National Lottery (@TNLUK): Donate £12million EuroMillion prize that wasn't won to Philippines #DonateLotto

The Issue

On Tuesday, £12 million (€15 million) was up for grabs from the EuroMillion prize draw but there were no winners.  

I'd just finished watching the 10 O'clock news and saw the shocking harrowing scenes of the suffering in the Philippines, where millions of people have had their lives torn apart by a typhoon. I then watched the short appeal film for urgent money needed for the Disaster Relief Fund. Immediately after this was the EuroMillions result. £12million that NO ONE had won. It is going to be rolled over to the next draw on Friday 15th November. 

It would be so fantastic if this money was donated to the disaster relief fund to alleviate the pain and suffering taking place right now. 

It could do so much good and NO ONE would miss it, because NO ONE has won it. 

Please sign this petition and let's see if we can make a difference to those people whose lives have been torn apart by this typhoon.

Let's see if the National Lottery will act with compassion and make a massive difference to those who need our help now.

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The Issue

On Tuesday, £12 million (€15 million) was up for grabs from the EuroMillion prize draw but there were no winners.  

I'd just finished watching the 10 O'clock news and saw the shocking harrowing scenes of the suffering in the Philippines, where millions of people have had their lives torn apart by a typhoon. I then watched the short appeal film for urgent money needed for the Disaster Relief Fund. Immediately after this was the EuroMillions result. £12million that NO ONE had won. It is going to be rolled over to the next draw on Friday 15th November. 

It would be so fantastic if this money was donated to the disaster relief fund to alleviate the pain and suffering taking place right now. 

It could do so much good and NO ONE would miss it, because NO ONE has won it. 

Please sign this petition and let's see if we can make a difference to those people whose lives have been torn apart by this typhoon.

Let's see if the National Lottery will act with compassion and make a massive difference to those who need our help now.

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Rachel RiddallPetition Starter
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The National Lottery
The National Lottery
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“Camelot is the operator of the UK National Lottery. We fully appreciate the sentiment behind the Change.org petition and can understand why the suggestion has been made. However, the money from the £12 million EuroMillions jackpot on Tuesday night does not belong to the operator of the UK National Lottery – it belongs to players in the nine European countries where the EuroMillions game is played. These countries are: Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. It is therefore not our money to donate. In addition, although Camelot is responsible through its lottery games for maximising money raised for National Lottery Good Causes – and it raises over £35 million for these each week in this way – it plays no role in the actual allocation of funding, which is the specific responsibility of 12 individual National Lottery distribution bodies. Details about the 12 distribution bodies can be found at: www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk”
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Petition created on 12 November 2013