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First printed in Checkout Magazine
Fast Pay set for national roll-out
National Lottery operator Camelot has revealed that it is in negotiations with other major retailers about introducing its checkout gaming technology, FastPay, after a successful pilot with Tesco.
With the firm reporting annual ticket sales in excess of £5bn, chief executive Dianne Thompson said the system, which allows lottery players to buy their ticket through a swipe card at the point of sale, was helping drive a third successive year of sales growth.
In a timely announcement coinciding with Camelots bid preparations for a third lottery licence, Thompson said Fast Pay had helped overall retail sales rise by 2.23% and added the firm was now in negotiations to introduce the technology into other retail outlets.
More worryingly perhaps for retailers was the news that Camelots interactive mobile phone and internet sales also grew strongly last year, with sales up £127m to £215m.
Thompson said interactive sales more than doubled in the past year and was now taking an average of £4m a week in sales.
She added that should Camelot be successful in its bid to continue running the lottery, it would replace all 26,200 ticket terminals in line with the Governments stipulations for new terminals with different functionality.
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