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Competition for the 4th UK National Lottery Licence

Banking and investment services
Information technology services
Lottery formulary
+3 more
West Midlands (UKG31)
Published value
£7,834,932,296
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: The Gambling Commission: "Competition for the 4th UK National Lottery Licence". Published status: complete. Published value: £7,834,932,296. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Gambling CommissionScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£7,834,932,296
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Gambling Commission
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for The Gambling Commission. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Gambling Commission
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
Last source update31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBanking and investment services, Information technology services, Lottery formulary, Lottery machines, Lottery operating services, Lotto games
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-037ddf
What is being bought
The Gambling Commission has concluded the process to award a licence to deliver the UK National Lottery. The current licence to operate the National Lottery expires in 2024 the 4th National Lottery Licence Competition was conducted to identify the operator of the next licence which will commence following the expiry of the 3rd Licence.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £7,834,932,296
    31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The 4th National Lottery Licence is published on the Gambling Commission’s website (https://assets.ctfassets.net/j16ev64qyf6l/43P3uxx2rU4rysgaynLm6v/1c1a8426dcb68d9d784d5faf9b94eeed/Proposed_form_of_the_Fourth_National_Lottery_Licence_-_February_2024.pdf). In FY 2021/22, total sales for the UK National Lottery reached GBP 8 090 700 000. In FY 2021/22 the retail channel accounted for 57.8% of ticket sales at GBP 4 676 425 000, with the digital channel (42.2%) growing by 0.2% to GBP 3 414 275 000. Over the 28 years the National Lottery has been in operation, this has added up to more than GBP 85 000 000 000 awarded in prizes and the creation of >6,500 millionaires.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Oct 2022, 19:04 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · £7,834,932,296
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£7,834,932,296 · signed 15 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 4 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 4 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 2 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Gambling Commission

Contracting authority GB-FTS-67189
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  • The Gambling Commission
    buyer
    reviewBody

    Victoria Square House, Birmingham, UKG31, B2 4BP
    4nlcengagement@gamblingcommission.gov.uk

  • Allwyn Entertainment Ltd
    supplier

    13157556
    1 Connaught Place, 5th floor, London, UKI32, W22ET
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