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Camelot Camelot is planning to increase national lottery sales by launching betting games based on the Olympics and games on the internet and mobile phones. 19-May-2003 Camelot, the lottery operator, is to shed 80 of its 980 jobs, and regional centres in Leeds, Sunderland, Birmingham, Exeter, Reigate and London are expected to close. 08-Oct-2002 Camelot is considering plans to launch a pan-European lottery by 2004, and talks are taking place with a number of its international counterparts. 26-Sep-2002 Camelot is planning to invest £72m in the relaunch of the national lottery, which will involve a new image and the replacement of all retail terminals. 04-Mar-2002 Camelot has won the licence to run the National Lottery for the next seven years, having beaten off a rival bid from the People's Lottery. 20-Dec-2000 Camelot has unveiled plans to invest £1bn in new technology and marketing to assist its bid to win the next National Lottery licence, but is facing a rival bid from the People's Lottery. 01-Mar-2000 Camelot has formed an alliance with the Post Office to prepare a bid for the renewal of its National Lottery licence, which will involve the Post Office paying £20m for a 20% stake in the consortium. 07-Aug-1999 Camelot has a 10% stake in the consortium that has won the right to set up a national lottery in South Africa. 10-Jul-1999 Camelot is launching a new online game called Thunderball in response to falling sales of its existing National Lottery operations. 02-Jun-1999 Camelot is launching a new service that will allow players of the National Lottery to pay by direct debit, thereby saving them a trip to the local newsagent. 17-Aug-1998 GTech of the US has pulled out of the Camelot consortium that runs the UK National Lottery, selling its 22% stake for £51m. 02-Apr-1998 Camelot has failed in its attempt to win a court ruling that 49s, the rival lottery-based game operated by William Hill, Ladbroke and Coral, was illegal. 19-Aug-1997 Camelot has won regulatory approval to run a TV game show based on National Lottery scratchcards, and it is expected to be launched in the new year. 25-Jul-1997 Camelot is launching a private prosecution against three bookmakers, Coral, William Hill and Ladbrokes, that are said to be running the 49s game in competition to the National Lottery. 26-Apr-1997 Camelot has failed to stop 49s, the rival lottery run by bookmakers, in a second High Court bid. 15-Apr-1997 Camelot is to launch a midweek version of the National Lottery on February 5. 20-Nov-1996 Meteor Technology, the internet telephony concern, has agreed a deal with Camelot Corp of the US which will give it rights to distribute DigiPhone software worldwide except for North America. 16-Nov-1996 Camelot has created a new subsidiary called National Lottery Enterprises, which will license the National Lottery brand to consumer goods companies in return for 50% of the proceeds. 04-Nov-1996 Camelot plans to introduce a mid-week National Lottery draw in the autumn. 18-Jul-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007