National Lottery (United Kingdom) National Lottery (United Kingdom) The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery was initially regulated by the National Lottery Commission, which has since been abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the Gambling Commission, and was established by the government of John Major in 1994. All prizes are paid as a lump sum and are tax-free. Of all money spent on National Lottery games, around 53% goes to the prize fund and 25% to "good causes"
The Lottery in Babylon brief reference to Franz Kafka as Qaphqa, the legendary Latrine where spies of the Company leave information. The Lottery in Babylon "The Lottery in Babylon" (or "The Babylon Lottery"; original Spanish "La lotería en Babilonia") is a fantasy short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. It first appeared in 1941 in the literary magazine "Sur", and was then included in the 1941 collection "The Garden of Forking Paths" ("El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan"), which in turn became the part one of "Ficciones" (1944). The story describes a mythical Babylon in which all activities are dictated by