New lottery owner?

[Buckman]

I was not aware that the lottery was taken over on 1st Feb and is now managed by Allwyn a company owned by a Czech Karel Komárek? Media seem to have been very quiet on this as don't remember them making dire predictions etc. I wonder if Allwyn has also taken over the Eurolottery pr just the UK lottery? As long as my winning numbers come up this week, not bothered who owns the lottery. Are there any enterprises left in the UK that are British? LOL!

 

[RogerL]

I was not aware that the lottery was taken over on 1st Feb and is now managed by Allwyn a company owned by a Czech Karel Komárek? Media seem to have been very quiet on this as don't remember them making dire predictions etc. I wonder if Allwyn has also taken over the Eurolottery pr just the UK lottery? As long as my winning numbers come up this week, not bothered who owns the lottery. Are there any enterprises left in the UK that are British? LOL!

Linked to that news, many sub-post offices have stopped selling lottery tickets as the scratch cards are no longer profitable and the rules prevent them selling lottery tickets if they don't sell scratchcards.

 

[Buckman]

Linked to that news, many sub-post offices have stopped selling lottery tickets as the scratch cards are no longer profitable and the rules prevent them selling lottery tickets if they don't sell scratchcards.

Apparently the postmasters need to buy the scratch cards. I cannot remember when last we bought a scratch card.

 

[otherclive]

I was not aware that the lottery was taken over on 1st Feb and is now managed by Allwyn a company owned by a Czech Karel Komárek? Media seem to have been very quiet on this as don't remember them making dire predictions etc. I wonder if Allwyn has also taken over the Eurolottery pr just the UK lottery? As long as my winning numbers come up this week, not bothered who owns the lottery. Are there any enterprises left in the UK that are British? LOL!

Yes, HMG, Revenue and Customs plus a few others. Dyson, JCB and Ineos to name a few. It’s swings and roundabouts as UK companies were by far the biggest overseas investors in the USA.

Never bought a lottery or scratch card.

 

[Dustydog]

I never understood why our British National Lottery was run by a Canadian Teachers Pension Plan, Branson was grounded , now the Czechs. No hope for us. I do buy lottery tickets not scratch cards

 

[RogerL]

I never understood why our British National Lottery was run by a Canadian Teachers Pension Plan, Branson was grounded , now the Czechs. No hope for us. I do buy lottery tickets not scratch cards

It's global economy, has been for quite some time - much of my pension fund and savings investments are in overseas companies.

 

[Dustydog]

It's global economy, has been for quite some time - much of my pension fund and savings investments are in overseas companies.

What happened to

 

[otherclive]

Isn’t that what the Czech company are doing? 😂

 

[Beachball]

Apparently the postmasters need to buy the scratch cards. I cannot remember when last we bought a scratch card.

Never brought a scratch card

 

[Andy Norfolk]

It's not really been heavily publicised because Alwyn bought Camelot to make the transition easier. We've used it as a natural break to stop playing it. Played since it started. Most I won was £70, so I think we're down quite a bit 😥.

 

[GaryB]

Never bought a scratch card and never done the National Lottery since winning a large sum back in 1995. Ended up divorced three years later. Money certainly cannot buy happiness but it can enhance happiness if you already are happy or bring on misery a lot earlier if you aren't already happy.

 

[Raywood]

It was announced some considerable time ago and seems to have been forgotten by now. I doubt customers will notice and difference though.

 

[Buckman]

It was announced some considerable time ago and seems to have been forgotten by now. I doubt customers will notice and difference though.

Either way it seems it was snuck in under the radar?

 

[otherclive]

Either way it seems it was snuck in under the radar?

Isn’t it a normal business deal, same as happens every day with other businesses. I really don’t see it as “snuck under the radar”. But I expect most users don’t give a fig about who runs it as long as they can get their cards and tickets.

 

[Dustydog]

It’s a very sad day when the UK owns nothing. Lottery , Supermarkets, football teams etc.
I read talk of future wars. Not good for us if we have to buy everything in🥲

 

[otherclive]

It’s a very sad day when the UK owns nothing. Lottery , Supermarkets, football teams etc.
I read talk of future wars. Not good for us if we have to buy everything in🥲

We own a lot of investments in companies based in UK and are still the largest foreign investor in the USA. Within Europe we are no longer the largest recipient of foreign inwards investment as that has passed to France. But we are second to a France so the investment is providing jobs and businesses which must be a benefit.

I read somewhere where the “I’m backing Britain “ tee shirts came from Portugal 😂

 

[otherclive]

In a relatively unpublicised acquisition BAE have just completed the acquisition of the US Ball Aerospace at just under $5bn dollars. A reasonable quid pro quo for a lottery. Wonder what members of Practical Winnebago have to say about that 😱

 

[Raywood]

Either way it seems it was snuck in under the radar?

It was announced when the new contract was awarded with the press wanting to know why it went to a foreign company so I think we had notice of the change. This was possibly forgotten about until the change took place. I did think the previous operator was Canadian though, but if I am wrong no doubt someone will correct me.