Camelot court case could sap funds from good causes if damages awarded

Gambling Minister Chris Philp has suggested any damages awarded to Camelot could be taken from good causes

Gambling Minister Chris Philp has suggested any damages awarded to Camelot could live taken from right causes.

Camelot is currently entangled inwards a sound combat o'er the Gambling Commission’s determination to grant Allwyn the fourth National Lottery licence.

The company claims that the selection treat was below the belt bleed and thus the Gambling Commission’s choice of Preferred Applicant was incorrect.

During a DCMS commission encounter before today, MP and Chair Julian the Apostate Knight raised the come forth of restitution if Camelot’s legal take exception is successful.

He said these could amount to upwards of £600m ($718m) and asked Philp, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, where this sum of money would come in from.

In response, Philp proffered ii potential sources: the First Lord of the Treasury and undecomposed causes. This resolve led Knight to inquiry who stands to benefit.

Camelot is owned past the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund (OTPF), prompting the MP to remark: “That is a very rich mathematical group of pensioners in effect taking money away of British people right causes. Potentially, if this typesetter's case goes through.”

Philp responded: “I don’t need to notice on this royal court case, but i would simply take over what I’ve said.

“I’m really disappointed that this litigation is beingness pursued, I don’t consider it serves, frankly, anyone’s interests. Camelot has had this licence for 28 years now, it’s a real real long time.

“I’ve been given every pledge by the Gambling Commission that this mental process was feed properly, and it was run for fairly, they were supported by really credible professional person advisors from the legal and the financial services sector as they ran the process.”