What next for the National Lottery?

Culture, Media and Sport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 21 Jul 2021 Closed: 13 Mar 2023 Parliament page
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.
9 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
8 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 19 events
23 Oct
2023
Report published
10 Mar
2023
Report published
31 Jan
2023
Correspondence
8 Dec
2022
Correspondence
22 Nov
2022
Report published
8 Nov
2022
Correspondence
11 Oct
2022
Correspondence
6 Sep
2022
Correspondence
19 Jul
2022
Correspondence
7 Jul
2022
Correspondence
30 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
30 Jun
2022
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
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - What next for the National Lottery? HC 154 22 Nov 2022 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
9 Conclusion Not Addressed
Fourth Report - What next for the …
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 … Read more
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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Government Response AI assessment · 2 of 9 classified
Accepted in Part 1
Not Addressed 1
Total 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
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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
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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
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11 Oct 2022 To committee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to National Lottery award notification, 20 September 2022
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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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