Ex-Sainsbury's boss King says Lottery bid could boost high streets

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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Former Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has said the Czech firm vying to run the National Lottery could help to revive Britain’s ailing high streets.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>King, who stepped down from Sainsbury’s in 2014, is advising Sazka Group on its tilt for the lottery.
He told The Mail on Sunday that Sazka intends to add its ‘technological savvy’ to the lottery’s online offer and drive more players to independent stores.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>He said: ‘If you look at the lottery as it stands, one of the trends that is not good is that its growth has been achieved largely by fewer players playing much more often. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’The lottery was billed as one of the saving graces of the independent corner shop – it would be a footfall driver, a reason for regular visits, which perhaps those corner shops have lost.'</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Luck of the draw: The Gambling Commission will decide later this year whether to hand the remit to incumbent Camelot or one of several contenders</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The Gambling Commission will decide later this year whether to hand the remit to incumbent Camelot or one of several contenders, including Indian firm Sugal & Damani.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It is understood bidders are looking at technology that uses localised marketing to tell players of nearby ticket sellers.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Sazka was founded in 2012 and runs lotteries in Austria, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic.

King is advising the group with Lastminute.com founder Brent Hoberman and London 2012 Olympics deputy chairman Sir Keith Mills, who is leading the bid.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Camelot has run the lottery since its inception in 1994.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>King is deputy chairman of Guy Hands’ Terra Firma private equity firm and a non-executive director 우리카지노 at Marks & Spencer. </p><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-18″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw money” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous

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