Camelot Group: Sales

(asked on 19th May 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish information on online sales by Camelot UK Lotteries Limited by whether that sale was made (a) on the website and (b) via the phone application.


Answered by
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John Whittingdale
This question was answered on 24th May 2021

The table below shows sales data, broken down by draw-based games and instant win games, which includes both scratchcards and online instant win games. Sales are not publicly reported at a more granular level, therefore it has also not been possible to differentiate between sales on the website or the mobile application.

Draw-based games sales (£m)

Instant win game sales (£m)

2009/10*

4,761

1,541

2010/11

4,389

1,436

2011/12

4,778

1,726

2012/13

4,915

2,062

2013/14

4,595

2,141

2014/15

4,646

2,629

2015/16

4,663

2,952

2016/17

4,020

2,902

2017/18

4,101

2,835

2018/19

4,083

3,125

2019/20

4,536

3,368

* 2009/10 covers a 14 month period due to the third Licence beginning on 1st February 2009.

The 2019/20 annual report of the current operator shows that digital sales accounted for 31.1% of total sales, up from 25.4% in 2018/19.

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