The UK gambling regulator has suspended a charity lottery operator’s license while National Lottery operator Camelot is taking heat over its 16-year-old customers. 

On Tuesday, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced that it had suspended with immediate effect the operating license of charity lottery firm Capen Ltd, which trades online under four domains: lotteryforkids.com, thelittlelottery.com, thesportslotto.com and zaffo.com. 

The UKGC offered little in the way of explanation for the suspension, saying only that it had instigated a review of Capen under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005, which authorizes the UKGC to act if a licensee conducts operations not covered under the scope of its license or if the regulator suspects the licensee is “unsuitable” to conduct operations.

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