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UK Lottery operator plans $500 million global lottery gameNews Story
'American states' are in talks to participate in the Christmastime mega-draw Camelot, the operator of the UK National Lottery, is poised to launch a worldwide draw with a record jackpot of about 250m (US $500 million), now that it apparently won a new 10-year license this week. The company was named on Tuesday as the preferred bidder for a license to run from 2009, after fending off a bid from Sugal Damani, an Indian rival. It is the third victory for Camelot, which has run the l
Aug 9, 2007, 2:17 pm - Lottery News

Camelot beats off rivals to win UK Lottery for next 12 yearsNews Story
The UK national lottery is to be run by incumbent operator Camelot for the next 12 years after the group persuaded regulators it was more likely to meet the funding demands of the London Olympics and other good causes than outsiders Sugal Damani, an Indian conglomerate. Camelot was selected as preferred bidder for the 10-year license, starting from 2009, even though the National Lottery Commission said some of the operator's projections particularly its pledge of average yearly sales of
Aug 9, 2007, 8:39 am - Lottery News

U.K. Lottery operator wants to create global super-lotteryNews Story
Camelot will launch the first ever global lottery draw if it wins the right to run Britain's game for another 10 years with players from all over the world generating jackpots of up to half a billion pounds (nearly one billion dollars). The international lotto would dwarf the existing Euro Millions weekly game, in which nine countries have joined together to achieve astonishing top prizes of 125 million. The new game would span the globe with some 50 countries already voicing interest i
Feb 9, 2007, 7:27 pm - Lottery News

UK Lottery, by the numbersNews Story
50 facts about the United Kingdom's #1 numbers game 96% of winners said money can buy you happiness. 2009 is the year Camelot's license to run the National Lottery expires. 13,983,816 to one are the odds against winning the jackpot. 2,000 millionaires have been created by the lottery since it began. 19bn has been raised for good causes. 28.7bn has been paid out in cash prizes. 14 millionaires, on average, are created each month. 20.1m is the largest single prize
Dec 11, 2006, 9:27 am - Lottery News

UK Lottery's most unlucky number: 13News Story
The number 13 is the unluckiest ball in the National Lottery, according to records of organizers of the numbers' game in the U.K. According to Camelot, the organizer of the lotto game in Britain, in the 12 years that the game was launched in the U.K., the number 13 has been drawn only 132 times. Comparatively, the luckiest balls were 38, 25 and 31 which have been drawn a good number of times. The number 38 has been drawn a total of 199 times, 25 has been drawn 186 times and 31 a total of
Nov 14, 2006, 8:45 am - Lottery News

UK Lottery computer glitch eliminated the number '9'News Story
Thousands of United Kingdom Lottery players have been given free draw entries to make up for technical problems with computer-generated ticket numbers. A database glitch hit entries for the new Dream Number game last month, operator Camelot said yesterday. Some entries bought online or by text in the four days to July 17 did not contain the digit nine. They were still entered for draws on either July 15 or July 19 both of which contained the digit nine somewhere in the seven winnin
Aug 16, 2006, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

UK Lottery opens bidding for 10-year licenseNews Story
The United Kingdom National Lottery opened the competition for a ten-year license to run the operation on Thursday. The license is currently held by Camelot, which has run the lottery under two licenses since its launch in 1994, and will also be bidding for this, the third. Industry sources told Reuters on Thursday that Ladbroke and BSkyB were among a number of companies looking at how they might be involved, but it was early days. Other companies that have shown an interest include Cab
Jun 29, 2006, 10:00 am - Lottery News

UK online lottery company fizzlesNews Story
Editor: Lottery Post previously reported that the creators of this 'alternative' UK lottery had allegedly enriched themselves more than the charities the lottery is supposed to support. Are the owners squeezing out the profits and then leaving the company and its stockholders in the lurch? It started out as a small but brazen challenger to the national lottery, hoping to capitalize on a stream of damaging stories that have caricatured many of the good causes benefiting from lottery cash a
Jun 6, 2006, 9:18 am - Lottery News

UK lottery sales rise by 5%News Story
Sales of National Lottery tickets have increased by 5.2% to more than 5bn (US$9.4 billion), according to operator Camelot. The 246.7m (US$464 million) year-on-year increase, which was partly due to the creation of new games, marks the third consecutive year of rising sales. Players spent 5,012.8m across all games in the 12 months to 31 March. Camelot's latest sales figures will be its last before the entry deadline for bids for the next licence to run the National Lottery. The
May 15, 2006, 9:27 am - Lottery News

UK Internet lottery making owners wealthyNews Story
New Internet-based lottery, which is supposed to donate its proceeds to charity, is instead enriching its owners A charity lottery promoted as the fairer alternative to the National Lottery has awarded its directors shares and bonuses worth almost 10 million (US$18.7 million). The lottery, called Monday, held its first draw this week and is being heavily advertised as a more altruistic way for people dissatisfied with the national lottery operator, Camelot, to have a weekly flutter. B
May 11, 2006, 9:55 am - Lottery News