Rejected petition Suspend lottery services in shops during coronavirus lock down.

People can still play online.
People are coming out of their homes and into retail outlets to purchase and check lottery tickets and scratch cards. This is non essential.

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We need to do this to stop unnecessary contact during the coronavirus pandemic.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This would be a choice for individual retailers, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a petition calling for the National Lottery to be suspended during the outbreak, if this is something you would like to see happen.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 29 March 2020
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