Aldi has announced a major change to all 900 UK stores starting next month.
The budget supermarket chain is working with National Lottery operator Camelot to bring The National Lottery to all of Aldi’s 900 UK stores for the first time.
The German supermarket announced the exciting partnership for its loyal customers on Monday.
From next month, Aldi will be rolling out the National Lottery’s full raft of draw-based games at its checkouts so customers can easily and conveniently pick up their tickets when doing their food shop.
From April, Aldi will be rolling out the full list National Lottery games.
Lucky Dip tickets for Lotto, EuroMillions, Lotto HotPicks, EuroMillions HotPicks, Set For Life and Thunderball games will be available at its checkouts.
The UK launch follows a successful trial in the north of England, with all Aldi supermarkets in the UK set to start selling The National Lottery at checkouts by the end of June 2021.
Richard Thornton, Communications Director at Aldi, said: “Customers will now be able to enter The National Lottery while doing their weekly Aldi shop.
“We hope to hand out some winning numbers to lucky customers across the country.”
Jenny Blogg, Retail Director at Camelot, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to now be working with Aldi.
“Making The National Lottery available in its stores has been a priority for us as we continue to make playing The National Lottery as convenient and easy as possible for people, wherever and however they shop.”
She added: “We’re pleased that Aldi customers will now have a quick, easy and convenient way to purchase their favourite National Lottery games, while at the same time contributing to the £30 million that goes to National Lottery Good Causes each and every week.
“We certainly hope there’ll be plenty of lucky tickets bought in Aldi stores across the UK.”
The National Lottery generates more than £30 million, on average, each week for good causes and projects throughout the UK.
This money goes to everything from supporting food banks and repairing local Scout huts, through to helping make Olympic and Paralympic champions.
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