Petition · past parliament

Take back the lottery into a UK company

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It is now run by a Canadian Pension fund for teachers which I feel is benefiting them not us.
The amount of roll overs, lack of sense in payout structure and numerous lotto now available is ridiculous.
We are supposed to be a country that cares for it's citizens but this is gambling and is run by a company with no care how much it takes off us.
The payouts even for 5 numbers are low and in the scheme of things wrong.
How do we know they are not cheating us by knowing what numbers haven't been picked already?
I would like it looked into and brought back within the UK, in fact returned to how it was when started, it needs simplifying.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

29 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
2 Feb 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Feb 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.