National Lottery

(asked on 25th November 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2021 to Question 71465, on National Lottery, if he will provide a breakdown by region of the 222 National Lottery retailers that only sell National Lottery scratchcards and do not sell tickets for draw based games.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Shadow Home Secretary
This question was answered on 1st December 2021

The Gambling Commission have provided the following information showing retailers across different regions that only sell National Lottery scratchcards and do not sell tickets for draw based games. These retailers are spread throughout the different regions of the UK.

Following on from the previously mentioned PQ, Question 71465 answered on 15 November 2021, the number of retailers selling only National Lottery scratchcards has decreased by one as one of the stores is no longer active, meaning the total number in the table below is 221.

Region

Active stores

East Coast of Scotland & Northeast England

8

West Coast of Scotland & Northern Ireland

11

Lake District, North Lancashire, West Yorkshire

25

East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands

30

M62 Corridor, Yorkshire to Liverpool (including Manchester

18

West Midlands & North Wales

18

East Anglia

12

Home Counties (Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire)

15

M4 Corridor (Bristol to London)

21

London

18

South Coast

22

South West, South Wales

23

Total of 221

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