About the National Lottery

Find out more information about the National Lottery and how we regulate it.

The current National Lottery licence

We award the licence to run the National Lottery. The current National Lottery licence is in place from 1st February 2024 until 31st January 2034.

Find out more about the current National Lottery licence

Current National Lottery games and licences

National Lottery background

Find out more about the National Lottery and how we regulate it.

How we regulate the National Lottery

National Lottery statutory framework

Useful information

• Complain about the National Lottery
• Fourth National Lottery Licence: Regulatory Handbook
• National Lottery Distribution Fund
• Licence applicants and National Lottery vetting

The previous National Lottery licence

The National Lottery was previously run by Camelot UK Lotteries Limited (opens in new tab). The Third National Lottery Section 5 Licence expired on 31st January 2024.

The previous National Lottery licence

The National Lottery licence competition

We have run the competition which decided who operates the National Lottery from 1st February 2024.

• The National Lottery licence competition
• Documentation regarding the Fourth National Lottery licence

Latest National Lottery news

Our latest National Lottery news.

More news

• 01 February 2024

  Fourth National Lottery Licence begins with Allwyn as new operator

• 10 January 2024

  Update on fourth National Lottery licence: IGT discontinues appeal

• 28 July 2023

  Fourth National Lottery licence competition: legal update (July 2023)