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<p>Part of Team GB ’s undoubted success is the long-term planning that goes into UK
Sport’s world-leading operation, and Lottery funding is crucial to UK Sport in making
its funding allocations on a four year basis ahead of each Olympic Games. Should UK
Sport’s expected National Lottery income fall below the level assumed at the time
of the Spending Review in 2015, DCMS will underwrite additional funding for Team GB
(and ParalympicsGB) to be properly supported and to allow our most talented athletes
to achieve success in Tokyo.</p><p> </p><p>After some decline in 2015/16, National
Lottery income has now stabilised at approximately £1.6 billion per year. The latest
data published in February 2020 by the Gambling Commission suggests this recovery
is set to continue - in 2019, 30% of people aged over 16 reported having played a
draw-based game in the last month, up from 28% from the previous year.</p><p> </p>
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