National Lottery Commission reviewed cases where players were not satisfied by Camelot Group’s response. They also ensured that there were controls in place to protect against excessive and under-age play. The Commission monitored all aspects of the running of the Lottery, from the televised draws to the way players were paid their prize money, to ensure they were conducted properly and in accordance with the terms of the licence. The Commission worked to secure the greatest possible returns to good causes by monitoring the performance of the Lottery and ensuring that the allocated funds went to the right place, in the right amounts.
Gambling in the United Kingdom lottery until the Government established one, however. Other countrywide lotteries do exist, but work by dividing the prizes and stakes strictly on a geographical basis into small areas and thus technically not becoming a national lottery. The Gambling Commission called the Health Lottery in 2010 "a very fine line" and insisted it would only be legal if split into at least 31 separate, identifiable schemes so as not to become "a "de facto" National Lottery". The United Kingdom's state-franchised lottery is known as the National Lottery, which was set up under government licence in 1993. Several games are run under