Camelot set to lose license as operator for UK National Lottery

Comment #5

dannyct — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:58:27 GMT

The UK should have followed the example of Western Australia, where the state lottery, Lotterywest, is State Government owned and operated.

Comment #4

Speler — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:44:36 GMT

The minimum bets are to high. The odds or chances too small. Better change that.

1 Pond sterling =

1,19 Euro

*1.09=___USD minimum bet.

Thunderbal doesn't even pay a 2/5. I wouldn't play at all.

Comment #3

Clarkejoseph49 — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:31:33 GMT

Hopefully we will still be able to purchase tickets in store and this new company can right the wrongs Camelot made such as making the Lotto difficult to win, taking the draws off the TV, and not having the jackpots as large as they used to be.

Comment #2

Speler — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:40:13 GMT

The Czech company surely has offices in GB? Czechia is member of the EU, GB not.

What was the reason? Expensive, greedy, bad work, African infiltration ...

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 20:51:28 GMT

I think they should have given the contract to Basil Fawlty.

Camelot set to lose license as operator for UK National Lottery

Lottery Post — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 20:37:24 GMT

Gambling Commission announces new preferred candidate

By Kate Northrop

Today the United Kingdom's Gambling Commission announced their intentions to drop Camelot as the operator of the National Lottery, to be replaced by Czech company Allwyn Entertainment.

Camelot will not have its licensed renewed to run the National Lottery after 28 years. Instead, a new operator is set to take the helm.

Since the Lottery's inception in 1994, Camelot has held three licenses, with its current a... [ More ]