National Lottery Commission It was not the NLC’s responsibility to distribute the good causes funds. There are 14 Lottery distributors who distribute the money to local communities and national projects. The National Lottery is operated by Camelot Group under a licence that was awarded to them by the Commission following a competition to select the operator. The competition for the third Lottery licence took place between January 2005 and August 2007. The Invitation to Apply (ITA) was the formal invitation to bid for the licence and was published on 29 June 2006. Bids were received from Camelot Group plc and Sugal & Damani
The National Lottery Draws The National Lottery Draws The National Lottery Results (previously The National Lottery Live and The National Lottery Draws) is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the National Lottery in the United Kingdom. The programme launched in November 1994 on BBC One, and was initially broadcast live on Saturday nights, before expanding to Wednesday and Friday nights later on. From January 2013 to December 2016, the program aired only on Saturday nights. On 24 November 2016 it was announced that the Saturday night draws would be dropped and moved to BBC iPlayer from 7 January 2017. The draws have