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National Lottery retailers set new record in age-verification checks

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National Lottery retailers have achieved their strongest-ever performance in age-verification checks since mystery shopper visits began more than 20 years ago, according to new figures from Allwyn. The latest results from its Operation Guardian programme show that retailers correctly asked for ID in 93.5% of…

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