Timeline: 28 years of the national lottery under Camelot

Camelot is losing franchise for the first time since the first national lottery took place in 1994

• Camelot to lose licence to run UK national lottery after 28 years
• Karel Komarek profile: the entrepreneur who will run UK national lottery

1993: the Conservative government of John Major sets up the national lottery. It is franchised to a private operator, Canadian-owned Camelot, the following year.

1994; nearly 22 million people watch the first ever national lottery draw, broadcast via a special primetime TV event hosted by Noel Edmonds.