Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of the price of an entry to the (a) Lotto, (b) Lotto Hotpicks, (c) Thunderball, (d) Euromillions, (e) Online Instant Wins, (f) UK Millionaire Maker and (g) Millionaire Raffle National Lottery games which goes to charity.

Rates of return to good causes from the National Lottery vary by game and sales channel, with an additional 5% returned from online purchases as retailer commission is not paid. The percentage returns to good causes in 2016/17 from draw-based games were:

(Source: Gambling Commission)

The UK Millionaire Maker and the Millionaire Raffle are elements of the EuroMillions and Lotto games respectively, and their contributions to good causes are included in the above figures.

Scratchcards return between 4% - 17% and interactive instant-win games return between 10% - 22% depending on the structure of the game. The Department does not hold information on returns for individual games.