Lotteries and Scratch Cards: Credit Cards
(asked on 6th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have in place to prevent the purchase of lottery tickets and scratchcards with credit cards.
Answered by
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
It is not possible to use a credit card to play the National Lottery online or via the National Lottery smartphone application.
Licence conditions for gambling operators make clear that, where businesses take deposits via an electronic wallet, they must ensure that the money was not loaded from a credit card. If they cannot verify this, they must not accept the deposit.
Shoppers can use credit cards to buy National Lottery and society lottery products in retailers, recognising the lower risk posed by lottery products relative to other gambling products – along with the controls which are already in place, such as the training provided to retailers.
There are currently no plans to change this position under the 4th National Lottery licence but, in any case, the licence increases player protection requirements.