The NCVO has given a cautious welcome to the government's decision to work to ban the new Pronto online lottery.
In a statement, NCVO Chief Executive Stuart Etherington said that the organisation does "recognise that there have been concerns over the social and gambling aspects associated with such new games and that the Government is concerned to ensure that such risks are minimised".
Web-Fishing, a "first-ever charity online game", offers Internet surfers the opportunity to make a $5 to $750 credit card donation and enter themselves in a competition.
A new online lottery is to be launched in the Autumn to benefit UK charities.
Run by InterLotto, the organisation that established PlusLotto in aid of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the lottery will be played in pubs and other retail outlets.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are aiming high with "the world's first global lottery for a humanitarian cause", PlusLotto.
