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Active Retailers

Request

‘Under the Freedom of Information Act please provide a list of all currently active UK National Lottery retailers (terminal locations) in Excel format. Information about each retailer should include the following data:

Business name

Full street address (including any secondary location information such as suite number) County / District name

City

Postal code

Retailer type - e.g. grocery store, filling station, stationary store, etc (if possible).’

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested:

‘Under the Freedom of Information Act please provide a list of all currently active UK National Lottery retailers (terminal locations) in Excel format. Information about each retailer should include the following data: Business name Full street address (including any secondary location information such as suite number) County / District name City Postal code Retailer type - e.g. grocery store, filling station, stationary store, etc (if possible).’

The FOIA provides individuals with the right to request recorded information held by public authorities such as the Gambling Commission, at the time the request is made. It does not impose any obligation on authorities to retrieve information from other organisations or to create information which was not already recorded at the time a request is made.

Please see the attached information we can provide falling within the scope of your request. This data is accurate as of 10 June 2024 and the retailer name in the document is dependent on what information the retailer provided to Allwyn.

Please note, the Gambling Commission do not hold the following data:

  • County/District name
  • Retailer Type.

Review of the decision

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email. 

Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission. 

It should be noted that if you wish to raise a complaint with the ICO about the Commission’s handling of your request for information, then you are required to do so within six weeks of receiving your final response or last substantive contact with us.

The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission

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