Record six months for lottery ticket sales

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Camelot sold more National Lottery tickets in the first half of the latest financial year than ever before.

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The lottery operator recorded ticket sales of £3,961.4m for the six months ending 25 September 2021, up by £107.3m (2.7%) on the previous year.

Camelot chairman Sir Hugh Robertson said: “I’m delighted to announce another record sales performance for the National Lottery.

“Crucially, this meant we were able to deliver growth in returns to good causes, prizes paid to players and lottery duty to the Treasury.

“Our profit was once again aligned with returns to good causes at the half-year stage and will be around 1% of sales for the full year, in accordance with our licence.

“An incredible £45bn has now been raised for National Lottery good causes – 65% more than the most optimistic Treasury forecasts at the time of launch.”

Retailers shared in the success. Total in-store sales rose to £2,337.5m – up by 4.5%.

Retailer commission increased to £133m, up by £6.5m and giving retailers an average of £3,000 per store.