National lottery operator Camelot's five shareholders have asked bidders to submit offers in around two weeks in a sale that could fetch more than 500 million pounds, two bankers said on Friday. Skip related content
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Camelot has been reviewing its options since earlier this year when some of its shareholders -- Cadbury Schweppes , Royal Mail Enterprises, De La Rue , Fujitsu Services and Thales Electronics -- indicated interest in selling.
"The whole company is up for sale," a banker close to the deal said.
Camelot declined to comment.
(Reporting by Tessa Walsh and Zaida Espana, editing by Will Waterman)
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