Incoming National Lottery firm says plans for new games delayed until 2025

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Vidler, who took the helm at Allwyn’s UK business last October, said the group is trying to ensure that money for good causes will not go “backwards” this year, but that this funding is directly affected by sales growth. She said players would not notice any “Big Bang changes” from day one, adding that the delays to new games were a “consequence of the legal issues”. There’s been a lot of frustration with constant delays, but collectively we have got 10 years – it’s not something that will happen week one or day one Andria Vidler, Allwyn UK chief executive Ms Vidler told PA: “Until all of these big challenges were resolved, we couldn’t get going. On the delays to its plans, Ms Vidler said: “Of course, Allwyn as a group is disappointed.” “There’s been a lot of frustration with constant delays, but collectively we have got 10 years, it’s not something that will happen week one or day one.” Ms Vidler, a former boss of music label EMI in the UK and Ireland and an ex board director at William Hill owner 888, said players would see gradual changes put in place over the next year, including new scratch cards and a marketing push surrounding the games, with a new Lotto ad campaign from February.