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Our GameChangers celebrations continue as we near The National Lottery’s 30th Birthday, reflecting on the impact of their endeavours and how they’re inspiring future generations.    Unveiled by national broadcasting legend Clare Balding, new artworks based on poems by the talented Robert Montgomery celebrate seven GameChangers who have each helped change the face of UK sport:   - Paul Sinton-Hewitt - Alice Dearing OLY - Stephen Jones - Damian Kennedy - Steven Tigg - Baroness Sue Campbell - Dame Sarah Storey The artwork is being exhibited at four sports venues across the UK - London’s Wembley Stadium, the University of Stirling’s swimming pool, Principality Stadium in Cardiff, and Ulster Boxing High Performance Centre.    Since the first draw in 1994, The National Lottery has raised over £49 billion for Good Causes and awarded over 690,000 individual grants to projects and organisations, making a huge difference to local communities.    #NationalLottery30 #GoodCauses #GameChangers

As we continue on our retail transformation journey, we're excited to share that, for the first time ever, National Lottery games will be available to purchase at all Aldi UK self-checkouts across UK stores.   This will see Lucky Dip tickets for Lotto, EuroMillions, Thunderball and Set For Life games available from the self-checkout touchscreens, while those with a National Lottery Fast Pay card can easily self-scan to generate their bespoke tickets.   This advancement will make it even easier for shoppers to conveniently pick up their tickets while shopping, and is the result of massive collaboration by the teams at both Allwyn UK and Aldi.

We reached our first anniversary as operator of The National Lottery this month! The past 12 months have been jam-packed with key success across core business areas – from excellence across operations and retailers, participant protection, innovation, and Social Value activity. Our favourite highlights include: - Achieving a score of over 93% for player satisfaction - £1 billion paid out in high-tier prizes to over 780 winners - The successful running of over 660 draws And to top it all off, we also celebrated The National Lottery’s 30th Birthday and brought its true purpose to life during Paris 2024. We can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2025. #OneYear #Anniversary #TheNationalLottery

Yesterday marked Love Your Pet Day – and what better way to celebrate than reflecting on some of The National Lottery’s Good Cause initiatives.   Thanks to the efforts of a team of winners who spent a day building and decorating animal shelters owned by Lucky Ewe, a National Lottery-funded organisation in Fife, sheep and alpacas have had a much toastier winter this year.   As well as providing for the animals, the project gives young Scottish people with additional support needs hands-on experience of farming and animal husbandry, allowing them to get qualifications and potentially paid work.   Libby Elliot from Fife, who won £2.2 million on Lotto, was one of the winners helping out, who highlighted how ‘young people are able to learn so much and develop their confidence before going on to pursue their careers, which otherwise may not have been possible for them’.   As operator, we're proud to facilitate these initiatives which get bigger and better every time players purchase a ticket – not just for people, but for animals and pets too!   #LoveYourPetDay #GoodCauses #TheNationalLottery

Last week our parent company, Allwyn Group, announced an exciting venture into the world of motorsport.   As an Official Partner of McLaren Racing, this partnership speaks to the shared values of innovation and excellence that both Allwyn and McLaren uphold. A powerful platform for Allwyn to drive responsible gaming awareness - we can't wait to see what's coming down the track on a global scale.   In addition, Allwyn is also an Official Partner of Formula 1, reinforcing its position as an international brand driving community impact across the world. 

We are delighted to announce our Allwyn UK Chief Executive Officer, Andria Vidler, has been named President of the Advertising Association.    As President, Andria will guide the strategic direction of the association's work on behalf of the UK advertising industry to promote the role and rights of responsible advertising, and its value to people, society, businesses and the economy.   Andria will be working closely with the Chair, Dame Annette King, and Chief Executive, Stephen Woodford to lead a council of industry leaders from media owners, agencies, brands, and trade bodies, joining forces and working together on the issues that affect them.   We hope you will join us in congratulating Andria on her new role. You can read the full press release below https://lnkd.in/ecEUi-H2

This year we're going all out for National Apprenticeships week, launching our internal apprenticeship programme! From entry-level to expert: We’re proud to be transforming careers at Allwyn.   A fantastic opportunity to learn, grow, develop a core skillset and gain a qualification - we're offering our colleagues a number of different qualifications such as: Level 3 Manage With Impact, Level 3 Data Skills Confidence, Level 4 Business Change Excellence, Level 5 Lead With Impact, and Level 5 Coach With Impact.   Our apprenticeships are delivered through a mix of learning in the workplace and formal off-the-job training, offering the opportunity to practice new skills in a real work environment.    Would you like to find out more about working at Allwyn? Check out our current vacancies and everything you need to know about Allwyn here: https://lnkd.in/edvNFz9R #allwyn #apprenticeships

Last week we held our first company-wide colleague event of 2025 – “All-In at Allwyn!” The hybrid event brought us together to reflect on our first year as operator of The National Lottery, followed by a panel discussion hosted by our Executive team looking ahead at our exciting 2025 transformation plans. The incredible Leon Taylor, Olympic medalist and BBC's voice of diving, who has benefitted from The National Lottery good causes funding, joined us to reflect on his own experience of staying motivated and succeeding through change during the most challenging times of his career. We also celebrated our new EuroMillions Valentine’s campaign with the voice of our EuroMillions radio adverts, Cheddar Gorgeous, making a dramatic surprise appearance to reveal all the unmissable details! #CompanyEvent #Transformation #TheNationalLottery 

As we look to innovate for the future as part of our ongoing work to transform The National Lottery, we're excited to reveal that we've just started trialling innovative Scratchcard retail technology at an Asda store in Ashton-under-Lyne.   Our new SciQ retail ecosystem Scratchcard dispenser by SCIENTIFIC GAMES uses data, digital screens, and special software to take the Scratchcard sales experience to a whole new level for both players and retailers. It also has a built-in 10-Scratchcard limit which automatically prevents more than 10 cards being sold per transaction.   This exciting piece of technology marks the first big change to how Scratchcards are bought and sold in 30 years and we're really excited by its potential.    Read more here: https://shorturl.at/y2gs3   #Allwyn #Asda #ScientificGames #NationalLotteryScratchcards

On the night musical stars including Marisha Wallace, Layton Williams and Carrie Hope Fletcher took part in stunning performances, which was also attended by a host of famous faces including Billy Porter, Kimberley Walsh, Faye Tozer, Dean McCullough and Ore Oduba.   Hosted by comedian Jason Manford and with a special appearance from Daniel Mays, the evening featured sensational performances from West End and touring UK shows including Disney’s Hercules, Cabaret, Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen, Titanique, Chicago and many more.   The show will air on BBC One, BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds in Spring.