Ms Carol Boate:

As I mentioned in my opening statement, it is the role of the operator to design, operate and promote the games and to make proposals to me if it wishes to change the game and then I check if those proposals are in order. It was the operator’s initiative to see if it could bring in a must-be-won feature.

It was first mentioned to me in early November that the operator was examining exactly what technology changes and tests might be required, including how long it would take to perform all those tests, so that in the event that the lotto jackpot continued to roll over for an extended period, it could apply for such a facility to be brought in. When the operator decided it did want to bring this in, the actual application came in on the evening of 7 December.