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Article is from October 2005:

Olympic tennis hopefuls Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray were serving up lottery cards, instead of aces, this week.For the lads were on hand to deliver news about the National Lottery's latest Go for Gold scratchcard.
Colin (21), from Linlithgow and Jamie (19), from Dunblane — ranked 522 and 1030 respectively in the world — took time out from training at the National Training Centre for Tennis at Stirling University to promote the scratchcards.
Go For Gold was the first game to help raise funding for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Since launching on July 28, the cards have achieved sales of over £1 million a week with over £2 million already raised towards the 2012 Games.
The second edition of Go For Gold has £11 million worth of prizes — offering players opportunities to strike gold while also raising funds for the London 2012 Games.
National Lottery funding will contribute up to £1.5 billion towards the costs of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, of which £750 million will come from a series of dedicated lottery games.
Colin and Jamie have themselves benefited from lottery cash as the tennis training centre received a £500,000 grant last year from Sport Scotland to upgrade its courts.