The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has given the UK’s Gambling Commission permission to advise the government on the way forward with a revised policy for UK lotteries, and online scratchcard players issued with an illegal lottery warning. 

The UK lottery system is about to have a make over.

eGaming Review (EGR), and Gaming Intelligence, have both reported that the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has directed the UK’s Gambling Commission to advise the government on the necessary changes needed to instill boundaries between the wide variety of lottery products that have emerged since the increase in interest of online gambling products.

The news comes after the DCMS issued a March 2015 report based on the findings of a 12-week consultation period where Camelot and the DCMS Committee piqued eyebrows over the blurred lines between UK lottery products. Camelot has operated the UK National Lottery since 1994.