New National Lottery operator hopes to double charity money

The new operator of the National Lottery has said it hopes to more-than-double the amount of money allocated for good causes. Allwyn Entertainment has been formally awarded the licence to run the lottery from February 2024.It comes after Camelot, which ran the lottery for 30 years, dropped a legal challenge which was preventing the handover of the £6.4bn contract. The lottery operator is owned by Czech oil and gas tycoon Karel Komarek. Allwyn runs lotteries in Austria, the Czech Republic and Greece. The National Lottery is one of the world's largest lotteries and has raised more than £46bn for good causes across the UK.It has also played a part in funding training and facilities over the past three decades for Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

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