Camelot Group the terms of its operating licence in failing to investigate the veracity of the prize claim before paying out. , each pound (100p) spent on the National Lottery is divided as follows: Camelot Group Camelot Group are the operators of the UK National Lottery. Camelot Group was awarded the National Lottery franchise in May 1994 (though the lottery did not start until November 1994) and was re-awarded the franchise in 2001 and again in 2007. The current franchise period started in 2009 and runs until 2019, with a possible extension of up to five years. The governmental body the Gambling
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