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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/record-ticket-sales-for-camelot.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="National Lottery operator Camelot said it expects full-year sales to hit 5.7 billion pounds" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-record-ticket-sales-for-camelot.jpg" alt="National Lottery operator Camelot said it expects full-year sales to hit 5.7 billion pounds"/></a></p>
<p>National Lottery group Camelot said a new-look Thunderball game and two special UK Millionaire Super Raffles have helped it achieve record ticket sales this year.</p>
<p>Camelot, which runs games including Lotto and National Lottery scratchcards, said it expects sales for the year to March 31 to hit £5.7 billion, breaking the previous record of £5.5 billion set 13 years ago.</p>
<p>The group said the strong performance came at a time when most lotteries worldwide are reporting static or declining sales and came after its best-ever third-quarter sales performance.</p>
<p>Camelot, which is owned by the Ontario Teachers&#8217; Pension Plan, was awarded the National Lottery franchise in 1993 and sells tickets through 28,500 retailers across the UK.</p>
<p>It said the new Thunderball game, which is similar to the core Lotto game, had been popular after its re-launch in May with a bigger top prize of £500,000. The UK Millionaire Super Raffle, held twice in November and on Christmas Eve, also helped sales and created 10 millionaires and 25 millionaires respectively.</p>
<p>Dianne Thompson, Camelot chief executive, said: &#8220;This year&#8217;s performance reinforces our position as one of the world&#8217;s leading lottery operators and ensures that the National Lottery remains one of the world&#8217;s most consistently successful operations of its kind.&#8221;</p>
<p>Total National Lottery sales have increased by 17.9% since 2002, Camelot said, while the number of players has grown by 5% in the last five years.</p>
<p>Payouts to good causes will hit £1.5 billion in the financial year, while prize money will reach £2.9 billion. Retail is still the company&#8217;s largest sales channel and the company expects to grow sales by 3% in the next financial year.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Camelot&#8217;s hopes of offering extra services were dashed after regulators refused the move due to serious competition concerns.</p>
<p>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&#8217;s plans would breach European competition law.</p>
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