First National Lottery draw

Title

First National Lottery draw

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Nov 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

Victoria Smith reports on the first UK National Lottery draw last night with 5 people sharing the jackpot and over a million winners of smaller prizes. Most jackpot winners have chosen to remain anonymous. Includes interview on the success of the draw with David Rigg, Camelot (company running lottery); Emanuel Moran, National Council on Gambling, on the downsides to the lottery.

Contributors

Victoria Smith; David Rigg; Emanuel Moran

Keywords

National lotteries; Gambling; Prize money; Camelot; National Council on Gambling

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