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title: "Competition for the 4th UK National Lottery Licence"
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# Competition for the 4th UK National Lottery Licence

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/competition-for-the-4th-uk-national-lottery-licence-ocds-h6vhtk-037ddf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Gambling Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gambling-commission-gov-pb169)
- **Published Value:** £7,834,932,296 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Information technology services, Lottery formulary, Lottery machines, Lottery operating services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037ddf`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/competition-for-the-4th-uk-national-lottery-licence-ocds-h6vhtk-037ddf#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30198000, 37524800, 37524810, 66100000, 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** 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...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030746-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Allwyn Entertainment Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-13157556`
  - Value: £7,834,932,296 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030746-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,834,932,296
  - Signed Date: 14/09/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030746-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-31T19:04:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T02:38:34.917Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037ddf