The public deserve a say in the future of the National Lottery

The Times
 
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Despite spending three long years soliciting bids for the Fourth National Lottery Licence – with the help of Rothschild & Co — we’ve heard very little from the Gambling Commission or any of the respective bidders regarding the future of the National Lottery.

So it will come as a surprise to many that last week marked the conclusion of the process for the bidders. Over the next few months, civil servants at the under-resourced Gambling Commission will deliberate over the bids and decide on whether to bring change to an institution that has only ever known one operator since launching in 1994.

Contenders include the incumbent Camelot, Tory donor and former porn baron Richard Desmond, the Italian lottery operator Sisal, and Allwyn — the UK