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.
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2021, the number of retailers selling only National Lottery scratchcards has decreased by one as one of the stores is no longer active, meaning the total number in the table below is 221.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 |