Ms Carol Boate:

The operator can amend the request to deal with any queries or objections I have. That happens quite a lot. For example, the game I rejected, which came in later as a new request, was a changed lotto plus in, I think, 2018, where the operator wanted to change the price structure in a way that would have doubled the number of free tickets. The Act states that the form and value of prizes is purely a matter for the operator so it is usually an area I do not get involved in but, in that case, it would have doubled the number of free gambling opportunities. From a player protection point of view, I said that was not in keeping with the licence and rejected the game on that basis. The operator came back later with a new version of lotto plus, which was subsequently approved. It is not a direction but it is a way of intervening.