SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Voluntary sector | Olympics to take gold from charity coffers: "Olympics to take gold from charity coffers
Scratch cards for Games revenue could reduce grants for good causes by up to £68m over next four years
Alex Brown
Thursday July 28, 2005
The Guardian
Charities and other good causes are predicting the Olympic scratch cards, launched amid great fanfare in east London yesterday, will cost them millions in National Lottery funding over the next seven years.
The Go for Gold cards, on sale from tomorrow for £1 each, are expected to raise half of the £1.5bn of lottery money for the Olympics."
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