We are happy to announce that the Welsh Town of Caerwys will have its National Lottery machine reinstalled by Camelot. We are happy for the people of Caerwys who were outraged when Camelot decided to power down the only other Lottery Ticket service in the town 12 months ago.
Lottery machine reinstalled
In a previous article re the Welsh Lottery Fiasco, we covered the fact that there had been a petition by the town’s people and a media campaign to get the machine reinstalled. A local newsagent had to undergo a secret shopper test which duly passed. It was then added to a short list of shops to be awarded a Lottery Machine.
If this sounds comical, you might live in an area where supermarkets are abundant and lottery tickets are easy to come by. Can you imagine travelling for an hour by bus to buy a lottery ticket? We would not do it. Removing a Lottery machine that many people use is tantamount to cutting off society and preventing them from playing it.
Camelot should not simply apply business logic for having a lottery machine in a location. Lottery games should be available to every single person in the United Kingdom. There should be a Lottery Machine in towns large and small. The argument that Camelot provided that caused the previous machine to be powered down was that there were better-placed shops for maximising returns.
This, in our opinion, is disgraceful as the company already makes huge profits from Lottery Games in the United Kingdom. This attitude is also one of the reasons why there have been many bidders when the Lottery comes up for tender and why there has been criticism of the handling of the Lottery.
We applaud Caerwys and hope they fully use the new Lottery Machine when they get it back next week.
