Camelot complains about games
13 Aug 2007
"...Camelot, which last week won preferred bidder status for the next licence, running until 2019, believes the lottery-style games run by bookmakers cost it about £430 million a year in lost sales.
"It says people who play the games would otherwise go to the Lottery and this could cost good causes almost £1bn billion from now until the London Olympics.
"Camelot gives 28% of sales to good causes and is committed to raising £2.5 billion towards the 2012 Games. The lottery-style games allow punters to bet on the outcome of foreign lotteries and are often called lottos..."