Submitted on Sunday 29th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 13th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Suspend lottery services in shops during coronavirus lock down.
People can still play online.
People are coming out of their homes and into retail outlets to purchase and check lottery tickets and scratch cards. This is non essential.
We need to do this to stop unnecessary contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This would be a choice for individual retailers, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could start a petition calling for the National Lottery to be suspended during the outbreak, if this is something you would like to see happen.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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