UK tribunal rejects Richard Desmond’s £70m National Lottery marketing claim
The Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected claims by Richard Desmond’s lottery companies that the Gambling Commission unlawfully approved £70m in marketing support for Camelot Group. The tribunal found no legal grounds to conclude that the approval breached the Subsidy Control Act 2022; Camelot is now owned by Allwyn UK.
The ruling addresses whether National Lottery contract arrangements disadvantaged competing lottery businesses.