NL Weekly Sales Data
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide recorded information held by the Gambling Commission for the U.K. National Lottery.
I am seeking weekly sales data, by week-ending date, for the period 01 January 2021 through 31 December 2024, and the best already-public 2025 fallback if weekly 2025 cannot be disclosed.
Please provide:
A. Draw-based Games
weekly sales
split by online and retail
by individual draw game, if held in recorded form
B. Scratchcards
- weekly sales
C. Interactive Instant Win Games
- weekly sales
If any responsive information is already publicly available, a direct reference to the exact published file is sufficient for that portion.
For 2025, if weekly sales cannot be disclosed, please provide any already-public 2025 category sales figures for Draw-based Games, Scratchcards, and Interactive Instant Win Games, and identify the source. Please let me know when 2025 weekly sales data will be available.
Response
Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In your email you have requested weekly sales data, by week-ending date, for the period 01 January 2021 through 31 December 2024, and the best already-public 2025 fallback if weekly 2025 cannot be disclosed.
Specifically:
A. Draw-based Games
- weekly sales
- split by online and retail
- by individual draw game, if held in recorded form
B. Scratchcards
- weekly sales
C. Interactive Instant Win Games
- weekly sales
Please find attached a breakdown of weekly sales data for January 2021 to December 2024.
Section 21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt from disclosure where it is reasonably accessible elsewhere. In order to be of assistance, 2025 sales data that is publicly available can be found here: Statistics and research series.
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