UK Lottery chiefs may double ticket prices

Lottery Post — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 08:59:28 GMT

The price of a National Lottery ticket could rise - and even double to 2 - under plans being considered by the operator Camelot, it emerged today.Lottery executives are concerned that they are missing out on huge profits because the cost of playing the main game Lotto has not risen with inflation.As sales of tickets for the game continue to fall, it is thought that a price rise could help to push the company's finances - and the money raised for good causes - back up.Chief executive Dianne Thom... [ More ]