National Lottery operator, Allwyn, has awarded 22 National Lottery retailers with prizes totalling £40,000 in its two latest Site, Stock, Sell online quarterly prize draws.
Two National Lottery retailers took home a whopping £10,000 each, while a further 20 retailers won the £1,000 runner-up prize, including Asif Hanif of North Berwick Newsagent in East Lothian and a retailer in Portgordon who wished to remain anonymous.
All 22 independent retailers were entered into the quarterly draws because they achieved high scores out of 10 in Allwyn’s Site, Stock, Sell online in-store standards programme.
The programme assesses a store’s National Lottery point of sale (POS) items – such as the National Lottery Playstation, Scratchcard dispenser and signage – for their sales-driving ability. All independent retailers need to do is upload images of their POS to the National Lottery Retailer Hub each month to be scored out of 10.
Ravindrasinh Bhatti, owner of The Corner Shop in Hythe, took home one of the £10,000 top prizes, while the other top prize was won by a retailer in Carlisle who has chosen to remain anonymous.
Ravindrasinh said: “I’ve been a National Lottery retailer for 16 years now and I’m extremely happy to have won after so long. I’m also celebrating my 60th birthday, so this is a fantastic present.”
Kandasamy Thivakaran of VSN Convenience Store in Merthyr, who won one of the £1,000 prizes, said: “Uploading the pictures of my point of sale every month to The National Lottery Retailer Hub has paid off and I’ve finally won! It takes five minutes to do and I think £1,000 for five minutes of work is amazing.”
Allwyn’s Interim Retail Director, James Dunbar, said, “Congratulations to our latest Site, Stock, Sell online quarterly winners, your prizes are thoroughly deserved. Ensuring your POS is in the best possible shape to help drive sales not only helps boost your own bottom lines, but it also ensures that National Lottery players continue to raise around £30 million every week for Good Causes. Thank you for all the work you do in maximising National Lottery ticket sales.”
