'Weekly Payout'

Background
Camelot is required to ensure that any material and its content designed to encourage or enable a player to enter into or play a lottery game is accurate, does not mislead players and is compatible with the game rules and procedures for that game.

Condition
Condition 9(31) of the licence granted under Section 5 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (as amended).

Description
On 12 April 2006, between the hours of 11:26 and 13:42, the Interactive Instant Win game ‘Weekly payout’ was advertised on the National Lottery website homepage as being available to play for £1. The actual cost to play this game is £2.  During the time that the inaccurate information was displayed 119 people played the game.

Regulatory Action
The Commission investigated the issue and wrote to Camelot.  Camelot wrote on 31 July 2006 accepting that it was in breach of the licence  A licence breach was recorded on 10 August 2006.

Outcome
Camelot changed its internal procedure to add further checks after a similar incident with the Cars N Cash Instant win game.  The Weekly Payout game was created prior to the Cars N Cash incident and therefore preceded the corrective actions Camelot has put in place.

Related Links

• Interactive Instant Win Games

  Interactive Instant Win Games (IIWGs) are available to registered players to play online.