Tom Watson MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, commenting on the Gambling Commission imposing a £3 million fine on Camelot for paying out on an alleged fraudulent prize claim, said:

“Thousands of organisations rely on money from the National Lottery and the millions of people who play it are right to expect that the rules of the game are fair. 

“Camelot has very serious questions to answer about this fraud, which should never have been allowed to take place. So too do ministers. Karen Bradley was asked only yesterday in Parliament about security breaches at the National Lottery and she failed to offer assurance that the Government is taking steps to improve it. 

“The Government must now make an urgent statement about the great lotto robbery.”