National Lottery reaches £500 million for the Games

To celebrate the landmark, The National Lottery has launched a search for the UK’s expert in all things Olympic and Paralympic. The Games Brain of Britain is the ultimate test of Olympic and Paralympic Games knowledge. It challenges Olympic and Paralympic buffs and sports fans alike to determine who deserves the title of the UK’s expert on the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.  

Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave, fronting the campaign, said: 'Raising £500 million for London 2012 from designated games with over two years to go is a phenomenal achievement by lottery players.  

'It’s great to see the UK getting behind the approaching Games and what a fantastic way to begin the countdown by opening up the challenge to find the UK’s expert in Olympic and Paralympic Games knowledge.

'I hope people the length and breadth of the UK will take up the challenge – it will be fascinating to find out just what a nation of aficionados of the Olympics we are in the run up to the Games!'

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