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13/03/2012
National Lottery Seeks To Challenge Rival
Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, is seeking permission for a judicial review of the Gambling Commission’s decision to allow the rival Health Lottery.
They are arguing that the Health Lottery is a national rival which goes against the National Lottery Act of 1993, which allows for just one national lottery.
Raising funds for health causes the Health Lottery was set up last year by Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell media company.
Dianne Thompson, Camelot’s chief executive, said there was a "real danger" that the commission's decision could set a precedent allowing other commercial operators to set up as rivals to the National Lottery.
"As you can imagine, no business likes to be publicly at loggerheads with a regulator," said Ms Thompson.
"But the issue at stake here is so important, not just to us, but to the good causes that the National Lottery exists to support, that we can no longer remain silent."
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They are arguing that the Health Lottery is a national rival which goes against the National Lottery Act of 1993, which allows for just one national lottery.
Raising funds for health causes the Health Lottery was set up last year by Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell media company.
Dianne Thompson, Camelot’s chief executive, said there was a "real danger" that the commission's decision could set a precedent allowing other commercial operators to set up as rivals to the National Lottery.
"As you can imagine, no business likes to be publicly at loggerheads with a regulator," said Ms Thompson.
"But the issue at stake here is so important, not just to us, but to the good causes that the National Lottery exists to support, that we can no longer remain silent."
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