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Lotteries: Accountability

Commons · Question 14697 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2024

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Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will request that the Gambling Commission provide an overview of where (a) the Health Lottery and (b) other large scale lotteries have not fulfilled their social responsibility duties; and

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 25 Nov 2024

The oversight of operating licences for large scale lotteries such as the Health Lottery, including compliance with social responsibility duties, is a matter for the Gambling Commission. Where the Commission takes regulatory action against an operator, it...