Charity Lottery Sold By Chariot

monday, the leading lottery game that was devised for the specific purpose of raising more money for charity, has been sold by Chariot, the company which created it. Chariot was formed in 2003 for the express purpose of making the monday lottery concept a reality. And what exactly was that concept? Simply to help the aforementioned charities to raise, “much needed funds for their work without the need for time consuming application processes or red tape.”

Chariot also wanted to give the monday lottery players a good deal. They did this by removing the rollover element found in many lottery games and structuring things so that players would get, “much better odds of winning a jackpot, a jackpot winner every week, better smaller prizes and more of a player’s pound going to charity than on the National Lottery.”

Apart from those key differences, the logistics of playing the monday lottery game would be familiar to any National Lottery enthusiast. Players are required to pick 6 lottery numbers from a possible 49, numbers are drawn at random by computer every Monday night and prizes are paid out to players who match 3, 4, 5 or – to win the jackpot – all 6 numbers.

The monday lottery game was sold to NetPlay TV, a company specialising in interactive TV gaming. Chariot said that they decided to sell the game to NetPlay TV because they were, “unable to continue funding the development and marketing of the game.” They also commented that, “Chariot sold the game to ensure the future of monday in the interest of players and the charities they support.”

Despite the fact that the monday lottery is now being run by NetPlay TV, Chariot have said that players won’t notice a difference in the game itself. “The lottery continues just as before,” they said in an official statement. “This has no impact on this week’s or future draws. If you have set up a subscription play this will carry on as before. Any future play is also valid. In fact you won’t see anything different at all.”

- 22/01/07