National Lottery players who were expecting the new operator to flick a switch on February 1 and start offering spectacular new draws and myriad instant-win games should think again.
The boss of Allwyn International says that though the fourth lottery licence will start on that date, it will be some time before the promised new lottery will be completed.
Robert Chvatal, the Allwyn chief executive, said: “It is something that will happen in the next two years rather than everything magically changing on February 1. We will carry on working on the transformation but that will take another two years.”
One element that will definitely change on day one is the amount that goes to good causes. The Allwyn boss said that as the
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