{"id":210639,"date":"2022-04-25T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=210639"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:24:28","slug":"igt-sues-uk-gambling-commission-over-camelots-failed-lottery-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/igt-sues-uk-gambling-commission-over-camelots-failed-lottery-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"IGT Sues UK Gambling Commission Over Partner Camelot\u2019s Failed Lottery Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

IGT is the latest litigant hoping to overturn the UK Gambling Commission\u2019s decision<\/a> to award Britain\u2019s \u00a380 billion (US$108 billion) National Lottery contract to Allywn Entertainment.<\/p>\n

\"IGT\"
A child stands near an advertisement for the National Lottery, above. IGT claims the bidding process was flawed and wants damages for loss of profit and the costs associated with the failed Camelot bid. (Image: Financial Times<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IGT claims the UKGC violated its obligations to provide a fair and transparent procurement process, according to court filings published in the Times<\/em> of London.<\/p>\n

Camelot has also made a similar allegation in a separate lawsuit. Another defeated bidder, British billionaire Richard Desmond, launched his own legal challenge earlier this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The global gaming giant is a technology partner with Camelot. The company booted off the contract after 28 years of uninterrupted operations.<\/p>\n

Bending the Rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Both the Camelot and IGT lawsuits are centered around the allegation that the UKGC \u201cchanged the rules\u201d in the final weeks of the process. The Telegraph<\/em> claims that a \u201crisk factor\u201d discount of up to 15% was supposed to be applied to the financial projections made by each bidder.<\/p>\n

This was initially factored into the bids, which would have made Camelot the winner. But it was scrapped in the final adjudication, according to The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Allwyn claimed it would raise \u00a338 billion (US$50 billion) for good causes, a far greater amount than Camelot projected in its bid and, therefore, arguably riskier. While certain details of the bids and final scores were shrouded in secrecy, the IGT lawsuit reveals that Allwyn scored 87.2% and Camelot 85.7%. Both scored a “risk factor” of zero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt is implausible that both bidders could rationally… have received the same score of 0 percent,\u201d IGT asserts in its lawsuit.<\/p>\n

IGT wants the UKGC decision overturned. It also wants to be paid damages for profit loss and costs associated with supporting the Camelot bid.<\/p>\n

Russia Controversy <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Controversy around the decision amped up a notch last week after The Mail on Sunday<\/em> reported that the chair of the UKGC committee that evaluated the bids had been strangely cagey about his ties to Russia\u2019s financial sector.<\/p>\n

Stephen Cohen<\/a>, chair of the National Lottery Competition Committee (NLCC), ran the hedge fund arm of Troika Dialog, once described as \u201cthe Kremlin\u2019s preferred investment bank,\u201d working under Andrey Sharonov, Putin\u2019s former deputy economic minister.<\/p>\n

But this detail was not mentioned in his biography on the UKGC website nor his LinkedIn page and was also omitted from the government announcement of his appointment in 2020<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Saska is owned by the Czech oil and gas tycoon Karel Komarek, who also has business ties to Russia.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Kormarek\u2019s company, MND, built an underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic in partnership with Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom.<\/p>\n

Kormarek has publicly condemned Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IGT is the latest litigant hoping to overturn the UK Gambling Commission\u2019s decision to award Britain\u2019s \u00a380 billion (US$108 billion) National Lottery contract to Allywn Entertainment. IGT claims the UKGC violated its obligations to provide a fair and transparent procurement process, according to court filings published in the Times of London. 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