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UK Gambling Commission

The National Lottery Commission's role is to monitor the UK National Lottery and report on the performance of Camelot (the operator), and to enforce its licence.
It also selects the operator of the lottery.
The Commission does not handle any applications for lottery funds or distribute any lottery money.
It does not actually run the lottery. Its website explains the Commission's work in detail and provides general information about the National Lottery.
The Commission was set up on 1 April 1999 to replace the predecessor body, the Office of the National Lottery headed by the Director General of the National Lottery.
The five Commissioners are presently: Dr Anne Wright CBE, Robert Foster, Brian Pomeroy, Timothy Hornsby and Sarah Thane. No Commissioner can chair for longer than one year at a time.

• Dr Anne Wright CBE is Chair of the National Lottery Commission. She is also Director of AWA Ltd, an educational consultancy which advises Government and academia. Among her current assignments are e-learning consultant to the Department for Education and Skills. She holds a number of non-executive roles including Member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body and Board Member, English Partnerships. Former posts include Chief Executive of the University for Industry and Vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland.
• Robert Foster was until September 2004, Chief Executive of the Competition Commission. He has also held a number of senior posts in Whitehall including responsibility for the Department of Trade and Industry's innovation expenditure and Director of Aerospace and Defence Industries. He has handled major projects including the planning and setting up of the Office of Science and Technology, and chairing the Project Board of the PFI Project to rebuild the National Physical Laboratory. Previously he was an engineering manager in the telecommunications and electronics industries. He holds a number of Non-Executive Director appointments including the board of King's College Hospital NHS Trust, the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority, and is a member of the Advisory Council of Oxford Capital Partners.
• Brian Pomeroy CBE chaired the Commission from 16 October 2002 to 15 October 2003 and also during its first year (1999 - 2000). He was Senior Partner at Deloitte Consulting and now holds a number of public and non-executive appointments. He is Chairman of the Treasury's Financial Inclusion Taskforce, a board member of the Audit Commission and a director of the Social Market Foundation. He was formerly Chairman of Centrepoint and of Homeless Link, the national organisation for the homelessness sector. He was also an independent member of the Council of Lloyd's and a member of the Pensions Protection & Investments Accreditation Board.
• Timothy Hornsby was from 1995 until his retirement on March 23, 2001, Chief Executive of the National Lotteries Charities Board (NLCB). Prior to this he was Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames from 1991 to 1995. He has held senior appointments at HM Treasury and the Department of the Environment in a civil service career spanning 1965 to 1991. He was also Director General of the Nature Conservancy Council from 1988-1991. He is currently a Director of the Charles Darwin Trust, Chair of the Harkness Fellows Association and Chair of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association.
• Sarah Thane CBE was appointed as a National Lottery Commissioner in October. She is an independent consultant on broadcasting regulation and is currently advising the BBC Governors on regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joining the Commission, Sarah was Advisor, Content and Standards at Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator. She has also spent time at the ITC, where she was Director of Programmes and Advertising. Sarah is a non-executive director of Films of Record, an independent film production company, and has recently been appointed a justice of the peace in West Suffolk. She is a Fellow and former Chair of the Royal Television Society.

The Commission's statutory duties are:

• Ensuring the National Lottery and its games are run and promoted with all due propriety;
• Protecting the interest of participants, and subject to these; and
• Ensuring the most money is raised for good causes.

Sarah Hanratty Joins the National Lottery Commission as Head of Communications
The National Lottery Commission welcomed Sarah Hanratty as its Head of Communications on 3 August 2004.

Regulator Makes Provisional Decision To Refuse Lottery Operator Ancillary Activity Application On EU/Competition Grounds
UNITED KINGDOM (July 16 2010) -- The National Lottery Commission (NLC) has today published its provisional decision on Camelot Group Limited’s (the National Lottery Operator) application to undertake Ancillary Activities.........Subscribers

Lotto Prize Goes Unclaimed; Funds Get Distributed To Good Causes
SUSSEX, U.K. (July 12, 2010) - An unclaimed National Lottery prize of over a quarter of a million pounds, won by a ticket purchased in the local area, has gone to the Good Causes.........Subscribers

Portman Group Hires National Lottery's Sarah Hanratty as Head of Communications and External Affairs
LONDON, UK (July 8, 2010) - Sarah Hanratty from the National Lottery Commission where she led communications for the lottery regulator is to join the Portmans Group..................Subscribers

Camelot Plans Top-Up Shake-Up
LONDON, U.K. (July 8, 2010) - National Lottery Commission to rule on Camelot bid for mobile top-ups this month........Subscribers

Regulator Gives Approval to Transfer of Shares in Camelot Group Limited
LONDON, U.K. (July 8, 2010) -- The regulator of the National Lottery, the National Lottery Commission, has completed its assessment of the terms of the purchase of shares in Camelot Group Limited by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and has given its consent to the sale.....Subscribers

Camelot Statement on Its Acquisition By Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
WATFORD, U.K. (July 8, 2010) - Camelot welcomes the announcement made today by its regulator, the National Lottery Commission, that it has approved the transfer of shares in Camelot to Teachers’...........Subscribers

National Lottery Proves a Popular Site
LONDON, UK (June 30, 2010) - People over 50 are the internet’s fastest-growing group accounting for half of last year’s new web users........Subscribers

Commission Completes Review of National Lottery Enforcement Policy
LONDON, U.K. (June 28, 2010) - The National Lottery Commission (NLC) has today published its enforcement policy setting out how the National Lottery licence is enforced and the sanctions which can be applied to Camelot, the commercial operator..........Subscribers

TV Lottery Show ‘Secret Fortune’ Seeking Audience
EDINGBURGH, Scotland (May 4, 2010) - A new BBC National Lottery show, 'Secret Fortune', is seeking audiences during its live recordings from the BBC's Glasgow base at Pacific Quay...........Subscribers

Campaign Lined Up For New-Look Thunderball Lottery Game
LONDON, U.K. (April 30, 2010) – Reports Camelot is launching a new multi-million pound National Lottery Thunderball advertising campaign across TV, radio, national press, retail and online, with the first ad hitting TV screens on May 9....................Subscribers

Camelot Attacks Critics of Commercial Services Plan
UNITED KINGDOM (April 29 2010) – It was reported today that Camelot has launched a fightback against opponents of the National Lottery operator's plans to provide bill payment, mobile phone top-up and other commercial services through its lottery terminals, insisting its entry into the market would be good for competition and help good causes...................Subscribers

Camelot Plan To Enter Bill Payment Market Prompts Competition Row
LONDON, UK (April 25, 2010) - Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, has been attacked over its plans to enter the bill payments and mobile top-up market by pay companies, retail organizations and faith groups..................Subscribers

Camelot Commercial Services Overview - The Cooperative Bank Clarification
Consultation on proposal to use National Lottery infrastructure to offer commercial services
UNITED KINGDOM (April 12, 2010) -- The Co-operative Bank and Camelot Group plc have asked the Commission to draw the following point to the attention of consultees.................Subscribers

Camelot Commercial Services Overview - Post Office Clarification
Consultation on proposal to use National Lottery infrastructure to offer commercial services
UNITED KINGDOM (April 8, 2010) -- Camelot has asked the Commission to draw the following point to the attention of consultees.................Subscribers

Consultation on Proposal to Use National Lottery Infrastructure to Offer Commercial Services
LONDON, U.K. (April 8, 2010) -- The Commission is considering an application from Camelot to offer commercial services such as mobile phone top-ups, electronic bill payments and other similar services through National Lottery terminals.............................Subscribers

Setback For Lottery Operator’s Growth Plan
LONDON, UK (April 9, 2010) –Camelot, the National Lottery operator, which is planning to use its lottery terminals to offer customers extra over-the-counter services such as bill payments and mobile phone top-ups, on Friday denied it had overplayed support from the Post Office for the scheme.....................Subscribers

Gambling Commission to Merge with National Lottery Commission
Budget 2010: Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Contribution to Operational Efficiency and Smarter Government Savings
LONDON, U.K. (April 2, 2010) -- Today the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces that it will deliver £60 million of efficiency savings, as their departmental contribution towards £11 billion of savings that are being made across Government.......................Subscribers

Experts Confirm No Bias In EuroMillions Draws
LONDON, U.K. (March 31, 2010) -- Latest research commissioned by the National Lottery Commission confirms that there is no evidence of bias in the National Lottery’s EuroMillions draws.  Each number is just as likely to be drawn as another and tickets bought in the UK are just as likely to win as those bought by players in any of the other countries............................Subscribers

Mayer Brown Advises on the Agreement to Sell National Lottery Operator, Camelot
LONDON, U.K. (March 26, 2010) -- Leading international law firm Mayer Brown advised the five shareholders in the agreement to sell Camelot, the UK’s national lottery operator......................Subscribers

National Lottery Commission Begins Assessment of Purchaser of Shares in Camelot Group plc
LONDON, U.K. (March 26, 2010) -- The National Lottery Commission is to commence its assessment of the terms of the purchase of shares in Camelot Group plc by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan following the announcement today that the terms of sale have been agreed subject to regulatory clearance.....................Subscribers

Camelot Shareholders Agree to Sell Shares to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
WATFORD, U.K. (March 25, 2010) - Camelot has been informed by its shareholders – Cadbury Holdings Ltd, De La Rue Holdings plc, Fujitsu Services Ltd, Royal Mail Enterprises Ltd and Thales Electronics plc, that they have agreed to sell their shareholdings in Camelot to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.....................Subscribers

Camelot’s e-Payment Move Angers Market Leader
LONDON, U.K. (March 3, 2010) -- Camelot Group's plans to provide e-payment services through lottery terminals will reportedly make the National Lottery operator more attractive to potential buyers, industry sources have claimed.....................Subscribers

Branson Consortium Reportedly Withdraws from Lottery Bid
LONDON, U.K. (February 23, 2010) – Mark Kleinman (Sky News) said he has learned a consortium involving Sir Richard Branson has withdrawn from the auction of the National Lottery operator Camelot after it declined to underwrite costs associated with its bid.....................Subscribers

Commission Considering Proposal to use National Lottery Infrastructure to Offer Commercial Services
LONDON, U.K. (February 15, 2010) - The National Lottery Commission is considering an application from Camelot Group Plc to offer commercial services such as mobile phone top-ups, electronic bill payments and other similar services through National Lottery terminals.....................Subscribers

National Lottery Establishes Comprehensive Solution for Managing Digital Impressions
ZAVENTEM, Belgium (December 16, 2009) - Following a tender won by Xerox in March 2009, the National Lottery was established in May 2009 a comprehensive solution for managing digital impressions........................Subscribers

SNP Urges New Lottery Scratchcard to Boost Glasgow Games Funding
SCOTLAND (December 13, 2009) – According to a leading Scottish newspaper SNP ministers are in talks with the UK Government over plans to establish a new National Lottery game that would raise £150 million to help fund the 2014 Commonwealth Games......................Subscribers

Six Consortiums Understood to be Through to the Next Round of Bidding to Buy a Controlling Stake in Camelot
LONDON, UK (November 29, 2009) - Virgin entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is understood to be through to the next round of bidding to buy an 80% stake in the National Lottery operator Camelot...................Subscribers

Improved Advice on Lotteries
BIRMINGHAM, UK (November 2009) - The Commission has published further advice for fundraisers using lotteries to raise money for good causes.....................Subscribers

Lottery Regulator Publishes Annual Report and Accounts 2008/2009
UNITED KINGDOM (October 21, 2009) -- The National Lottery Commission has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2008/09..........................Subscribers

Camelot To Auction Off Majority Stake
LONDON, U.K. (September 24, 2009) -- Camelot, the company that runs the National Lottery, will auction off a majority stake in the business next month.................Subscribers

National Lottery Operator Camelot Congratulates Derren Brown After His Illusion To Predict The Winning Numbers
WATFORD, UK (September 10, 2009) -- Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, has “congratulated” illusionist Derren Brown after he appeared to correctly predict the winning numbers in last night's draw...................Subscribers

Consultation on National Lottery Regulator's Draft Enforcement Policy
LONDON, UK (September 8, 2009) - The National Lottery Commission is seeking views on its draft Enforcement Policy, which sets out the criteria it plans to use to during the third licence...................Subscribers

BingoLotto to Launch at 22,000 Tesco Checkouts
UNITED KINGDOM (August 26, 2009) -- A charity TV lottery that raised £100,000 for sports bodies during its six-week pilot last year is now launching nationally with game-cards going on sale at every Tesco checkout................Subscribers

Win Big Money In The National Lottery TV Show In It To Win It
COVENTRY, U.K. (August 13, 2009) - TV presenter Dale Winton is looking for new contestants in Coventry and Warwickshire to take part in the National Lottery's In It To Win It show...............Subscribers

National Lottery Hands Search Engine Optimization Mandate To Greenlight
LONDON, U.K. (August 4, 2009) - National Lottery operator Camelot has hired search marketing agency Greenlight to manage the search engine optimisation (SEO) for the National Lottery website.....................Subscribers

Aim High With A Sizzling Summer Of Scratchcard Launches From The National Lottery
Latest exciting games set to further boost sales – and retailer commission
WATFORD, UK (July 31, 2009) -- National Lottery operator Camelot is launching a new TV advertising campaign to support the return of its popular £250,000 Red Scratchcard game. The £2 game offers three games to play, with players having the chance of winning five top prizes of an amazing quarter of a million pounds...................Subscribers

The National Lottery: Is it Progressive?
LONDON, U.K. (July 27, 2009) - This latest Theos paper reviews existing evidence and reports the findings of new polling data. The paper argues that the typical Lottery player lives in a semi-routine or a lower-supervisory/technical household....................Subscribers

Number of Children Playing The National Lottery Drops to Record Low
LONDON, UK (July 21, 2009) -- The number of 12 – 15 year olds illegally buying National Lottery products has dropped to the lowest levels in over a decade shows latest research published today.......................Subscribers

Camelot Bids Face Management Buy-Out
Lottery: Bids Now Have To Compete Against A Management Buy-Out
LONDON, UK (June 28, 2009) – According news reports over the weekend three bidders are believed to be interested in buying National Lottery operator Camelot, and there could also be a management buyout......................Subscribers

New Playstations, Scratchcard Dispenser Fascia Kits and External Signage to Boost Excitement In-Store
Latest initiative from Camelot underlines ongoing commitment to retailers to help them boost sales and returns to the Good Causes
WATFORD, UK (June 25, 2009) -- National Lottery operator Camelot is to introduce new-look Playstations, Scratchcard dispenser fascias and external signage across its network of over 27,500 National Lottery retail outlets......................Subscribers

Government Acts on Sports Betting; Sports Minister Appoints New Sports Betting Integrity Panel
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (June 24, 2009) -- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have today announced the appointment of a sports betting integrity panel........................Subscribers

National Lottery Operator Raises Retailer Commission on Scratchcards
LONDON, UK May 31, 2009) -- National Lottery operator Camelot has raised by 20% the commission it pays retailers on scratchcards in an effort to accelerate sales growth and returns to "good causes"....................Subscribers

Camelot Begins Third Lottery Licence With The Best National Lottery Sales Performance In 10 Years – Creating More Winners And Boosting Returns To The Good Causes
Camelot completes exhaustive preparations for third Licence and boosts Good Causes returns with mega-jackpots and convenient new ways to play 
WATFORD, UK (May 26, 2009) -- Camelot Group plc today unveiled its best sales performance in a decade – in the year the company successfully completed the largest lottery upgrade of its kind in the world and started the third National Lottery Licence....................Subscribers

Regulator Commissions New Study Into Underage Lottery Play
LONDON, U.K. (May 14, 2009) - The National Lottery Commission has commissioned leading research organisation Ipsos MORI to carry out a major study into underage play of the National Lottery.....................Subscribers

Commission Publishes Decision Following Consultation on the Use of Gaming and Betting Themes on National Lottery Scratchcard Games
LONDON, United Kingdom (April 29, 2009) -- The National Lottery Commission today published the response to its consultation on the use of gaming and betting themes on National Lottery Scratchcard games....................Subscribers

National Lottery Commission Publishes Revised Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
LONDON, UK (February 19, 2008) -- The National Lottery Commission has revised its Freedom of Information Publication Scheme in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.................Subscribers

Regulating with Excellence
LONDON, UK (January 2009) -- The first fourteen years of the National Lottery have been a great success with £22 billion raised for good causes, but there is no room for complacency. We want to make sure that this success continues...............Subscribers