British Gambling Commission suspends Lottery England licence

The Gambling Commission has suspended Lottery England’s external lottery manager licence.

UK.- The British regulator, the Gambling Commission, has suspended Lottery England Limited’s non-remote external lottery manager licence.

The licence allowed the Kent-based company to provide lottery services and to manage lotteries for charities and local authorities.

The Gambling Commission said it had “concerns that activities may have been carried out contrary to the [2005 Gambling] Act, or not in accordance with conditions of their licence“, and that the company “may be unsuitable to carry on the licensed activities”.

Licensing conditions for lottery management require that lotteries must not be run for commercial gain.

Last month, the Gambling Commission suspended the licence of the Gibraltar-based B2C arms of Nektan, which belongs to Grace Media, following its sale by administrators last year.

Meanwhile, igaming operator Stakers has surrendered its British online gambling licence after losing its appeal against the suspension of the licence pending an investigation by the regulator. 

Stakers said that its business would cease to exist if it waited for the Gambling Commission to conclude its investigation.