# Drop in Lottery sales to hit charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/05/22/drop-lottery-sales-hit-charities/
- Published: 2001-05-22T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

National Lottery ticket sales are down below £5bn for the first time in four years.

National Lottery ticket sales are down below £5bn for the first time in four years.
This will reduce the grant income available from the Community Fund by £82m to £
287m.

Read Charities hit by drop in lottery sales by Simon Parker at SocietyGuardian.

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