2002 - 2009 Licence competition

The Commission ran a competition for the 2002-2009 Licence to run the National Lottery. There were two bids: one by Camelot and one by The People’s Lottery. The Commission gave careful consideration to both bids and ultimately selected Camelot’s bid.

An overview of the process, the Statement of Main Principles, Invitation to Apply (ITA), and a statement of the reasons for our decision are available to download on this site.

Related downloads

• Background to the Competition

  This gives an overview of the competition process.

  (pdf - 42kb)

• Statement of Main Principles

  The Statement of Main Principles outlines the strucure for the process and the evaluation of the competition for the 2002-2009 licence.

  (pdf - 144kb)

• Invitation to Apply part A

  Part A is the formal invitation to bid for the 2002-2009 National Lottery Licence.

  (pdf - 339kb)

• Invitation to Apply part B

  Part B of the ITA contains the Annexes to the main body of the text.

  (pdf - 34kb)

• Evaluation

  This gives an overview of the Commission’s evaluation process.

  (pdf - 16kb)

• Statement of Reasons

  The Statement of Reasons explains the decisions that the Commission made in awarding the 2002-2009 Licence to Camelot.

  (pdf - 24kb)