All Lottery articles
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NewsNational Lottery retailers help raise £50bn for good causes
Operator Allwyn, which took over the licence from Camelot in February, said the funding has gone towards 700,000 individual projects across the UK
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Comment & OpinionRetailers should rethink their National Lottery communications
Retailers have a huge opportunity to reap a second benefit from the lottery, on top on their commercial win, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat has Allwyn done since taking charge of the lottery?
Progress has been slow to date but growth plans are finally afoot
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NewsAllwyn launches chocolate-scented scratchcard with £500 prizes
The new chocolate box-themed £5 scratchcard, called £500 Selection, offers players over 11,000 top prizes worth £500
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NewsAllwyn to offer £140k in cash rewards to ’Local Retail Champions’ in new initiative
The National Lottery operator is asking members of the public to nominate their favoured retailers under the new ‘Local Retail Champions’ initiative
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NewsAllwyn partners with Snappy Shopper on National Lottery online scratchcards
For retailers to be eligible to sell scratchcards online, a National Lottery retailer must be signed up to sell groceries on the Snappy Shopper platform
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NewsAllwyn to scrap monthly lease fees for some retailers under National Lottery licence
Allwyn also intends to maintain commission levels for draw-based games, scratchcards and prize payments
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NewsAndria Vidler made Allwyn CEO as it prepares to run National Lottery
Vidler, a former CEO of Centaur Media and EMI UK, will join Allywn on 1 October
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NewsCamelot promotes Alex Green to retail director
Green first joined Camelot in 2004 as a retail field sales executive, before becoming part of the marketing team with a scratchcard product management role in 2006
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NewsCamelot CEO and chairman to step down amid management shake-up
Clare Swindell and Neil Brocklehurst, currently chief financial officer and commercial director respectively to become joint-CEOs
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Comment & OpinionHilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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NewsNational Lottery sales fall 4.7% to £2.2bn across UK retailers
Camelot put the fall in sales down to ‘ongoing difficult conditions in retail’
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NewsCamelot drops Gambling Commission legal challenge over National Lottery licence
Camelot was set to have its case heard in the Court of Appeal next week after it had lost its first legal bid to prevent the handover in June
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NewsCamelot loses £283.2m in lottery sales as cost of living soars
Returns to good causes from National Lottery sales, however, were the highest yet for a second year running
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NewsCamelot takes Gambling Commission to court over loss of National Lottery licence
The Gambling Commission has said the selection of Allwyn followed “a fair, open and robust competition”.
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NewsAllwyn promises National Lottery shake-up as Camelot loses £80bn licence
Allwyn, Europe’s largest lottery operator, beat off 30-year incumbent Camelot for the fourth 10-year National Lottery licence
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Comment & OpinionFourth National Lottery licence competition is the most ‘open’ contest ever
Gambling Commission more open to change in how it views the lottery than in its previous guise as OFLOT
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NewsConvenience stores back Camelot ahead of national lottery licence renewal
The bid process launched in August last year, with Sisal, Allwyn, Sugal & Damani and Camelot currently in contention
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Analysis & FeaturesCould Camelot finally be toppled as the National Lottery operator?
Camelot has run the National Lottery since its launch. With the licence up for renewal, it’s looking like a four-horse race for the fourth licence – and potentially the most open ever. Could there be changes ahead?
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NewsAldi to sell National Lottery tickets in all UK stores
The draw-based games, including EuroMillions, Set For Life and Thunderball, will begin rolling out to Aldi checkouts nationwide from next month