The Health Lottery assets of the NHS Lottery were purchased in 2007 by Altala Group Ltd, a company run by Ian Milligan, a former employee of Camelot Group, the operators of the UK National Lottery. Altala went into administration in 2009, shortly before it was due to be granted its gambling licence, and was purchased by Health Lottery Ltd. After winning the licence, the Health Lottery was sold in February 2011 to Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell group. The Health Lottery launched in September 2011. Until the summer of 2018, The Health Lottery had operated 51 society lotteries across Great Britain. This structure
The Health Lottery The Health Lottery The Health Lottery is a lottery that operates on behalf of 12 local society lotteries across Great Britain. It was launched in October 2011 and runs 5 weekly draws on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Each week a different Community Interest Company raises the funds for their respective area, with 20% of ticket sales being awarded to local health-related causes. It is operated by Northern and Shell. The origins of the Health Lottery predate the National Lottery, to the failed National Health Service Lottery which had an abortive launch in 1988, before being declared illegal. The