National Lottery group Camelot’s hopes of offering extra services have been dashed after regulators refused the move due to “serious” competition concerns.
Camelot had been fighting to overturn a provisional decision by the National Lottery Commission (NLC) last July to block proposals to provide mobile phone top-ups and electronic bill payments.
But the NLC said that, following legal advice, it believed Camelot’s plans would breach European competition law.
Camelot described the decision as “bewildering” and said it was already commonplace across Europe for lottery operators to offer these services.
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