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What next for the National Lottery?

Inquiry

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.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 1 April 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fourth Report - What next for the National Lottery?
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
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Twelfth Special Report - What next for the National Lottery?: National Lottery Distributors’ Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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HC 1913
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Seventh Special Report - What next for the National Lottery?: Government and Gambling Commission Responses to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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Correspondence

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Omaze response to the Committee’s What next for the National Lottery? Report, 20 January 2023
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
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Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to National Lottery Licence change of corporate control, 5 December 2022
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
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Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to an update on the fourth National Lottery licence competition, 13 October 2022
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
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Oral evidence transcripts

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5 July 2022
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
Witnesses Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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30 June 2022
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
Witnesses Gambling Commission, and Gambling Commission
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26 April 2022
Inquiry What next for the National Lottery?
Witnesses People’s Postcode Lottery, Health Lottery, and Lotteries Council
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Written evidence

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The Lotteries Council (LOT0012)
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Dr Sasha Stark (LOT0008)
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Gambling Commission (LOT0009)
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