Chief Executive National Lottery Commission Mark Harris and Chairman Dame Helena Shovelton during a press conference in London, where it was announced that neither bidder for the licence to run the National Lottery had succeeded. * In a shock announcement they told the news conference that they could not accept bids as they stood from current operator Camelot or Sir Richard Branson's People's Lottery.

Chief Executive National Lottery Commission Mark Harris and Chairman Dame Helena Shovelton during a press conference in London, where it was announced that neither bidder for the licence to run the National Lottery had succeeded. * In a shock announcement they told the news conference that they could not accept bids as they stood from current operator Camelot or Sir Richard Branson's People's Lottery. Stock Photo

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23 August 2000

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