Article: Camelot gambles on High Court to halt Sir Richard talks.(News)

Article: Sir Richard Branson has withdrawn his personal ...
Sunday Business (London, England);  September 24, 2000 ;     461 words ...Sir Richard Branson has withdrawn his personal guarantee for the extra [pound]50m that the National Lottery Commission has demanded to satisfy its concerns over his bid for the licence. The commission wanted an irrevocable guarantee from Branson ...

Article: News: Focus: How long will his luck last? Sir ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 9 am on Thursday, Sir Richard Branson, looking tanned ... in their fortunes. Sir Richard spent a frustrating ... result of the National Lottery Commission (NLC) deliberation on the battle between Sir Richard's People's Lottery ...

Article: Someone must carry the can Someone must carry the can Public ...
Evening Standard - London;  September 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the Chair of the Lottery Commission who saw fit to look ... more favourably on Sir Richard Branson's bid ... demanded that the Lottery Commission be reconstituted ... Dome, or at the Lottery Commission, and on whose advice ...

Article: Rolled over; The lottery; Branson loses the ...
The Economist (US);  December 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... December 19th, Sir Richard Branson found ... government-appointed lottery commission awarded the franchise ... were popping in Sir Richard's London home when the lottery commission announced that ... negotiations with Sir Richard's The People ...

Article: Sir Richard has a one in three chance of running ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Lottery, the Lottery Commission said yesterday ... Lottery led by Sir Richard Branson, and ... Earlier yesterday Sir Richard said he would ... said: "If the Lottery Commission decided we have ... in the UK. Sir Richard's game would ...

Article: CAMELOT'S NEW LEGAL THREAT Lottery commission chief ...
Evening Standard - London;  October 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the company's bid. The High Court gave Camelot one month to persuade the commission. This matched the time allotted to Sir Richard Branson's consortium, The People's Lottery, in August after the regulator's original, now discredited, decision ...

Article: Lottery Commission talks over decision timetable
Evening Standard - London;  June 23, 2000 ;     272 words ...THE National Lottery Commission meets this morning to consider whether to stick to its original ... technical fault which resulted in errors in allocating prizes. Sir Richard Branson's People's Lottery is challenging Camelot for the ...