Royal ArtilLOTTERY Let Our Boys avoid overseas ticket ban, says MP

LOTTERY bosses are being urged to give our soldiers the chance of winning the jackpot while fighting overseas.

Organiser Camelot tightened up the rules to ensure nobody outside the UK can take part in the draws.

But Labour says that unfairly discriminates against the 33,000 Armed Forces stationed abroad.

Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy insists our brave boys and girls are a special case and should be allowed to buy tickets to take part in “a fantastic institution”.

In a letter to Camelot’s chief executive Dianne Thompson, he says:
“They are British taxpayers and give unparalleled service to our country. They do not decide to leave our country — we send them overseas to protect our country, often at short notice.          Full Read