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By Alice Leader2021-05-14T11:21:00+01:00
Nearly half of c-store retailers say the National Lottery is more important than ever
Nearly half of convenience retailers (44%) say the National Lottery is more important than ever to their business, with only six months left until the Gambling Commission announces whether Camelot will hold on to the licence for a fourth term.
The bid process launched in August last year, with Sisal, Allwyn, Sugal & Damani and Camelot currently in contention. Others rumoured to be applying are Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, and Health Lottery operator Northern & Shell.
Despite the competitive nature of the race, a survey of 250 convenience retailers compiled exclusively for The Grocer shows just 36.4% were aware of the process and that a new operator could take over.
The inside of a test hyperloop tube at the Virgin Hyperloop facility near Las Vegas. Mike Blake/Reuters
In the desert just north of Las Vegas, a long white metal tube sits at the base of the mountains, promising to one day revolutionise travel.
That is where Virgin Hyperloop, whose partners include Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, is developing the technology for passenger pods that will hurtle at speeds of up to 1 200km/h through almost air-free vacuum tunnels using magnetic levitation.
“It will feel like an aircraft at take-off and once you’re at speed,” said co-founder and CEO Josh Giegel, who gave Reuters an exclusive tour of the pod used in its November test run, where it was propelled along a 500m tunnel.
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Science News Roundup: China says its rocket debris unlikely to cause any harm; No plan to shoot down Chinese rocket -Pentagon chief and more
That is where Virgin Hyperloop, whose partners include Richard Branson s Virgin Group, is developing the technology for passenger pods that will hurtle at speeds of up to 750 miles an hour (1,200 kph) through almost air-free vacuum tunnels using magnetic levitation. U.S. Space Command tracks Chinese rocket for uncontrolled re-entry from orbit Remnants of a large Chinese rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry being tracked by U.S. Space Command, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 08-05-2021 02:33 IST | Created: 08-05-2021 02:30 IST