Effect of promotional draws (national lottery )

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Dear Gambling Commission,

In this Freedom Of Information request I refer to the following terms in the context of the National Lottery :
Game: games as appear on the national lottery website
Draw: the event in which winning numbers are drawn and prizes are won
Play: a single entry. Not to be confused with a ticket which can have more than one play

Please can I request for Play sales by Draw of the following national lottery Games:
1. Lotto
2. Lotto Hotpicks
3. EuroMillions (UK sales only)
4. EuroMillions HotPicks (UK sales only)

Can this dataset please contain the Draw date so that I can cross reference to identify promotional Draws. CSV format preferred.

Yours faithfully,
Mr William Boyle

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Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested for Play sales by Draw of the following national lottery Games:
1. Lotto
2. Lotto Hotpicks
3. EuroMillions (UK sales only)
4. EuroMillions HotPicks (UK sales only)

Please see attached spreadsheets containing this information, the data starts from the first date of each draw.

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William Boyle left an annotation ()

Price per play has to be cross referenced to achieve the outcome