Allwyn launched a £5 Deal or No Deal scratchcard for the UK National Lottery, produced under licence from Scientific Games. The game offers four top prizes of £1.5m each and a one-in-3.49 chance of winning a prize, the company said.
The launch creates a new licensed scratchcard product for Allwyn and its National Lottery retail network.
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Sarah Gardner, the Gambling Commission’s interim chief executive, praised Allwyn’s player-protection measures at a company conference in the UK. She said the National Lottery raised £1.7bn for good causes in the past year and described Allwyn’s new online safeguards as positive, while noting early implementation difficulties.
UK Gambling Commission acting chief executive Sarah Gardner called on Allwyn UK to increase National Lottery returns for good causes while maintaining player protections, according to a report of her conference remarks. Allwyn generated £1.8bn for good causes in 2025/26, while sales fell 12.5% year on year in the first quarter of 2026/27. Gardner said the technology upgrade created opportunities to improve safeguards, despite transition problems.
The Gambling Commission published annual gambling statistics for Great Britain covering April 2025 to March 2026. National Lottery sales reached £7.935bn, up 0.9% year on year, while sales for other lotteries rose 5.7% to £1.171bn. The consumer-facing gambling sector generated £17.5bn in gross gambling yield, an increase of 4.4%.
It was reported that the Court of Appeal rejected a challenge concerning the fourth UK National Lottery licence. The disputed award went to Allwyn.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in the long-running legal dispute over the Gambling Commission's tender for the National Lottery licence. The ruling brings the litigation over the tender to an end, the outlet reported.