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Review of Lottery Licensing and Regulation

The 1993 and 1998 Lottery Acts set down the framework within which the UK National Lottery is operated and established the National Lottery Commission to license and regulate the operator. Following the publication of the Gambling Review Body's report and the Government's response - A safe bet for success - and the publication of the NAO report into the award of the last licence, Government is reviewing the structure of licensing and regulation.

 

We do not envisage changes to the basic concept of the National Lottery, as the only large-scale lottery allowed in the United Kingdom and whose purpose is to maximise income for good causes that they would not otherwise receive from public funds. Equally, we are not ruling out any options for delivering a Lottery of this kind. For example, whether the Lottery is operated on a standard commercial or a not-for-profit basis does not itself matter: what matters is the outcome.

The objective of the consultation is to ensure that: the Lottery raises as much income as possible for good causes without weakening necessary protections; that we secure effective competition for its operation; and, that we maintain public confidence in the Lottery and the arrangements for running it.We invite comments by 27th September 2002.

Review of Lottery Licensing PDF (85kb)
Review of Lottery Licensing - Welsh PDF (382kb)

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