Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

What next for the National Lottery?

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Jul 2021 Closed: 13 Mar 2023 9 recommendations 14 conclusions 1 report

Our inquiry examines the competition process to award the next licence for operating the National Lottery. The Gambling Commission is running the competition. The committee will also scrutinise the preferred applicant as well as the process that was involved.

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Fourth Report - What next for the National Lottery?	HC 154	22 Nov 2022	23	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

9 Conclusion Fourth Report - What next for the Natio… Not Addressed

While it is clearly the case that the National Lottery poses significantly fewer gambling harms...

While it is clearly the case that the National Lottery poses significantly fewer gambling harms than many other forms of gambling, to play a National Lottery game is undeniably gambling, which the National Lottery operator should bear in mind. Including GambleAware branding on National Lottery products would serve 36 What …

Government response. The response discusses grant acknowledgement, which is not the subject of the recommendation. The recommendation is about including GambleAware branding on National Lottery products.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

Date	Witnesses
30 Jun 2022	Andrew Rhodes · Gambling Commission, John Tanner · Gambling Commission	View ↗
26 Apr 2022	Clara Govier · People’s Postcode Lottery, Donald Macrae · Health Lottery, Tony Vick · Lotteries Council	View ↗
1 Mar 2022	David Knott · National Lottery Community Fund, Dr Darren Henley OBE · Arts Council England	View ↗
30 Nov 2021	Adam Peaty MBE, Anna Powell-Smith · Centre for Public Data, Dr Sasha Stark, Ellie Robinson MBE, Lauren Rowles MBE	View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters

Date	Direction	Title
31 Jan 2023	—	Omaze response to the Committee’s What next for the National Lottery? Report, 2…
8 Dec 2022	To cttee	Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Na…
8 Nov 2022	To cttee	Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to an…
11 Oct 2022	To cttee	Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Na…
6 Sep 2022	To cttee	Letter from Damian Collins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech …
19 Jul 2022	To cttee	Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Lo…
7 Jul 2022	—	Letters from Camelot relating to the National Lottery, 28 June and 4 July 2022
8 Mar 2022	To cttee	Letter from Dr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, and Da…