UK National Lottery raises minimum age for tickets to 18 to tackle problem gambling
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UK National Lottery raises minimum age for tickets to 18 to tackle problem gambling. Under-18s are banned from being able to buy National lottery tickets or scratchcards from Oct. 1 onwards.
The minimum age to buy National Lottery tickets or scratchcards has been increased from 16 to 18. The ban applies to Lotto, Set For Life and EuroMillions tickets sold by the National lottery. It follows an earlier ban on under-18s from online gambling introduced in April. MPs had been campaigning to prevent vulnerable children aged 16 and 17 from getting into gambling. A gaming review was launched by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports in December 2020. They are set to determine gambling legislation fit for the digital age and revise gambling-related harms and addiction.
