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This summer has certainly
been one for sport with
the Olympics just 昀nishing
with an elaborate closing
ceremony. The one thing
that this Olympics has made
me reconsider is playing the
National Lottery. In recent
years I had stopped playing
with the view that there was
limited chance of winning,
forgetting about how it
has helped good causes,
including the sporting
world.
The National Lottery was
introduced in 1994, and the
last Olympic games prior to
this was held in Barcelona
in 1992. Great Britain won
22 medals in Barcelona,
compared to 65 medals this
year in Paris and I think you
can credit the contribution of
the National Lottery to this
increase. It has funded over
6800 elite athletes*1, including
Sir Chris Hoy over this period.
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With the money
spent on the
National Lottery,
53% goes
to the prize
draw, with
about 25%
donated
to good
causes*2, and
the remainder
going towards the
administration and
also to the Government.
When the National Lottery was
昀rst introduced I remember
thinking, "how dif昀cult could
it be to choose 6 numbers?",
but the odds are actually over
45,000,000 to 1*3. However, I
think it is exactly as the advert
says, "You have to be in it to win
it", and obviously individuals do
win, in fact I have even advised
a client who won over £50,000.
But for myself, I will look at
it differently going forward
and see this game for what
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You have to be in
it to win it!
it has achieved, rather than
considering whether or not I
could win.
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do win, we can advise
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*1 Allwyinfo@purleypages.co.ukWikipedia
*3 The Sun (newspaper)
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