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National Lottery 'winner' awarded £2.5m prize with alleged fraudulent ticket, it emerges as Camelot fined
National Lottery operator Camelot has been fined by the Gambling Commission over the incident that went undiscovered for six years
16 December 2016 • 12:45pm
National Lottery operator Camelot has been fined £3 million by the gambling watchdog after paying out a £2.5 million prize claim involving a deliberately damaged ticket.
The penalty was handed down by the Gambling Commission over a 2009 incident that went undiscovered for six years until 2015, when the regulator and police were alerted.
A 51-year-old man, from Kings Langley, had claimed the £2.5 million jackpot using a damaged ticket.
He was arrested for fraud last October and has been released without charge, Hertfordshire Police say they will reopen the case if new evidence comes to light.
The man has not repaid any of the money to Camelot and the firm says it is still "considering its options".
Camelot said it was unable to confirm the details of what had occurred but added that many of the people involved in the case in 2009 were no longer with the company.
"There were some weaknesses in some of the specific controls relevant to this incident and we're very sorry for that"Andy Duncan, Camelot chief executive
Camelot chief executive Andy Duncan apologised, saying: "We accept that, at the time, there were some weaknesses in some of the specific controls relevant to this incident and we're very sorry for that."
National Lottery operator Camelot has been fined by the Gambling Commission over the incident that went undiscovered for six years
16 December 2016 • 12:45pm
National Lottery operator Camelot has been fined £3 million by the gambling watchdog after paying out a £2.5 million prize claim involving a deliberately damaged ticket.
The penalty was handed down by the Gambling Commission over a 2009 incident that went undiscovered for six years until 2015, when the regulator and police were alerted.
A 51-year-old man, from Kings Langley, had claimed the £2.5 million jackpot using a damaged ticket.
He was arrested for fraud last October and has been released without charge, Hertfordshire Police say they will reopen the case if new evidence comes to light.
The man has not repaid any of the money to Camelot and the firm says it is still "considering its options".
Camelot said it was unable to confirm the details of what had occurred but added that many of the people involved in the case in 2009 were no longer with the company.
"There were some weaknesses in some of the specific controls relevant to this incident and we're very sorry for that"Andy Duncan, Camelot chief executive
Camelot chief executive Andy Duncan apologised, saying: "We accept that, at the time, there were some weaknesses in some of the specific controls relevant to this incident and we're very sorry for that."
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An inside job then?
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looks that way at first glance
an insider spots an unclaimed prize, and fabricates ticket ? paid out in undue haste without correct procedures by other insiders ? |
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Donny...think youre right
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sick
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Will happen all the time. Think of all the unclaimed £25 tickets about to expire the Camelot employees pocket
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a rapist as well
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How exactly were they alerted/how did they find out?
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went and claimed benefits after win aswell
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Disability?
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no hardship said he had to sell things
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Was anybody prosecuted?
And if not, why not. Fraud by at least one person ... maybe by Camelot folk as well. Sounds like a cover up. |
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sorry, just read details.
Defo inside job, but Camelot wouldn't want you to know that, would they |
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He's been named as a convicted r@pist, it's all coming out now.
Sun says someone on the inside helped him then killed himself. How convenient for the Sun, "the light of truthful reporting"  Daily Mail researching to see if he's an immigrant. "Edward Putman". Sounds a bit middle eastern to me. |
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seems an unsavoury charachter
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just checking
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Insider named in papers today along with rapist but police say not enough evidence to charge him with anything.
Too feckin busy following up tweeters posting chyte. |