Camelot said it would withdraw its legal challenge to the award of the UK National Lottery licence to Allwyn and work with the incoming licensee on the transition. The UK Gambling Commission had warned that a prolonged dispute could disrupt draws and leave good causes at least GBP1bn short, according to the report.
The withdrawal clears a legal obstacle to the transition of the National Lottery licence to Allwyn.
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Brazil’s Congress president, Davi Alcolumbre, extended the provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting for a further 60 days, with the decision published on 11 November. The extension gives lawmakers until February to consider the measure, which would end betting authorisations, block websites and apps, and return user balances; the government estimates the ban would reduce revenue by BRL12bn.
Brazil’s provisional ban on fixed-odds betting has been extended by another 60 days by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre. The decision appeared in the federal official gazette on Wednesday 11.
Bedfordshire and Luton senior coroner Emma Whitting has called for the National Lottery to be included in GAMSTOP after an inquest into Stephen Goff’s death. The UK Gambling Commission said it would consider changes and was discussing further consumer protections with Allwyn and GAMSTOP.
A coroner wants the National Lottery in the United Kingdom placed on the list of services that gambling opt-outs exclude people from. The UKGC, speaking through a spokesperson, indicated it may weigh further changes, possibly including a wider reach for Gamstop.
The UK's National Audit Office has begun a review of the fourth National Lottery licence, examining how the Gambling Commission and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport designed and awarded it and oversaw the transition from Camelot to Allwyn. The report is expected in spring 2027. Allwyn took over operation in February 2024.
Reportedly, the National Audit Office has started examining the current National Lottery licence. The public spending watchdog plans to assess whether the Gambling Commission's supervision is producing the strongest achievable benefits for good causes now that Allwyn UK has run the lottery since February 2024. Findings are due in spring 2027.
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.
It was reported that the Court of Appeal refused TNLC and Northern & Shell permission to challenge part of April 2026’s High Court judgment. That judgment rejected their claims against UKGC over the fourth National Lottery licence award.