Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is okay. The advertisement make the claim over and over again that "90% of National Lottery sales [are] returned to communities". I looked at this, starting off with the ticket sales. We took the year 2021 and also looked back over a number of years. What actually goes back into good causes works out between 27% and 28.5%. In 2021, the national lottery had ticket sales of more than €1 billion. When the prizes are taken out, the figure is nearly €600 million. The gaming revenue is left, which is €168 million, of which 65% goes to the Exchequer and 5% goes to retailers in commission. There is no argument with that, although that figure may be 6%.