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Camelot wants to expand abilities of terminals

March 23, 2010 by admin  
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It has been announced that the lottery giant Camelot is looking to expand the capabilities of its lottery ticket terminals, and wants consumers to be able to use the terminals to top up mobile phones and make bill payments in addition to purchasing their lottery tickets.

A consultation is currently underway to check whether this would breach competition regulations, and the National Lottery Commission is set to complete this consultation in April.

As part of its plans Camelot is hoping to team up with banking giants Santander and the Cooperative Bank, as well as with the Post Office. If the plans are given the go ahead the payment service would allow consumers to make payments on council tax as well as on utility bills.

Barcode readers on the terminals would be used to check the bills and a magnetic swipe card would be used to make the payment on the bill.

Even if the lottery commission does give the go ahead for the plans to be put into place retailers will be under no obligation to agree to having the new services installed.

The national lottery operator has around twenty five thousand terminals in place, so if the plans are approved it could provide increased convenience for consumers as well as benefitting Camelot.

Camelot is expected to start rolling out its plans to launch the new services after the decision has been provided by the National Lottery Commission in April, which means that by later on this year customers that head to the local shop or supermarket to get their weekly lottery tickets could also pay their council tax bill, top up their mobile phone, or make a payment on their utility bill at the same time.

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