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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Health Service Lottery was a failed lottery scheme designed to provide funding for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The scheme progressed as far as a trial in May 1988, but the draw was cancelled at the last minute on legal grounds, and the 43,000 people who took part had their money refunded. The lottery, which was a national equivalent of earlier localised lotteries in support of hospital services, had a jackpot of Pds. 200,000, and even progressed as far as the issuing of tickets and a prize draw in May 1988. The…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Health Service Lottery was a failed lottery scheme designed to provide funding for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The scheme progressed as far as a trial in May 1988, but the draw was cancelled at the last minute on legal grounds, and the 43,000 people who took part had their money refunded. The lottery, which was a national equivalent of earlier localised lotteries in support of hospital services, had a jackpot of Pds. 200,000, and even progressed as far as the issuing of tickets and a prize draw in May 1988. The scheme was approved by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in April 1988, and it was estimated that a single draw could have raised up to Pds. 500,000 for the Health Service.