of several constituent entities of the Russian Federation is carried out in the manner established by this Federal Law for conducting an all-Russian lottery.

Municipal lottery is a lottery that is held on the territory of one municipality.

5. Depending on the lottery organizer, the lottery is divided into state and non-state.

State lottery is a lottery organized by the Russian Federation or a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. On behalf of the Russian Federation, the organizer of a state lottery held throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation can only be a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation. On behalf of a subject of the Russian Federation, the organizer of a state lottery held on the territory of one subject of the Russian Federation can only be an authorized executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation.

The organizer of a non-state lottery can be a municipal entity or a legal entity created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and located in the Russian Federation. On behalf of a municipal entity, the organizer of a non-state lottery held on the territory of one municipal entity can only be an authorized local government body. A federal executive body or an executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation cannot be the organizer of a non-state lottery.

6. A lottery, depending on the technology of its implementation, is divided into a lottery conducted:

1) in real time, if the agreement on participation in the lottery is concluded by the parties by exchanging documents via electronic or other communication using lottery equipment, which is connected by a telecommunications network, allows one to reliably establish that the document comes from the party to the agreement and with the help of which the prize draw is carried out lottery fund in real time, recording and transmitting information about the results of such a drawing. The specified equipment must ensure protection of such information from loss, theft, distortion, forgery, as well as from unauthorized actions for its destruction, modification, copying and other similar actions and unauthorized access to the telecommunication network;

2) in the usual mode, in which the collection, transmission, processing of game information, formation and drawing of the lottery prize fund are carried out in stages.

7. Conducting a lottery in real time using lottery equipment specified in part 6 of this article is carried out only by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation.

Article 4. Goals and methods of regulating relations arising in the field of organizing lotteries and conducting lotteries

1. The state regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing lotteries and conducting lotteries carried out by the Russian Federation includes:

1) issuing permits to conduct international and all-Russian lotteries and conduct lotteries in the territories of several constituent entities of the Russian Federation;

2) maintaining a unified state register of lotteries and a state register of all-Russian lotteries;

3) publication in the prescribed manner of normative legal acts regulating the organization of lotteries and the conduct of lotteries;

4) control over the conduct of lotteries, including the intended use of proceeds from lotteries;

5) establishing forms and deadlines for submitting reports on lotteries;

6) establishment of mandatory lottery standards;

7) establishing the procedure for taxation of lottery organizers and lottery participants;

8) establishing liability for violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of organizing lotteries and conducting lotteries.

2. State regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing international and all-Russian lotteries and their implementation, in terms of paragraphs 1 - 5 of part 1 of this article, as well as methodological support for federal executive authorities and executive authorities of constituent entities of the Russian Federation is carried out by the federal executive authority, authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation.

3. State regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing regional lotteries and their implementation includes:

1) issuing permits to conduct regional lotteries;

2) maintaining the state register of regional lotteries;

3) control over the conduct of regional lotteries, including the targeted use of proceeds from lotteries.

4. Regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing regional lotteries and their implementation is carried out by the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the territory of which regional lotteries are supposed to be held, in accordance with the requirements of this Federal Law.

5. Regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing municipal lotteries and their implementation includes:

1) issuing permits to conduct municipal lotteries;

2) maintaining a register of municipal lotteries;

3) control over the conduct of municipal lotteries, including the targeted use of proceeds from lotteries.

6. Regulation of relations arising in the field of organizing municipal lotteries and their implementation is carried out on the basis of a decision of the local government body by the authorized local government body of the municipality on the territory of which municipal lotteries are supposed to be held (hereinafter referred to as the authorized local government body), in accordance with the requirements of this Federal Law.

Article 5. Maintaining lottery registers

1. The Unified State Register of Lotteries is maintained by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation. The Unified State Register of Lotteries contains information about all lotteries held on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The state register of all-Russian lotteries is maintained by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

The state register of regional lotteries is maintained by the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation in the manner established by the regulatory legal act of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

The register of municipal lotteries is maintained by the authorized local government body in the manner established by the regulatory legal act of the local government body.

2. When a permit is issued to hold an All-Russian lottery by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, each such lottery is assigned a state registration number, which is entered into the state register of All-Russian lotteries.

When a permit to hold a regional lottery is issued by the authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, each such lottery is assigned a state registration number, which is entered into the state register of regional lotteries.

When a permit to hold a municipal lottery is issued by an authorized local government body, each such lottery is assigned a registration number, which is entered into the register of municipal lotteries.

3. The authorized local government body quarterly submits to the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation information on municipal lotteries permitted on the territory of the municipality.

The authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation quarterly submits to the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation information on regional and municipal lotteries permitted on the territory of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation for inclusion in the unified state register of lotteries.

4. Responsibility for the reliability of information about municipal lotteries transmitted to the authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation lies with the authorized local government body, which maintains the register of municipal lotteries.

Responsibility for the reliability of information about regional lotteries transmitted to the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation lies with the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, which maintains the register of regional lotteries.

Article 6. Permission to conduct a lottery

1. Permission to conduct a lottery is issued to the applicant by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body for a period of no more than five years based on an application for the said permit.

Consideration of the issue of issuing the said permit to the applicant is carried out by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body within two months from the date of filing the application for granting the said permit.

2. If the applicant does not submit all the documents provided for by this Federal Law, the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body within a month from the date the applicant submits an application for permission to the lottery operator is obliged to request from him the missing documents, which must be submitted to him no later than ten days from the date of receipt of such a request.

3. The federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body no later than two months from the date of filing the application for permission to conduct a lottery is obliged to issue the applicant the appropriate permission or a reasoned refusal to issue such permission. In this case, these bodies are obliged, no later than three days from the date of adoption of the relevant decision, to send the applicant a notice of the issuance of permission to hold a lottery or of the refusal to issue such permission.

4. A federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body has the right to decide to refuse to issue permission to hold a lottery on one of the following grounds:

1) non-compliance of the documents submitted by the applicant to obtain permission to conduct a lottery with the requirements of this Federal Law;

2) the applicant provides false information;

3) the applicant has debts to pay taxes and fees;

4) initiation of insolvency (bankruptcy) proceedings against the applicant by the arbitration court.

5. The applicant has the right to appeal the decision of a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

6. An application for permission to conduct a lottery is drawn up in any form, but must contain an indication of the period for holding such a lottery and the type of lottery. The following documents must be attached to the application for permission to conduct a specific lottery:

1) conditions of the lottery;

2) standards for the distribution of proceeds from the lottery (in percentage);

3) a layout of a lottery ticket (receipt, other document provided for by the terms of the lottery) with a description of the mandatory requirements for it and, if necessary, ways to protect the lottery ticket from counterfeiting, as well as a description of the hidden inscriptions, drawings or signs applied to it;

4) rules for identifying a lottery ticket when paying out, transferring or providing winnings;

5) a feasibility study for the holding of the lottery for the entire period of its implementation, indicating the sources of financing the costs of organizing the lottery, conducting the lottery and calculating the expected revenue from the holding of the lottery;

6) description and technical characteristics of lottery equipment;

7) notarized copies of the applicant’s constituent documents;

8) the applicant’s balance sheet as of the last reporting date preceding the submission of the application for permission to conduct the lottery;

9) a certificate issued by the tax authorities confirming the presence or absence of arrears in the payment of taxes and fees;

10) the procedure for recording distributed and undistributed lottery tickets;

11) the procedure for returning, storing, destroying or using uncirculated lottery tickets in other circulations;

12) the procedure for confiscating undistributed lottery tickets;

13) the procedure for storing unclaimed winnings and the procedure for claiming them after the deadline for receiving winnings has expired.

7. It is not allowed to demand from the applicant documents not provided for by this Federal Law.

8. The provisions of this article do not apply to:

1) state lotteries;

2) municipal lotteries, organized by an authorized local government body;

3) incentive lotteries.

Article 7. Notice of incentive lottery

1. The right to conduct an incentive lottery arises if a notification about holding an incentive lottery is sent to the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body in the manner prescribed by this article.

2. The notification about holding an incentive lottery must contain an indication of the period, method, territory of its holding and the organizer of such a lottery, as well as the name of the product (service), the sale of which is directly related to the holding of the incentive lottery. The following documents are attached to the notification:

1) conditions of the incentive lottery;

2) a description of the method of informing participants of the incentive lottery about the timing of the incentive lottery and its conditions;

3) a description of the characteristics or properties of a product (service) that make it possible to establish the relationship between such a product (service) and the ongoing incentive lottery;

4) a description of the method for concluding an agreement between the organizer of the incentive lottery and its participant;

5) a description of the method of informing participants of the incentive lottery about the early termination of its holding;

6) notarized copies of the constituent documents of the incentive lottery organizer;

7) the procedure for storing unclaimed winnings and the procedure for claiming them after the deadline for receiving winnings has expired.

3. A notification about holding an incentive lottery with documents attached must be sent by the organizer of the incentive lottery to the relevant authorized body specified in Part 1 of this article at least twenty days before the day of the incentive lottery. The said body, within fifteen days from the date of receipt of such notification, has the right to prohibit the holding of an incentive lottery on one of the following grounds:

1) submission of an incomplete set of documents required in accordance with this Federal Law;

2) non-compliance of the submitted documents with the requirements of this Federal Law;

3) presentation of false information;

4) the lottery organizer has arrears in paying taxes and fees.

4. The duration of the incentive lottery cannot exceed twelve months.

5. The territory where the incentive lottery is held in accordance with its terms is the territory in which the relevant goods (services) are sold.

Article 8. Lottery conditions

1. The conditions of the lottery are approved by the organizer of the lottery.

2. Lottery conditions include:

1) name of the lottery;

2) an indication of the type of lottery;

3) the purpose of the lottery (indicating the amount of target contributions, as well as specific events and objects);

4) the name of the lottery organizer indicating its legal and postal addresses, bank details, taxpayer identification number and information on opening accounts with a credit institution;

5) an indication of the territory in which the lottery is held;

6) timing of the lottery;

7) description of the concept of the lottery;

8) organizational and technological description of the lottery;

9) rights and obligations of lottery participants;

10) the procedure and timing for receiving winnings, including after the expiration of these deadlines, as well as the timing of the examination of winning lottery tickets;

11) the procedure for informing lottery participants about the rules of participation in the lottery and the results of the lottery prize fund drawing;

12) the procedure for the production and sale of lottery tickets (the procedure for determining and registering lottery rates);

13) prices of lottery tickets (sizes of lottery bets);

14) cash equivalents of winnings in kind;

15) the procedure for forming the lottery prize fund, its size and the planned structure of distribution of the lottery prize fund in accordance with the size of winnings (as a percentage of the lottery proceeds);

16) the procedure for drawing the lottery prize fund, the algorithm for determining winnings.

3. The lottery organizer has the right to supplement the lottery conditions with other information that more fully discloses the technology of the lottery.

If it is necessary to make changes to the conditions of the lottery provided for in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13 and 14 of part 2 of this article, the lottery organizer is obliged to coordinate such changes with the federal executive body authorized by the Government that issued permission to hold the lottery of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body.

To make changes to the lottery conditions provided for in paragraphs 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16 of part 2 of this article, the lottery organizer must obtain a new permit to conduct the lottery.

4. The provisions of this article do not apply to incentive lotteries.

Article 9. Conditions of the incentive lottery

1. The conditions of the incentive lottery are approved by the organizer of the incentive lottery.

2. Conditions of the incentive lottery include:

1) the name of the incentive lottery, if available;

2) an indication of the method of conducting the incentive lottery and the territory where it will be held;

3) the name of the organizer of the incentive lottery, indicating its legal and postal addresses, bank details, taxpayer identification number and information about opening accounts with a credit institution;

4) timing of the incentive lottery;

5) rights and obligations of participants in the incentive lottery;

6) the procedure for drawing the prize fund of the incentive lottery, the algorithm for determining winnings;

7) the procedure and terms for receiving winnings;

8) the procedure for informing participants of the incentive lottery about the conditions of this lottery.

Article 10. Mandatory lottery standards

1. Mandatory lottery standards include:

1) the size of the lottery prize fund in relation to the proceeds from the lottery must be no less than 50 percent, but not more than 80 percent;

2) the amount of targeted deductions from the lottery, provided for by the terms of the lottery, must be no less than 10 percent of the proceeds from the lottery.

2. The provisions of this article do not apply to incentive lotteries.

Article 11. Targeted royalties from the lottery

1. Targeted contributions from the lottery are used to finance socially significant objects and events (including events aimed at the development of physical culture and sports, education, healthcare, civic and patriotic education, science, culture, art, including creativity of the peoples of the Russian Federation, tourism , environmental development of the Russian Federation), as well as the implementation of charitable activities.

2. The lottery organizer is obliged to make quarterly targeted deductions from the lottery in the amount calculated on the basis of the mandatory standards established by Article 10 of this Federal Law.

Article 12. Requirements for lottery tickets

1. Lottery tickets must contain the following mandatory details:

1) number and date of issue of permission to conduct the lottery;

2) the name of the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body that issued permission to conduct the lottery, the state registration number of the All-Russian lottery or regional lottery or the registration number of the municipal lottery;

3) name of the lottery;

4) lottery ticket number;

5) the name of the lottery organizer and his contact telephone number;

6) excerpts from the conditions of the lottery, sufficient to provide the lottery participant with an adequate understanding of the lottery, the algorithm for determining the winnings, the amount of the winnings and the procedure for receiving them;

7) the size of the lottery prize fund (as a percentage of the proceeds from the lottery), with the exception of lottery tickets for the incentive lottery;

8) fixed price of a lottery ticket or fixed price of a single bet (cost of the minimum game combination), with the exception of lottery tickets of the incentive lottery;

9) the date and place of the drawing of the lottery prize fund, as well as the timing and sources of publication of the official results of the drawing (for circulation and incentive lotteries);

10) information about the place and timing of receiving winnings.

2. Inscriptions on lottery tickets must be made in Russian, at the discretion of the lottery organizers, additionally in the state languages of the republics that are part of the Russian Federation, and at the discretion of the international lottery organizers, additionally in foreign languages. This requirement does not apply to registered trademarks, game symbols, or lottery ticket markings.

3. The price of a lottery ticket, the size of winnings and the value of winnings in kind are determined in the currency of the Russian Federation.

Article 13. All-Russian State Lottery

1. The All-Russian State Lottery is held on the basis of a decision of the Government of the Russian Federation by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation. The procedure for submitting documents on the basis of which this decision is made is determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

2. The duration of the All-Russian state lottery, with the exception of the All-Russian state lottery conducted in real time, should not exceed five years.

The duration of the All-Russian state lottery in real time is seven years.

3. The lottery organizer - the federal executive body - holds an open competition for the preparation of conditions and a feasibility study for an all-Russian state lottery.

The operator of the All-Russian State Lottery is determined based on the results of an open competition in accordance with this Federal Law and other federal laws.

1) the amount of the bank guarantee provided by the operator of the All-Russian state lottery;

5. Targeted deductions from the All-Russian State Lottery constitute the amount of revenue from the lottery, with the exception of the prize fund of the All-Russian State Lottery and the remuneration paid to the operator of the All-Russian State Lottery.

The specified target deductions from the All-Russian State Lottery are credited to the federal budget revenue. The Government of the Russian Federation in the draft federal law on the federal budget for the next financial year provides for allocations for the financing of socially significant events and facilities in accordance with Part 1 of Article 11 of this Federal Law in an amount corresponding to the amount of targeted contributions from the All-Russian State Lottery.

6. The organizer of the All-Russian State Lottery is obliged to annually publish an annual report on the conduct of the All-Russian State Lottery in the media.

Article 14. Regional state lottery

1. The regional state lottery is held on the basis of a decision of the highest executive body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The procedure for submitting documents on the basis of which the specified decision is made is determined by the highest executive body of state power of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

2. The duration of the regional state lottery should not exceed five years.

3. The operator of the regional state lottery is determined based on the results of an open competition in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4. Mandatory conditions of an open competition in addition to the procedure and conditions established by the Federal Law of May 6, 1999

N 97-FZ "On tenders for placing orders for the supply of goods, performance of work, provision of services for state needs", the following mandatory conditions are:

1) the amount of the bank guarantee provided by the operator of the regional state lottery;

2) calculation of the estimated revenue from the lottery.

5. Targeted deductions from the regional state lottery constitute the amount of revenue from the lottery, with the exception of the prize fund of the regional state lottery and the remuneration paid to the operator of the regional state lottery.

The specified target deductions from the regional state lottery are credited to the budget revenue of the corresponding constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The highest executive body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation in the draft law of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the budget of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation for the next financial year provides for allocations for financing socially significant events and facilities in accordance with Part 1 of Article 11 of this Federal Law in an amount corresponding to the amount of targeted contributions from regional state lottery.

Article 15. Municipal lottery, organized by an authorized local government body

1. A municipal lottery, organized by an authorized local government body, is held on the basis of a decision of the local government body. The procedure for submitting documents on the basis of which this decision is made is determined by the local government body.

2. The duration of the municipal lottery should not exceed five years.

3. The operator of a municipal lottery, the organizer of which is an authorized local government body, is determined based on the results of an open competition in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4. Mandatory conditions of the competition and contract with the operator of a municipal lottery, the organizer of which is an authorized local government body, are the amount of the bank guarantee provided by the operator and the calculation of the expected revenue from such a lottery.

Article 16. Agreement between the organizer and the participant of the incentive lottery

1. The agreement between the organizer and the participant of the incentive lottery is free of charge.

An offer to participate in an incentive lottery must be accompanied by a statement of the terms and conditions of the lottery. Such an offer can either be placed on the packaging of a specific product, or placed in another way that allows, without special knowledge, to establish a connection between a specific product (service) and the ongoing incentive lottery.

The procedure for submitting an application by a participant in the incentive lottery and the procedure for accepting such an application are determined by the organizer of the incentive lottery in the conditions of the incentive lottery.

The organizer of an incentive lottery may condition the conclusion of an agreement for participation in an incentive lottery on the performance by its participant of certain actions provided for by the terms of such lottery.

2. When the incentive lottery is terminated, the organizer of the incentive lottery is obliged to publish a message in the media about the termination of the incentive lottery or otherwise publicly notify about such termination.

The organizer of the incentive lottery is obliged to draw the prize fund of the incentive lottery intended for payment, transfer or provision of winnings, and to pay, transfer or provide winnings to the winning participants of the incentive lottery who entered into agreements to participate in such a lottery before the date of publication of the notice of termination of the incentive lottery or other public notice of such termination.

Article 17. Lottery prize fund

1. The lottery prize fund is formed either from the proceeds from the lottery, or from the organizer of the incentive lottery.

The lottery prize fund is used solely for the payment, transfer or provision of winnings to winning lottery participants.

2. The lottery organizer is prohibited from encumbering the lottery prize fund with any obligations, with the exception of obligations to lottery participants for the payment, transfer or provision of winnings, as well as using the funds of the lottery prize fund other than for the payment, transfer or provision of winnings.

The lottery prize fund cannot be levied against other obligations of the lottery organizer.

3. For winnings in kind, the cash equivalent provided for by the lottery conditions must be indicated. This requirement does not apply to incentive lotteries.

4. The prize fund of the draw lottery is formed before the draw.

The procedure for recording and storing the lottery prize fund must ensure separate accounting and storage of prize funds for any lotteries, with the exception of incentive lotteries.

Article 18. Requirements for the drawing of the lottery prize fund

1. To draw the prize fund for each draw of a draw lottery, the organizer of the lottery creates a draw commission. The circulation commission performs the following functions:

1) holding a draw for the prize fund of the lottery draw;

2) confirmation of the results of the draw by signing the relevant act and the official table of the results of the draw.

2. The prize fund of a draw lottery must be drawn in full within the limits of the draw to which this prize fund belongs, with the exception of cases where a super prize is drawn from draw to draw, according to the rules established by the terms of the draw lottery. Any other transfer of funds (winnings) of the lottery prize fund from one draw to another draw is not permitted. The terms of the draw lottery may provide for the transfer of part of the prize fund of the draw lottery (super prize), but no more than twenty times in a row.

3. In order to control the conduct of a draw lottery, the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body, at the expense of the budget of the appropriate level, has the right to send its representatives to work as part of the draw commission, with the exception of drawing commissions for incentive lotteries.

4. Lottery equipment should not contain hidden algorithms (including source codes of computer programs), information arrays, components or assemblies that are inaccessible for inspection and testing by the authorities monitoring the conduct of lotteries.

It is prohibited to use procedures and algorithms that allow you to predetermine the result of the drawing of the prize fund of a lottery lottery before the start of such a drawing.

5. The results of the prize fund drawing for each lottery draw must be published in the media by the lottery organizer within ten days from the date of the said drawing.

Article 19. Requirements for the drawing of the prize fund of a non-draw lottery

1. The drawing of the prize fund of the non-draw lottery consists of:

1) identifying hidden inscriptions, drawings or signs on a lottery ticket;

2) comparing the information identified by the participant in the non-draw lottery, specified in paragraph 1 of this part, with the conditions of the non-draw lottery.

2. It is prohibited to use procedures and algorithms that make it possible to predetermine the result of the drawing of the prize fund of a non-draw lottery before the start of such a drawing.

Article 20. Ensuring the protection of the rights of lottery participants

1. Suspension or early termination of a lottery does not relieve the lottery organizer from the need to pay, transfer or provide winnings, including conducting an examination of winning lottery tickets and performing other necessary actions.

The lottery organizer is obliged to complete the lottery, including payment, transfer or provision of winnings, and take other necessary actions in relation to those lottery participants with whom he entered into an agreement, or return money for distributed lottery tickets if the lottery prize fund is drawn was not carried out.

2. A lottery participant has the right to demand from the lottery organizer:

1) obtaining information about the lottery in accordance with the conditions of the lottery;

2) payment, transfer or provision of winnings based on a lottery ticket recognized as a winner in accordance with the terms of the lottery;

3) receiving the cash equivalent of the winnings instead of winnings in kind (except for the incentive lottery).

3. The owner of a winning lottery ticket has the right to go to court in case of delay in payment, transfer or provision of the winnings or non-payment, non-transfer or failure to provide the winnings by the lottery organizer.

4. The lottery organizer has the right to disclose personal data of a lottery participant - the owner of a winning lottery ticket only with the permission of such participant.

The lottery organizer does not have the right to provide information about the lottery participant to third parties, except in cases provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

5. In case of suspension of the permission to conduct a lottery or its revocation (except for an incentive lottery), the lottery organizer, within the period established by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body, is obliged to terminate distribution of lottery tickets, inform lottery participants about this through the media, ensure the return of funds for lottery tickets of the draw lottery sold but did not participate in the draws due to the termination of their holding, and is obliged to pay, transfer or provide winnings participants of the draw lottery based on previously held draws.

6. Payment, transfer or provision of winnings is carried out in accordance with the conditions of the lottery.

In a draw lottery (except for an incentive lottery), payment, transfer or provision of winnings must be carried out no later than thirty days after the relevant draw and continue for at least six months from the date of publication of the results of this draw (lottery prize fund drawing) in the media. . After this period, claims for unclaimed winnings are accepted in the manner prescribed by the terms of the lottery.

7. Winnings not claimed within the period established by the conditions of the lottery (except for the incentive lottery), including cash equivalents of winnings in kind, are deposited in a special account and stored during the general limitation period provided for by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, after which they are credited to the budget appropriate level.

8. The lottery organizer is obliged to store for five years the protocols of the drawing commissions, documents on the payment, transfer or provision of winnings, the amount of which, in accordance with the terms of the lottery, necessitates an examination of the winning lottery ticket.

Article 21. Control over lotteries

1. Control over the conduct of lotteries is carried out by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body in accordance with this Federal Law, other federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as adopted in accordance with them, laws and other regulatory legal acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of local government bodies.

2. At the request of a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body that issued a permit to conduct a lottery or received notification of an incentive lottery, the lottery organizer and lottery operator are obliged to provide information about the holding lotteries. The list of such information is approved accordingly by the Government of the Russian Federation, the highest executive body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, and a local government body.

3. The federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body is obliged to annually verify the compliance of lotteries with their conditions and the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Representatives of a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body have the right to exercise control over the conduct of lotteries.

Article 22. Participation of credit institutions in lotteries

1. The lottery organizer or lottery operator has the right to engage credit organizations on a contractual basis for the distribution of lottery tickets, storage of the lottery prize fund and payment of winnings in cash to lottery participants, as well as the return of funds for lottery tickets of a draw lottery that were sold but did not participate in the draws draw lottery due to the termination of their holding.

An agreement on the distribution of lottery tickets and (or) payment of winnings in cash may be concluded with a credit institution, regardless of the presence of bank accounts of the lottery organizer or lottery operator in this credit institution.

In the case of distribution of lottery tickets on the basis of an agreement with the lottery organizer or lottery operator, the credit institution acts as an attorney on behalf and at the expense of the lottery organizer or lottery operator.

2. The lottery organizer or lottery operator is obliged to transfer to the account of the credit organization the funds necessary to pay winnings to the lottery participants, and transfer the necessary documents to the credit organization, including instructions, within the period established by the relevant agreement.

The name of the credit institution that pays winnings to lottery participants and the conditions for receiving winnings from this credit institution are communicated to lottery participants by the lottery organizer or lottery operator in the same manner as the results of the corresponding draw are published.

3. Credit organizations that have received, in accordance with the established procedure, the right to work with funds from budgets of various levels can be involved in participating in state lotteries.

Article 23. Audit of the lottery organizer and lottery operator

Maintaining accounting and financial (accounting) reporting by the lottery organizer (with the exception of the lottery organizer who acts on behalf of the Russian Federation, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a municipality) and the lottery operator is subject to mandatory annual audits. The audit is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on auditing activities.

Article 24. Responsibility for violation of this Federal Law

1. Persons guilty of violating this Federal Law bear criminal, administrative and other liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. The federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body issues an order to the lottery organizer if the lottery organizer violates the following conditions:

1) submission by the lottery organizer to the specified authorized body of incomplete or unreliable information;

2) failure by the lottery organizer to comply with the decision of the specified authorized body on the elimination by the lottery organizer of the identified violation within the prescribed period.

3. Revocation of permission to conduct a lottery issued to the lottery organizer is carried out on the basis of a court decision. A federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body has the right to apply to the court to revoke the permit issued to the lottery organizer to conduct a lottery in the event of repeated or gross violation by the lottery organizer of the conditions specified in part 2 of this article, or when the following violations are detected:

1) misuse of funds received from the lottery. Misuse of funds means the direction of targeted deductions from the lottery for purposes not provided for in Article 11 of this Federal Law, as well as non-payment, non-transfer or non-provision of winnings to a lottery participant;

2) violation by the lottery organizer of the requirements of this Federal Law and the conditions of the lottery;

3) failure to comply with the mandatory lottery standards established by Article 10 of this Federal Law.

4. Simultaneously with filing an application to the court, the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the authorized executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the authorized local government body has the right to suspend the permission to hold the lottery until the court decision enters into legal force.

Decisions to suspend the permission to hold a lottery and to send an application to the court to revoke the said permission are sent to the lottery organizer in writing with a reasoned justification for such decisions no later than three days from the date of their adoption.

5. Actions (inaction) and decisions of a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, an authorized executive body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or an authorized local government body may be appealed to a court.

Article 25. Amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses

Introduce into the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2002, N 1, Art. 1; N 30, Art. 3029; N 44, Art. 4295; 2003, N 27, Art. 2700, 2708, 2717) the following changes:

1) paragraph two of part 3 of article 3.5 and part 1 of article 4.5 after the words “about advertising,” add the words “about lotteries,”;

2) Chapter 14 should be supplemented with Article 14.27 as follows: - “Article 14.27. Violation of legislation on lotteries

1. Conducting a lottery without permission received in the prescribed manner or without sending notification in the prescribed manner -

shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of twenty to twenty-five times the minimum wage; for officials - from forty to two hundred minimum wages; for legal entities - from five hundred to five thousand minimum wages.

2. Untimely transfer of targeted deductions from the lottery, as well as their direction for purposes other than those provided for by the legislation on lotteries -

shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of from forty to two hundred times the minimum wage; for legal entities - from one thousand to five thousand minimum wages.

3. Refusal to pay, transfer or provide winnings, as well as violation of the procedure and (or) terms for payment, transfer or provision of winnings provided for by the terms of the lottery -

shall entail a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of twenty to fifty times the minimum wage; for legal entities - from five hundred to one thousand minimum wages.";

3) in article 23.1:

part 1, after the words “Article 14.25, articles”, add the words “14.27,”;

paragraph three of part 3 after the words “14.21-14.23,” add the words “14.27,”;

4) in part 2 of article 28.3:

paragraph 1 after the words “14.10-14.18,” add the words “part 1 of article 14.27, articles”;

add paragraph 84 with the following content:

"84) officials of bodies regulating relations in the field of organizing and conducting lotteries - about administrative offenses provided for in Article 14.27, Part 1 of Article 19.4, Part 1 of Article 19.5, Articles 19.6 and 19.7 of this Code."

Article 26. Amendments to Part Two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation

Make the following changes to Article 1063 of Part Two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1996, No. 5, Art. 410; 2003, No. 2, Art. 167):

in paragraph 1, after the word “persons,” add the words “and for lotteries - legal entities,” the word “permissions” is replaced with the words “the right to conduct such games in the manner prescribed by law”;

paragraph 2 should be supplemented with the words “as well as in other ways”;

paragraph 4 should be supplemented with the words “or within another period established by law.”

Article 27. The procedure for the entry into force of this Federal Law

2. Regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of local self-government bodies that were in force on the territory of the Russian Federation before the entry into force of this Federal Law are applied to the extent that does not contradict this Federal Law. The specified regulatory legal acts are subject to being brought into compliance with this Federal Law within three months from the date of its official publication.

Permissions to organize and conduct lotteries issued by a federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation or local government bodies before the entry into force of this Federal Law shall become invalid after their expiration.

The president
Russian Federation
V. Putin

Valid Editorial from 18.07.2011

Name of document	FEDERAL LAW of November 11, 2003 N 138-FZ (as amended on July 18, 2011) “ON LOTTERIES”
Document type	law
Receiving authority	President of the Russian Federation, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Siberian Federation of the Russian Federation
Document Number	138-FZ
Acceptance date	01.01.2004
Revision date	18.07.2011
Date of registration with the Ministry of Justice	01.01.1970
Status	valid
Publication	The document was not published in this form Document in electronic form FAPSI, STC "System" (as amended on November 11, 2003 - "Parliamentary Newspaper", N 212, November 15, 2003 "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", N 234, 11/18/2003 "Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation", N 46, 11/17/2003, art. 4434 (Part 1) "Express-Law", N 48, 2003)
Navigator	Notes

FEDERAL LAW of November 11, 2003 N 138-FZ (as amended on July 18, 2011) “ON LOTTERIES”

7) organization of a lottery - implementation of activities related to obtaining the right to conduct a lottery;

11) lottery participant - a person who has the right to participate in the drawing of the lottery prize fund on the basis of an agreement concluded with the lottery organizer;

12) revenue from a lottery - funds received from the distribution of lottery tickets for a specific lottery;

13) targeted deductions from the lottery - part of the proceeds from the lottery, directed to the purposes specified in articles and this Federal Law in the manner established by these articles;

14) lottery equipment - equipment specially manufactured and used for conducting lotteries, or equipment equipped with lottery programs;

15) lottery bet - paid game combination.

16) annual report on the holding of a lottery - information that the organizer of a non-state lottery, the operator of a state lottery, the operator of a municipal lottery are annually obliged to publish in the media and (or) post on the Internet information and telecommunications network. The composition of information included in the annual report on the lottery and the procedure for its publication are determined by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation.