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Row over Lottery winner’s identity

Title
Row over Lottery winner’s identity
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
14 Dec 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:04:15
Description
Victoria Smith reports on investigations into whether National Lottery organiser Camelot has made sufficient efforts to protect a winner’s identity following a record eighteen million-pound payout. Includes statements by Louise White, Camelot; Chris Smith, Shadow Heritage Secretary; Chris Roycroft-Davis, Sun newspaper; Justin Walford, Express newspapers. (The winner was later revealed by the News of the World and other papers to be Mukhtar Mohidin from Blackburn).
Contributors
Chris Smith; Victoria Smith; Louise White; Chris Roycroft-Davis; Justin Walford
Keywords
Data protection; UK; Great Britain; National lotteries; Lotteries; Right to privacy; Prize money; Camelot

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