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<p>Under the terms of the current National Lottery <a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/NL-licences/NL-Third-licence.pdf"
target="_blank">Licence</a> the operator is required to implement player protection
strategies to prevent underage and excessive play, which must be approved by the Gambling
Commission, as regulator of the National Lottery.</p><p>For new game proposals and
changes to existing games, the operator must provide the Gambling Commission with
a range of information, such as assessments of the risks associated with certain product
characteristics, a broader assessment by the operator’s game design governance group
and relevant academic research.</p><p>In addition, the Gambling Commission conducts
regular, detailed monitoring to identify risks to players, and where appropriate,
undertakes strategic reviews of areas of the portfolio which are identified as higher
(but not necessarily high) risk. For example, in 2020, the Gambling Commission commissioned
research to better understand the players of Online Interactive Instant Win Games.
The research found an association between players of Interactive Instant Win Games
at the £10 price point and some problem gambling behaviours. As a result of this research,
the operator suspended the sale of £10 Online Interactive Instant Win Games, which
followed the removal of the £10 scratchcard in 2019.</p><p>In December 2020, the government
increased the minimum age for the National Lottery as a precautionary measure to ensure
the protection of young people. These changes were introduced for all games in April
2021, both for online and retail sales.</p><p> </p>
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