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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Davies

National lottery faces questions over new boss’s record in gambling industry

Blue National Lottery signs with
Labour’s Dawn Butler and Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith told the Gambling Commission they were ‘deeply concerned’ by the appointment of Phil Walker. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

The national lottery is facing questions over its new boss’s record in the gambling industry, including a lucrative role in the 24-hour slot machine sector singled out by the prime minister as a blight on British high streets.

Allwyn UK, which holds a licence to run the Lottery until 2034, said last week that it had appointed William Hill’s former UK and Ireland boss Phil Walker as its interim chief executive, replacing Andria Vidler.

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