UK MPs Want Lottery Charitable Stake Increased

Meg Hillier (l.), chairwoman of the UK Parliament Committee, is calling for the government’s Gambling Commission to pressure the national lottery operator to allocate more revenue to charitable causes as lottery profits rise. A cross-party committee of MPs said the current lottery deal is too inflexible and does not respond to consumer changes. The committee found that revenue slated for charities has been rising by about 2 percent while lottery profits were up by 122 percent.