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Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery

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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 147119, tabled on 25 March 2022

Question

Alex Davies-Jones
Labour
Pontypridd
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) dates, (b) meeting minutes and (c) attendees of all meetings that Ministers and officials in her Department have attended in the last 12 months with the preferred National Lottery provider, Allwyn.

Answer

Chris Philp
Conservative
Croydon South
Commons

Answered on

30 March 2022

DCMS offered official-level meetings to all final-stage applicants to the 4th National Lottery licence competition to give an overview of the government's vision for the Gambling and National Lottery sectors. On 23 November 2020, DCMS's Director for Sport, Gambling and Ceremonials and Deputy Director for Gambling and Lotteries met representatives of Sazka (now Allwyn Entertainment Ltd). Ministers did not meet with Allwyn in respect of the competition to operate the 4th National Lottery licence.

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