| Heading: |
National Lottery |
| Question ID: |
1804792 |
| UIN: |
HL7675 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1833 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Mancroft
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Mancroft
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk posed by the National Lottery to problem gamblers in relation to that posed by society lotteries. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answer text: |
The Gambling Survey for Great Britain (2023) found that lottery products are associated with the lowest harm rates, as measured by the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI).The survey estimated that problem gamblers (scoring 8 or more on the PGSI) in the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |