Lottery draws in extra funds

The new Dream Number lottery draw and existing London 2012 scratchcards have generated £13.4m to help fund the staging of the 2012 Games, compared to £10.4m raised in the previous quarter.

Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive of Camelot, commented: "We are delighted that sales of tickets for designated games in support of London 2012 continue to see strong growth, underlining the tremendous enthusiasm with which National Lottery players have embraced the opportunity to help raise the funding required to stage the London Games.

"This is a great start but rest assured we will not be resting on our laurels. We're very encouraged by players' response to our new Dream Number game which created more than 210,000 winners in its first week alone.

"We look forward to building on this achievement offering our players the chance to win some fantastic prizes as well as getting behind London 2012."

7 August 2006