NEWS SPECIAL
NATIONAL LOTTERY ANNUAL RESULTS
LOTTERY RETAILERS HELP DELIVER £200M BOOST TO GOOD CAUSES NATIONAL LOTTERY RETAILER ACROSS THE UK HELPED GROW SALES LAST YEAR BY 9.7% WHICH RESULTED IN AN EXTRA £200M GOING TO GOOD CAUSES. FAST STATS Q Total National Lottery ticket sales up 9.7% to £7.9bn Q Returns to Good Causes up 12.0% to £1.85bn Q Prize money awarded up by 9.1% Q Retail sales up by 1.4% – Retailer commission up by 2.8%
Yvonne Hamilton, owner of Linton Stores in York, scooped £10,000 in March in Camelot’s Site, Stock, Sell quarterly prize draw
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he phenomenal efforts of National Lottery retailers across the last year has resulted in a huge 12% increase in the amount of money going to good causes. The great news came as Camelot announced its third successive year of sales growth. Retailers helped grow sales by almost £700m in the year to the end of March, reaching a record total of £7,905.1m. Over the same period, the National Lottery generated returns to Good Causes of £1,853.1, an
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Q 95% of all sales revenue returned to winners and society
increase of £198.4m (+12%), which is even more significant at this critical time as National Lottery Distributors continue to fund vital work across the UK. This commitment will see up to £600m of National Lottery funding being directed towards UK charities and organisations to help tackle the impact of COVID-19. Camelot Chairman Sir Hugh Robertson commented: “Thanks to this crisis relief package,
