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    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Camelot granted right to appeal against handing UK lottery to Czech rival

      Ruling extends hotly contested battle for lucrative contract, worth potentially £100bn, to mid-September

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Camelot loses legal bid to stop UK lottery licence handover to Allwyn

      High Court judge lifts suspension on Gambling Commission’s decision to award new contract to Czech group

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      UK lottery operator Camelot’s sales drop as cost of living crisis bites

      Group attributes decrease in online instant game sales to easing of Covid restrictions and ‘greater economic uncertainty’

    • Friday, 15 April, 2022
      Northern & Shell joins Camelot in taking legal action over National Lottery

      Group owned by businessman Richard Desmond files procurement challenge against Gambling Commission

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Camelot launches legal challenge after losing UK’s National Lottery

      Incumbent claims a ‘risk factor’ was not applied properly when assessing the bids for the new licence

    • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
      LexCamelot Group PLC
      Lotteries/Camelot: UK’s Czech mate overturns under-rewarding operator Premium content

      Canadian-owned incumbent may have lost franchise to Allwyn because of its below-average customer payout

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      UK National Lottery awarded to Czech group Allwyn ahead of Camelot

      MPs raise concerns about links between owner Karel Komarek and Russian energy giant Gazprom

    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      Senior Tory challenges process as Camelot eyes lottery victory

      Julian Knight says incumbent operator may have unfair advantage over bidding rivals

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Gary Cohn-backed Spac to take lottery operator public in $9.3bn listing

      The former Goldman Sachs president had teamed up with ex-KKR dealmaker Clifton Robbins to join the Spac boom

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Camelot Group PLC
      UK lottery operator reports record first half sales

      Camelot is one of at least four bidders aiming to secure the next licence

    • Friday, 17 September, 2021
      Sebastian Coe joins Czech company bidding for National Lottery

      Athletics head’s appointment latest move by Sazka to burnish credentials in run-up to final contract decision

    • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
      UK lottery licence contest delayed for a second time

      Camelot’s current contract to be extended as bidders are given extra time to prepare submissions

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      UK National Lottery raised highest-ever amount for good causes in 2020

      Announcement comes as operator Camelot prepares bid to retain licence beyond 2024

    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      BT joins race for UK’s National Lottery licence after Sisal deal

      UK telecoms operator enters 2023 bid in partnership with Italian gaming group and children’s charity Barnardo’s

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      UK National Lottery needs to be more digital, licence bidder says

      Sazka’s Sir Keith Mills vows to boost social media presence to halt decline in people playing

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Camelot boosts UK lottery sales with online focus

      Company enjoys near record results as older gamblers turn to the internet during pandemic

    • Saturday, 31 October, 2020
      UK companies
      Sazka seeks to prise lottery licence from Camelot with Mills hire

      Czech operator secures London Olympic 2012 chair for bid

    • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
      Next UK lottery operator will have to give share of profits to charity

      ‘Radical shift’ after incumbent Camelot criticised for not raising sum donated to good causes

    • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
      UK business & economy
      National Lottery operator warns UK recession threatens charity funding

      Camelot says downturn would hit sales and the amount of money given to good causes

    • Monday, 24 February, 2020
      Jude Webber
      Mexican business leaders cough up at president’s charity dinner

      Guests were served a form with a suggested donation to the National Lottery

    • Monday, 10 February, 2020
      National Lottery bidders attack delay in race to land prize

      Two-month hold-up could favour incumbent operator Camelot, say rivals

    • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
      UK National Lottery operator Camelot posts record first-half sales

      Camelot has since 2017 focused on increasing sales of lottery tickets and scratch cards

    • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
      Camelot: raising top prize bar on other lotteries will hit charities

      National Lottery operator says rivals have an unfair advantage and are less regulated

    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      Personal Finance
      New lottery game offers £10,000 a month, ‘for life’

      Camelot’s Set for Life game launches in the UK this weekend

    • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
      Q&AChart that Tells a Story
      National Lottery to launch long-term annuity prize

      Camelot targets new game in attempt to revive flagging ticket sales

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