Winter gun draw 2026

WIN a Beretta 687

Enter the BASC winter gun draw to win a shooting package worth more than £7,000.

You can win:

  • Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon III 12 bore with 28 inch barrels and Optima HP chokes 
  • An exclusive day shooting grouse over pointers and setters in the Scottish borders for the winner and a guest, courtesy of Eskdale Shooting Services 
  • Accommodation – (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast) for the winner and guest within easy access of the shoot
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Proceeds from the competition will go towards BASC’s Fighting Fund. From legal action for individual members to judicial reviews in the High Court, the Fighting Fund enables BASC to act quickly, decisively and effectively on behalf of members and the wider shooting community.

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Entrants must be 18+, hold a shotgun certificate and be resident in England, Wales or Scotland.
Full terms and conditions can be found here, along with our BASC raffle policies here.

FAQs

All entrants must be 18+ and be a resident within England, Wales or Scotland. To enter, you must also hold a valid shotgun certificate.

See the full terms and conditions for the winter 2026 gun draw.

Find out more information about applying for a firearms licence.

Entries for the gun draw cost £20 per ticket. In order to promote responsible gambling, the number of entries that can be purchased for the raffle per person is limited to 25.

Full terms and conditions for the competition can be found here.

Yes, the gun draw is open to BASC members and non-members. If you’re not currently a member and would like to learn more about the benefits of joining the UK’s largest shooting organisation, please visit Join BASC.

Raffle Policies

Law and Disorder Policy

BASC 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 BASC. Ticket and chance distribution records are available for police checks.

BASC 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.

Protection of Customer Funds

All funds from your online ticket purchase are credited to a client account held with Natwest on behalf of raffleplayer.com, which is entirely separate from raffleplayer.com’s trading accounts. This is a key requirement of the Gambling Commission’s licence compliance and is there to protect both you and the charity. When a raffle takes place, proceeds are paid directly from this account to the charity.

Fair and Open Draws

Draws are conducted utilising a Random Number Generator that has been tested and approved by an independent, Gambling Commission approved, third party test house or blind draw, in plain sight of staff.

We publish draw results on our website. 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.

BASC 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.

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.

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 BASC, 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 BASC, 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

The following procedures are designed to exclude underage players from participating in lotteries promoted by BASC:

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 the required age to play.

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.

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.

The 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 begambleaware.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 as well as our website address that includes information on gambling.

Players can request a self-exclusion to be added to the BASC 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 BASC 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 counseling and support services.

To stop receiving unaddressed mail delivered by your postman, visit the Royal Mail website.

A restriction of 25 tickets per customer will be in place unless customer interaction occurs. Without customer interaction chances will not be entered into 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 000584-R-103711), account number 584.

Age Verification Policy

Players must be over the age of 18 to purchase chances.

Players will not be able to proceed to the payment page until they have self-certified that they are over the required age to play.

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 the required age to play.

If we are unable to verify the age of a player the payment will be returned to the entrant.

Any player who provides dishonest information regarding their age automatically forfeits the right to any prize.

Any player who is found to be under the required age to play will have any monies paid in relation to the lottery returned to them.

Terms and conditions

BASC winter prize gun draw 2026 rules

General rules

  • This Raffle is only open to residents of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) over the age of 18 (this excludes Northen Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and BFPO addresses according to Gambling Act 2005 regulations).

  • No tickets can be sold to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 years.

  • Entrants must have a valid, original UK shotgun certificate to enter the draw.

  • The cost of each entry is £20. Players may purchase more than one entry, and payment must be in advance.

  • If a ticket is sold unknowingly to, on behalf of, or for a person under the age of 18 they will be exempt from the raffle and will forfeit their prize, and the stake will be returned.

  • Failure of the winner to produce a valid shotgun certificate on request will make the win null and void. In the event the winner’s entry is void, then a reserve winner will be used. The reserve winner will be pulled at the same time as the main draw.

  • The prizes for the Raffle are:
    • Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon III Field 12G 28-inch Barrel with OC.HP Chokes
    • An exclusive day shooting grouse over pointers and setters in the Scottish borders for the winner and a guest with Eskdale Shooting Services. (*T&Cs apply for the shoot experience. Dates to be agreed by all parties including Eskdale Shooting Services, BASC, and the winner. Shoot date will be in the 2027-2028 season and dependant on stocks permitting. The shoot experience day will be located at one of the following venues : Bowmont, Greenhill, Longcroft, or Thirlestane Castle. As we are dealing with wild game, Eskdale Shooting Services reserve the right to decide on which venue it will be, once the date has been decided, so that the winner will have the best possibility of achieving the bag . Prize is non-transferrable, and a monetary alternative will not be available.
    • Accommodation (DBB) for the winner + guest within easy access of the shoot

  • Prizes are non-transferrable, and a monetary alternative will not be available.

  • The BASC directors, employees and their families are excluded from playing the Draw.

  • The Raffle is open to BASC members, and non BASC members.

  • The draw will be conducted by utilising a Random Number Generator that has been tested and approved by an independent, Gambling Commission approved, third party test house. The results of the draw are final.

  • Based upon the number of entries in our Spring 2026 Gun Draw, the average chance of winning a prize for a single ticket is approximately 1 in 3853.

  • Of the £38,538.00 received in ticket sales in the Spring 2026 Gun Draw, 15% went on expenses, 0% on prizes and a fantastic 85% came back to BASC to fund our work.

  • Proceeds of the competition go straight to our Fighting Fund. The fund enables BASC to initiate legal challenges to support our members and protect the future of shooting.

  • Entries must be received by Thursday 31st December 2026.

  • Late entries will be treated as donations.

  • The draw will be held on Friday 8th January 2027.

  • Winners will be notified by post, email or telephone no later than two weeks after the draw date. Please keep your ticket number as proof of purchase.

  • A list of winners will also be published on the website (raffleplayer.com/basc) within two weeks of the draw date. These will only be in summary, for example Mrs Smith from Berkshire.

  • Winners may be asked to take part in BASC PR and promotional activity.

  • If a prize is unclaimed after reasonable efforts have been made by BASC to contact the winner, then BASC will be entitled to dispose of the prize as it thinks fit. The winner has one month after notification to claim the prize.

  • The BASC policies for raffles can be found here. This includes our policy on responsible gambling, underage gambling, protection of customer funds and our complaints procedure.

Online entries

  • To enter the online raffle an entrant must self-certify that they are the required age to play. A confirmation email will be sent to the entrant confirming their numbers in the draw and thanking them for their participation. Random age verification checks are carried out at regular intervals. If an entrant is found to be under the required age their payment will be returned, and they will not be entered into the draw.

  • Entries must not be bought on behalf of somebody else.

  • In order to promote responsible gambling, it is recommended that no more than 25 chances are to be purchased per person for the Raffle.

  • Material changes to this raffle are not predicted to happen, but in the event that this occurs you will be notified by email 14 days in advance of any changes.

General Information

ASC is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission under account number 5061, Responsible person: Richard Mortimore, BASC, Marford Mill, Rosset, Wrexham, LL12 0HL. For more information about BASC please go to basc.org.uk

Requests to be removed from future raffle mailings should be addressed to info@raffleplayer.com

If you would like more information about raffles and lotteries please go to www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk

If you or a family member feel that you are experiencing problems with gambling, you can seek advice and support from GambleAware on 0808 8020 133 or via their website begambleaware.org.

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