National Lottery

(asked on 5th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of National Lottery participation rates over the third licence period.


Answered by
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John Whittingdale
This question was answered on 12th March 2021

The Third National Lottery licence started in February 2009. Data collected by the Gambling Commission shows the percentage of regular National Lottery draw-based game players, aged 16+ in Great Britain, since 2012. This data does not include instant win games (Scratchcards or Online Instant Win Games), sales of which have increased since the licence began.

Year

Past 4 week gambling participation (National Lottery Draw-Based Games)

Year to December 2012

46.1%

Year to December 2013

43.4%

Year to December 2014

37.4%

Year to December 2015

32.3%

Year to December 2016

30%

Year to December 2017

27.3%

Year to December 2018

27.6%

Year to December 2019

29.6%

Year to December 2020

27.3%

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