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More than 7,000 sign up to Allwyn’s online National Lottery retailer training

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National Lottery operator, Allwyn, has reported that over 7,000 of its independent retail partners are now using its new Retail Training Centre with more stores signing up every day. In just one day alone in February, almost 1,000 National Lottery retailers signed up to start…

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