Next operator of National Lottery identifies ‘material weaknesses’ in its financial reporting that could increase chances of fraud By Luke Barr For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2022 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2022 The next operator of the National Lottery has identified ‘material weaknesses’ in […]
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National Lottery could be suspended for first time in its 28-year history in row over ownership By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 29 May 2022 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 May 2022 The National Lottery could be suspended for the first time in its 28-year history […]
Companies owned by the billionaire Richard Desmond have launched legal action against the UK’s gambling regulator’s decision to grant Czech-owned Allwyn the licence to run the National Lottery. Desmond’s Northern & Shell and a subsidiary, the New Lottery Company, have taken legal action against the Gambling Commission, according to a […]
A billionaire who this week could be chosen to run the National Lottery has business ties with Russian-state energy giant Gazprom, the Mail can reveal. Karel Komarek is hoping to win the highly lucrative licence with a plan to slash ticket prices from £2 to £1. But the Czech businessman, […]
Flutter Entertainment, the owner of Paddy Power and Betfair, topped the FTSE 100 risers after its boss wrote to regulators encouraging them to put the National Lottery back in British hands. The business’s chief executive Peter Jackson has written to the Gambling Commission suggesting it award the contract, the largest […]
Alberto Salazar, the disgraced former coach of Mo Farah, received a £125,000 bonus partly out of National Lottery funding for helping the Briton win Olympic gold – despite being dropped after BBC Panorama probe Mo Farah’s former coach Alberto Salazar was sacked by UK Athletics in 2015 The athletic trainer’s […]
Nigel Railton, the chief executive of National Lottery operator Camelot, has been on a winning ticket despite the pandemic. He has just announced record sales of almost £8.4billion, along with a record sum of nearly £1.9billion given to good causes, the equivalent of £36million every week. Of that, £1.2billion has […]
One of the world’s leading private equity firms is backing a surprise bid to run the National Lottery By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:54 BST, 11 April 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 11 April 2021 One of the world’s leading private equity firms is backing a surprise […]