Daventry District Council approves community lottery
Daventry District Council voted to approve the creation of a community lottery at a meeting on Thursday night.
The local lottery will help raise money for good causes in the Daventry area and had been discussed in detail at a strategy group earlier this month.
The introduction of the initiative was keenly debated on Thursday with some councillors worried that promoting a form of gambling was not in the council’s best interests.
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Hide AdHowever, it was also argued that playing the lottery was not as addictive, if at all, particularly when compared with betting on horse racing, sports or in casino.