A sharp fall in the number of EuroMillions draws with a jackpot of at least €100 million took the edge off annual results at the UK’s new National Lottery operator.
Allwyn International, which took over on February 1 this year, said there were only 14 draws paying out more than three figures in 2023, the level at which huge numbers of extra tickets are sold via retailers or the National Lottery website, compared with 33 in 2022.
It said the “unusually unfavourable” EuroMillions jackpot cycles had affected ticket sales and this had been only partially offset by a strong performance from Lotto, the main national draw.
Allwyn said the UK performance had also reflected limited product and channel developments towards the end of the previous
