Tag Archives: National Lottery
UK – Fourth National Lottery licence formally awarded to Allwyn
The fourth National Lottery licence in the UK has now been officially awarded to Allwyn. On 14 July, the Court of Appeal granted Camelot and IGT permission to appeal the High Court’s decision to lift the automatic suspension that prevented the Gambling Commission from formally awarding the fourth National Lottery licence to Allwyn Entertainment UK…
UK – High Court removes barrier to Allwyn integration as UK lottery operator
The UK Gambling Commission has announced that the High Court has lifted a suspension automatically triggered by Camelot, the current operator of the UK’s National Lottery, in its attempt to stop Allwyn Entertainment being integrated behind the scenes as the new National Lottery operator. On March 15, the Gambling Commission announced Allwyn Entertainment, the new…
Malta – National Lottery unveils new brand to replace Maltco Lotteries
Malta’s National Lottery plc, a subsidiary of the IZI Group, today unveiled its corporate brand – NATIONAL LOTTERY that will replace Maltco Lotteries. In a symbolic event organised at the Mdina Ditch, the company unveiled its plans to launch a lottery brand that is truly national and that above all a truly represents the Maltese…
UK – National Lottery operator to pay £3.15m fine
The Gambling Commission has imposed a financial penalty on Camelot UK Limited for failures linked to its mobile lottery app. All £3.15m of the fine will be paid by the current National Lottery operator to good causes following a Commission investigation into three failures which negatively impacted consumers. The first failure related to the National…
UK – Gambling Commission names Allwyn Entertainment as preferred applicant for UK lottery
The Gambling Commission has named Allwyn Entertainment as its Preferred Applicant for the fourth National Lottery licence in the UK. The National Lottery is one of the world’s largest lotteries and the current – third – licence is due to expire in 2024. Since launching in 1994, National Lottery players have collectively raised more than…
UK – Digital lottery helps Camelot to record financial year
National Lottery sales in the UK have broken the £8bn barrier for the first time, despite the ongoing pandemic impact with Camelot reporting record National Lottery sales of £8,373.9m for the 2020/21 financial year (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021), an increase of £468.8m. Total National Lottery sales for the year surpassed £8bn for…
UK – Camelot supports minimum age increase for National Lottery
Camelot has signalled its support for an increase to the minimum age for playing the National Lottery to 18 years of age, with October 2021 mooted as a target for the law change by the Government. “We’ve said all along that we would fully support any decision made by the government to raise the minimum…
Turkey – Scientific Games’ success in Turkey continues with National Lottery program
Scientific Games has announced the official ‘go live’ of the Turkey National Lottery’s new instant ticket retail and digital gaming systems and point-of-sale terminals across an initial network of more than 5,000 retailers, growing to 10,000 retailers later this year. The project, which began a year ago in the nation with a population of 82m,…
UK – Gambling Commission launches fourth National Lottery licence competition
The Gambling Commission has launched the competition to award the fourth National Lottery licence. The National Lottery is one of the world’s largest lotteries and the current (third) licence is due to expire in 2023. Since launching in 1994, National Lottery players have collectively raised more than £41 billion for 565,000 good causes across the…
