Regulation
The National Lottery Commission (NLC) is a non-departmental public body and is responsible for regulating the National Lottery in accordance with legislation, regulatory and policy directions from the Secretary of State. It does so independently of Government.
The Commission replaced the previous regulator, the Director General of the National Lottery on 1 April 1999.
Details of the current chair of the NLC and the five commissioners can be found on the National Lottery Commission's website.
The National Lottery Commission's duties are:
- To ensure that the National Lottery is run with all due propriety
- To protect players' interests
- Subject to satisfying the first two criteria, to ensure that as much money as possible is raised for the good causes
The National Lottery Commission's role includes:
- Selecting the Lottery operator, setting the terms of its licence and ensuring that it complies with those terms
- Vetting individuals and companies associated with the National Lottery to ensure that they are 'fit and proper'
- Licensing individual games that form part of the National Lottery
- Ensuring that the National Lottery operator pays the right amount of money into the National Lottery Distribution Fund.
The National Lottery Commission has no role awarding individual National Lottery grants. This is the responsibility of the independent Lottery distributing bodies.
Competition to award the next licence to operate the UK National Lottery
The National Lottery Commission taking a number of steps to ensure that the competiton for the next operating licence delivers the best possible result for the good causes. This started with the publication of a consultation document and then a summary of the responses to this document. You can find both of these documents and further information about the next licence competition on the National Lottery Commission competition webpage.
It is envisaged that the licence will be awarded in mid 2007, with the new licence starting in January 2009.
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