What next for the National Lottery?
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Closed
Inquiry
Our inquiry examines the competition process to award the next licence for operating the National Lottery. The Gambling Commission is running the competition. The committee will also scrutinise the preferred applicant as well as the process that was involved.
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Letters
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
30 Jun 2022
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Andrew Rhodes · Gambling Commission
John Tanner · Gambling Commission
26 Apr 2022
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Clara Govier · People’s Postcode Lottery
Donald Macrae · Health Lottery
Tony Vick · Lotteries Council
1 Mar 2022
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David Knott · National Lottery Community Fund
Dr Darren Henley OBE · Arts Council England
30 Nov 2021
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Adam Peaty MBE
Anna Powell-Smith · Centre for Public Data
Dr Sasha Stark
Ellie Robinson MBE
Lauren Rowles MBE
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| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
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| Fourth Report - What next for the National Lottery? | HC 154 | 22 Nov 2022 | 23 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
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We are disappointed that Camelot chose not to make itself available for scrutiny of its...
We are disappointed that Camelot chose not to make itself available for scrutiny of its performance as the National Lottery operator.
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The Gambling Commission has followed its predecessors in overseeing a poorly managed competition, and we...
The Gambling Commission has followed its predecessors in overseeing a poorly managed competition, and we are concerned by reports of up to £600 million in compensation being taken from the good causes budget.
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The Gambling Commission must vigilantly monitor Allwyn’s good cause returns to ensure that fund distributors...
The Gambling Commission must vigilantly monitor Allwyn’s good cause returns to ensure that fund distributors are not once again short-changed.
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The Gambling Commission should, within six months of the licence process being complete, review its...
The Gambling Commission should, within six months of the licence process being complete, review its licence competition design process, highlighting areas of failure, and report back to the Committee with its findings. This should include an assessment of changes necessary …
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The fine imposed against Camelot earlier this year regarding the National Lottery’s inappropriate targeting of...
The fine imposed against Camelot earlier this year regarding the National Lottery’s inappropriate targeting of vulnerable consumers is concerning enough in isolation, and more so when considered alongside concerns raised by gambling harms experts that such targeting is being used …
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The Lottery operator and Gambling Commission should collect and share player data with the public,...
The Lottery operator and Gambling Commission should collect and share player data with the public, in order to enable independent research into the users of the National Lottery and the potential harms faced by different demographics. This should include frequency …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that the Gambling Commission commissions research into the gambling harms of National Lottery...
We recommend that the Gambling Commission commissions research into the gambling harms of National Lottery advertising and marketing, including any personalisation that may lead to the promotion of higher-risk products to vulnerable players. We would expect that to occur within …
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We think that any operator should, by default, meet the Gambling Commission’s suggested donation to...
We think that any operator should, by default, meet the Gambling Commission’s suggested donation to GambleAware, and have an ambition to go beyond that. We will reassess this issue following the publication of the gambling White Paper.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
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While it is clearly the case that the National Lottery poses significantly fewer gambling harms...
While it is clearly the case that the National Lottery poses significantly fewer gambling harms than many other forms of gambling, to play a National Lottery game is undeniably gambling, which the National Lottery operator should bear in mind. Including …
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Government Response
The response discusses grant acknowledgement, which is not the subject of the recommendation. The recommendation is about including GambleAware branding on National Lottery products.
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Recommendation
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We recommend that, with immediate effect, all National Lottery products should carry GambleAware branding.
We recommend that, with immediate effect, all National Lottery products should carry GambleAware branding.
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Recommendation
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We recommend that the Gambling Commission carries out an evaluation of the effectiveness of delivering...
We recommend that the Gambling Commission carries out an evaluation of the effectiveness of delivering the stated objectives of money raised through fines and given to third parties. This evaluation should then be published along with all relevant metrics and …
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Conclusion
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Exemptions within the ban on gambling on credit are ill thought through and subject to...
Exemptions within the ban on gambling on credit are ill thought through and subject to discretion. While the original ban goes most of the way to preventing this form of gambling harm, opt-outs for retailers maintain the possibility for those …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that this loophole, which allows consumers to continue to gamble using credit cards,...
We recommend that this loophole, which allows consumers to continue to gamble using credit cards, should be closed as soon as practicable, following discussions with retailers. (Paragraph 72) Distributing Bodies
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Conclusion
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We congratulate moves by Arts Council England to rebalance funding across the UK and remain...
We congratulate moves by Arts Council England to rebalance funding across the UK and remain interested in how wider aims to facilitate access to arts and culture might be aligned with the Government’s levelling up agenda. National Lottery- funded organisations …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that the Government continues to ensure greater alignment between its investment priorities into...
We recommend that the Government continues to ensure greater alignment between its investment priorities into areas of high economic or social deprivation and the distribution priorities of National Lottery fund distributors.
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Conclusion
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We await the publication of the evaluation of the Culture Recovery Fund and hope that...
We await the publication of the evaluation of the Culture Recovery Fund and hope that the Department is able to use it as the foundation for future crisis planning. There is otherwise no guarantee that the admirable response of National …
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Conclusion
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Public awareness of the link between the National Lottery and funding for good causes remains...
Public awareness of the link between the National Lottery and funding for good causes remains lower than it should be. This risks the public losing sight of the National Lottery’s original purpose, to raise money for good causes, and instead …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that a clear majority of National Lottery product advertising should prominently feature the...
We recommend that a clear majority of National Lottery product advertising should prominently feature the link between playing the National Lottery and supporting good causes. (Paragraph 103) What next for the National Lottery? 37
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
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We recommend that, over the next six months, the distributing bodies consider how they might...
We recommend that, over the next six months, the distributing bodies consider how they might more effectively ensure that recipients of funding ensure that those benefitting from that funding are aware of the source of their funding. We would like …
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Government Response
The National Lottery Distributors agree that grant acknowledgement is vitally important and will ensure that recipients of funding acknowledge their National Lottery Funding, however, they do not mention the requested report from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.
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Conclusion
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We do not consider that society lotteries pose a threat to the charitable giving of...
We do not consider that society lotteries pose a threat to the charitable giving of the National Lottery, in line with the views of the Gambling Commission and the Department. Recent years have seen significant reforms to society lottery regulation …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that the 10% rule for society lotteries should be removed, instead allowing individual...
We recommend that the 10% rule for society lotteries should be removed, instead allowing individual society lotteries to set their own prizes, up to a limit of £500,000.
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It is difficult to understand why the National Lottery has been so hostile towards society...
It is difficult to understand why the National Lottery has been so hostile towards society lotteries while largely ignoring prize draws. It merits further investigation as to whether prize draws, with such large revenues and little regulation, are competing for …
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Recommendation
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We recommend that prize draws be subject to regulation such as that which applies to...
We recommend that prize draws be subject to regulation such as that which applies to society lotteries, including on the percentage of sales that must be donated to good causes. We hope that the upcoming gambling White Paper will provide …
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Government Response AI assessment · 2 of 9 classified
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9 recs + 14 conclusions
Correspondence 8 letters
31 Jan 2023
Omaze response to the Committee’s What next for the National Lottery? Report, 20 January 2023
Parliament page
8 Dec 2022
To committee
Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to National Lottery Licence change of corporate control, 5 December 2022
Parliament page
8 Nov 2022
To committee
Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to an update on the fourth National Lottery licence competition, 13 October 2022
Parliament page
11 Oct 2022
To committee
Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to National Lottery award notification, 20 September 2022
Parliament page
6 Sep 2022
To committee
Letter from Damian Collins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy, regarding oral evidence follow-up, 20 July 2022
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19 Jul 2022
To committee
Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Lottery oral evidence follow-up, 14 July 2022
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7 Jul 2022
Letters from Camelot relating to the National Lottery, 28 June and 4 July 2022
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8 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from Dr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, and David Knott, Chief Executive, National Lottery Community Fund, relating to National Lottery oral evidence on 1 March, 4 March 2022
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