UK’s biggest-ever National Lottery winners go public with £184m jackpot from lucky dip May 19, 2022 The country’s biggest-ever National Lottery winners have gone public with their £184m win. The lucky pair banked the giant EuroMillions jackpot in the draw on Tuesday May 10, 2022 and are now celebrating with an astonishing £184,262,899.10. The Gloucester based Joe and Jess Thwaite bought their EuroMillions Lucky Dip ticket for the massive draw on [...]
UK ticket holder richer than Adele after £184m lottery jackpot May 11, 2022 One lucky winner in the UK has bagged the country’s biggest-ever National Lottery prize, with a £184m jackpot. The winning main EuroMillions numbers are: 03, 25, 27, 28, 29 while the winning Lucky Star numbers are 04, 09. The EuroMillions winner is now richer than celebrities including boxer Anthony Joshua, who is recorded as having [...]
Camelot’s National Lottery legal battle could drain £500m from good causes May 8, 2022 The former boss of lottery operator Camelot has urged the gambling commission to delay the transfer of the firm’s licence to new operator Allwyn, as the costly legal battle could cut resources for good causes. Dame Dianne Thompson has written in a letter to the commission first reported by the Mail on Sunday that a legal [...]
Italian lottery operator Sisal mulls joining Camelot’s High Court challenge April 10, 2022 Italian lottery operator Sisal is considering teaming up with Camelot to challenge the Gambling Commission’s decision to pick Czech firm Allwyn to run the UK’s National Lottery. Sisal is weighing up plans to back Camelot’s High Court bid to overturn the Gambling Commission’s decision, after Camelot lodged a legal challenge against the government agency earlier [...]
Czech billionaire set to get $750m windfall after listing lottery operator in New York April 3, 2022 Czech billionaire Karel Komárek is set to a receive a payout worth $750m (£572m), after floating the gambling company, that is set to take over from Camelot in running the UK’s National Lottery, on the New York stock exchange. Komárek is set to be the main beneficiary of a $750m cash windfall, after he lists [...]
A good Monday for two pandemic NHS workers as they hit the jackpot with £1m win March 28, 2022 Two friends from Northampton are waking up as rich Brits this morning after winning a half share of a £1m Lotto prize, which they originally thought was £1000. NHS workers Marion Wood, 60, and Michael Williams, 67, matched five main numbers plus the Bonus Ball in The National Lottery Lotto. Wood, who works at Northampton [...]
Camelot challenges Gambling Commission over National Lottery’s contract March 26, 2022 Camelot is expected to challenge the Gambling Commission over the regulator’s decision to award the National Lottery contract to multinational Allwyn. The group will take the gambling regulator to court, accusing the Gambling Commission of breaking the law when it discarded Camelot’s score in the system that measures the bids, the Telegraph reported. According to [...]
Bad luck again: Camelot UK hit with £3.15m fine for mobile app failings March 22, 2022 To add to its bout of recent bad luck, National Lottery operator Camelot UK has been whacked with a £3.15m fine by the gambling watchdog for failures linked to its mobile app.
Camelot loses National Lottery licence after 28 years as Czech contender Allwyn gets the jackpot March 15, 2022 National Lottery operator Camelot is set to lose its licence to run the lottery after 28 years as the Gambling Commission names rival Allwyn Entertainment as its preferred applicant to take on the venture.
Lottery scammers impersonate Simmons & Simmons staff November 9, 2021 Fraudsters have used the name of Simmons & Simmons in a hoax to convince victims they have won the lottery, in the latest scam using City law firms. The scam phone calls from people purporting to be at Simmons & Simmons prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue an alert last week warning members of [...]