British National Lottery is the one which returns the most to society in the world

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It returned us$ 4.05 billion in the 2005/6 financial year (UK).- In 2005/06 the UK National Lottery returned more to society (payments to good causes and Government) than any other lottery in the world, both as an absolute total including investment income us$ 4.05 billion and a proportion of sales (41%).

Although the UK National Lottery is currently the 5th largest lottery in the world (as ranked by total sales) it returns a higher absolute amount to society than any other lottery - including those that operate games that the UK National Lottery is prohibited from offering.

The analysis highlights that the UK National Lottery returned us$ 4.05 billion to society in the 2005/6 financial year. The latest figures for international lotteries show that the next highest returns were from Japan and Spain, where us$ 4 billion and us$ 3.9 billion were returned back to society respectively.

The UK National Lottery also returns more to society as a percentage of sales than any other lottery. The 41% of sales returned to society in the UK compares to an average of 26% for the top 100 lotteries in the world. Behind the UK, the next highest figure is 40% for Westdeutsche Lotterie in Germany and the New Jersey Lottery in the US. The largest lotteries in the world in terms of total sales are Loterias y Apuestas del Estado in Spain and Lottomatica in Italy, who return 33% and 25% respectively.

The UK achievement is even more impressive given that of the top ten lotteries in the world (ranked by absolute returns to society), six can offer games that are prohibited in the UK. These include sports betting, ’quick draw’ Keno-type games and Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs), which are similar to amusement/slot machines.

The study analysed the top 100 lotteries in the world (as ranked by total sales) across a total of 39 countries. Sales data was obtained from the 2006 La Fleur’s World Lottery Almanac and converted from local currency to sterling using the exchange rate at 31st December 2005 for each country.

La Fleur’s is the pre-eminent source of lottery information published by Terri La Fleur, who has over 25 years’ experience of reporting on the industry. Data on the proportion of sales returned to society was obtained from La Fleur’s and directly from international lottery operators. For the UK, the latest comparable figures are from Camelot (sales, payments to Good Causes and Government) and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (investment income).

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