Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales

9:30 am

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

Okay. I was anxious to know where that idea came from. When the prize went to €19 million because the jackpot had not been won, it had rolled over 51 times. That is an extraordinary amount. The public was getting a bit annoyed, to put it mildly. A decision was taken to change and put a limit on it. Was €19 million the must-win limit?

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