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The Development of the UK National Lottery: 1992–96
Author(s) -
Moore Peter G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/1467-985x.00055
Subject(s) - lottery , government (linguistics) , white paper , political science , term (time) , public administration , operations research , economics , engineering , law , microeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper outlines the build‐up of the National Lottery launch, from the government 1992 white paper, the subsequent Parliamentary procedures leading to the National Lottery Act, the choice of Camelot as the operator in May 1994 and the nationwide launch of the lottery in November 1994. The paper outlines the achievements of the lottery and some longer‐term issues that it faces.