UK Lottery market - Local Authority Lotteries
Request
What proportion of the UK lottery market is comprised of local authority lotteries?
Response
Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In your email you have requested what proportion of the UK lottery market is comprised of local authority lotteries?
Based on data from April 2021 to March 2022, the total proceeds (ticket sales) from Local Authority (LA) Lotteries as a percentage of the proceeds (ticket sales) from Society Lotteries (SL) and Local Authority (LA) Lotteries (but excluding the National Lottery) were:
SL & LA: £919,879,206.45
LA lotteries: £4,350,078.00
LA Lotteries % of proceeds from ticket sales 0.47%
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