HUNDREDS of Post Offices will no longer be selling lottery tickets and scratchcards.
Around 900 branches, a fifth of the network, have not signed up with new operator Allwyn.
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The Post Office decided last year to end its group National Lottery contract.
Branch managers were given the choice if they wanted to sign up on an individual basis.
Allwyn took over from Camelot this month.
The Czech firm said most postmasters who had not signed up had done so due to religious beliefs or low sales.
But the National Federation of SubPostmasters said many were put off by the high costs of having to buy scratchcards.
Chief executive Calum Greenhow said: “We’d have lost a significant amount of money.”
Allwyn said its vow to halve a lottery ticket price from £2 to £1 is under review.