Olympic Scratchard launch

The new ‘Go for Gold’ Olympic scratchcard was launched on 27th July as part of a massive fund raising programme which will see the UK National Lottery contributing up to £1.5billion towards the estimated cost of hosting the games (approximately £2.375bn) via the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund.

Denise Lewis told BBC News 24, ""Thinking back to how the lottery helped me as an athlete, you realise how significant it is leading up to 2012. We need people to support the Games by buying the scratch card."

Players of Go For Gold will be vying for a total prize pool of £6,515,896 and an overall 1 in 4.93 chance of winning at the outset, but that obviously changes over time as people win prizes. Tickets cost £1 each and 11 million are in circulation with a jackpot prize of £2012.

-27/07/05