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
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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