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On Tuesday morning, UK National Lottery operator Camelot discovered its rebid for the \u00a380 billion (US$108 billion) lotto contract it had held since 1994 had failed<\/a>. To cap off a dismal day for the operator, on Tuesday evening, the lottery draw was derailed when a Disney film crew shooting a Snow White<\/em> remake next door inadvertently started a fire that caused a mass evacuation of the studios.<\/p>\n

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An image of the Pinewood Studio fire that derailed the UK National Lottery draw on the same day that operator Camelot lost an \u00a380 billion contract with the UK government (Image: The Sun<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Around a dozen fire engines were called to tackle the blaze at England\u2019s famous Pinewood Studios, 20 miles west of central London.<\/p>\n

Witnesses who spoke to The Daily Mail<\/em> said they heard explosions at the studios. Images in the UK media this morning showed the movie set engulfed by flames. There are no reports of anyone being hurt in the blaze.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A source told The Sun<\/em> that \u201ca set made up of wood and trees, etc,\u201d caught fire and spread across the rest of the set at Pinewood\u2019s main studio.<\/p>\n

\u2018Incredible Disappointment\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Camelot said Wednesday evening that the Thunderball and Euromillions draw had to be moved to a secondary site because of the fire. As a result, there was no live stream of the draw on the Lottery\u2019s YouTube channel. Customers were urged to check the National Lottery website for results, which appeared much later than usual.<\/p>\n

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Earlier that day, Camelot chief executive Nigel Railton expressed his \u201cincredible disappointment\u201d on losing the multi-billion-pound contract. Railton added that Camelot was \u201ccarefully reviewing the Gambling Commission\u2019s evaluation before deciding on our next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That could include a legal challenge.<\/p>\n

The successful bidder is Allwyn Entertainment<\/a>, a UK subsidiary of the Czech lottery giant Sazka.<\/p>\n

Russian Assets<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sazka\u2019s owner is the Czech oil and gas tycoon Karel Komarek. In 2016, his company MND built an underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic in partnership with Russian energy group Gazprom.<\/p>\n

Komarek has denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine as “a senseless act of aggression that must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.”<\/p>\n

I took the decision many years ago to divest and exit from Russian assets with the exception of a shareholding in a gas terminal, which we have been trying to exit for a number of years, and a 50\/50 joint-venture with Gazprom on an underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic,”<\/strong> Komarek said in a statement last month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The UKGC said it was “content that all applicants are fit and proper to operate the National Lottery” and “satisfied that no application is impacted by sanctions related to the conflict in Ukraine.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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