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Be the first runner across the Olympic finish line

30.09.11
Running enthusiasts are being offered the chance to compete in an historic run which ends at the new Olympic Stadium... more

Thousands get the chance to beat Bolt onto Olympic track

05.09.11
Thousands of Londoners will be the first to race on the Olympic stadium track, four months before next year's Games get under way... more

Numbers are up to a record at Camelot

03.06.11
National Lottery operator Camelot enjoyed record ticket sales of £5.8 billion last year, thanks in part to a revamp of its popular Thunderball game... more

Unlucky for some... Three winners miss out

12.05.11
Money destined to go to three lottery winners will now go to good causes after lucky punters failed to collect... more

Campaign wins reprieve for oldest playground in capital

11.05.11
The oldest working adventure playground in London has secured a new lease following a fierce campaign to keep it open... more

Biggest ever lottery jackpot: Ticket buying frenzy ahead of £117m draw

25.03.11
The National Lottery is gearing up for a last minute ticket-buying frenzy before tonight's potentially record-breaking £117 million EuroMillions draw... more

Camelot lottery blow is a winner for PayPoint

02.03.11
National Lottery operator Camelot loses its bid to sell services like mobile phone top-ups and bill payment via its ticket terminals, which could have made it around £1 million a year... more

Perfect victory in the Big Apple tastes so sweet

10.11.10
Double paralympic champion continues our weekly diary in the countdown to the London Games ... more

Charities boost properties

21.09.10
Some will say the London property market looks like a charity case, given the latest gloomy figures on mortgage lending and construction... more

Camelot courts regulator over lottery pay point plans

02.08.10
National Lottery operator renews its effort to win over regulators about plans to sell mobile top-up cards and other services through its ticket terminals... more

Camelot hits back at ban on National Lottery extras

16.07.10
National Lottery operator Camelot describes a decision to stop it offering mobile phone top-ups and electronic bill payments as “flawed”... more

Don’t let a golden age turn into cultural recession

15.07.10
You can understand why there has been some talk of a golden age - spending has soared, and it is still much-needed... more

De La Rue lifted by Lottery stake sale

26.03.10
Banknotes printer De La Rue says it has received £77.8 million from selling its 20% stake in National Lottery operator Camelot... more

London Olympics chiefs plan 60 outdoor viewing areas

18.02.10
Organisers plan to open 60 outdoor viewing areas — or 'live sites' — for sports fans around the country in 2012... more

Now more than ever, the Lottery can do some good

29.09.09
The Tories want to change how the huge sums raised are handed out — and plenty of projects need support... more

De La Rue denies a cheap sale of Camelot

20.04.09
Banknote printer De La Rue admitted it is considering selling its stake in the National Lottery operator Camelot but denies it will be at a knockdown price... more

Revamp by Sportech makes football pools a draw again

24.03.09
After 15 years of National Lottery-induced pain and more than nine million lost customers, the football pools are fighting back... more

To save the day, Gordon, you have to tax the rich

25.11.08
During the heady days of the boom, I used to opine regularly that the National Lottery was a tax on stupidity, the odds of winning the jackpot being so infinitesimal... more

Tories promise extra £58m for sports funding

26.08.08
Future Olympic hopefuls will get an extra £58million a year in sports funding under Tory plans to reform the National Lottery... more

'Out-of touch' Arts Council upset too many people over funding

30.07.08
A damning report on Arts Council England's funding process branded the organisation "unhelpfully cumbersome", "impersonal" and out of touch... more

Youth music launched at National Gallery

24.10.07
The National Gallery will echo to the sounds of jazz, rap, rock and drumming as Youth Music week kicks off.... more


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