Tag: Lottery
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National Lottery Digital Sales Break Record: 2022-23
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The National Lottery figures are in for the 2022-2023 financial year and show record digital sales, with total trading hitting £8.19bn and £1.88bn raised for good causes. The 2022-23 UK financial year closed in March, and the National Lottery figures…
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UK National Lottery Raises £422m for Charities in Q1
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Figures are in for Q1, with the National Lottery raising £422.9m for good causes during the first quarter of 2022-23. The National Lottery is one of the most prominent charitable giving organisations in the UK, and they have released their…
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UK National Lottery Distributed £1.84bn for Good Causes in 2021-22
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Across the 2021-22 financial year, the UK National Lottery raised £1.84bn for good causes, a 0.4% increase on the previous year. This week the official National Lottery revenue figures were released for the 2021-22 financial year. In the 12 months…
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Post-Pandemic Retail Slump Affects UK National Lottery Sales
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National Lottery sales show the effects of a post-pandemic reduction in footfall coupled with the cost-of-living crisis as ticket sales drop during the 2021-22 period. Camelot, The National Lottery operator, has revealed its sales figures for the year to March…
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Man Jailed for Misusing Lottery Profits
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A man has been given a custodial sentence for the misuse of lottery profits. Simon Rydings, a 50-year-old from Edinburgh, ran a lottery on behalf of a charity but was found to have deprived it of some £285,000. He has…
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National Lottery Charity Contributions Up 2.4%
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The National Lottery Distribution Fund, which handles contributions to good causes, has received a 2.4% boost in 2020/21 versus the previous year. The Fund has benefitted to the tune of some £1.83 billion according to the Gambling Commission for the…
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National Lottery Charity Contributions Up 2.4%
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The National Lottery Distribution Fund, which handles contributions to good causes, has received a 2.4% boost in 2020/21 versus the previous year. The Fund has benefitted to the tune of some £1.83 billion according to the Gambling Commission for the…
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Europe’s Biggest Lottery Wins
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One of the greatest things about winning lottery jackpots in Europe, other than the sheer life-changing amounts involved, is that unlike in America and other territories, they are not taxed by governments. As well as that, all jackpots are handed…
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Good Causes Funding Upped by Health Lottery
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The Health Lottery, a popular charity-based society lottery in Britain, has announced it will increase its funding for good causes from 20.34% to 25.5%. Organisers said that they had made the decision to raise the amounts due to the damaging…
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National Lottery Report Record Sales in 2019-20
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The UK National Lottery, run by Camelot, has been able to report record sales of some £7.91billion for the 2019-20 financial year with the gains put down to the surge in digital gambling. Total sales for the year to March…