Ms Carol Boate:

The answer is that a change to the technology is required to bring in a must-be-won feature to Lotto. Lotto has always been a game where if you match the six numbers, you win the jackpot. If we are to bring in a feature whereby even if there is no winning ticket matching the six numbers drawn the jackpot money will be won because all of it will roll down to the next highest prize won, that requires a change in the technology. Those are the kinds of checks my office is currently performing. They include, for example, what is the mechanism that will be applied to make that happen, how it is being tested and whether it will be tested sufficiently and appropriately to make sure it operates correctly every time. Those are part of the checks my office conducts any time a lottery game is amended. The other kinds of checks we have to conduct on this proposal include, for example, how the mechanism is described in the game rules. First, what kind of a must-be-won feature will it be? As some Deputies have outlined, different kinds of must-be-won features can be introduced. What exactly is the one the operator is proposing and how is it described in the game rules? I have to be sure there are no unintended consequences in the future. I want to make sure it is correctly and appropriately described in the game rules. We also check for the impact on the risk of the game to players.