Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Issues Related to the National Lottery: Discussion

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The question related to the risk assessment and then what decision was made at the time when PLI took over. Looking at best practice, in Britain a jackpot can only be rolled over five times. I am startled that this was not examined at the point when the national lottery was privatised. The other major biweekly lottery, the EuroMillions, is the same in that the jackpot can only be rolled over five times. Is Mr. Algeo aware if that was discussed at any point at the time of the privatisation or, indeed, what are his views on that?

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